Ideas

Hero+

1 year ago

Status:

Under Investigation

Time/Sim freezes while environment still moves

There is currently an issue in MCCC that is causing a freezing like this if you have auto-marriages turned on. If you encounter this is with ANY mods in your game, then this is not your thread. ...

Rising Traveler

10 days ago

Yes! Here!

I came to the forum precisely to see if it was my PC or if someone else was experiencing these kinds of errors. In my case, it started after the last update (May 22, 2026), and it feels like it's been getting worse as I progress.

In fact, I'm stuck at a certain point in the game and I've been trying to get past it for two days. I restart, load a previous save, and everything slows down or freezes again, almost at the exact same point (date and time). Sims are frozen, and the save screens are endless. I haven't checked if time is advancing or not, like I read is happening to you, but the TV animations and the spinning plumbobs continue normally.

I've already had to force restart three or four times. Right now, I'm repairing the game to see if that fixes it.

vodalapusneanu

Seasoned Novice

10 days ago

Hi,

Do you play with any mods? I'm trying to pinpoint the issue but it's hard. Ive taken out MCCC, UI Cheats and a bunch of Pandasama mods, so I wonder whether they could have caused this (even though they are up-to-date)

MiammDB
Rising Traveler
10 days ago
I use UI Cheats and twistedmexi's TOOL and BBB. I stopped using MCCC a while ago because it interferes too much with certain mechanics in the vanilla game that I play a lot.
I’m updating my status just to see if this helps you:
I repaired the game
I reinstalled the latest drivers for my graphics card (I have an NVIDIA) and discovered, to my surprise, that the NVIDIA app doesn’t always automatically optimize the game after updating the drivers. I optimized the game (always through the NVIDIA app), and not only did it stop freezing, but it even launched faster than before.
I hope that helps you!!
- vodalapusneanu
  Seasoned Novice
  10 days ago
  Thank you so much! :) It helped!
  - rickycanaja
    Seasoned Scout
    7 days ago
    I don't have a Mac and I can't help you but I can tell you that in all Apple stores I am at the complete disposal of customers for this kind of thing.