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    Jagged shadows in sunlight.

    rudy8292rudy8292 Posts: 3,410 Member
    in PC - Technical Discussions
    Hi,

    Lately I am really annoyed by the fact my shadows in TS4 look really jagged when objects come in direct contact with daylight.

    TTfn0Kx.jpg

    Counts for all objects outside too, and there seems nothing I can do to fix this issue. The rest of the game runs fine, all settings maxed out, but the shadows keep being like that.

    Running the game on MSI R9 390 Gaming 8GB, so that should be more than enough.

    Anyone else having this annoying issue?

    I also tested the game with my previous card, the GTX 770, but also that card has the same jagged shadow problems.

    Wonder if there is a fix for this, since its bothering me A LOT.

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      rosemowrosemow Posts: 163,598 Member
      Hello.
      Simmers were posting about the issue in this link thread.
      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/869387/i-have-jagged-shadows-in-my-game-please-help
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      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      Yes, I have this in my game as well.
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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)
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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.
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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
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      rudy8292rudy8292 Posts: 3,410 Member
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL

      I think you will be fine with the GTX 1070, however even with the ''top of the line'' cards, the only thing TS4 seems to really struggle with are these jagged shadows.

      I think it's a case of bad optimization and I really doubt they will fix it, but I hope they do!

      I *hope* the jagged shadows won't end up inside my house too with the upcoming graphics update, because now the main focus of the problem is outside in the sun (when the shadow turns during the day, and the object shadow get's in a different angle) shadows inside houses are a bit more blurred out so you won't notice it really when not direct in sunlight, so I wonder what the next update will bring.

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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      I bet you will still have shadow and fps issues with the 1070. :|
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      rudy8292rudy8292 Posts: 3,410 Member
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      I bet you will still have shadow and fps issues with the 1070. :|

      I am afraid for it too. At least I am glad I am not the only one with the exact same issue, so it's not a card problem at least!
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL

      Can you try it with the Skylake processor at least? :)
      My Top Song of the Day: Innocence by Avril Lavigne
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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      DeKay wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL

      Can you try it with the Skylake processor at least? :)

      Getting i7 6700K... im going all out in this new rig LOL. ;)
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
      6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
      LG 34" ultra wide


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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      I bet you will still have shadow and fps issues with the 1070. :|

      Yes im sure i will :|
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
      6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
      LG 34" ultra wide


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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      A bit off topic (sorry) but are you going to build it yourself or order it?
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      GoldmoldarGoldmoldar Posts: 11,966 Member
      edited May 2016
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      DeKay wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL

      Can you try it with the Skylake processor at least? :)

      Getting i7 6700K... im going all out in this new rig LOL. ;)
      You will love the 6700K but be prepared to do a bios upgrade and if you do not have to do one, you are one of the lucky ones. :)

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      CinebarCinebar Posts: 33,618 Member
      rudy8292 wrote: »
      Hi,

      Lately I am really annoyed by the fact my shadows in TS4 look really jagged when objects come in direct contact with daylight.

      TTfn0Kx.jpg

      Counts for all objects outside too, and there seems nothing I can do to fix this issue. The rest of the game runs fine, all settings maxed out, but the shadows keep being like that.

      Running the game on MSI R9 390 Gaming 8GB, so that should be more than enough.

      Anyone else having this annoying issue?

      I also tested the game with my previous card, the GTX 770, but also that card has the same jagged shadow problems.

      Wonder if there is a fix for this, since its bothering me A LOT.

      OP, it's not you, it's them. It's this game no matter how high you have things turned up in the graphic's menu.

      You should have circled her arms, look at her arms and hands in that shadow. It's not my card, it's their technology of how they built this game.
      "Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      Cinebar wrote: »
      rudy8292 wrote: »
      Hi,

      Lately I am really annoyed by the fact my shadows in TS4 look really jagged when objects come in direct contact with daylight.

      TTfn0Kx.jpg

      Counts for all objects outside too, and there seems nothing I can do to fix this issue. The rest of the game runs fine, all settings maxed out, but the shadows keep being like that.

      Running the game on MSI R9 390 Gaming 8GB, so that should be more than enough.

      Anyone else having this annoying issue?

      I also tested the game with my previous card, the GTX 770, but also that card has the same jagged shadow problems.

      Wonder if there is a fix for this, since its bothering me A LOT.

      OP, it's not you, it's them. It's this game no matter how high you have things turned up in the graphic's menu.

      You should have circled her arms, look at her arms and hands in that shadow. It's not my card, it's their technology of how they built this game.

