Seemless NH is nice, but what about seemless sims?

[simsuncensored]

If I had DL CC that looked this bad, I would have removed it. I think that some of us need to go show EA how to mess.

use to drive me crazy when I would DL really cool looking skin/hair, and when I got into the game, I find that they did a bad job on messing, and there is cracks in my sims body.

Now its in the org game errg, i'm sure they have a good reason. I thought it might have something to do with the ability to make so many different bady types, but no matter if your sim is fat or normal they still have cracks in there belly and neck.
I know this is a small thing, when making an amazing game.
Sence it is such a small thing why not fix it, or better yet do it right the first time, before shiping.
There where a few skins in the sims2 that had cracks, but you could just change clothes or hair, but this prob is in the default body (IE always there).
Did they not see it?lol or just didn't care.

[crocobaura]

There's something on my female sims' necks. Haven't noticed anything on their bellies. But my sims' skins looks like they have some bad skin disease even though I have all settings on max.

[CrazyAce]

Isn't the mesh for Sims separate from the rest of the mesh, like the head, torso, legs and arms? This would cause these anomalies and thus is a problem with many video games.

It is done this way due to the skin mesh stretching when the biped is moved, separating the meshes keeps the mesh from stretching when animating.

[Axe Gaijin]

lolwut?

[Phoeberg]

The cracks in sims might have something to do with your graphics driver rather than the game. My sims get completely broken if they are very fat or very skinny, and I'm blaming my graphics driver seeing as a lot of people seem to be having the same problem with that driver.
It would be odd if it's happening when people have graphics cards that are suppose to support the game though, because it's really irritating me but when they've said your computer can handle the game etc and you just get broken sims then it's like having a half finished game.

eg:

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq318/BewitchedPrue/brokenpregnantmorgana.jpg

[simsuncensored]

Isn't the mesh for Sims separate from the rest of the mesh, like the head, torso, legs and arms? This would cause these anomalies and thus is a problem with many video games.

It is done this way due to the skin mesh stretching when the biped is moved, separating the meshes keeps the mesh from stretching when animating.

Yes they are separated in the sims2 and I asume in sims3, that is what makes it such a prob, you cant just change clothes to fix it, its in the body of the sim and always there.

[simsuncensored]

lolwut?

sorry for being so ignorate but what dose lolwut mean?
well I sould say what dose wut mean, I know what lol means. roflol hehe

[JeNNacide]

I can sometimes see a fine line showing where the different body parts seperate, and yes the skin texture looks a little... odd. But I haven't encountered any broken bodies, thank god. It's ok though, for we will have cc soon and it shall be fixed...eventually

And to answer your question simsuncensored, this is EA. Yeah they probably saw it, yeah they probably thought about doing something, then they decided not to. For EA is the devil, and responsible for global warming.

[chyrun]

It would be odd if it's happening when people have graphics cards that are suppose to support the game though, because it's really irritating me but when they've said your computer can handle the game etc and you just get broken sims then it's like having a half finished game.


Ugh, how can you play like that? :(

[simsuncensored]

The cracks in sims might have something to do with your graphics driver rather than the game. My sims get completely broken if they are very fat or very skinny, and I'm blaming my graphics driver seeing as a lot of people seem to be having the same problem with that driver.
It would be odd if it's happening when people have graphics cards that are suppose to support the game though, because it's really irritating me but when they've said your computer can handle the game etc and you just get broken sims then it's like having a half finished game.

I guess I have a dinosour labtop, its almost a year old. lol
anyways from what I know it looks like bad messing. but could be wrong. There may be no way to fix this, when you take into account the animation and so many different body types.
Id like to think that ea would have fix it if they could, but I know I have been wrong there many times.

