Sims 4 flickering after June 19th patch
Hi, after updating my game on the latest patch on June 19th my game has been flickering and glitching out on the main menu, and all in gameplay. During the loading screen, there are little black dots...
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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.
- @Emmylerose
Thanks for trying and sorry it's still persisting. Does it happen in any other graphic intense apps on your Mac? Do you have Photoshop or equivalent installed, or video editing software?
Could you reset the NVRAM on your Mac? Instructions here - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/ht204063
If that doesn't fix it then boot into safe mode, instructions here - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/ht201262 then load your game and see if it is still happening. 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.
- @Emmylerose
Yes, booting into safe mode can cause it to flicker momentarily, that's not unusual.
I really don't know what else to suggest, we've exhausted everything I can think of ☹️ Have you disabled your antivirus to see if that makes a difference?
Do you have an Apple Store near you? It may be worth taking it into the genius bar to have them take a look. I don't think it's the Intel graphics chip causing the issue though as it's only affecting the game window.
Uninstalling and reinstalling/clean Sims 4 user folder/no Mods or CC/new user account - these are all the things which should resolve a graphics issue.
Having Origin in-game enabled can also cause issues but I don't think graphics related. You could disable it, see if it helps.
