There will be an update to fix the bugs of the 64bit version?

[Babi2410]

I'm anxious to can swim and fish in the ocean and catch insects 

[puzzlezaddict]

@Babi2410  There was already one small update, so it's possible there will be another one.  However, we haven't heard anything to suggest that this will conclusively happen.  Sorry I don't have more information to offer.

[tokyoes]

@puzzlezaddict Hey, me and some other simmers are having issues with the windows flickering continuously with all rabbit-hole buildings.

Is this another bug/glitch?

[puzzlezaddict]

@tokyoes  I've seen a couple of reports about flickering, but not specifically for windows on rabbithole buildings.  Could you please attach your deviceconfig.log to a post?  It's in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3.  You'll need to manually open the folders; the file won't show up in a search.  You can delete your user and computer names, about 25 lines down, but there's nothing else in that file that can identify you.

For the issue itself, try switching to windowed mode and back, which you can do in-game or at the Main Menu with cmd-enter.  If that doesn't make a difference, try turning lighting down to the minimum, just as an experiment.  Be sure to do so at the Main Menu, then quit and reload rather than immediately loading a save.

[aodoherty]

@tokyoes For me, I could be able to get rid of that sign after adjusting the resolution in game.

[aodoherty]

@Babi2410 Yes I wish to have one more updates for screen tearing issue as well. The computer spec is high enough, so I don't want to run the sims 3 on lower resolution to get rid of this screen tearing and poor graphics.

[tokyoes]

@puzzlezaddict

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[tokyoes]

@puzzlezaddictThanks for responding. I have only noticed this with schools, restaurants, grocery shops, day spas, etc. For me, it doesn't happen in residential lots.

And, I always prefer playing Sims 3 in windowed mode, and I have played it without mods and cc in full screen and windowed mode too. The same thing happens all the time, but nothing has improved it yet.

I've attached photos showing this (the windows of the restaurant in the background) and it does this every couple of seconds.

[puzzlezaddict]

@tokyoes  Thanks for the additional info.  I had a chance to test this tonight and saw the same thing.  I made a thread specifically about it here:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/CURRENT-ISSUE-64-bit-Windows-flash-with-snow-on-groun...

Could you post your info in that thread as well?  It would be helpful to know whether your experience is the same as mine.

If you want to test quickly, bring up the cheats console (cmd-shift-C) and enter "testingcheatsenabled true" without quotes.  Then shift-click on the ground and select Seasons...; from there, you can change the weather and the level of snow cover.

@aodoherty  What settings did you change to fix this?  I tried a number of different resolutions in both fullscreen and windowed modes, on both ultra and minimum settings, and never got the flashing to disappear.

[aodoherty]

@puzzlezaddict I will check that tomorrow morning in game. I don’t remember the resolution.