Sims 4 uses more than half to all of my RAM
I'm having issues with playing Sims 4 on a computer with almost 32 gigabytes RAM. This game is not built for performance and barely functions even with so many things cut. As a baseline, it takes up ...
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KillerRaven125 Is the game itself using more than 16 GB RAM, or is that what's in use overall while you're playing? I've heard of Sims 4 using that much memory, but only in the context of certain bugs that eat resources until they cause a crash, not anything that's by design.
Since this can be a sign of a corrupted save, please test a new save as well, and if only the main saves are affected, let me know how large they are (in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves).
If you want to try something that might help, enable Memory Boost and check RAM use again.
I've never needed to use all of my RAM playing other games, even ones that should be more strenuous on my PC's system than this game like Baldur's Gate 3, various MMOs, Assassin's Creed Shadows, etc so it's definitely TS4 using all of my RAM
This happened on a new save in which I only played a couple of families. I made sure that save hadn't even been affected by mods at all to see if it was my mods doing it however it seemed to happen even quicker without my mods than it did with them. I don't think the saves matter since it happens on every save with or without mods. If anything, mods seemed to somehow prevent it happening for a time. I can't figure out if it's a hidden setting on my PC or if it's EA doing it.
I can't find Memory Boost in my settings so if that's the issue, it's a hidden setting that's killing it for me. It seems like Sims 4 has a memory leak somewhere from reading similar problems people have had over the years
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