January 2021
Having this problem too. My take on it was that because I own so many packs the game was struggling to load thumbnails for all the items. And since going into build mode always starts by showing ALL item categories there's no way around it.
Supporting this is the fact that when I go into build mode from a retail or vet clinic lot the lag is far less, because those lot types auto bring you to their own item category with far fewer thumbnails to load.
Just my two cents, I have a decent computer but lag and crashes are becoming more common.
March 2021
I have exactly the same problem!!!! please fix this soon!! it is unplayable!!!
March 2021
Is there no Me too button for this? Cause it happens for me too and it also happens in camera mode.
This bug is really prominent, here is another video that shows it (there are more recent ones too but I was too lazy to search)
Plumbella: Bug visible at minute 4:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5EQeWBHawk&t=288s (You can tell that this is the bug and not actual lag because as soon as she opens her notifications tab it fixes itself)
maybe someone wants to add that it happens when taking a picture as well. The choppiness happens right after exiting "picture mode"
March 2021
I am also having lag issues when I go into build mode from live mode. Hitting save works for me but then I have to do it again when I go back into live mode. It's frustrating. I am using a gaming PC, I have every pack in the game and don't use mods.
March 2021 - last edited April 2021
I’m having the exact same problem.
March 2021
Ah ok thank you!
March 2021
I am also having lag issues when I go into build mode from live mode. Hitting save works for me but then I have to do it again when I go back into live mode. It's frustrating. I am using a gaming PC, I have every pack in the game and don't use mods.
March 2021
Had this issue for years now. Only work around is to press ESC or to open the menu and close it. Usually works, not always. Lag leaves after a while. Never was fixed.
March 2021 - last edited June 2022
I always experience major lag when entering Build/Buy for the first time. I've seen it pointed out by a modder that in earlier versions of the game the catalogue used to default to the COMFORT tab but it now defaults to the ALL tab so they game is having to access and load a lot more items before it is ready to use.
I don't seem to have any real issues exiting Build/Buy though or re-entering it once I've been into it at least once.
March 2021