Re: Sims 4 flickering after June 19th patch

@Emmylerose

Hummm. Let's get your graphics settings back to default first of all, go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 and trash the Options.ini file. Load the game and then go into the game options and set to windowed mode, don't change any other graphics settings. If it persists is it in just the game window or the whole screen, including the menu bar at the top?

I did what you said, going into window mode the flickers are just on the game screen. It flickered worse and got black spots - I attached a photo of them. 

Since i’m unable to post a video, the glitches on the second photo is what is happening but repetitively and all over the screen. 

My gameplay is quite slow now, assuming my laptop meets the requirements since you didn’t mention anything wrong? 

@Emmylerose

Eww, that looks horrible!

Can you move your Mods folder to the desktop, repair your game in Origin then try again. Try toggling Edge Smoothing on and off too.

If it's still not working please try this:

1. In your Applications folder right click on the Sims 4 app and select Show Package Contents.
2. Navigate to Contents > Mac OS.
3. Right click on The Sims 4 and select Move to Trash. Don't drag the file as it will only move an alias and leave the original in place. If there is another file in the folder, The Sims 4.par, leave it alone.
4. Now open Origin, click on The Sims 4 in your Games Library and click on Download.

I tried doing both those things and unfortunately, it didn’t work. I even uninstalled and reinstalled Origin.  My game seems to be flickering even more - and now those black dots are on full screen (it wasn’t previously) 

Not sure if it means anything but before I downloaded it it said “download size: 12.90GB and size after install 13.52GB” 

By the way, thank you for helping me try figure this out! I can’t think of anything more that will help fix it. 

@Emmylerose

We’ll get there!

Let’s start with a clean slate. Can you completely uninstall the game then redownload and install just the base game? Make sure to move your Sims 4 folder with your saves, Tray etc. to your desktop beforehand so you don’t lose them. After uninstalling restart your Mac then open Origin. Go into your Origin settings and disable automatically downloading and installing games, we just want the base game installed for now. After installing the base game load it and play for a bit to see if the problem persists.

So I only have the bass game in and it still persists. I played the game a bit, it’s flickering through the menu bar and where you see your sims status on the bottom mostly, the gameplay itself isn’t too terrible but it does still flicker. 

In CAS the colours look odd, I’ve attached a picture to show you the hair. There’s blue dots - speaking of dots the black ones are still there when I start up. 

It it seems to be getting worse each time I go on. 

I don’t have any other games on my laptop or big applications, really the only thing is The Sims. 

The first thing you said didn’t change anything and the safe boot made my everything on my laptop flicker so I put it back to normal - it’s fine now.