@ajduckie @Hephaestion02 @Shh-speechless
I ended up replacing the cube map texture with a simple black 128x128 PNG in S4S and it fixed the issue, I'm back to a normal TV again.
I replaced this:
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Hi guys,
I first experienced this same issue after the pre University patch (12.11.19? Although I didn't patch due to the cc related issues until mid dec). It appeared immediately after patching when I loaded an apartment lot, As described by @ajduckie its appeared as a pattern of dots on a custom content wall and television. For me it appears on almost all cc televisions, a few cc computers and some cc wallpapers (I have a lot of cc 60Gb!).
I haven't, so far, encountered the glitch on windows or refrigerators as @ajduckie has. Today when testing I experienced lines appearing (that move when you rotate / move the camera, like the dot pattern) on custom flooring and when I built a room to investigate the same glitch appeared on the maxis default wallpaper! This is a new glitch and only appeared today, or at least I only noticed it today.
Another graphic issue I've ran into (can't remember when I first noticed it as it only effects a few objects) is lines that appear on objects in full sunlight (both inside and outside). Although I don't believe its directly related to the specular map issue.
My specs are similar to @ajduckie's:
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019)
- 3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5
- 16 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
- Radeon Pro 560X 4 GB
- 1TB Storage 800GB available
- Catalina v 10.15.2
Hope somewhere out there finds a fix!
H x
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I have the same issue 😤
At first I thought it was because I hadn’t updated my game, so I did so, but the problem continued, I get the dots on walls and also cc tv etc.
Now I haven’t played since I updated to Catalina so I have a feeling it has something to do with combination of game being run on Catalina, as my game was fine before I upgraded from Mojave and it was also fine before updating game with the last patch which I only did yesterday because I thought that lack of letting it update was causing the issue(had origin offline so It couldn’t update). I Have also tried everything, and nothing works...super frustrated as putting me off playing 😔
Thats on:
IMac retina 5k, 27inch, Late 2015
3.2 GHz Quad Core Intel Core i5
16GB memory
AMD Radeon R9 M390 2GB graphics
@Shh-speechless @Hephaestion02 @Bluebellflora
thanks so much for everyone’s specs and testing! Thanks to all the testing/comparing it looks like it’s a problem for cc-using Mac players running Catalina with AMD GPUs. Has anyone else seen the issue spread to non-CC items like I did? For me, putting the CC televisions or those fridges in my game leads to the effect appearing on all shiny surfaces still, EA included. But as long as I keep those larger CC items out, the effect only appears on a piece of CC here or there. Are you guys playing with the affected CC still in your games or have you removed it?
