Re: Sims 3 64 bit ground texture

@puzzlezaddict Okay finally coming back to this thread that I forgot about. Here is the same thing in Sunlit Tides. This is a close-up of a beach area.]

And here's the same area from map view.

I did notice that the ground texture problem was fixed when I turned on Advanced Rendering, which I usually prefer anyway, and my computer can handle it. But then this happens.

@middykitty4  Does it help to increase the Draw Distance setting while Advanced Rendering is disabled?  I doubt any of the other settings would make a difference, but you can try them too; your computer should be fine as long as you're only looking for a couple minutes.

Please also list the full specs of your Mac: everything under About This Mac except for the serial number.  And let me know whether you've updated the OS at all since you first posted here.

@middykitty4  I was also hoping to know which operating system you were running, which is listed along with your computer's other specs.  Since this isn't a commonly reported issue, and your hardware is relatively common, I was wondering whether this was an OS issue at least in part.

However, I'm not sure there's a way around this.  Your graphics chip is below the minimum requirement for 64-bit Sims 3, and while that won't prevent you from playing, obviously, it does mean you may need to make some compromises.

@middykitty4  The current version of Monterey is 12.3.1, but I doubt updating would help; that's more the kind of thing that gets addressed with an entirely new OS.  Still, it shouldn't do any harm to update.

You can see 64-bit Sims 3's requirements here, below the info for 32-bit:

https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/the-sims/the-sims-3#store-page-section-requirements

For "video," as in, the graphics processing, you'll see that the minimum is an Intel Iris 640, which is two generations newer and essentially two (small) increments higher than your graphics chip.