Long pauses
Chocolate Milk:
I have this issue on my current computer (particularly when working out, they freeze with sweat dripping off them and it's freaking weird), but not on my boyfriend's computer. Both have same versions of AM. Is it possible it could be related to hardware, since he has an amazing computer and I am using my flatmate's spare which just about meets the minimum requirements while mine gets fixed? Or could be a coincidence, I suppose.
tjstreak:
I have the same problem. I take Awesome Mod out and it goes away.
I like many of AM's features, but this bug makes it unusable.
Fortunately, the NRass supercomputer has many of the same features without the lag problem.
SassyFrass:
I also have this problem, my game is pretty much unplayable. My Sim kids don't get home from school until 5 p.m.
My Sims also do the "freeze walk" as well and they crowd stair cases and doorways for hours on end. Also doing something as simple as preparing a meal or feeding a baby takes forever. They just stand there for what seems an eternity before they do anything in their commands. :-\ If I take AM out it doesn't do this, I kinda think it has something to do with the latest patch because I had no problems until I updated.
Tangie:
To be clearer, I believe there are two types of freezes that people are talking about. One freeze is a complete freeze of the game, where the plumbob spins but the controls are no longer responsive. The other kind of freeze is more like a stop-motion freeze where movements jerkily stop and go (except their heads still move) and actions take FOREVER to complete. I've had just one hard game freeze that I recall, but have had 3 saved games which all became unplayable due to the extreme lag and stop motion movements, as well as autonomy and motive failures. They were large families in large neighborhoods (around 100 residents). I just started a very small hood -completely empty with just a handful of couples, and do not (yet) have the problem, allthough sometimes their movements don't seem very smooth to me. A little on the jerky side, but no major lag or motion freezes at all. Yet.
You're not the first I've heard blame it on the latest patch, and you might be right, who knows. Maybe someday someone will figure out a way to improve the situation; in the meantime I'm saving up cash to replace my sub-par computer, which if not the cause, is sure not helping the situation. Although some people with very adequate hardware have also complained about the problem. Oh, and when I took out AwesomeMod, it made no difference, I still had the problem. <shrugs>
kimmyfrmtx:
I can confirm that it appears to be an EA issue. As the hood population got larger the problem got worse and worse until I just deleted the hood and started over.
I have a computer way over recommended specs. The hood population was nearing 100, not counting NPCs. Killing the townies would help for a few sim days till they re-spawned.
Starting a new empty hood with 1 sim family, all same mods and CC the game is again playable.
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