[simsuncensored]

I can sometimes see a fine line showing where the different body parts seperate, and yes the skin texture looks a little... odd. But I haven't encountered any broken bodies, thank god. It's ok though, for we will have cc soon and it shall be fixed...eventually

And to answer your question simsuncensored, this is EA. Yeah they probably saw it, yeah they probably thought about doing something, then they decided not to. For EA is the devil, and responsible for global warming.

now im really rotflol.

[GnatGoSplat]

I think you mean meshing?
I don't see any cracks or gaps in my Sims. It might be due to your graphics card or settings. That screenshot by BewitchedPrue looks atrociously bad compared to my game. I'm going to say this caused by hardware that just isn't good enough.

[HystericalParoxysm]

What is shown above - and having cracks/seams in sims is absolutely not normal. Most likely a hardware or driver issue.

Even if your computer meets the requirements, that doesn't mean that there's nothing wrong with it (even as simple as out of date drivers - to something as serious as hardware damage due to overheating).

If you continue to have problems, please post your full system specs in the Help forums (there's one for Sims 3 help) where we can provide further support. Continuing to play a game with such massive graphical issues - if it is a heat/hardware issue - may result in permanent damage to your computer.

[simsuncensored]

I think you mean meshing?
I don't see any cracks or gaps in my Sims. It might be due to your graphics card or settings. That screenshot by BewitchedPrue looks atrociously bad compared to my game. I'm going to say this caused by hardware that just isn't good enough.

yea yea meshing lol.
I checked my computer and I was surprize to find that I am not up to min spec on my Ram, everything else is well over.
The gaps in my game are not as bad as BewitchedPrue, so guess this must be a computer issue.
thanks

[simsuncensored]

What is shown above - and having cracks/seams in sims is absolutely not normal. Most likely a hardware or driver issue.

Even if your computer meets the requirements, that doesn't mean that there's nothing wrong with it (even as simple as out of date drivers - to something as serious as hardware damage due to overheating).

If you continue to have problems, please post your full system specs in the Help forums (there's one for Sims 3 help) where we can provide further support. Continuing to play a game with such massive graphical issues - if it is a heat/hardware issue - may result in permanent damage to your computer.

thanks HystericalParoxysm for your comment, but are you talking to us all, or just BewitchedPrue and others that have gaps that bad.
My game has cracks not gaps, the kind you get when meshing and not lining up the points correctly.

But I can be to picky sometimes.

Now that I think about it, I may be wrong. I might have gaps, if I where to angle the camera just right, I could prob see a ocean in my sims belly lol.
anyways if this is a issue that needs help, feel free to close this thread or move to help section.
thanks again.

[Axe Gaijin]

sorry for being so ignorate but what dose lolwut mean?
well I sould say what dose wut mean, I know what lol means. roflol hehe

Best way to explain is "a slightly sarcastic way of saying you do not understand"

I just thought the original post was rather incoherent as if I walked in mid conversation. :)

[HystericalParoxysm]

I'm talking about anyone who has gaps or cracks or anything like that. That is not normal. Not at all. I'd be worried about that if it were me - stuff like that is usually a bad sign.

[hermiegana]

Hi, I had the same problem with the gaps, my pregnant sims didn't have bellies and my fat sims weren't fat, just a bunch of gaps everywhere. Funny, when you see someone talking to a non existent belly. Anyway, I had all the setting to max and it didn't work, I checked my pc in case It didn't meet the requirements and It did. Finally, I updated the graphic card driver and now everything is fine.

[simsuncensored]

Best way to explain is "a slightly sarcastic way of saying you do not understand"

I just thought the original post was rather incoherent as if I walked in mid conversation. :)

Well im sure it didn't help that I was spelling meshing wrong.
(Don't know why you wouldn't know what I was talking about when I said messing lol.)
I am always writing things, and at the time it makes perfect sence to me.
later I return and read it again and shake my head (what the hell was I thinking?) lol.

