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Anonymous
9 years ago

*VERY* Laggy Mouse when using Gallery

Hi there.

Just as the subject says. Basically the second I click the gallery button, my mouse starts lagging like crazy. 100% unplayable. It persists even after closing the gallery; I have to restart the game. I took my mods out, and that didn't help. I also tried clearing the caches. I reinstalled origin, and the game, still nothing. This started happening during the plant sim event. A couple nights ago just for lols, I changed the game to run in 32-bit, and hilariously that solved it, but then I installed the Parenting pack and it's broken again. Any ideas? Obviously the solution is to just avoid the gallery, but honestly I'm not so great at making houses or lots. 😃

Edit: It's related to my connection to the gallery, it seems. When I open the gallery, I get a white screen that just has all the information at the bottom (x-amount of creations, x-amount of people) but nothing actually loads. My internet connection as a whole is actually perfectly fine, it's just Sims 4 for some reason... I have no idea how to go about resolving that. 🤔 

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  • candaceawrey's avatar
    candaceawrey
    9 years ago

    My game is doing the same thing except only when in live mode. It started once I downloaded parenthood as well. So frustrating! I was originally thinking that I needed a new computer but hoping it can be fixed.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Mine has started doing it in live mode as well as of this morning. Wasn't doing it last night. This is super weird.

    @crinrict As soon as I figured out it was a connection issue, I turned off my antivirus and firewall, no dice. I'm really at a loss. The only change I've made to my computer is the PSU, and that was an upgrade. I went from 500W to 650W.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Here ya go. My CPU and mobo are definitely pretty ancient at this point, though it's never been an issue with Sims 4 before. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 years ago

    Yeah, that processor is a bit oldish.

    Did you try lowering the settings ? Are you going to the gallery from the main screen or from within your save ? If you do it from the save, is it also lagging from the main menu ?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It lags either way. I did try lowering the settings, toggling V-sync, not a single change, not even a little. I started avoiding the gallery and all was well, except now, like the person above, it's become a problem in live mode as well. It's fine on pause, but the mouse lags right away upon unpausing. Everything else is smooth, just the mouse. I went ahead and tried it in windowed, as well. It's all just really weird. It wasn't lagging in live mode last night. Hmm. 🤔

    At this point, it's just kind of funny to me that I can run Skyrim, Witcher 3, and ironically even Sims 3 on their highest settings but for some reason Sims 4 just crosses a line 😃

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