There are a few issues that I am still experiencing as highlighted above, that I hope EA will iron out pretty quick. Mac users can now rejoice and play alongside PC simmers without having to use Windows. I have always said that waiting for a decent Mac port is always worth it and that has been the case with The Sims 4. In terms of lag, the game will go from buttery smooth to being extremely laggy and slow, which is sometimes resolved by restarting the game. Although it’s as if the game struggles when the camera is facing a certain way on some lots/in some neighbourhoods. I am yet to identify anything that is triggering this but it continues even if I lower the graphics settings.Īs I said at the start, The Sims 4 on Mac is a solid port which I am extremely happy to see. Graphical issues have included the world suddenly flashing black and a radiation of black coming from a specific area covering the screen (recreated in the picture below). While I mostly have positive things to say about The Sims 4 on Mac, there are a few problems that I have encountered while playing the game, mainly graphical glitches and enormous lag spikes. This is on my Late 2012, 21.5-inch iMac with a 512mb GDDR5 NVIDIA graphics card with settings on high and objects on medium. ![]() The game starts up quickly from Origin, the game is buttery smooth (most of the time) and I achieve a steady 30-50 frames per second while playing, depending on what I am doing. Many Mac users resorted to playing Sims 3 on Bootcamp (which allows you to run Windows) on their Macs, however I’m confident that Mac users will not even have to think about doing this with The Sims 4! By that I mean the performance is on-par with the Windows version of the game which I truly didn’t expect following Sims 3 on Mac. Thankfully, The Sims 4 for Mac is a solid port. So the question on every Mac user’s mind is… will Sims 4 on Mac be the same? It definitely isnt perfect, but (especially lately). The Sims 3 used ‘Cider’ to act as a Windows wrapper which unfortunately led to many problems for Mac users and extremely slow performance. Overall, The Sims 4 is one of my favorite games of all time and I highly recommend it I love The Sims 4. ![]() Ports are always a tricky things with games – you can either use emulation technology, such as Cider, or produce a native port (coding from the ground up) for the operating system. ![]() Back in June of 2020, The Sims 4 released a base-game update that included a collection of MAC. The Sims 4 has finally arrived for Mac users! If you own a copy of The Sims 4 on PC then you are automatically entitled to the Mac version of the game on Origin. Original Story: MAC Cosmetics is no stranger to questionable collaborations with EA and The Sims.
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