Missing rewards and props

[shtyrayum 0]

Hello all.  I'm not new to Sim City, but am new to SC4 and custom content.  I have some odd bugs I think.  Let me start by saying that I purchased and installed SC4 Deluxe Edition last week, then got the udates from the official site, then I started playing.  I noticed that some of the lots didn't have detail, like the parks.  All of the small, medium and large parks, including the playground were empty, like this:

so after sniffing around the web I discovered custom content.  Cool.  I downloaded some lots and dependencies and kept playing. 

Then I noticed that at least one (I say at least one because it's the only one I've noticed) lot wasn't rendering like it was supposed to.  It's the minor league ball park (original game not custom).  The only reason I know what it's supposed to look like is it rendered correctly before I downloaded any content.

Example:  First city ever - before any custom content downloads, but after maxis updates:

Later cities - after custom content downloads

Also, more weirdness.  I'm reading through the Omnibus of Knowledge.  In the Landmarks thread it shows several buildings I don't have, like the Arc de Triomhe, Capitol Records, Seoul City Hall, Globe Arena.  If those are supposed to be original content they don't show up at all in my Landmarks menu, not even as greyed out.

I don't know if the two issues are related.  I'm hoping someone here has some ideas about how to solve these.  Thanks guys!

[tungston 19]

When you install any of the game updates the game options are set to low, try setting the graphics option to medium, or high.  That should fix the missing props on the lots.

Extra landmarks can be found on the simcity.ea.com web site, on this page.

[shtyrayum 0]

Well don't I feel like a *****. Thanks tungston, you rock. I adjusted the graphics option and presto, missing props appeared!

One small problem with going to the simcity site. I've tried to register there but it won't let me log in. When I re-register it tells me my serial number has already been registered. See I never received my authorization email. After reading the thread here about registration problems, I tried emailing account@support.ea.com from my comcast.net email acct and the email just bounced, several times.

[tungston 19]

I am not sure, but the files may be available at Zel's site.