[simsuncensored]

Hi, I had the same problem with the gaps, my pregnant sims didn't have bellies and my fat sims weren't fat, just a bunch of gaps everywhere. Funny, when you see someone talking to a non existent belly. Anyway, I had all the setting to max and it didn't work, I checked my pc in case It didn't meet the requirements and It did. Finally, I updated the graphic card driver and now everything is fine.
My sims have no belly when preg, and my fat sims aren't fat. maby the two things are connected.
I checked to make sure my drivers are up to date.
I'm not sure what the prob is, unless its because I don't have enouph ram.

[Mrs. Crumplebottom]

lolwut?
o rly?
Yeah I don't have this problem either. Graphix card plz?

[Phoeberg]

Ugh, how can you play like that? :(

That was a very extreme example from about day 2 of play, I've since updated my graphics drivers and it's not nearly so bad. Now usually it's just the very fine line at seperate body parts most people here are describing. Clearing some more memory (about 16GB's worth) also helped massively, but then it probably would seeing as before my computer was clogged up with crap I never used/looked at.

It was VERY irritating to play with sims like that pre-update though.

[a31cefiro]

Probably no help, but I've never had those issues in TS3 ever! And I've been playing it almost all day and every day since it came out. My computer is medium/high spec though. I also play TS3 on a 46 inch HD screen so I'd see if anything like that showed up.

BTW you wouldn't have cleared memory, you would have cleared harddrive space. That should make any difference to how your game runs...? I've got a ton of stuff on my computer, games, sims 1-3 etc etc and it doesn't affect game performance at all.

[simsuncensored]

Probably no help, but I've never had those issues in TS3 ever! And I've been playing it almost all day and every day since it came out. My computer is medium/high spec though. I also play TS3 on a 46 inch HD screen so I'd see if anything like that showed up.

BTW you wouldn't have cleared memory, you would have cleared harddrive space. That should make any difference to how your game runs...? I've got a ton of stuff on my computer, games, sims 1-3 etc etc and it doesn't affect game performance at all.

She may be talking about ram/things running in the back growned.
I just turned off some things myself, wish me luck.

[mdossantos047]

I can't believe how many threads there are about how "ugly" they think that the Sims look.

It's no big deal. Half you guys are just so spoiled with your precious S2 CC and are getting a bit antsy over S3 CC coming. Come on guys...really?

[crocobaura]

I can't believe how many threads there are about how "ugly" they think that the Sims look.

It's no big deal. Half you guys are just so spoiled with your precious S2 CC and are getting a bit antsy over S3 CC coming. Come on guys...really?

My Sims3 sims have eye blinding shine on their skin during daylight, flickering shadows all over their bodies, their skin is all pixelated and looks like they have some bad skin condition, textures on their clothes become blurry unless you are zoomed in as close as the camera allows it. Not to mention that the game needs serious modding just so the gameplay makes sense.

[bluegenjutsu]

My Sims3 sims have eye blinding shine on their skin during daylight, flickering shadows all over their bodies, their skin is all pixelated and looks like they have some bad skin condition, textures on their clothes become blurry unless you are zoomed in as close as the camera allows it. Not to mention that the game needs serious modding just so the gameplay makes sense.

I think your sims only look that way because of your graphics card because I don't see the same things you are describing.

[crocobaura]

I think your sims only look that way because of your graphics card because I don't see the same things you are describing.

Maybe you're not playing the same game then, cause it's not only my game that looks that way, and my graphic card is more than capable to render the game thank you.

[bluegenjutsu]

Maybe you're not playing the same game then, cause it's not only my game that looks that way, and my graphic card is more than capable to render the game thank you.

So you're not playing Sims 3? ;)

[crocobaura]

So you're not playing Sims 3? ;)

Obviousloy I am not. The gaps in Peggy's hairs are also definitely caused by my and everyone else's faulty graphics card.

[mdossantos047]

My Sims3 sims have eye blinding shine on their skin during daylight, flickering shadows all over their bodies, their skin is all pixelated and looks like they have some bad skin condition, textures on their clothes become blurry unless you are zoomed in as close as the camera allows it. Not to mention that the game needs serious modding just so the gameplay makes sense.

