[PC] Bad Gameplay Performance - Stuttering and laggy Gameplay
Hello, The gameplay experience on PC is terrible. It stutters, the gameplay is very slow, the players all move like tractors, and it is simply not optimized for PC. Other, significantly more demanding games such as the BF6 beta ran without any problems. I only encountered this issue in EAFC 26. Furthermore, the graphics settings keep resetting. Everything was fine when early access was released. However, since the last patch, the game has become unplayable. The players react so incredibly slowly. This is not what you promised when you said you would make the game more responsive. My rig: Ryzen 7 9800X3D RTX 4090 - Latest drivers are installed. 32 GB DDR5 RAM Windows 11 Pro - latest updates installed. The game is installed on a PCI-5 NVME. Controller: GameSir Cyclone 2 My internet provider is Vodafone with Gbit download and 50 Mbit/s upload speed. I have a latency of 16 ms in the game, jitter is below 0.2, and I use a LAN connection. So it's not my internet connection. No matter what graphics settings I use, low, medium, high, V-Sync on, V-Sync off, 4k or 2k resolution – the performance is equally poor across the board. I notice it clearly when I play against an Xbox or PlayStation player. Their players are all faster in their movements, run faster, and have significantly better responsiveness. Please take this issue seriously. Check Discord to see how many PC players are experiencing these issues and reporting them. Unfortunately, EA has so far remained silent about the performance issues on PC. Greetings.
Game repeatedly crashes during gameplay and shows error CE-108255-1 every time
PS5 Slim Digital FC26 Bundle edition - The game freezes randomly (during matches within 1-15 mins in-game time) and then automatically closes with error CE-108255-1. I did the following troubleshooting already: -Reinstalled the game completely -Cleared console cache & rebuilt database in Safe Mode -Checked storage (no issues) -Updated system software -Enabled/disabled performance modes -Restarted PS5 multiple times -Internet connection tested working -Deleted game and installed it several times but nothing fixed. None of these fixed the problem. That's very frustrating please give a refund or solve the issue ASAP. Frequency: Happens every time after a few minutes of gameplay. Request: Please investigate or provide a replacement game entitlement if the digital bundle file is corrupted.
Partnered Sims turn into siblings
A few minutes into playing after updating, my sim gets a call from her cousin to say that the cousin is now in a relationship with her own brother. I went into the other family to check and sure enough they have a romance bar, and are tagged siblings, sweethearts, and partners. This is NOT okay. Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title to fit old bug report. Note from EA_Solaire: Hello all, If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)? If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file. Instructions can be found here: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/information-how-to-send-user-files-to-the-sims-4-team/5048472 Thanks!
March 3/26 Update
Game was manageable before update. Now it crashes more than ever, locks me on loading screens that warrant a game reset, and my graphics are beyond butchered regardless of my graphics settings. Thanks, glad I payed full price for a game from a company who’s prioritizing cosmetics and money over quality gameplay. No wonder everyone left this game. Don't get me started on the cheating, that’s a whole other subject on its own. Games already on the fence with me because of it.Crash after splash screen
Hello EA Support, My main EA account crashes immediately after the splash screen in FC26. Event Viewer shows 0xc0000374 in ntdll.dll. I have tried literally everything possible to fix this. PC Info: GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 GPU Driver: 591.74 WHQL (rollback from 591.86) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 4700 (or your exact CPU if you want to include) RAM: [Insert your RAM, e.g., 32GB DDR4] Windows 11 Version: 25H2 Build 2600.7922 Storage: SSD, fully updated Secure Boot: Enabled, TPM 2.0 Display: Full HD / 4K monitor, refresh rate [insert if known] Steps completed: Clean Windows 11 25H2 install Verified system: Secure Boot, UEFI, TPM 2.0 Updated all drivers (GPU, chipset, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Realtek, NVIDIA, AMD System drivers, Logitech USB, Alienware firmware, etc.) Rolled back NVIDIA RTX 4080 driver from 591.86 → 591.74 (clean install) Attempted other driver versions (591.59, 591.44) Verified GPU is recognized correctly; confirmed driver installation Ran EA App as Administrator Cleared EA App cache Deleted all local FC26 folders in Documents and AppData (Local & Roaming) Tried a new Windows user account Tried multiple other