- Small black shadows on lots in Manage Worlds map can be removed by loading into the affected lot and exit to regenerate the thumbnail.
Fixed in Patch 1.110.265/2.01
Please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issues
@sunddee4 The bushes (not sure about the correct english term, that's what my translator gave me :D)
I'm not 100% sure I got the right EA house though. The one you describe as blue house. I thought it might be Pigue Hearth but maybe it's something different ?
@sunddee4 Thank you for the extra information. From what you said, I don't think it's the houses themselves or cc. I've never seen anything like it before. So a few more questions.
Have you tried repairing the game since this started?
Can you see the black lines when you're in live mode on the lot itself playing or is it just on the map?
Does it happen in any other worlds or just Newcrest?
Are you running the game on a laptop or desktop and has anything changed with your hardware (like a new video card)? There have been a number of graphics issues with graphics on laptops.
Have you changed your graphics settings recently? And have you tried changing your graphics settings to see if it would go away?
To be honest, I'm sort of grasping at straws now on what it could be. Since it isn't a bad download or a cc issue, I'm sort of leaning towards a graphics/rendering issue. But if only happens in Newcrest, it's probably not that either. If you've repaired the game, it's probably not a bad file. I've seen a number of posts on graphics/rendering issue on laptops and with some on specific video cards but if you've changed nothing hardwarewise and only installed packs and the patches, I just don't know.
@crinrict bushes is the correct term in the US. Scrambles threw me for a loop too until I looked it up and found that it's a UK term that means the same thing like the bonnet of an automobile is called a hood in the US so I guess your translator uses UK English terminology. <grin>
@CGrant56 @crinrict
- I have repaired the game multiple times
- I couldnt get it to happen that easily in other worlds. I uploaded one of my houses with the black lines in Newcrest into my library again, because I had deleted the original build in my library, as I thought it was corrupted. I placed this build (which had black lines in Newcrest) in Willow Creek and it copied the black lines there as well, see attachment A. But other than that, I just couldnt get it to happen in other worlds with random builds (including Willow Creek, only this build) and I tried Windenburg, Sulani and Oasis Springs. With random builds it still happens in Newcrest. It happens so randomly, because a lot of the time I don't get the black lines. And when I want them the least, they appear :/
- I'm running the game on a game computer. It's my brother's pc and he said he didn't change anything when it comes to the video card or hardware.
- Do you mean changing the graphic settings in the Sims 4? I always play with high settings and didnt change anything about it, except for maybe 2 months ago when my resolution changed when I unknowingly pushed a button? But then I changed it back. Today I tested the game with graphic settings on normal but the problem is still there. I could try to test it on low settings but thats weird cause I'm on a game computer that can handle this game....I had this game since May and everything was fine until October. In those months I only had an issue sometimes with a white or black giant square that covered half of the lot when zooming out in live mode, but that issue has disappeared since then.
Some new developments. I I updated my game and suddenly I get a blue screen when I'm zoomed out in build mode AND in live mode? see attachment B. In one save it was foggy and rainy in live mode. In another save it was sunny and I also see blue in live mode. When I zoom in, I can see the right colors of the lot. I repaired the game, didnt help. Dont know if it's a different problem or has to do with the black lines. Only happened after the latest update, should I make a new report? (Edit: Okay it kinda looks like the black/white screen I mentioned earlier in this post. Never had it in blue or covering the whole screen. About my black lines problem:
1. I placed the build with the black lines in Willow Creek and it happened there too as mentioned before. Also the game recognizes the black lines when placing a build, see attachment C. To explain the situation. First, I placed the build with black lines from my library into Willow Creek and it caused black lines on the lot right next to it. That's "normal"for this problem. Then, I placed the same build again on the same lot and watched what happened in the "placing lot -menu". Apparently the game recognizes the black lines on the lot next to it in the "placing lot-menu" as well? I just noticed this. I don't know if this observation is helpful, but alright.
continuing in my next post cause I can only have 3 attachments per post apparently>>>
2. I did the same thing in Newcrest (placing the same build on the same lot again), and suddenly most of the black lines disappeared, see attachment D (before) and E (after). I thought that maybe placing the build again and again would delete all the black lines,m but unfortunately not. There are still black lines.
3. Like @crinrict said, maybe the problem IS the bushes? That base game house I talked about earlier was build by another user and I didnt place the bushes myself. But with my OWN build, I placed the bushes myself and I think (for 90% sure) I used the moveobjects on cheat to get them in the position I wanted. But isn't that what a lot of users do? But I don't know for sure if its the bushes or the terrain paint cause theyre all in the same place, see the two dark spots by the yellow arrow in attachment A and see my build with trees/terrain paint in attachment F (this is the same house I use but this screenshot was taken in Newcrest).
I really don't know what to do right now and it makes me not enjoy the game as much anymore. Any help, suggestions or questions about testing the game are welcome!
@crinrict @crinrict About the blue house: I don't have a house called Pig Hearth downloaded in my game?
The blue house I have is this one:
https://www.ea.com/nl-nl/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/9619C6AF144511E98E0EB573E4FD424D?categ...
Creator: simlicy
Lot: Base Game Victorian
The house is basegame with only a holiday celebration pack item I think, but tbh...I have no idea if the house is the problem or something different in my game. There are multiple houses that causes black lines. The house with black lines you can see in a lot of my screenshots is a light blue house that I built myself and not this house from Simlicy. I wish it was a blue house problem so I could paint them all in a different color and the problem was solved lol!
