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AlexTheHuskarl
Seasoned Rookie
7 months ago
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No Transparency for certain Railings (Laptop Mode)

Greetings Sims 4 Community,

I was attempting to place some railings on a staircase and chose the Fae-Away Stair Railing, as I typically do. However, to my surprise—as you can see in the attached screenshot—it is no longer transparent. I’m not sure if this is a personal glitch or a broader game bug, but it has never occurred in my game before and only began happening after the latest update.

Notably, all other game railings are functioning properly, and I don’t have any mods installed. I hope this issue can be addressed and fixed soon by the EA team.

Thank you,

Alex The Huskarl

Edit By crinrict: Added pack tag to title. 

Edit by crinrict:  Removed pack tags and made more general-

16 Comments

  • Came across this post while finally looking for a reason I was coming across this in my own game. It's definitely a laptop mode thing, the stair railings were normal for me after I turned it off. I have photos from before and after turning laptop mode off, and only specific railings are affected. Also, the matching fences are completely normal whether you have laptop mode on or not.

    Some of them are harder to see. The ones that I found to be glitched(?) were the Metal Art Deco Railing and the Art Deco Railing in Stone from High School Years, the Iron Tomarani Twist Rail from For Rent, The Stair Rail of Ruin from Life and Death, the Saharan Stars rail from Courtyard Oasis, the Woodland Knot Railing from Enchanted By Nature, and of course the Fae-Away Stair Rail from Realm of Magic. 

    These are the railings with Laptop Mode turned off. I do usually play with mods and CC, but I removed them all before testing. Turning off Laptop Mode was the only thing that fixed the appearance of the railings. I usually play with Laptop Mode turned on because I play on a laptop, and with it turned on my game loads noticeably faster.

    I hope this is helpful, and I do apologize for the graphics quality. Like I said, I play on a laptop and some sacrifices have to be made in order for the game to be playable 😓 

  • So, I'm not sure when this happened, but some of the stair railings from misc packs have become solid. Is anyone else having this issue?

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 months ago

    Could you please provide the following information

    • Are you using mods/cc in your game ? Please remove them and test without them if you do.
    • What platform are you playing on (PC, Mac, Playstation, XBox)
    • Please add a picture
  • BlackBloodBeauty's avatar
    BlackBloodBeauty
    New Spectator
    3 months ago

    When I play tested, my mods had been removed for the recent update, and I had not yet put them back. I play on PC platform. These are the stairs that are either fully solid, or you cannot see through the spandrels easily:

    Base Game:

    High School Years:

    For Rent:

    Life and Death:

    Lovestruck:

    For Rent:

    Courtyard Oasis:

    Enchanted by Nature:

    Realm of Magic:

     

  • BlackBloodBeauty's avatar
    BlackBloodBeauty
    New Spectator
    3 months ago

    Good morning,

    I'm not sure, I'll check it out.

    Update:

    It was laptop mode! The stair railings look as they should now! Thank you so much! I guess I still have so much to learn.

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