Leaf-less tree shadows in summer?

So_Money

I've had this issue since installing Seasons a few days ago. Basically it's as the thread title says, my trees are all displaying winter tree shadows, without leaves, in old saves and new ones, on every lot. I play on Ultra.

I have tried:

- Removing my mods folder.
- Removing my Sims 4 folder and generating a fresh one.
- Creating brand new save.
- Repairing the game.

None of these have worked.

I'm really stumped here. This wasn't an issue prior to Seasons.

rosemow

Hello
There was another simmer who also posted the same thing occurring in their game since the patch.
You may like to start a new thread on the AHQ EA site and post about the issue there.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs

Try also making sure that your graphics drivers are uptodate.

So_Money

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
There was another simmer who also posted the same thing occurring in their game since the patch.
You may like to start a new thread on the AHQ EA site and post about the issue there.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs

Try also making sure that your graphics drivers are uptodate.

Graphics drivers are fully up to date. Here's a screenshot.

rosemow

I am sorry that you have this issue It isn’t occurring in my game.
Try switching betweeen windowed and full screen mode, and see if that helps the issue. Are you playing on Windows or Mac?

So_Money

rosemow wrote: »

I am sorry that you have this issue It isn’t occurring in my game.
Try switching betweeen windowed and full screen mode, and see if that helps the issue. Are you playing on Windows or Mac?

Tried switching between full screen and windowed. It made no difference. I'm on Windows 10.

I guess I'll try reinstalling.

rosemow

If you decide to reinstall the game, it would be best to make a back up copy of your sims 4 folder beforehand and place it on an external drive or another part of the desktop.

So_Money

rosemow wrote: »

If you decide to reinstall the game, it would be best to make a back up copy of your sims 4 folder beforehand and place it on an external drive or another part of the desktop.

Yep, I've already done that .

So_Money

FWIW even a clean install didn't solve the problem. And it has to be game-related because I can't imagine anything else on my system, external to the game, causing something as specific as winter shadows in the summer.

rosemow

I am sorry that you are having this issue It would be good to make a new thread on the AHQ EA site and post feedback there. From next week, this section of the forums will only be able to be read, not posted on.

aparkison

@So_Money I don't know if you've seen this bug report at Answers HQ: Trees display "winter" shadows in summer, without leaves, but if you haven't it would be really helpful if you could add your voice to the reports.

So, far all of us on the thread share one thing in common and it's that we're all AMD GPU owners. Do you have an AMD card, by chance?

rosemow

It sounds like the issue may be connected to having AMD graphics cards.

So_Money

rosemow wrote: »

It sounds like the issue may be connected to having AMD graphics cards.

Yes, I'm involved in that discussion. I find it hard to believe that there are so few AMD folks here on the official forum that no one is having the same problem. Maybe most people don't visit this forum.

rosemow

Perhaps there are more simmers that have NVIDIA graphics cards rather than AMD? There are some issues that have only affected simmers that have NVIDIA cards, and many simmers have posted on those issues.
I am sorry that you are experiencing this issue

So_Money

rosemow wrote: »

Perhaps there are more simmers that have NVIDIA graphics cards rather than AMD?

This is definitely the case. AMD has a much smaller share of the market.

AprilDawn

The tree shadows in my game are like that too and I also have AMD.

rosemow

AprilDawn wrote: »

The tree shadows in my game are like that too and I also have AMD.

It would be good to add your feedback to the AHQ EA site thread also. It will help the Developers to know that you are affected also.

AprilDawn

OK - did so.

rosemow

That is good