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T-Bone_Bryant
5 years ago
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No interior sunlight/sunrays graphics bug

It's been a while since EA updated the lighting so windows would let in actualy sunlight and cast proper shadows. However I recently noticed that it does not properly work for me. When I build a wall...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    5 years ago

    @T-Bone_Bryant  Have you confirmed that your in-game settings are on ultra?  Does it make a difference whether the room has a roof and ceiling, or flooring or walls for that matter?  Have you ever messed with graphicsrules.sgr inside the game's program files?

    It would also be useful to test in a clean user folder, as in, move your entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, letting the game create a new one the next time it loaded.

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puzzlezaddict
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5 years ago

@T-Bone_Bryant  Have you confirmed that your in-game settings are on ultra?  Does it make a difference whether the room has a roof and ceiling, or flooring or walls for that matter?  Have you ever messed with graphicsrules.sgr inside the game's program files?

It would also be useful to test in a clean user folder, as in, move your entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, letting the game create a new one the next time it loaded.

  • T-Bone_Bryant's avatar
    T-Bone_Bryant
    5 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict  Okay, now I feel really stupid. I did all of your suggestions and it turns out that when I changed the "prop $ConfigGroup NumberCascadeLevels" in the graphicsrules.sgr to "1" - to get rid of that jumpy sun movement - that had started the issue. Look how beautifully the sun shines through the skylight onto the stairs <3

    Didn't even once consider that could be the connection. But also guess that's why Maxis never been able to fix the movement of the sun.

    THANKS THOUGH! Now I will contemplate what is more important to me XD

    • amaliaramdhn's avatar
      amaliaramdhn
      2 years ago

      what did you do to get the sunlight indoors like in the screenshoot?? Can you explain step by step pls

      • EA_Solaire's avatar
        EA_Solaire
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        2 years ago

        Hi all,

        As this thread is older now, it's been locked to prevent necro-posting.

        If you're needing further help on this topic, please feel free to create a new thread instead and we'll be happy to take a look with you 🙂 

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