Closed Sims 2 and Graphics Cards - the fixes.

OHMDOMFDFLH IT WORKS. CAF DOESN'T CRASH. THE TEXTURES LOOK THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. I'M CRYING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. HONESTLY. This is a blessing. And this is why Aussies are the best OKAY

I'll keep you updated if anything happens! Thank you again so so much!

~*~*~ Raye ~*~*~

@rayesaunders - So glad to hear this is the case. I hope you have much joy playing. Thankyou for your thankyou - it's brought a huge smile to my face.

@RafaelM - ok. Now that I can see what's going on. You have anti-alias on, and all the effects are at their top level. So ok - what are you looking at that is making you think that the resolution is low?
My guess is that it could be one of two things. It could be a problem with your card and some of the effects, and as soon as we turn those effects off - it gets fixed. Or it could be that you are looking at hood stuff from a lot view - and yes that is low res and has always been regardless of what happens. So yeah - i need to know what you are looking at.

If you have a look in the first post of this thread - there is the usual way to check if it is high-res or low res which is to use the coast line.



Is the left hand side what is happening in your game?

I have 283 free Go/453.
Thanls for your help

@celebkiriedhel That texture file did the trick! The game works great now! I have some slight screen tearing when I move my mouse, but I'll live with it until I get a better computer. Thank you for all your help! In case you want to see my log file, anyway, here it is.

Attached File(s)

  ERIC-HP-config-log.txt (Size: 10.48 KB / Downloads: 437)

Fabulous! Push your smooth-edges up to more and your screen tearing should stop as well.

@celebkiriedhel - My graphics looks like the right side (with reflection on water and good textures). I just don't see any difference when I set the Smooth Edges to max. Still looks good, but my complain is that I'm still having stuttering and fps drops when scrolling the camera. I thought it could be because the AA isn't working as it should. If there's another way to fix this stuttering, it would be nice!

It's not going to make a big difference with the looks @RafaelM - pushing it up to more is what fixes the stuttering. As far as I'm aware, there isn't another way to fix the stuttering.

@celebkiriedhel No problem! This thread help me enough to make the game look a lot better (when I first launched, it looked like the left side of the picture you posted) and with my native resolution. Keep up the good work, Kiri!

Oh wow I put the new graphic rules into Ep4 instead of Sp9. Thank you so much for helping me!

Hi I was wondering if you could help me?

I installed the game and when I go to play the game opens up not optimised to the screen, straight into the 'Fun with Pets' loading screen with no sound, loads for a bit and then crashes. I've tried the intel fix and nothing seems to have changed?

My config log says this:

Log generated on 7/28/2014, 05:32

Kiri: Force Low settings because Intel removed
=== Application info ===
Name: The Sims 2 EP9
Version: 1.17.0.66
Build: ReleaseSRT
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows NT 6.0
CPU: 2095.800048Mhz, Name:GenuineIntel, FPU:1, MMX:1
Memory: 3972MB
Free memory: 1804MB
User: USER
Computer: VAIO
=== Sound device info ===
Name: Unknown
Driver: Unknown
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): Intel® HD Graphics
Name (database): Intel® HD Graphics <<NOT FOUND IN DATABASE!>>
Vendor: Intel
Chipset: Vendor: 8086, Device: 0106, Board: 90b8104d, Chipset: 0009
Driver: igdumd32.dll, Version: 9.17.10.2963, GUID: D7B78E66-4246-11CF-6E78-B2B0B7C2C435
Driver version: 2963
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Monitor aspect: 1.789473, 16:9
Screen mode: 1366x768x32BPP,60Hz
Texture memory: 1664MB
HW T&L: Fixed function:1 Programmable:3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Texture stages: 8
AppControlledAA: 1
Kiri: Selecting Low base level

Thanks for any help here!