Create a room at ground level with an enclosed porch. Bump up the foundation and place stairs going up to the porch. Place doors, windows, etc. on front wall. See image here. Now, go up a level. The doors and windows will appear to have gone missing, with gaps left to indicate their position. The wall objects will have disappeared entirely. See image of this here. Go back to ground level, and everything will re-appear. Note that if the stairs aren't fully extended across the porch area, the glitch does not occur. Note that it doesn't matter whether you use fencing or walls to enclose the area; the glitch will occur either way. Another example that I believe must be related is that this same issue occurs when objects are placed on a wall next to an adjacent roof at ground level. See image here. It does not happen on higher levels.

This bug appears to be resolved in the 10/25/16 patch. I took a look at one of my builds that had the problem, and also at Sakuraleon's Geo Eco that had the problem, and I am now seeing all the doors/windows regardless of viewing level. @NoWynter @ju1ka can you confirm?

[FIXED] Graphics Glitch - Disappearing Doors/Windows/Wall Objects

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crinrict
Hero+
11 years ago
Added
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
11 years ago
Update: this is still an issue as of the 7/9/15 patch. However, there have been a couple of changes. Object shadows are now visible on the wall even when the objects themselves have "disappeared." Also, viewing angle seems to be involved now. As you shift your view, objects will re-appear and then disappear again if you keep changing your perspective. Images here and here.
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
11 years ago
There is also a new flavor of this bug that comes along with half walls. Using half walls one tile away from an enclosed wall space also causes the glitch, but it will only show up on the left and back sides of the lot; it does not occur on the front or right sides. Further details and images available on pages 28-29 of our Build Mode Feedback thread here.
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
This glitch was fixed in the 8/6/15 patch.
BryonyRae
Hero (Retired)
10 years ago
This bug is now back after the 6/2/16 patch.
crinrict
Hero+
10 years ago
Unsolving and putting back on the list then

EDIT: Back on the list
dolldrms1
Seasoned Ace
10 years ago
Issue

Front Door of Villareal Estate in WB is invisible when sim is sent to visit. The visiting sim also disappears momentarily when almost to the door to knock on it. The option to knock does appear and as soon as the normal wall drop occurs after knocking, the visiting sim is again visible.

Steps you took for Issue to occur

First time seen I had the sim out jogging and noticed the gaping hole in the front of the house, so I cancelled the jog and sent him to the door to knock. Wondering if it was a freakish glitch, I completely closed the game down and exited. The picture that is attached is the second time I sent the sim to visit the household after restarting. I just had him travel there this time, not passing the home while jogging. Same results. Sorry, I should have snapped the pic when the sim sent to visit was invisible as well but didn't. Name of door used on the lot is Double Door with Sidelights and Faux Columns, in case is necessary info.

Where does the bug occur ?

So far, I've only run across this at the Villareal lot where there are also invisible walls that have to be fixed in the upstairs master bathroom. The door isn't invisible when the family returns to the lot, nor did I notice it being invisible when a club gathering was held on the lot. It only seems to happen when playing another household and sending a sim to visit.

Mods/CC

Vanilla game, never had mods or cc.

Expansion Packs/Game Packs/Stuff Packs

All released to date.

Occurring since

Just noticed tonight but think started after patch causing invisible walls issue.

Operating system

i5-6600; GTX 970; Windows 10, fully updated.
crinrict
Hero+
10 years ago
Does the same issue occur on a fresh game ?

Tagging @BryonyRae to see if it's connected to the invisible wall issue
dolldrms1
Seasoned Ace
10 years ago
Haven't started a new game as yet to check. I know we should be getting a patch fairly soon since a SP is to be released next week and would prefer to wait until it is installed.

As an update, I changed back to playing the Villareal household and noticed there are times the door becomes invisible. As the family was approaching the door, I accidentally jumped up a floor and poof, the door became invisible. It self-corrected within a short time. I went ahead and replaced it but the problem persists so I'm hoping @BryonyRae can check the house to see if there is a build issue that might even already be known, in case it's a separate issue from the invisible walls. Since I don't build, I'm not up to speed with everything encountered. If it's something like say, a roof overhang on the front porch area, I wouldn't know how to fix that and perhaps she can walk through a workaround, if known. Of course, if she doesn't see the issue at all, that would be a pretty good indicator the save has corrupted.
crinrict
Hero+
10 years ago
She's ill atm so it might take a moment.

Did you check on today's patch ?