The game just became unplayable

[AaronArx]

Sorry but i can't deal with this anymore, i tried to start a new city but the game started to just freeze and stutter even before I started building the city.

I don't know what to do, just as the land is loaded up the game is slow the control panel doesn't even appear.

What am i supposed to do?

here are my specifics

3,1 GHz Intel Core i5

4 GB Ram

AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB

Somebody told me that's because the graphics switched inside the processor, how do i revert it back to the graphic board?

 

[Puuh]

What's your OS?
Have you tried reinstalling?
Have you tried repairing your game in steam?
What patch are you playing?

 

[AaronArx]

IOS Yosemite 10.10.2

i already reinstalled it once because it crashed on screen, once i started the game the screen would go white with glitches appearing on it, i disnstalled it and reinstalled it and it stopped doing that, but it became extremely slow.

The patch should be 1.0.6b i didn't download the new one.

 

[Puuh]

OK... I guess you mean MacOS. IOS would be funny
In your system preferences (energy settings) you can choose to always use the graphic card instead of automatically choosing between onboard graphic and graphic card.
Also you can try to lower the resolution of the game. That helps a bit with lagging and stuttering.
But be aware, that there are still some issues with performance on MacOS (and linux) systems and maybe even a problem with Intel processors as stated here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/intel-speedstep-turboboost-issues.847987/
and here:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...the-game-speed-doesnt-actually-change.844861/

For a better game experience try to play under windows in Bootcamp on your mac or you'll just have to wait until a performance patch is released. Sounds a bit sad but thats how it is

 

[john500y2k]

This is where I find the setting on my Macbook Pro not 100% sure if it's the same on an iMac.

System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Un-tick Automatically Graphics Switching
This will mean it will always be using the dedicated graphics card.

Another option is to download something called gfxcardstatus (link below) which will display an i or g in your task bar icons if it is currently using integrated or dedicated. You can also select which from there without having to dig into system preferences. Very handy for quick switching.

https://gfx.io/

 

[AaronArx]

i arrived at energy saver but there is nothing about the graphic cards there is something about the hard disks, the network access and the automatic activation post power outage, but there is absolutely nothing about the graph cards...

where else could it be?

i tried also downloading that program but it doesn't work on imacs it says unsupported machine.

 

[Puuh]

It should look like this if you have that option:

 

[AaronArx]

my computer is an IMAC you know the all-in-one

 

[Puuh]

yes you stated that somewhere... I don't know your specs thou... I don't have an iMac and there are a lot of different iMacs out there with different specs and graphic options. If you don't have this option than you only have one dedicated graphics card inside and don't need to switch anything.

 

[AaronArx]

then how is it possible that the game became so unplayable?

it's absurd, when i bought it it was supersmooth even when i arrived at building a full grown city.

 

[Shiggs]

then how is it possible that the game became so unplayable?

it's absurd, when i bought it it was supersmooth even when i arrived at building a full grown city.

the only logical answer I can arrive at is that you fried your card. I've actually did this myself long ago. Pulled it out, and the card looked like it had caught on fire.

 

[Puuh]

Did you try to repair the game in steam (as I already asked you never answered)

Are you using any mods?

Patches not always do good... sometimes they also change things for the bad.

Probably your hardware is faulty?

So many unknown Questions and you should calm down a bit I think you seem very angry and there is no need to be angry at us

 

[AaronArx]

well i can't pull the board out ^^ the imacs cannot be opened manually.

How do i get to know if my hardware is faulty?

btw i think i'm more frustrated

 

[Puuh]

Dont't really know... Do other games work normal?

Another thing you might try is a PRAM reset. Start your iMac holding down cmd+alt+p+r. As long as you press these buttons simultaniously (and keep them pushed) your Mac will start over and over again and you will hear the startup sound. After the third or so startupsound just release the keys and you mac will start normally. Maybe that can help.

 

[AaronArx]

the other games namely team fortress 2 mostly work perfectly normal.

 

[Shiggs]

you could try running your hardware diagnostics program and see it that reveals anything. Mine is scheduled to run once a week, and I review it if I have noticeable problems gaming. Something like that probably came standard on your computer.

 

[AaronArx]

Do you think that expanding the RAM would make the game smoother?