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!
[HSY] Issues with active highschool UI/ Showing as Holiday UI
It seems like in the newest update High School Days got an update how it displays the school day, by making it like the Holidays from Seasons, I've found a few bugs with this, number 1: When clicking to leave there is no time left how long the school day will take, but there are empty spaces. Number 2: School Starts/Lunch ends... has no actual time when it ends And last 3: (Don't have a screenshot for this one) When you got a task complete the new one won't show up/it won't update till you switch to another sim and back. Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title Seems there's several issues with the new Highschool issue. Currently checking with the CM how Maxis wants this. Issues Time Missing for Task GUI and when leaving early Holidays causing tasks to disappear for multiple Sims: [HSY] High school tasks will not be displayed on holidays | EA Forums - 12138219 Llama Icon New tasks not showing on UI without switching Sims.
[HSY] [S] High school tasks will not be displayed on holidays
I have applied the latest update for the PC version (1.114.46.1030), but when I go to school on a day when a holiday is set, the high school tasks do not appear. Only the holiday tasks appear. I tried canceling the holidays, but this only resulted in the holiday tasks disappearing, and the high school tasks did not appear on that day. My grades were not displayed at the end of the day either.
[S] Holiday menu needs to be reopened for each Sim
Since the 5/27/25 patch, I can't consecutively click on sims in the household to see what they need to complete in the way of traditions. If I open the menu with one sim, when I click the sim icon for the next household member, the menu needs to be reopened. There is a lastUIException being generated, which I am pasting here since it is my understanding that files can't be attached. <?xml version="1.0" ?><root> <report><version>2</version><sessionid>138d4521385c85da6838dc0a</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-05-29 22:16:26</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.115.216.1030-1.200.000.658.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>(AS)widgets.shared.controls.Notifications::NotificationView</categoryid><desyncid>138d4521385c85da6838dc0a</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at widgets.shared.controls.Notifications::NotificationView/GetTelemetryName() at widgets.shared.controls.Notifications::NotificationView/ParseInfoForTelemetry() at olympus.views::CellView/Draw() at olympus.layout::GridLayout/OnFeedAdd() at olympus.data::ArrayDataFeed/AddItemsFromIterable() at widgets.NotificationWall::NotificationWallMain/LoadNotifications() at widgets.NotificationWall::NotificationWallMain/LoadOlderNotifications() at widgets.NotificationWall::NotificationWallMain/OnListScrollEnd() at olympus.controllers::SliderScrollerController/OnSmoothSnap() at olympus.gui.sliders::Slider/SetCurrentValue() at olympus.gui.sliders::Slider/OnPerformDrag() rtim=15553 Client Session Time: 22.33 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,468,0,5981 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 11 10.0.26100 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 32.0.15.6094, GUID: F5B16152-EAE8-11EF-A212-BC719D40F03D </desyncdata></report> </root> Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title
[S] Stuck on Select Season for several unrelated interaction (1.113.288/2.09)
Whenever I go travel with my Sim the game asks me what season I want to play in every time Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title to fit fixed bug report. Edit by crinrict Please see this post for a possible workaround: [S] Stuck on Select Season for several unrelated interaction (1.113.288/2.09) | EA Forums - 11967917
[S] Scouts Badge Progress UI missing text
After the last update I tried to see the bagner progress of the after-school scout activity and the board stopped giving the information. Edit By Crinrict: Added Tag to Title, Adjusted Title LastException for this bug can be found here: [S] Scouts Badge Progress UI missing text | EA Forums - 12212617 Kuttoe has created a mod to fix this until Maxis fixes it for good: https://kuttoe.itch.io/mini-mods-bug-fixes (Scout Badge Fix) Bug was fixed. Please remove the mod if you used it
[HSY] School tasks not appearing for all teens (Patch 1.116.202)
It's back! This bug! After today (July 1, 2025) patch, I took my two teen sims to active high school, except only one of them got their tasks to complete. I selected both of my teens to follow, but this still happened. At the end of the school day the one without tasks got stuck at school as well. I have no mods or cc installed at this time, though I have had in the past. This wasn't happening before the patch, though the UI was very glitchy. Edit by crinrict: Adjusted Title
[HSY] High School Tasks Use Holiday UI
After today's patch, the UI for active high school is using the holiday format instead of the active career format, which looks broken and is missing a lot of information. In this format, the countdowns are not displayed. The tasks also don't automatically visually update during transitions between free time and class. I assume that's because the holiday UI is not designed to have dynamic tasks. Additionally, this format seems to conflict with actual holidays. If there is a holiday active (including surprise holidays), then the tasks are not visible at all. I followed four teen sims to active high school on The Lottery, and only The Lottery was shown in the UI. I was only able to fix this by ending the holiday before sending my teens to school. Ending the holiday after sending them to school resulted in no tasks at all.
