September 2020
Hi, I actually read the whole solution on this thread before posting here and as I mentioned, I did disable automatic graphics switching. That did not fix it. I included everything I tried in my post, is there anything else I could try?
September 2020 - last edited September 2020
After reading through some comments, I tried disabling automatic graphics switching and it didn’t seem to have any effect on the constant crashing or screen glitching out in certain worlds for me. After this I tried using gfxcardstatus as suggested and set my Mac to “discrete only”. The game seemed to run a little smoother afterwards and loading times were significantly reduced (both with and without cc/mods). I am still on Catalina (specs are below).
The affected worlds (Willow Creek, Newcrest, and the fashion district of San Myshuno) are unfortunately still unplayable. The worst still seems to be the fashion district. Now every time I try to visit one of those lots the game crashes. All other worlds are mostly playable (sometimes I get a loading wheel but it has never crashed or glitched). The vacation worlds (Granite Falls, Selvadorada, and Batuu) all seem to be working perfectly (I was able to play in each world for hours without any issues). For now it looks like my sims will be taking lots of vacations lol.
Also, turning edge smoothing off seemed to significantly reduce the loading wheel appearing in some worlds.
I have a few adobe programs installed on my mac (including illustrator and photoshop) and am not sure if they are having any sort of impact. It isn’t worth it to me to uninstall them to find out if it will fix the sims.
September 2020 - last edited September 2020
@Jessycaz
Did you download gfxCardStatus?
@x_Pipco_x
Is it the whole of Willow Creek or just a specific neighbourhood? See if updating to the current version of Catalina helps maybe?
September 2020
I did install gfxCardStatus. Weirdly, after I installed it, the graphics were much better but the game still lagged a lot and crashed after about 15 minutes. I tried again and it crashed again. That was yesterday. Today I didn’t change anything but the game ran a lot better. Hopefully it stays that way 🤞🏼
September 2020
October 2020
@Bluebellflora The issue seems to be happening throughout all of Willow Creek but Foundry Cove is the worst affected. I updated to the newest version of Catalina but there was no change.
October 2020
Sims 4 Crashing After September 2020 Update -
Every time I am in build mode after about 5 minutes my game crashes. (I could be in play mode too, but I have been trying to build).
I have no mods installed (I deleted them and disabled)
Emptied my cache
Repaired the game multiple times. Restarted my MAC.
This about the 7th time today this has happened.
I am on a MAC Catalina Version 10.15.7
2.4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9
16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M 8 GB
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
October 2020
October 2020
@Bluebellflora it is a 16in MacBook Pro