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Dimenarius
New Traveler
12 months ago

Re: DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread

  • Platform: Windows 11
  • Which language are you playing the game in?: German
  • How often does the bug occur?: 100% of the time while on DirectX 11
  • What is your current game version number?: 1.109.207.1020
  • What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed?: EP: All except Lovestruck, For Rent, Growing Together and Highschool Years; GP: All except My Wedding Stories and Dream Home Decorator; SP: All except Moschino, Toddler, Vintage Glamour, Kids Room, Home Cinema, Luxury Party; Sets: Castle, Lingerie, Desert Oasis, Bust the Dust; Holiday, Reaper's Guitar
  • Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves?: Start the game, load into main menu and interact with the icon menu at the bottom right corner of the Windows 11 Taskbar.
  • What happens when the bug occurs?: The screen starts flickering black in rapid pace until the menu is closed and the game is put back on focus. This issue is not present in DX9 Mode.
  • What do you expect to see?: No screen flickering during gameplay.
  • Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods?: Yes, but I disabled them.

It isn't mod-related, that's for sure. It might be an GPU Issue but this is the only game I am having this issue in. So this clearly must be game-related. This issue was not present before the major DX11 Update.

If you could look into this, it would be most welcome. I will try to deal with it for now or switch to DX9 Mode until this issue is resolved.

Attached is my DxDiag.txt as requsted.

3 Replies

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    12 months ago

    @Dimenarius  It looks like you have a number of peripherals connected, and it's worth testing without those just to make sure they're not conflicting with Sims 4 or each other.  So please test with only your keyboard and mouse, and if the problem is gone, start reconnecting your other devices one or two at a time.

    The DirectX 11 version of Sims 4 does have a known issue where alt-tab doesn't work properly, and that could be related to what you're seeing, but it's not exactly the same as what you've described.

  • Dimenarius's avatar
    Dimenarius
    New Traveler
    11 months ago

    I can confirm that with the latest game update I no longer experience the flicker issue ingame.

    I can now play on DX11 without any problems.


    Maybe my GPU was also to blame since I also received an NVIDIA Driver Update recently. 

    My problem is therefore resolved.

  • aey1jj594l0m's avatar
    aey1jj594l0m
    11 months ago

    After update I have flicker screen issue ,updated video driver and still have it once in gameplay (like once in 3 hours )not sure if go back to dx 9 night fix it?

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