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NaturalVitaminC
3 years ago

Upgraded to macOS Ventura 13.1, but having graphics issues

I upgraded my M1 Macbook Air to Ventura 13.1 but the screen is occasionally flickering white when I rotate or zoom in and out using the command key. I have tried to reinstall the main game and all the expansion packs and deleted the Electronic Arts folder, but this issue did not seem to get addressed and it reoccurred at times.

Here are my specs:

Model Name: MacBook Air

  Model Identifier: MacBookAir10,1

  Model Number: MGN63CH/A

  Chip: Apple M1

  Total Number of Cores: 8 (4 performance and 4 efficiency)

  Memory: 8 GB

  Storage: 93.65 GB available of 245.11 GB

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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @NaturalVitaminC

    Trash the Options.ini file in the Sims 4 folder. The graphics will revert to the default settings. Don’t change the in-game graphics options and play for a bit, does it still happen?
  • NaturalVitaminC's avatar
    NaturalVitaminC
    3 years ago

    Thank you for your suggestion. I trashed that file and returned the settings to defaults, and I found that the graphics issues almost 100% reoccurred with the "Vertical Sync" on. I turned it off once, but there was noticeable visual tearing when I zoom in or out and rotate.😢

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @NaturalVitaminC

    How annoying! I have the same model MBA as you but haven’t noticed any graphics issues since upgrading to Ventura. I don’t have any other apps open when I play and play in windowed mode with all settings on high. Does it happen in windows mode for you or only fullscreen?
  • NaturalVitaminC's avatar
    NaturalVitaminC
    3 years ago

    @Bluebellflora 

    I used to play in fullscreen mode with no other apps open. Like magic, I played it on windows mode just now, and the screen flickering issues are gone. Thank you!! But still, I hope to play The Sims fullscreen and I will see whether the next update would fix this glitch. 👼🏻

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @NaturalVitaminC

    When did it start happening, has it always been like that on the M1 Mac? I always play in windowed mode as I find it far more stable. You can make the window as big as the desktop so it's like fullscreen, almost 🙂

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