I updated the drivers before installing GF (and had no issues with graphics up until GF). I have an NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.
@crinrict so I disabled it, started a new game and am still having the same issue.... I did accidentally delete ClientDBpackage (before the first playthrough of the new pack), but it was regenerated (I had gone into my files to check all of my folders after installing GF- and the new ClientDB was in there).. Is it possible that would cause something to get buggy? Asking because I am unsure what, exactly, that package file does (it's also a little too close to the localthumbcache when one is tired and thinks they deleted that package file 🤔 )
@Sid1701d9 I am also having the same issue with the distant skyline (so, not just water)
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@crinrictI have always played with the exact same settings, and the 1030 handled it beautifully... until GF. Do the new packs require even more purchasing of new graphics cards (did they change something which upped the requirements/ pack specific?). The devs should really do their QC/ and playthrough (before release) on lower end computers, since most purchasers do not own studio game development quality computers... anywhooo
*edited for update: I went and changed the settings (to High- it was on ultra, ever since the beginning, with no issues) and now I am not getting the grid. So it would appear that I can't add more packs without constantly upgrading my graphics card (or lowering the settings with each new addition?????). Eww, really bad dev on that.
@crinrictYes, its in my game too its part of the island living expansion which will eventually open up water access in all worlds that have ocean or some type of water access. I see the same blank lines they are smallers with better graphics cards, they could be underwater lots waiting to be finished after Island Living releases. I think the lines may have something to do with the oceanic lot trait which can't be removed. Also they said the sky was changing to as to allow for the new type of Thunderstorms in Shuni called Monsoons. So at launch they said the only world that will have the water activities turned on is Shuni, but they never said anything about it only being in Shuni. I think they will go back and upgrade the 3 ocean worlds we already have in game to support the water activities from Island Living but they want to test it out on Shuni and tune it first before they transport it to the other worlds.
Edit: I almost forgot you got to be at water level or just above water level to see the lines on better graphics cards, I almost missed one.
Intergration no most packs are issued and tested without any other packs installed. This is where are the bugs pop up with the other packs, and when you have 2 or 3 packs trying to compete with each other it don't quite work. Seasons caused the Death of the Geek Con Festival when it rains, it also caused the death of the random parties in GT when it rains. The other festivals carry on ok with music going in and out when it rans and stops raining. So all bugs and weird behavior is between the packs because that is the section that is never tested before release.
Edit: I almost forgot one more silly little thing the Bar doesn't show up in the Ruins or the Bluffs if the active family has children or teens in the party list, even though Dine Out gave the Teens and children something to drink at the bar.
Edit2: Plus even GT added the floats which because you had to get it at the bar the base game locked them to young adults and older, which wasn't fixed until later on.
My graphic card is a good card, the lots that are higher than the town in Del Sol Valley, if you make it rain during the day the background disappears behind the think rain band, as the weather, you are also high enough to see the towering clouds through the rain that is falling I believe the thunderstorm is the words of the foggy effect. The fog effect is worse during thunderstorm days, but the town can develop some fog effect on cloudy days, perhaps your seeing the slow transition from blue sky to cloudy weather. I have also noticed the pool water looks like it has rougher wave action that on some graphics cards my look like the water is comin gup out of the pool. I choose thunderstorm and the pool waves where goin gin the same direction as the wind, splashing up against the side of the pool walls.
So yeah, I think its the limitation of some of the graphics cards and its ability to process fog properly.
Edit: Sorry for my hard to read post I need to get a new keyboard I had this one forever and the keys get stuck half the time.
Make sure in the graphics setting the refresh rate should be set at 60mhz which is the refresh rate for most monitors and TV this should help reduce it. Also make sure vertical synk is on because that will help smooth out the weather transition effects across pixils.
Well, even if you don't have seasons the skyline effects that was patched into the sky are still there and so maybe you can get clouds passing by making portions of the city disappear on low graphics cards, because the base game did come with clouds.
Edit: another thing to mention I have had season for quite some time and had little to no problems with bugs from it. The majority of the problem is you got half the people that are reporting bugs yelling about it and the other 3/4 of the community not reporting anything at all because there is nothing to report. That is the same way with every expansion pack.
@Sid1701d9I don't actually have a low graphics card. I have a great graphics card (that I work with in all sorts of high-render programs). Also, blaming the players for not having expensive game pc's, when there are clear development issues, is not good. I would like to see what rigs the developers test with, and what their specs are- and how long they test each pack (before public release/hype). Otherwise the message they are sending is clear: You have to have a very expensive rig just to play this game - opposed to what they say in their advertising campaigns.
*Edited to add. As far as graphics, and recommended specs for playing the game (with all packs)- In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 (which is what I am testing with) are massively better than the Nvidia GeForce 6600. ... The GeForce GT 1030 has 384 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce 6600 has 11. And, again, it seems to be a shaming type thing against players who don't have very expensive gaming rigs- and it shouldn't be shameful at all (to those reading, who have typical, non-pro, computers- no need to feel bad, the issue is not your fault, this is a dev issue).
