Hello!
After the 5/12/2026 patch, I have noticed all of my existing reference paintings are suddenly overexposed. These paintings were already completed and hung on the walls prior to the patch. This is also applying to their copies that I keep in household inventories (due to the previous blank painting issue), as well as new copies made. It is difficult to tell at the moment as I am still experiment, but I think the exposure is ramped up on new reference paintings too.
I am still trying to find screenshots that may include the paintings pre-patch, but attached are some of the washed out paintings. All three of these were previously fully defined and easy to read. I have attached the screenshots taken when the portraits were made as a light reference.
I track the entire multigenerational family in this save with formal portraits so this is really stressful to see, despite not being game breaking. I really do not want to redo all of this family's paintings, especially since some of the sims have died at this point.
I do use limited mods: MCCC and Better Build Buy. I keep both of these updated with every patch as well. Removing the mods does not change the issue.