Community Manager@deblake60 Please disable Game Mode and Game Bar, under Windows Settings > Gaming. A component of one of these crashed at least once, so it's worth trying.
Please also uninstall the EA App with Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine), and restart your computer before reinstalling the App. Choose the Intensive scanning mode if Revo asks. Use a fresh copy of the App installer.
And just because it's simple to do, try forcing the game to open in windowed mode. Open Options.ini, in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).
Please try both with and without the -dx9 command line argument.
If none of this helps, please create a new admin Windows account and try playing there. Make it local, as in, don't link it to your Microsoft account. You'll be able to (try to) launch Sims 4 without reinstalling anything.
The next step would be to clean-uninstall Sims 4 with Revo as well. Be sure to rename the Sims 4 user folder, in your main Windows account, so Revo doesn't nuke it as well, that is if you'd like to preserve your saves and other user data. When reinstalling the game, create a new folder on the root level of the drive of your choice, for example C:\Games is fine, but not C:\Program Files\Games, and install Sims 4 there.
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.110.294.1020 DX11
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All of them.
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Configure the graphics to maximum allowable settings and look at the sea from 888 Spire Apartments.
What happens when the bug occurs? Hard edge where the reflective surface of the ocean water comes to an abrupt stop producing a grid like effect.
What do you expect to see? Smooth surface across whole body of water.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No
I have a really annoying and jarring graphical bug in the water of San Myshuno when viewed from 888 spire apartments. The reflective surface in the ocean comes to an abrupt stop making the edges really visible. All my graphical settings are cranked up to maximum... Is there anything that can be done about this?
UPDATE: I reloaded the game in DX9 and the issue is resolved. This seems to be a bug related to DX11.
