Ideas
I first started noticing this problem with the thumbnails regenerating every time I launch the game a few months ago, and it’s not just me, it happens to every YouTuber I follow as well. Each new session feels like déjà vu: I have to sit there and wait for all the thumbnails to reload just so I can figure out where to click. Sometimes it takes several minutes, which completely breaks the flow of gameplay and turns what should be a quick session into a waiting game.
It’s honestly become a huge bottleneck in the overall experience. The game feels slower and more frustrating to navigate, especially when I’m trying to switch between Sims or households. What’s even worse is that the loading process often causes noticeable lag spikes — the moment I enter a household, the Sim selector menu struggles to load all the thumbnails, and the performance drops until everything finally appears.
It might sound like a small thing, but over time it’s incredibly annoying and really impacts how enjoyable the game feels. I just wish the thumbnails could stay cached between sessions so we wouldn’t have to deal with this constant reloading every single time we play.