devices (PCs) Disconnected all linked devices and consoles Verified FC25 works perfectly on same PC and same account Verified FC26 works perfectly on a different EA account on the same PC Tested letting the game compile shaders fully Tested lowering resolution / changing fullscreen settings Reinstalled Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables Reinstalled DirectX Reset Windows Firewall to default Checked and corrected system time/date settings Changed DNS settings (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 / 1.0.0.1, Google 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4) Attempted Beta Unicode UTF-8 locale fix Attempted EA demo launch Attempted different EA App installs Unlinked Steam and re-linked Tried multiple volumes for installation Tried both USB and local installs Verified cloud sync options and attempted deletion Tried both “Set up as new PC” and in-place update options Verified nothing blocks authentication (Firewall, Admin, network) Checked Windows Event Viewer for errors multiple times Attempted to switch accounts in-game (did not work) Observations: Crash happens only on main EA account in FC26. FC25 works on same PC and same account. FC26 works on another EA account. Splash → black screen → EA App return. Local troubleshooting fully exhausted. Request: Please escalate this issue and reset my FC26 cloud/profile data on your servers. This is clearly account-specific, not hardware, Windows, or driver-related.
Probleme nach dem letzten Update
Hallo Zusammen, ich hab seit dem letzten Update große Schwierigkeiten mit dem Spiel. Unteranderem bleibt das Spiel hängen wenn ich die Einstellung Nachbarschaftsgeschichten angeschaltet habe, oder der mc Commander drin ist. zudem kann ich Sims nicht in meinen Haushalt einziehen lass noch heiraten lassen, da bleibt das Spiel ebenfalls hängen und läuft nicht weiter. Auch wenn ich die Einstellung ausgeschaltet habe. Das merkwürdige ist die Uhrzeit bleibt stehen und die Sims sind auch wie eingefroren, es wird aber noch Tag und Nacht. vielleicht hat ja einer eine Idee was ich machen kann. So macht das Spielen leider keinen Spaß mehr liebe Grüße Saskia
The Sims 4 — Save Failure After February 2026 Patch
Since installing the most recent February 2026 update for The Sims 4, the game has completely lost the ability to save progress. Gameplay appears normal while playing, but every time the game is closed and reopened, all progress is reset to a state from before the update. This occurs consistently and makes the game effectively unplayable. The problem started immediately after updating and has persisted without interruption. Before the February 2026 patch, saving worked correctly. The timing strongly suggests a direct connection between the update and the loss of save functionality rather than random file corruption. Extensive troubleshooting has already been performed following EA standard support guidance. All mods and custom content were fully removed and the game was tested in a completely vanilla state, yet the issue remained. Cache files, including localthumbcache and all cache folders, were deleted with no change. A full clean reinstall was then completed. The entire Sims 4 folder in Documents was removed, the game and all packs were reinstalled, the game was launched to generate a fresh user folder, and both brand new saves and previous saves were tested. In every scenario, the game still cannot save gameplay progress at all. Because the failure occurs on a clean installation with a newly generated user folder and no mods present, local corruption or user configuration issues can be ruled out with high confidence. The behavior matches a save write or persistence failure sometimes associated with Error Code 21 type conditions, where the game appears to function but cannot properly store progress to disk. However, unlike typical isolated save corruption, this failure affects newly created saves as well, which indicates a broader problem potentially introduced by the February 2026 patch. Community reports describing damaged or non persistent saves after the same update further support the likelihood of a patch level regression rather than an individual system fault, although only EA can definitively confirm this. The impact is critical because the core gameplay loop depends on saving progress, and there is currently no workaround despite complete reinstall and clean environment testing. For this reason, investigation by EA is required to determine whether the February 2026 update introduced a defect in save persistence, save file compatibility, or local cloud synchronization behavior. Please advise whether this issue is known, whether the update may have affected save integrity, and whether a fix or workaround is planned. I am available to provide logs, system specifications, or additional testing if needed.
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