Graphics pixelated at closest zoom...

[Sayers]

Hi guys,

Game runs fine in general.
Just one issue: at the closest zoom, the graphics are pretty pixelated (ie, not clear, boxy etc).
Does everybody else have this issue?

Thanks
Sreyas

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

That is a side effect of playing the game on modern hardware and higher screen resolutions, and as such has no other solutions short of playing in lower screen resolutions. Also playing on hardware rendering and downloading HD custom content would also be a good solution.

[MGB]

The reason Zoom 6 (largest) is pixelated is because the game engine only supports 5 zoom levels 1-5.

When EA insisted at the last minute to add support for the Sims (My Sim), a new zoom level was added. But, zoom 6 simply takes the zoom 5 textures and upscales them (x2). This is why they look bad.

This is just as terrible as it always was and has nothing to do with your hardware. Although, using forced Anti-Aliasing, if your GPU is up to it, may actually help a little.

One of the odd side effects of implementing z6 this way, is that it allows modders to make HD textures/renders. Meaning we can produce models that have twice the texture size of a normal one. But since you can only have one texture for both z5/6 display, the drawback is that z5 texture is now downscaled.

Here's an example image (z6) that illustrates what I'm talking about:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4044/35645845235_38bd5b2a82_o.jpg

The building here is HD and as you can see is nice and crisp. But the cars and some other props which aren't remain pixelated.

[Sayers]

Thanks for both replies...

I guess we have to live with it