[CURRENT ISSUE 64-bit] Windows flash with snow on ground

Question

When there is snow on the ground, windows become frosted over.&nbsp; While the effect is mostly as expected, the windows on rabbithole lots flash between their expected frosted and the transparent versions seen without snow.&nbsp; The change takes effect in either direction as soon as the lot is rendered after snow appears on or disappears from the ground.

This happens with windows on most rabbithole lots in Sunset Valley
Transparent doors and awnings, such as on the day spa, are also affected
View distance and angle can affect the rate of flashing but doesn't eliminate it
This happens on default ultra and medium settings
Windows on the criminal warehouse and science center are unaffected
Houses and open community lots are unaffected

This was tested in a new save in a clean user folder in Sunset Valley, no mods or custom content.&nbsp; I did however cheat mercilessly to change the seasons, weather, and snow level.
This video was taken outside the school.
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Thanks to Bluebellflora for uploading this for me.

tokyoes · Answer

@puzzlezaddict&nbsp;Personally, I only notice this with rabbithole buildings and it doesn't affect residential lots or community lots.=== Application info ===Name: Sims3Version:Build: Release=== Rating info ===GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 5 CPU: 5 RAM: 5 CPU Speed: 3100 Threading: 3Adjusted CPU: 5270 RAM: 16384 Adjusted RAM: 15872 Cores: 4Card Found in DB: 1=== Machine info ===OS version: Mac OS X Version 10.16 (Build 20B29)OS prod type: 0OS major ver: 10OS minor ver: 16OS SP major ver: 0OS SP minor ver: 0OS is 64Bit: 1CPU: MacBookPro14,3Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7920HQ CPU @ 3.10GHzFamily: 8Model: 7Cores: 4HT: 1x64: 1Memory: 16384MBFree memory: 3905MBUser: _______Computer: _______s-MacBook-Pro=== Graphics device info ===Number: 0Name (driver): Radeon Pro 555Name (database): Radeon Pro 555 [Found: 1, Matched: 1]Vendor: ATIChipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 67ef, Board: 0000017a, Chipset: 00c7Driver: macOS Metal driver, Version: 0.0.0.0Driver version: 0Monitor: 00000000Texture memory: 2048MBVertex program: 3.0Pixel program: 3.0Hardware TnL: 0=== Options ===AnimationSmoothing 1LightingQuality 2GeneralReflections 1TextureQuality 2VisualEffects 3TerrainQuality 3EdgeSmoothing 2ObjectHiding 1AspectRatio 0ForceSquarePixels 1SimQuality 4TreeQuality 2DrawDistance 1MaxActiveLots 2NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6AdvancedRendering 1AudioQuality 3Audi🤭utputMode 1VoiceLevel 255SoundFXLevel 255MusicLevel 255AmbientLevel 255FocusMute 1VoiceMute 0SoundFXMute 0MusicMute 0AmbientMute 0EdgeScrolling 0EdgeScrollingWarning 0SupressOpportunityDialogs 0SuppressOpportunityDialogsWarningProducts 1493931SimWhileMinimized 0TwelveHourClock 1ShowPlacementGrid 0AutonomyLevel 2DisableAutonomyForSelectedSim 0PetAutonomyLevel 2AgingInterval 3EnableAging 1EnableTutorial 0EnableIntroTutorial 1EnableTombResets 1EnableInGameStore 0EnableTelemetry 0EnableMemories 1AgingStageLengthBaby 5AgingStageLengthToddler 15AgingStageLengthChild 25AgingStageLengthTeen 35AgingStageLengthYoungAdult 45AgingStageLengthAdult 40AgingStageLengthElder 35EnableInteractiveLoading 0AgingStageLengthPuppy 10AgingStageLengthDogAdult 40AgingStageLengthDogElder 10AgingStageLengthKitten 10AgingStageLengthCatAdult 50AgingStageLengthCatElder 20AgingStageLengthFoal 15AgingStageLengthHorseAdult 60AgingStageLengthHorseElder 25LunarCycleLength 3LunarPhaseLength 0EnableLunarCycle 1EnableLunarPhase 0EnableStoryProgression 1EnableVampires 0EnableWerewolves 0EnablePets 1EnableCelebrities 1EnableFairies 0EnableWitches 0EnableHorses 1EnableOptOutCeleb 0ReceiveConnectTNS 1ReceivedDevGift 0PostFilterFlags 0RequireLoginBeforeLoad 1SummerLength 7FallLength 7WinterLength 7SpringLength 7SummerEnabled 1FallEnabled 1WinterEnabled 1SpringEnabled 1IsCelcius 1FogEnabled 1RainEnabled 1SnowEnabled 1HailEnabled 1InvertHorizontalRotation 0InvertVerticalRotation 0VideoCaptureSize 1VideoCaptureQuality 2VideoCaptureSound 0VideoCaptureTime 60VideoCaptureHideUI 1=== Default Options ===AnimationSmoothing 1LightingQuality 3GeneralReflections 3TextureQuality 3VisualEffects 3TerrainQuality 3EdgeSmoothing 3ObjectHiding 0AspectRatio 0ForceSquarePixels 1SimQuality 4TreeQuality 4DrawDistance 3MaxActiveLots 8NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6AdvancedRendering 1AudioQuality 3Audi🤭utputMode 1VoiceLevel 255SoundFXLevel 255MusicLevel 255AmbientLevel 255FocusMute 1VoiceMute 0SoundFXMute 0MusicMute 0AmbientMute 0EdgeScrolling 0EdgeScrollingWarning 1SupressOpportunityDialogs 0SuppressOpportunityDialogsWarningProducts 0SimWhileMinimized 0TwelveHourClock 1ShowPlacementGrid 0AutonomyLevel 2DisableAutonomyForSelectedSim 0PetAutonomyLevel 2AgingInterval 2EnableAging 1EnableTutorial 1EnableIntroTutorial 1EnableTombResets 1EnableInGameStore 1EnableTelemetry 1EnableMemories 1AgingStageLengthBaby 3AgingStageLengthToddler 7AgingStageLengthChild 7AgingStageLengthTeen 14AgingStageLengthYoungAdult 21AgingStageLengthAdult 21AgingStageLengthElder 17EnableInteractiveLoading 1AgingStageLengthPuppy 0AgingStageLengthDogAdult 0AgingStageLengthDogElder 0AgingStageLengthKitten 0AgingStageLengthCatAdult 0AgingStageLengthCatElder 0AgingStageLengthFoal 0AgingStageLengthHorseAdult 0AgingStageLengthHorseElder 0LunarCycleLength 3LunarPhaseLength 0EnableLunarCycle 1EnableLunarPhase 0EnableStoryProgression 1EnableVampires 1EnableWerewolves 1EnablePets 1EnableCelebrities 1EnableFairies 1EnableWitches 1EnableHorses 1EnableOptOutCeleb 0ReceiveConnectTNS 1ReceivedDevGift 0PostFilterFlags 0RequireLoginBeforeLoad 0SummerLength 7FallLength 7WinterLength 7SpringLength 7SummerEnabled 1FallEnabled 1WinterEnabled 1SpringEnabled 1IsCelcius 0FogEnabled 1RainEnabled 1SnowEnabled 1HailEnabled 1InvertHorizontalRotation 0InvertVerticalRotation 0VideoCaptureSize 1VideoCaptureQuality 2VideoCaptureSound 0VideoCaptureTime 60VideoCaptureHideUI 1

yemisi_baby · Answer

So there is no fix to this till this day 😅?

puzzlezaddict · Answer

yemisi_baby&nbsp; Nope, there have been no patches since a couple days after the release.

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