Intermediate Solution for the lags...

chris6271 · May 14, 2014 4:39PM

chris6271 wrote:

The problem of the lags are the animations of the characters...
I have put all characters in indoor tasks. And put the non-taskable characters in the inventory.
The effect is, that the game runs better again...

I'll go try that. Back in a while ... I have about 89 characters ... Maybe more.

chris6271 · May 14, 2014 4:52PM

It has helped me. The animations are the main problem. So the game is very laggy.

NeoSEC28 · May 14, 2014 4:57PM

I might try this with the decoration characters and see whether it helps

good post Chris

I know EA is aware of this situation and are looking into resolving issue

but as yet no time frame

chris6271 · May 14, 2014 5:01PM

Thank you, Neo...

It's only an intermediate solution until EA fix the game.

NeoSEC28 · May 14, 2014 5:09PM

chris6271 wrote:

Thank you, Neo...
It's only an intermediate solution until EA fix the game.

any solution is good at the moment the juddering is a nightmare

according to the people in the know......EA are all over this trying to sort the issue

just gotta hope it sooner rather than later

rych1981 · May 14, 2014 5:10PM

oh good, im glad its not just me lagging, i thought my phone was going crappy

datasurgeon · May 14, 2014 5:15PM

I hope the yfix it. The reason to have the characters and buildings is the animations

NeoSEC28 · May 14, 2014 5:16PM

rych1981 wrote:

oh good, im glad its not just me lagging, i thought my phone was going crappy

1st of all

to the forum

2nd you are defo not alone in this situation that is for sure lol

annettemarc · May 14, 2014 5:16PM

Worked for me. I never realized I had about 30 nontasked characters. I still have a dozen or so characters finishing up outdoor 24 hour tasks, and but none are high-activity. Eg, I do not have Brandine fighting terrorists, Luanne in her megaglobe, or Mindy on her motorcycle.

Also, collecting all the rents worked wonders. No more wiggling dollar signs or floating dollar signs.. (That was fun! Haven't done that in ages! Sorry neighbors.)

Now I can zip from one corner of SF to another. (Starting to look like a ghost town though. ...)

Thanks for the suggestion! I can play again.

NMayo · May 14, 2014 5:17PM

yeah i stuck through the lag yesterday and set all my ppl on 24 hour tasks... I really hope they fix this quick. its been, what, 24 hours since the update? maybe 30 hours now and no word or not fix released yet...........................................................

annettemarc · May 14, 2014 5:18PM

datasurgeon wrote:

I hope the yfix it. The reason to have the characters and buildings is the animations

Picky, picky, picky.

chris6271 · May 14, 2014 5:18PM

I hope the fix the problem very quick, but it's a solution to play the game.

NeoSEC28 · May 14, 2014 5:20PM

NMayo wrote:

yeah i stuck through the lag yesterday and set all my ppl on 24 hour tasks... I really hope they fix this quick. its been, what, 24 hours since the update? maybe 30 hours now and no word or not fix released yet...........................................................

EA will never/hardly ever post hereto let us know , although I can say that I/the mods have been told that EA are aware and looking into sorting this situation as soon as they can, if we are told anything more we will let you all now

XBL-Heretic · May 14, 2014 5:24PM

NeoSEC28 wrote:

chris6271 wrote:

Thank you, Neo...
It's only an intermediate solution until EA fix the game.

any solution is good at the moment the juddering is a nightmare

according to the people in the know......EA are all over this trying to sort the issue just gotta hope it sooner rather than later

Good to hear! I was thinking EA added the lag on purpose to pay us back for all of our complaining about the Easter event

Adding 200 milliseconds to each animation movement via "set ANIMATION_LAG += 200" sure did the trick

linguo60 · May 14, 2014 6:46PM

My problem with that solution is that I have a few characters (10) that one way or the other ended up on my squidport and I would like to keep them there, just to keep it lively. Where else can Rex banner really eat his banana kaboom? (One day he just wandered onto SP). Also a great place for dr nick to advertise his cheap services, and Patty and Selma to take smoke breaks. Some characters I can get back on with benches later I suppose.

At any rate, the rest of my town is somewhat playable once I stopped putting anyone on tasks, but if I enter SP, it just freezes up. At least i can now keep going with the level 40 story line, somewhat slowly anyway.

For now, I guess I will just wait to see if EA can fix this, before booting everyone off SP.

rwvolture · May 14, 2014 6:56PM

XBL-Heretic wrote:

I was thinking EA added the lag on purpose to pay us back for all of our complaining about the Easter event

I like the way you think :P

Snakeyees · May 14, 2014 7:23PM

chris6271 wrote:

The problem of the lags are the animations of the characters...
I have put all characters in indoor tasks. And put the non-taskable characters in the inventory.
The effect is, that the game runs better again...

at least you can play Chris I can't even log into my game

annettemarc · May 14, 2014 7:36PM

Snakeyees wrote:

chris6271 wrote:

The problem of the lags are the animations of the characters...
I have put all characters in indoor tasks. And put the non-taskable characters in the inventory.
The effect is, that the game runs better again...

at least you can play Chris I can't even log into my game

And unfortunately the longer you're locked out, the more chaotic the animation gets. In my SF, there was a considerable improvement after I collected rents. As the buildings in a town become collectible, the dancing icons overhead add a lot of jiggle. I needed to creep along the edges and work my way in, collecting as I went. Felt like the CSI forensics team at a crime scene.

I have a suggestion for the person who managed the miracle of getting characters onto Squidport. Probably won't work, but ... Try sliding over to the beachfront area with Squidport just offscreen. Zoom in as close as possible. Then move over onto Squidport, staying zoomed in, and do whatever you wanted done there. MAYBE if there are fewer active elements on the screen at one time, it can handle it better.

(I, like, totally made that up. Totally. Like, fer shure. But its worth a shot.

LanceUppercut808 · May 14, 2014 8:01PM

That's a great idea do put all the decoration characters in storage...i'm gonna try that.
Collecting all the rents definitely does help somewhat....i'm so used to leaving a bunch uncollected so that people can tap on them..

XBL-Heretic · May 14, 2014 8:22PM

rwvolture wrote:

XBL-Heretic wrote:

I was thinking EA added the lag on purpose to pay us back for all of our complaining about the Easter event

I like the way you think :P

That's pretty scary :shock:

chris6271 · May 14, 2014 11:43PM

Snakeyees wrote:

chris6271 wrote:

The problem of the lags are the animations of the characters...
I have put all characters in indoor tasks. And put the non-taskable characters in the inventory.
The effect is, that the game runs better again...

at least you can play Chris I can't even log into my game

Hello neighborino...
I've noticed it... If I want to visit you, my game crashes... :?

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