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BearyBry
Rising Vanguard
10 months ago
Status:
Fixed

Leaves become transparent (Laptop mode)

So for the last week or so I've had an issue with some BB and world decor plants not appearing (those in world have a very obvious shadow where they should be but the plant itself is nowhere to be seen), as well as some of the gardening plants not appearing unless I hovered my mouse over them then a ghostly image of them would appear.

Last night I uninstalled mods (again) and started a new game and it appears that if I have a Sim living in a world/neighbourhood (not sure which I'll have to experiment then the BB/decor plants don't seem to appear, but if I have no active household then everything goes back to normal!  

I'm not sure if this is the same for gardening plants, some of them just don't appear to exist unless you hover over them.  I've only just noticed this with plants in the wild, I've not had a Sim try gardening on their lot to see if the problem persists.  I've attached an image of a soy plant across from the house where my new Sim lives to show what I'm meaning.  There's no pattern to the non-appearing plants, some flower, fruit, veg and herb plants appear others don't.

I recently had a similar problem with some BB items not showing up but switched to DX11 and not had any problems in that regard since, is this a known bug related to that issue or is this something else entirely?

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  • Same problem here. And it also happens with some Sulani/Island Living trees, not harvestables, the ones in build mode. The leaves are gone, put the fruit/flower is still there. I don't remember when it started, but I think it was around the DX11 update. I play in laptop mode, but the issue is still there if I play in normal mode. It's very annoying when you play mostly with farmers Sims. Hope there's a solution, considering that the next EP will be nature related...

  • Summer's becoming my fave season real fast because the plants show up properly. Every other season including Spring will have me see floating harvestables on invisible plants.... which is so annoying. Also play on laptop mode. 

  • I don't often play with gardening, but I decided to play with outdoor retreat given that the next pack will have a natured theme. I visted the Hermit and noticed all his plants were invisible but I could still harvest them.

  • It's happening to me recently as well. It affects all trees in fall and gardening plants in spring and fall. I can technically play with laptop mode off, but it is certainly much more tasking and disengages me from playing all together :( Hopefully it gets fixed soon.

  • Same issue with invisible plants, no mods or custom content, just updated my graphics card hoping that would fix the problem. 

     

  • This has been happening to me for many months (maybe even a year) with my gardens! It is so frustrating and takes away a lot of the gameplay for me. No mods on my computer. 

  • Status changed:
    Laundry List
    to
    Fixed

    Mature plants no longer are transparent in Laptop mode. Your garden will look lush—if you continue to care for it, of course!

    Fixed in patch 1.116.202/2.14
    Please create a new thread if you're still experiencing this issue.