This is typically a faulty monitor or graphics card. Can you borrow another monitor to test with?
It can also be a result of trying to run the game at higher setting than is supported by the monitor/graphics card.
why do you think I haven't had this problem before if the spec are too low, have been playing for about a year and a half-two years without this problem.
The Cats & Dogs Expansion raised the Minimum Requirements. Even if you do not have this then other updates meant that the existing minimum requirements were more strict. Meaning that you before could go a little under these requirements that is no longer the case.
that makes sense my windows 10 updated this morning and on Tuesday I got the city living expansion pack-I also bought the sims4 cats and dogs the day after it was released.
it seems the latest patch has caused this flickering for people that are below specs. Could also be a driver issue but as said before, since you otherwise have powerful computer, adding a card would be your best option.
Hello, again thanks. I talked to my Dad and we're getting a better graphics cards-it is a late Christmas gift. My Dad said that he cheap'ed out on a graphics card when building the laptop intentionally when he built it know that it would be the first thing that he'd have to replace and in a relatively short time. He did that so he could focus on getting me better processing stuff, b/c when we built it the sims was (and still is) the most graphically intensive game I play, but when he built the desktop I was playing the sims 3.
So shorter version, he got a cheaper graphic card to get other higher quality parts knowing that he'd have to replace it sooner.
Hiya
I just had the same problem. We fixed it by going to Game options > Graphics > and then enabling Vertical Sync. Apply the changes and you should be good to go!
Thanks
Thanks Caroline!! this helped me=) when turning on vertical sync, the flickering disappeared. =)
