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11 months ago
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[ARCHIVED] Leaves become transparent (Laptop mode)

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? 100%
What is your current game version number? 1.107.151.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All expansions, all game packs except Star Wars, all stuff packs and most of the kits
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Enter live mode and plant trees or flower bushes, wait until mature

What happens when the bug occurs? The leaves become transparent for all mature fruit trees and flower bushes. If I hover the cursor over the plant, the shape of the tree is still being highlighted, but the leaves cannot be seen. The plants are functioning normally. The leaves are transparent in all seasons. This issue only occurs in live mode or in build mode when playing with a household. The leaves appear fine in build mode when entering from the world view.

What do you expect to see? Mature plants appear normally
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes, but the bug remains after disabling mods
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes, after 28 May 2024 update (1.107.112.1030)

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  • Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:PC
    Which language are you playing the game in? English
    How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
    What is your current game version number? 1.110.265.1030
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Horse Ranch, Growing Together, High School, Cottage Living, Cats & Dogs, Seasons, City Living, Get To Work, Get Famous, Island Living, Discover University, Get Together, Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Werewolves, Vampires, Realm Of Magic, Dream Home Decorator, Parenthood, Dine Out, Outdoor Retreat, Tiny Living, Laundry Day, Backyard, My First Pet, Movie Hangout, Spooky Stuff, Paranormal Stuff, Nifty Knitting, Desert Luxe
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Plant a plant and wait for it to grow fully and interact with it.
    What happens when the bug occurs? It seems to happen after the plant grows up fully. Harvesting/fertilizing doesn't seem to be the cause of the issue. The plants themselves do not have any foliage, they just show up as dirt piles after fully growing. You can hover over the dirt pile and it'll show a grey outline of the plant but the plant isn't visible otherwise. The harvestables will appear to be floating above the dirt pile in the spots they're supposed to be, just no foliage on the plant. Trees don't have foliage either, they just appear as trunks with floating fruit. It isn't happening to every plant either, but most of them. Coconuts, pineapples, and plantains seem to appear normally (at least mine did). Also, most plants that are put into the vertical gardens don't appear after they fully grow. I don't know if it's related since this is also happening to trees and some plants in normal garden boxes.
    What do you expect to see? The plants/trees showing up at all after fully growing.
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No

    In the photo I attached, I have a plant in every slot in the vertical gardens. 

  • This problem solved but they are not yet fixed this bug, i hope notice by them. Poor player when they are plying in laptop mode. 

  • lizzalii's avatar
    lizzalii
    Seasoned Novice
    5 months ago

    Product: The Sims 4
    Platform:PC
    Which language are you playing the game in? English
    How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
    What is your current game version number? 1.110.311.1020
    What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All but, For Rent, Lovestruck, Life and Death, Journey to Batuu, Spooky Stuff, Home Chef Hustle and Crystal Creations
    Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Have the computer in "Laptop Mode" load into a save in spring or autumn and see that the foliage is not visible.
    What happens when the bug occurs? In the spring and autumn with the game in laptop mode the foliage on the trees is invisible. Evergreens also lose their foliage.
    What do you expect to see? The foliage visible so the trees doesn't look like it's winter.
    Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
    Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

    I know the foliage is there because the trees still drop their leaves and if you are in the Foundry Cove neighbourhood of Willow Creek you can see the street trees in the distance still have their leaves, but lose them if you get closer to them.

    The foliage is there in the summer.

    And yes, I know that the problem will (probably, I have't tried it myself) fix itself if I turn laptop mode off, but that is not the point, and for many players not a possible solution, we do, after all, have our computers in laptop mode for a reason. 

  • Still having this issue in Laptop mode as of 12/07/2024. Turning off laptop mode fixes the issue, but come on EA its been like 7 months. 

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