I am also not having any of the same problems as you...

[sweetichigodream]

Me neither. It sounds like the hardware/drivers. Or too old hardware so the settings are low..

I had ugly sims but I changed the resolution to match my desktop's and it looked much better. These tft monitors you know.... Bad at scaling down...

[crocobaura]

It's funny how everyone is jumping to blame things on the hardware. Maybe it's just a personal preference and it's something that's only bothering me, but I posted some pics and a video to show what i'm talking about.

Video about flickering shadows on the sims
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh6g929giCA

Glowing skin
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/crocobaura/Screenshot-83.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/crocobaura/Screenshot-94.jpg

Bad skin day
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/crocobaura/Screenshot-398.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/crocobaura/Screenshot-400.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/crocobaura/Screenshot-404.jpg

[Ghanima Atreides]

My sims look exactly the same way, Crocobaura, down to the weird ass jagged shadows on their necks. Outdoors lighting is a disaster especially during evening when sims turn purplish and indoors, while it's somewhat better, details on the skins and where clothes meet the body are still nowhere near as crisp and smooth as they look in CAS. Also, my sims always appear a shade or two darker than I make them, no matter where they are.

I have an Nvidia 7300 LE card, with 3 GB of RAM, which if I'm correct should run the game fine, and I know it does because everything else - object/scenery detail looks perfectly sharp and there's no distortion. It only happens with sims.

[GnatGoSplat]

Outdoor lighting especially on my game is just as bad as crocobaura if not worse, and I've got a 9800GT with all settings maxed.

Pie menu vs. game (creepy eyes, ugly skin)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/GnatGoSplat/Sims/sims3_weirdlighting.jpg

Ugly bright hot spots on skin
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/GnatGoSplat/Sims/Screenshot-5.jpg

Horrible makeup rendering, especially in the evening
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/GnatGoSplat/Sims/sims_makeup.jpg

Although I think the crappy lighting affects everyone. Gaps in the mesh doesn't. I've never seen gaps in the mesh. Occasionally I'll see some clipping in the meshes when the Sim moves, but that's about it.

[Ranissa]

I'm not having any of the troubles listed/shown here and I have an 8800 GTS. Even the lighting problem isn't there and I run with all of the settings on max.

Also, I admit - I wouldn't be quite so picky, anyway, because I was always disappointed in the wooden, boring look of my sims in Sims 2. The dynamic look of Sims 3 wows me every time I turn it on.

[GnatGoSplat]

I'm not having any of the troubles listed/shown here and I have an 8800 GTS. Even the lighting problem isn't there and I run with all of the settings on max.


Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if those who say they don't have any of the lighting problems were to post screenshots, those of us who notice lighting problems would still find the exact same lighting problems in those screenshots too.

9800GT and the newer 8800GTS use the same G92 core... I just can't see how there can be that much difference in the output of two virtually identical cards.

[simsuncensored]

I tryed changing the settings in my game to the highest settings.
It played fine, but I still have cracks in my sims body.
I don't really mind the lighting and shadows, I could even live with the cracks (mine are very small).
But I want my fat sims and prego bellies back.
I beleave that my game lags more, because of sims that aren't showing up correctly.
I notice one of the NH lot had a very large sim living there, just to see what would happen I loaded the family, he was skinny.
You could tell that he had his arms resting in his lap, the space between his leg and arm was so large, you could of put a whole nother leg between them.
and my game was so slow loading, and freezing up so bad I thought it had crashed.
Another thing I notice is some of the clothes are messed up, like part of the mesh for the clothes was behide the body mesh.

It seems that there are some real issues here, and sence this is a discussion thread and not the help section, I am closing this thread.
Look for help in the help section. thanks for all the help.

edited: ok guess I am not closing the thread lol.
When did we lose the control over are own thread? lol