Stones Throw roofs causing no snow

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Hi all!&nbsp;I'm play-testing a world I'm building and noticed a few lots with no snow or weird snowless patterns. I realized they all had those glass roofs from the Stones Throw Greenhouse set. This has never happened to me before - I love those roofs. I removed them from some of my builds and the snow appeared, but it'd be a bummer to have to remove them. I tested in other worlds (the second photo is from Sunset Valley) and same thing happened. I've tried taking out CC, redownloading from the store, and still no snow. I may test on another PC if I can get it to work to see if it works, but I'm at a loss on getting snow back on these lots while keeping those roofs. Thought I'd ask for any ideas.&nbsp;&nbsp;

puzzlezaddict · Answer

starlysh&nbsp; Please post a screenshot of your graphics settings.&nbsp; Open the settings, put the game into windowed mode, and use Windows key-shift-S to take a screenshot.
Please also open DeviceConfig.log, inside Documents &gt; Electronic Arts &gt; The Sims 3, and post the first 40 or so lines.&nbsp; (Stop when you get to Options.)&nbsp; You can delete your user and computer names, about 20 lines down; the file doesn't contain any other personal information.

starlysh · Answer

Sorry for the late-ish reply. Here's my deets:=== Application info ===Name: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sims3Version: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Build: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Release=== Rating info ===GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 1 CPU: 4 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 3600 Threading: 3Adjusted CPU: 4400 RAM: 16291 Adjusted RAM: 15779 Cores: 4=== Machine info ===OS version: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Windows 8 &nbsp;6.2.9200&nbsp;OS prod type: &nbsp; &nbsp;0OS major ver: &nbsp; &nbsp;6OS minor ver: &nbsp; &nbsp;2OS SP major ver: 0OS SP minor ver: 0OS is 64Bit: &nbsp; &nbsp; 1CPU: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GenuineIntel&nbsp; &nbsp; Brand: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz&nbsp; &nbsp; Family: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;6&nbsp; &nbsp; Model: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 14&nbsp; &nbsp; Cores: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; HT: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1&nbsp; &nbsp; x64: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0Memory: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;16291MBFree memory: &nbsp; &nbsp; 9758MB=== Graphics device info ===Number: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0Name (driver): &nbsp; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650Name (database): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 [Found: 0, Matched: 0]Vendor: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;NVIDIAChipset: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Vendor: 10de, Device: 1f82, Board: 40261458, Chipset: 00a1Driver: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;nvldumd.dll, Version: 32.0.15.6590, GUID: D7B71E3E-5CC2-11CF-566E-29600EC2ED35Driver version: &nbsp;6590Monitor: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \.\DISPLAY1Texture memory: &nbsp;32MB &lt;&lt;OVERRIDE&gt;&gt;Vertex program: &nbsp;3.0Pixel program: &nbsp; 3.0Hardware TnL: &nbsp; &nbsp;1&nbsp;&nbsp;

puzzlezaddict · Answer

starlysh&nbsp; Your graphics settings mostly look fine, although I'd suggest turning High Detail Lots down to 2 or 3 for performance reasons.&nbsp; Your GPU can handle higher, but the game engine cannot.
Just as a test, try moving Options.ini (in Documents &gt; Electronic Arts &gt; The Sims 3) to the desktop, which will reset your in-game options, graphics and otherwise.&nbsp; Don't change anything other than resolution and fullscreen/windowed; just load a save and see whether the snow is still missing.&nbsp; If this doesn't help, you can delete the new Options.ini and restore the old one.
I doubt this is related to your unrecognized graphics card, but if you do want to get it recognized just to be sure, I can help with that.&nbsp; Let me know.

kcndreams · Answer

I had this issue years ago. I hope you find a fix, I couldn't and just accepted they're weird in the snow.

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