Severe lag after 1 hour of gameplay : requires restart
Hi, I'm experiencing a major performance issue that seems to affect a lot of players (I asked my community and many confirmed having the same problem). When I first launch the game, everything runs smoothly. Menus like Needs, Inventory, and Aspirations open instantly. Build/Buy mode is fine too, with maybe a tiny freeze the first time, but that’s normal. The issue is: the longer I play, the worse the game performs. - After around 30 minutes, the menus start to feel a bit slower. - After about an hour, the game becomes extremely laggy: - Opening the Needs panel takes a few seconds. - Build/Buy mode freezes for 5–6 seconds before opening. - The Eyedropper tool has a delay of around 2 seconds. - UI and general interactions become very sluggish. The only fix is to completely restart the game. After relaunching, everything is smooth again — but only temporarily. After another 30–60 minutes, the problem comes back. This isn’t a hardware issue. My PC setup: - Intel Core i9-12900K - 64 GB DDR5 RAM - NVIDIA RTX 4090 - Game installed on SSD - No mods, no CC - All expansion packs installed I also tend to play fast-paced, usually on speed 3. In one hour of real-time gameplay, I can go through 10–14 Sim days. It seems like the game is slowly filling up memory or cache that never clears unless I restart. It would be great to know if this has already been reported or tracked by the dev team, because it makes long play sessions really frustrating. Thanks!
Some Clutter Objects Still Missing or Missing Tags
While many of the missing clutter objects are now back in the catalogue after the Jan 28 game update, these are still completely missing from the catalogue and can't even be touched with the clone tool. You can however still use the design tool on them. Base game: Spice of Life Spice Rack HSY: Battling Chess Knight Figurines Paranormal: Book of Silhouettes Moschino: The Photographer's Irritation Pastel Pop: Fondly Felted Floral Creation Life & Death: The Macabre Writer's Quill Life & Death: Johnny the Jarred Ghost HSY: Copperdale Llama Sports Mascot Figurine (thanks to sadbabcia's comment) I shared in a comment on the original bug report that I have a room on the gallery with these items (I just uploaded a new room with all 8 missing items, today, Sunday Feb 2/25). While the individual items can't be cloned, you can use the copy room tool to copy the room and thereby get a copy of the items. These two items are still lacking tags, so therefore are at the end of the catalogue, & can't be cloned (I've now added screenshots, and you can also find them in the catalogue by searching on their name): Spa Day: Nail Care Basics Cottage Living: Are you well, Well? These two items from Werewolves are in clutter, however they can't be cloned, though I also checked in a game that is on an old version (still before the Lovestruck update, v 1.107.151.1020 DX9) and they couldn't be cloned there either, so perhaps that is by design. Lunar Expert's Studio and Surreptitiously Studious Stationery Pile (locked, need to be Beta of the Moonwood Collective) Note I checked in a mod/cc free game and I play on computer (edited to add Windows 10). Best regards, Jennifer
[PLEASE READ] Save Game Corruption
Please read the first post carefully and post in the thread that reflects your issue best. Go in order from top to bottom if you see multiple of the symptoms. The top ones are more specialized as the bottom ones. Please feel free to use this thread for general discussion of the issue, but note that this thread is NOT being tracked by Maxis any longer. The threads linked below are being actively investigated. Please follow them for any updates. Problem The save game starts to disintegrate itself. Lots start to get deleted, causing endless loading, loading into empty lots or Error Codes 800/801. Where to post It seems that in order to better track the causes for this issue, separate threads are needed. You do not need to repost any info you already posted here. There are currently different issues so please use either of these going forward. Make sure to read through the first post of each to be sure you’re posting in the correct thread. If you get a White screen after loading into world with an R-rental, please use this thread: White Screen when loading world (Patch 1.109.207) If your save is corrupting and you have a lot of r-rentals in your save game, please use this thread: [FR] Corrupted Lots/Houses disappear in saves with lots of rental units If you get Load Error 800 or 801, please use this thread Load Error Code 800/801 If your game shows all the neighboring lots as default/empty instead of the correct lot, use this thread: Neighboring Houses show as Default/Empty | EA Forums - 11903590 If you downloaded a specific lot from the gallery and that gives you endless loading/crashing when leaving the lot or trying to load into it, please use this thread: Endless Loading/Crashing when trying to load a certain lot (broken object(s). Please be aware that this issue isn't a corrupted save game. It's a corrupt lot. If you downloaded a few random lots from the gallery and you start to get endless loading with them, please use this thread: Placing lots from the gallery freezes game/endless loading If you're buildings are disappearing but the furniture is still there, use this thread: Floating furniture and building completely gone If you’re buildings are disappearing/reverts to base, you have exclamation marks or lamas on the map or the houses are different on the map and in the game (even after loading into the lot), please use this thread: Houses/Lots Disappear Troubleshooting The issue is really hard to pinpoint but there are a few things that can accelerated the issue. This issue is not mod caused but it can be influenced by mods and cheats, especially if you create lots of Residential Rental units in your save game. Save Game Size. The issue usually typically happens on larger save games. There are a few factors that contribute to save game size that you can keep an eye on Lots of huge houses with lots of objects: Try to keep those down. Consider using empty houses for set decoration if you don't play certain lots but want houses to make it look nicer Photos Sims take ingame. Try to only keep the photos you really like and that contribute to your gameplay. Delete everything else. Photos take up a lot of space in the save. Lots of Sims. The game creates Sims at abundance. Delete the ones you don't use from time to time. Usually there's nothing you can do once it starts happening. Update 2025/04/24 by Crinrict This is currently not on the laundry list yet but Maxis listed it as something that needs extended investigation Laundry List - April 24th, 2025 | EA Forums - 12111206
Disappearing ceilings (Build Mode)
So, I am building right now and my ceiling is just gone? According to the yellow line, it says I have a ceiling, but you can clearly see there's no ceiling. I have to remove the ceiling and build it again for it to be a closed off room. Yes, I do have mods, but I have the same issue without mods.
Cha Cha Mostly Tall Sliding Door Missing from BuyBuild
I wouldn't have noticed this if I hadn't been using it in a new build. The door from Base Game Cha Cha Tall Sliding Door (small walls) has been removed from the game. Is this deliberate or a bug. Screenshot shows the smaller version, the version that's missing is to the full height of the small wall size. Playing Deluxe Version on PC. Mods/CC removed following patch. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title to better reflect the issue
Can't play chess with active Time Limited Events
Chess tables are unusable in the library - noticeable in Willow Creek library. When trying to use the chess tables (any style of chess table) my sim "does not have permission to use the chess table". I have replaced them and the same thing happens - yet chess table is a requirement of the Library plot type! This is PC windows Sims 4 game Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit migrated bug report: [ARCHIVED] Can't play chess with active Time Limited Events | EA Forums - 11696347 Archived thread had around 40 me toos
Gallery screenshot is blocked by trees/objects on several lots
There is an old thread about this issue from 8 years ago but since this is now an issue again, I want to report it. As the title says, when uploading a lot to the Gallery/Library the game generates the first screenshot wrong. Only showing trees instead of the house view. You don't see the lot anymore because trees are in front. Examples: edit to add, July 16th, 2025 Link to the old thread with lots of screenshots Edit By Crinrict: Archived thread had around 139 me toos
