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New Traveler

10 years ago

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[MAC] The Sims 4 Graphic Glitch with Menu

I'm having a really weird glitch/issue with the menu sometimes while playing The Sims 4 on my Mac. It's like the buttons are almost inverted... and the little pop-ups in the right corner of the scree...

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fons_garmo
10 years ago
Hi @JGyorki ,

Have you activated any type of Anti-Aliasing (Edge Smoothing) in the graphics options? I was able to reproduce the issue, and it happens to me when activating Anti-Aliasing. Deactivating Anti-Aliasing solved the issue for me, so please try and tell us if it works 😕mileyhappy:

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lolatort

10 years ago

I have the exact same problem since upgrading to a new computer. Game repaired several times, regenerated Sims 4 folder, mods removed. Turning off Edge Smoothing helped (thank you for that suggestion!), but it's not a fix, is it?

My specs: MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch , Mid 2015

El Captain 10.11.1

GPUs: AMD Radeon R9 M370X and Intel Iris Pro

Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7

JeremyG615

New Traveler

10 years ago

I still continue to have the same issue. I usually do one of two things:

1) Restart my computer entirely. Then re-launch TS4. This seems to help resolve the issue, until it happens again.

2) Alternate my Edge Smoothing options. If the game launches, and the menus look weird, I'll active or de-activate Edge Smoothing (Off to Low, or Low to Off) then restart the game.

Both are just temporary workarounds. It seems like not enough people have this issue for it to be addressed in a patch. :-/

lolatort
10 years ago
For me restart doesn't work, only turning Anti-Aliasing off does.
On my old computer I had no graphic glitches at all (MBP, 15, mid 2012, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M). The defaults were High settings and windowed mode with a resolution higher than any of those I have available now – 2732x1580, now the max is 2560x1484. The defaults now are Medium and fullscreen mode with a low resolution (the clickable things are not clickable – I have to aim my cursor way higher). It's very annoying, as the graphic settings don't stick – each time I want to change something I have to restore the default settings first. Plus I have the "visible rugs outside of the buildings" glitch I mentioned in another thread, and I've been _trying to_ play for only three days now, so who knows what else I'll find. So TS4-wise my upgrade was a total downgrade.
- Bluebellflora
  Hero+
  10 years ago
  @JGyorki @lolatort
  
  Playing in windowed mode also helps.
  - lolatort
    10 years ago
    I play only in windowed mode (TS3 habit), so it doesn't seem to help in my case. Only switching Anti-Aliasing off does.