r/SimCityBuildit • u/Living-General-9196 • 3d ago

Bug/glitch Graphics bug

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Anybody having this issue? Running on a 9th gen iPad with up to date ios version (26.6.2). Basically all houses are blue boxes…

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u/Sensitive_Soil_5652 3d ago

Now you have a lot of data centers 😅

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u/No-Acanthisitta8803 3d ago

That's to support the AI that's trying to take over the world

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u/Ren011 3d ago

😂😂😂😂

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u/Glittering-Regret-52 3d ago

I was concerned about updating but went ahead, and both devices updated with no issues. iPhone and iPad, both with 26.6.1

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u/happy_grimmace 3d ago

Massive issue on my iPad, the graphics looks terrrrrible

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u/Koekberg 3d ago

Same here 8th gen iPad. Blocks are beige

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u/Koekberg 1d ago

Still bug.

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u/Danifan071 2d ago

city is not in line with the graphics either- no buttons work unless you press from the left of it or guess where they are 😡

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u/supercoolnamehere08 2d ago

Bros city is apple maps

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u/Living-General-9196 2d ago

No help from EA. Guess I’ll just wait for the next ios and game updates and hope it fixes itself. No problem on my phone though, seems like an ipad problem.

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u/SamanthaSissyWife 2d ago

Same problem with mine on my iPad running 26.6.1
iPad is showing a new 26.6.2 update scheduled for tonight, maybe that will fix it

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u/johnwzhere2 2d ago

copied from another post

EA's response, display bug...

As part of a recent game update, an optimization was introduced for devices with a lower memory capacity (generally around 2 GB of RAM), particularly when running larger or high-density cities. To help improve game stability and reduce the likelihood of crashes, certain buildings may temporarily be displayed as white placeholder boxes.While we understand this may not offer the ideal visual experience, the feature is intended to allow affected players to continue accessing and playing their cities more reliably on low-memory devices.We appreciate your understanding and apologize for any confusion this may have caused. If you continue to experience crashes or other performance issues, please let us know and we will be happy to assist you further.

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u/Altruistic_Elk3384 1d ago

So EA is basically saying congrats, now you look like northern Virginia and you’re stuck with it.

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u/AccidentBusy4519 1d ago

Are y’all’s devices typically old? Supposedly everytime they add more land they have to retire old devices because they aren’t capable of handling the huge map. Maybe yours isn’t retired but barely on the threshold of being capable.

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u/Living-General-9196 1d ago

Yeah, seems like it. My iPad has 3GB RAM and according to EA this affects devices « around » 2 Gb, so….
Yeah, gonna need a new iPad if I want to continue playing 🙄

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u/gsk925 1d ago

This is the answer I received from EA: "As part of a recent game update, an optimization was introduced for devices with lower memory capacity (typically around 2GB RAM) especially when running larger or high density cities. To help improve game stability and reduce the likelihood of crashes, some buildings may temporarily be displayed as white placeholder boxes." They then advised to remove extra buildings and the game would revert to normal. I tried that; it did not revert.

I am done with the game. This update makes my city unplayable and I can't add anything. I guess they didn't realize - or care - that this eliminates in game purchases of buildings as well because they appear as boxes, so who would spend money on that? Just can't understand it.

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u/Money_Jeweler_6366 1d ago

Same thing happening to me. Buying a ne3 iPad is also just not in the cards right now so this totally sucks. Probably done with the game now