[CURRENT ISSUE 64-bit] red flashing game window
Users have reported that the game screen can sometimes flash red for a second or until they interact with the game window again. Reports so far state that it can happen:
- going up/down floor levels
- zooming in/out
- changing game screen resolution
Sometimes the game may crash after this happens. If you are experiencing this please post here and attach the DeviceConfig.log file to your post. You can find this file in the Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 folder. Please also explain exactly what you were doing in-game when this happened, whether it disappeared and what you did to make it disappear, or whether it crashed the game/your Mac.
I experienced this when changing screen resolution in windowed mode, it would flash red for a second when switching resolutions.
I am pretty sure the red flashing screen issue has to do with the number of objects that need to be displayed at one time. This is why on large lots with a lot of objects, the problem only occurs when you zoom out or increase the number of viewable floors on the buildings (go up a few floors), which causes more objects to have to be rendered.
So the solution I have found is to go to options>graphics and check the "enable object hiding" box. This should fix the problem even if you have maxed out graphics settings.
