It's been officially been named a frame rate issue, so the more animations on screen -- characters on outdoor tasks, clearing multiple handshakes or $$$ at one time -- the bigger the lag and the occasional crash.

Unless you're really grinding for $$$, it's likely best to keep characters on indoor tasks and avoid ones like Arnie Pye's helicopter tasks.

Unfortunately visiting some neighbors will continue to be a problem, as the game's default is to dump all characters out on screen when visiting.

Anyone having issues with my town causing lags/crashes? I decided to mostly do outdoor tasks for the sake of having interesting things happen, but I can switch it up.

But that means I have to pay attention to the tasks I'm assigning instead of tapping the eight hour tasks as fast as I can.

The suggestion to put characters on indoor tasks should only to make things easier for you. As mentioned, visitors get all characters pushed outside.

Has anyone ever had a character disappear on them? I can't find Smithers anywhere.

Yeah, it happens now and then to me. If you put his building in storage (is he attached to Burns Mansion?), and then bring it back, he should reappear.

Thanks for the tip. That worked

Update Today:
Level 41: Vulgari Aspirations

Nine-part quest line (Moe triggers), features:

1. Vulgari Jewelry Store with Bernice Hibbert — $800,000
2. Unfinished Shed with Chester Dupree, Dr. Hibbert’s brother-in-law — 150 donuts (2.75% multiplier) (with quest line, Dr. Hibbert triggers)
3. Bloodmobile — $132,000
4. Duff Party Liner — 100 donuts (2.75% multiplier)
   

Should be pushed out, no app store update needed. Hopefully it also cleans up some the lag/log-in problems folks have been having.

Nice, haven't finished the Milhouse gym stuff yet nor the friendship level 8.

This is a really short level. I hope that means there is going to be a major update next week. Hopefully a big Krustyland update.

EA is pretty much following the same release schedule as last year, so something may be on the horizon:

Post-Whacking Day 2013, that Summer had the following release schedule:

• The Yard Sale season ending tie-in
• Level 30: Herman
• Squidport Expansion
• The Fourth of July tie-in
• Level 31: Wolfcastle
• Level 32: Rod and Todd
• Krustyland Expansion
• Level 33: Eddie and Lou
• Level 34: Chalmers
• Level 35: Patty and Selma

Post-Easter 2014, so far:

• The Yellow Badge... season ending tie-in
• Level 41: Hibbert Family
• ?????
• ?????
• ?????
• ?????
• ?????
• ?????
• ?????
• ?????

Chester Dupree? He's No. 3 in the list of Hibbert siblings I would want behind Bleeding Gums and adoption agency guy.

The 4.8.3 update seems to have vastly improved the lagging issue on my Android tablet. Haven't seen anything about a similar update for iOS.

Finally got a good prize from the Mystery Box you get once a week. I got 30 doughnuts.

I'm not seeing any improvement on the lag front. This blows.

I haven't been able to log into this in weeks now.
I'm using a samsung galaxy tab.

I'm getting the same lag on ios but at least it's playable for me.

I forgot to check my town status when the level-up happened but I just needed one Kwik-E-Mart to get back up to five stars. Krustyland was still fine.

4.8.3 was released in the iOS store today.

Been a while since I've played two levels at once. Weird but let's go for it.

They're pushing out an in-game notice: 20 free donuts for the post-Easter frame rate issue, and -- if you haven't already completed it -- they reset the Fit Milhouse quest line from the The Yellow Badge... tie-in.

It now ends in small hours of May 27.

That Bloodmobile gives you a TON of XP points. I have leveled up like 5 or 6 times in the last two days.

I got the squeaky voiced teen in my mystery box couple days ago, felt like I won the lottery. So glad that Easter event was over. I'm not participating in any more garbage wheel events.

21K XP?

The forums said that's better than the weather stations.

We are talking of course of old timers, who have millions of cash in reserves, at least 10 million.

So even though the blood mobile says it just improves vanity it gives extra bonuses?

I have about 2.5mil after buying the jewelry store. I haven't really set up much farming area for houses or whatever to get money so I don't have tens of million dollars to buy 72 blood mobiles. Also I'm curious how buying those got that person 12 doughnuts.

You just buy bloodmobiles, if you have enough XP then you level up, collect your donuts then sell the bloodmobiles. Rinse and repeat.

I have over 50 million, so with any luck I can level up at least once per day.