So I finally had some time to sit down and play the game again after the latest patch, and sadly the lag is still happening. It was fine for about 30 mins, then I went to renovate a community lot in Granite Falls and as soon as it loaded in, I dropped down to 15 fps. Ugh this is so frustrating.
Im testing right now to see if having Eco Lifestyle installed has an impact.
@MadPeachyTV I've tried to reproduce the issue by numerous clicking the Build icon (and Live icon respectively) but I cannot seem to reproduce the issue (which is positive of course), though I'm staying careful in my optimistical behavior.
I do remember, however (I think I've read it somewhere, IDk really) that I turned certain features on in my NVidia Control Panel for TS4 specifically.
If you want, I can show my settings from there? (I believe I've put on Triple Buffering and the Hyper threading option).
I've put
Texture filtering - Trilinair optimization ON
Thread optimization - ON
Triple buffering - ON
Idk if it will work for you, but I think since I've put those settings, the build/buy lag is not really there anymore.
(I've played for 2 hours now without it).
@oaana I've just tried playing a new household for an hour to see if I can recreate the problem, but no. My build/live modes now toggle seamlessly.
For possible help, I'll post my complete NVCpanel settings below
It's worth mentioning that I've ran CCleaner, I've checked if I don't have updates.
Lag is back for me too unfortunately. Played well for a while yesterday, but it's back again. This time from the START.
This is getting so annoying and it makes me wanna quit playing the game and just go back to The Sims 3... Can't understand why the team hasn't looked into an issue like this by now. It makes the game unplayable imo.
@JeanVW @Gummingtons @MadPeachyTV @oaana and @DeMosterdsoep I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner. I've been swamped and haven't had time to properly troubleshoot, although I've been reading this and other threads and looking for anything useful.
On that note, someone posted in the low fps master thread (a bit different from this one, since it started out about a consistent low fps regardless of what players did in-game) posted that installing a 2020 Realtek LAN driver fixed their issue. Read fix attempt 5 here:
Obviously, this only works if you have a Realtek LAN chip. When uninstalling and reinstalling, be sure to take your computer offline, so Windows doesn't download what it thinks is a suitable driver before you have a chance to install the new one. If you want to be extra careful, you should download the latest LAN driver from the manufacturer of your motherboard or laptop as well. That way, if there's a problem with the newest driver offered by Realtek, you can install the other one instead.
Whether this works or not, please post back if you try it. And if it does work for you, please post in that thread as well, so people affected by that issue know it's worth trying. (And go give that person some XP for their hard work. They deserve it.)
I have a Z170X Ultra Gaming motherboard and I looked it up, that one uses Intel LAN Drivers, the latest is from 2020, mine was older, so fingers crossed!
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