      This is what I'm worried about since they're changing the way shadows work indoors soon. :confounded:
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      DeKay wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL

      Can you try it with the Skylake processor at least? :)

      Getting i7 6700K... im going all out in this new rig LOL. ;)

      Awesomeee! I really want to know if the game works well with the processor. XD
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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      edited May 2016
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      A bit off topic (sorry) but are you going to build it yourself or order it?

      Buying the parts and getting them to build it. (It's similar to newegg.. not anything like cyberpowerpc... its a complete custom.) I dont have the time to deal with any DOA parts.. and i dont have the space or patience, got too much going on at the moment. Plus my cable management is less then perfect LOL.
      I have built a few computers and upgraded a heap.. i sort of just find it frustrating now.
      Saying goodbye to my lovely 970 rig next week.. selling it on ebay. Hopefully for a good price.
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
      6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
      LG 34" ultra wide


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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      Goldmoldar wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      DeKay wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      Welcome to the jagged shadows club. ;)

      Hahaha at least you have enough members of the club you can officially name it :D
      They should really fix it though ;)
      That would be nice and surprising coming from EA.

      Yes very surprising :D
      Im getting a rig in July.. thinking of the new GTX 1070.. i wonder if it has trouble with ts4, I bet it does LOL

      Can you try it with the Skylake processor at least? :)

      Getting i7 6700K... im going all out in this new rig LOL. ;)
      You will love the 6700K but be prepared to do a bios upgrade and if you do not have to do one, you are one of the lucky ones. :)
      Hopefully all will be good. Now i just got to hope they dont increase the price of the 1070 like they have the 1080.
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
      6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
      LG 34" ultra wide


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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      A bit off topic (sorry) but are you going to build it yourself or order it?

      Buying the parts and getting them to build it. (It's similar to newegg.. not anything like cyberpowerpc... its a complete custom.) I dont have the time to deal with any DOA parts.. and i dont have the space or patience, got too much going on at the moment. Plus my cable management is less then perfect LOL.
      I have built a few computers and upgraded a heap.. i sort of just find it frustrating now.
      Saying goodbye to my lovely 970 rig next week.. selling it on ebay. Hopefully for a good price.
      My cable management is pretty atrocious. Good thing it has nothing to do with temperatures and only looks nice. :D

      Hope you get a good price.
      i7-13700K • 16GB • RTX 4070
      S3 simblr: http://simplysimming.tumblr.com/
      S4 simblr: http://simlogic.tumblr.com/
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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      chesterbigbird wrote: »
      Simasaurus09 wrote: »
      A bit off topic (sorry) but are you going to build it yourself or order it?

      Buying the parts and getting them to build it. (It's similar to newegg.. not anything like cyberpowerpc... its a complete custom.) I dont have the time to deal with any DOA parts.. and i dont have the space or patience, got too much going on at the moment. Plus my cable management is less then perfect LOL.
      I have built a few computers and upgraded a heap.. i sort of just find it frustrating now.
      Saying goodbye to my lovely 970 rig next week.. selling it on ebay. Hopefully for a good price.
      My cable management is pretty atrocious. Good thing it has nothing to do with temperatures and only looks nice. :D

      Hope you get a good price.

      Cable management can be very frustrating.. sort of like Christmas lights LOL.
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
      6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
      LG 34" ultra wide


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      Ravager619Ravager619 Posts: 3,738 Member
      In case you're wondering.... Skylake + GTX 960 = Jagged Shadows Membership.

      To be honest, I tend not to notice since I'm usually simming and tweeting at the same time. :D
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      SimplyJenSimplyJen Posts: 14,828 Member
      Ravager619 wrote: »
      In case you're wondering.... Skylake + GTX 960 = Jagged Shadows Membership.

      To be honest, I tend not to notice since I'm usually simming and tweeting at the same time. :D
      I notice it but it's not going to stop me from simming.

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      chesterbigbirdchesterbigbird Posts: 8,581 Member
      Ravager619 wrote: »
      In case you're wondering.... Skylake + GTX 960 = Jagged Shadows Membership.

      To be honest, I tend not to notice since I'm usually simming and tweeting at the same time. :D

      Yeah i don't think it matters what rig you have, the shadow issue is there no matter what i think. :)
      i7 6700K
      16GB hyper X fury
      MSI GTX 1080
      MSI gaming M5 mobo
      Evga 750 supernova
      Corsair hydro h110i GT
      Corsair obsidian 750D
      500GB SSD
      6TB Seagate Barracuda Pro
      LG 34" ultra wide


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