Where are the trees? [February 2025] [1.84]

Anyone lose a bunch of graphics with the new update? The worlds are a lot emptier, particularly coniferous trees, but the panoramic views are great.

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Reinstall worked, if anyone else has the same problem.

Have same problem, do I really have to reinstall the app? Argh

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It works almost all the time and your progress all gets pulled in, so it’s just the time pain of doing it.

It worked for me, on windows. It’s a pain.

Had the graphic load problem again even after I reinstalled the app. It’s like the graphics build just stalls out. I quit the ride, rebooted, and the graphics loaded, but it took a while for them to render.

This is a new one since 1.84 for me, on a gaming PC with a way overpowered graphic card.

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I’ve had this a couple of times on 1.84, in two different worlds.

Intel 12600, Nvidia 4060, windows 11 24h2.

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Same for me, Gaming PC and only runs Zwift. Submitted a support ticket, will see if I get a response. :crossed_fingers:

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So it seems to be a sporadic issue… @shooj can you have a look at this? Thanks.

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same here

on the second round through watopias flat route, the trees are slowly and sporadically getting back…they were missing.on the first round though.

Edit: After a few rounds most of the trees came back, but flora still seemed scarce. There was non underwater flora at all.

(Trees have a new design, or is it just me?)

Major detail loss here too. It’s weird though, I don’t think the assets were all missing on the way in to the alpe but were missing on the way down. I’d have to reride to confirm the first part. There should be a lot more trees here.

Road to Sky - haven’t seen it that devoid of detail before.

When I used to start that route (near the windmills) it would take a little while to load all the details like trees and flowers but you’ve finished the route going by your distance and elevation gain.

I might have to ride ADZ today to confirm - but one of the recent routes I did took me through jungle and no problems noticed going past the ADZ turn off.

Hi @Matthew_L10 @Neil_Allonby and @Dave_Schoepel_CIS_RW
Shuji at Zwift HQ here. I peeked at your server logs and each of your GPU’s is on an outdated driver Would you update to the latest v572.47 and let us know if this solves it? If not - at least we can rule that out as a root cause, but we need to have you on the latest graphics driver.
Matthew - your RTX3050 is on driver version 560.94 from August 2024.
Dave your RTX4060 is on driver version 560.94 as well.
Neil: your RTX4060 is on driver v561.09 from September.

Updating graphics drivers is more likely to cause an issue than solve it (though it’s highly likely to be unrelated) since this issue didn’t exist until 6 days ago.

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Thanks for the response @shooj however the driver isn’t likely to be the issue. On two group rides (today & Saturday) with over 100 riders, other people were also referring to the same issue. Its intermittent, not centred on one location (I’ve had it in London and Watopia) and seems to effect various users at various times. The issue has also started with the introduction of 1.84, so if the drivers were the issue we would have been seeing it for a while.

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Hey all - I split off this discussion into its own thread. We’re looking into the deforestation.

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Reinstalled the driver and did one ride. It seemed like all the graphics were there, but it was a sporadic issue to begin with.

I did notice graphics in the distance popping in and out suddenly, which might be related. Something seems to still be going on.

I updated my Driver to v572.47 dated Feb 20, 2025. Rode France RGV and Ven-top. No real change - trees missing, no sunflower fields, mostly just green spaces with a few rocks. Buildings, fences, towers are there… I have a few pics posted on my rides if that helps.

Maybe fora went on the chopping block to allow Apple’s M processors to get Ultra profile?

I noticed small assets, mostly grass etc., popping in a lot more slowly and later than usual while riding downtown eruption (and then wherever random turns took me for the next while). So it might be affecting many/most assets but worse in large/complex things like trees. Anyone ridden Titans lately?