Do you have problems with lag on your island?

[Believe]

My island is nearing completion in terms of development and I feel like I have a noticeable amount of lag in a lot of places. I know it's because of item, trees, and such, but I also don't think I have that crowded of an island. It's quite frustrating to play with and I've experienced it a number of times in other really crowded / packed island. I just don't know how people can get to a point of near full development on their island and not have this issue? How is your island holding up with lag?

Do flowers impact it as well? Bushes? I might actually look to remove some greenery if it's something that can help with the processing.

 

[Nami]

So far I havent had issues. I've had a ton of overgrowth in terms of flowers. My island is fairly well decorated but I'm sure there are some with more items placed than mine who may be running into lag.

 

[SirSean]

I haven't had any lag issues yet but there's some noticeable pop in every now and again.

 

[Feraligator]

Yeah I do for sure. It's not completely full, but I do have quite a few flowers, bushes and trees around. It's definitely frustrating because it hurts my eyes faster so I have to stop playing after only like 5 minutes because of the low framerates causing so much blurriness, or walk slowly through the laggy areas, but I have to deal with it because I like the way my island is. It's like Korok forest from BotW, that place was laggy because of all the trees and shrubs.

I'm slowly swapping out flowers for rocks and other non-moving items but it's not really helping that much unforch.

 

[Believe]

Yeah I do for sure. It's not completely full, but I do have quite a few flowers, bushes and trees around. It's definitely frustrating because it hurts my eyes faster so I have to stop playing after only like 5 minutes because of the low framerates causing so much blurriness, or walk slowly through the laggy areas, but I have to deal with it because I like the way my island is. It's like Korok forest from BotW, that place was laggy because of all the trees and shrubs.

I'm slowly swapping out flowers for rocks and other non-moving items but it's not really helping that much unforch.

My island is very foresty too Isabelle is telling me to get rid of trees and this is probably the exact reason they even made that a rule for 5 stars. Really unfortunate because I love the overgrown tree effect

 

[Feraligator]

My island is very foresty too Isabelle is telling me to get rid of trees and this is probably the exact reason they even made that a rule for 5 stars. Really unfortunate because I love the overgrown tree effect

Yeah I think they made that a thing because of the frame drops. Unfortunately, anything that's animated will cause lag if there's too much of it to render, I believe. If you're fine with removing flowers, maybe try that and see if it helps.

It happens on another game I play simply because of the tiny animations of things, like raindrops. It's usually fine early game when there isn't much happening, but come late game, the raindrops actually add to the lag.

 

[Believe]

Yeah I think they made that a thing because of the frame drops. Unfortunately, anything that's animated will cause lag if there's too much of it to render, I believe. If you're fine with removing flowers, maybe try that and see if it helps.

It happens on another game I play simply because of the tiny animations of things, like raindrops. It's usually fine early game when there isn't much happening, but come late game, the raindrops actually add to the lag.

Yea Ill start with flowers and move onto trees if it continues heavily ;-; I think the trees add a significant amount more than the flowers though so might have to do some choppity chopping

 

[dizzy bone]

I get lag in my marketplace that is very item-heavy during the day/afternoon. Nights are usually fine and I don't experience any lag. I experience more pop-ins than lag though.

 

[Xeleron]

I haven't experienced any of these issues, although, after reading some replies I'm afraid it might happen near my museum since it's jam-packed with flowers, two waterfalls, and the teacup ride (which I always leave on)... all the flowers are of the same type and color, so I'm hoping this might prevent the issue from happening.

@Jez I LOVE your sig!!

 

[Feraligator]

I haven't experienced any of these issues, although, after reading some replies I'm afraid it might happen near my museum since it's jam-packed with flowers, two waterfalls, and the teacup ride (which I always leave on)... all the flowers are of the same type and color, so I'm hoping this might prevent the issue from happening.

@Jez I LOVE your sig!!

Thank you

 

[Thom.02]

I haven't experienced lag at all. Maybe you don't have enough space on your switch or something?

 

[Meira]

I posted a similar thread the other day and this response from @JSS, I found was informative.

In a normally decorated island there shouldn't be any particular number of a single thing that determines lag. Animated items like hedges, fish, bugs, flowers, trees, etc add to it especially if it's windy or stormy. Waterfalls. The number of characters in one area may add to it (especially if they're at the Resident Services plaza). Items that give out lighting probably add to it (floor lights, etc.). Large objects add to it, like the monster and the robot. Too much clutter in one area adds to it. In my experience the area around Resident Services is more likely to see lag so keep that very open if you want zero lag ever, and even then don't quote me on that.

 

[Leela]

I have an area with flowers on nearly every square, and my game lags as I walk through it so I have to regularly cull them. I never have problems on the rest of my island which is pretty open.

 

[m00ngoose]

Flowers don't seem to cause it for me - I get it in one of my more built up/decorated areas where I literally watch all the items pop in one by one whenever I run by. I'm really happy with it though, so it would hurt to take it all down...

 

[sleepydreepy]

Yes I have it in one area. I don't understand why it is happening here since I feel like compared to some of my other areas its not as "full," so I have no idea what causes it. It's really annoying and sad since I really like that area but because of lag I don't visit it very often

 

[Chris]

I don't experience it at all. My island is sparsely decorated.

 

[Khaelis]

I experience a little around my overgrown flower area when there's a lot of wind, otherwise not really as my island is still pretty empty.

 

[fluttershy300]

There was a little bit yesterday. It had scared me but it hasn’t happened again yet.

 

[orchidswhite]

Mine is super decorated with lots of furniture items everywhere. It lags really bad on my island tbh and I had visitors tell me the same thing! It's hard to play sometimes but I don't have the heart to make it less decorated because I love the overly decorated look. my flower areas aren't too bad, it's mostly the furniture i place outside.

 

[AutomationAir]

I’ve noticed some lag around my museum area which varies depending on the time of day and weather. It’s disappointing because it doesn’t feel like it’s that full, but I assume it’s because of my custom path (even if it is just a one tile design).