Closed Sims 2 and Graphics Cards - the fixes.

@celebkiriedhel

Sure thing, here you go!

@leefish

I've tried in both the 'hood and the lot, and the same thing happens - I click the option, the option stays where it was

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One last time and hopefully this will work for you (it works for me)... I tested your card, and have the same problem as you.

Download Graphic Rules 4

To be honest, I don't understand why it doesn't work in your version of graphic rules. But it works in mine - and there are some differences between them. So I'm willing to bet it's one of those.

Ah-hah! Thank you! That one definitely works! Or rather, it does all the things I want it to do, which is the best thing.

Only one issue - screen resolution. My native screen resolution is 1920x1080, which is for some reason not showing up as an option. I think I can just about deal with that, though - I'd rather have the options working than my exact screen res, haha, even if I have to put it in windowed mode (can't seem to find a res on the menu that really works full-screen without squashing or stretching anything, though I'm sure one's gotta have the same sort of ratio...).

So glad I found this topic! Hoping you could help me with what graphics fix I should use? I have an ATI Radeon HD 5450 and am running windows 7.

Thanks!

I'd go for windowed mode Spud. While we can doctor the graphic rules to allow your screen resolution, I'm not sure that it wouldn't include squash/stretch from a ratio issue. You have a 1.77777778 ratio which wasn't really allowed for.

Amber - I'd go for the one that I just set up for Spud - Graphic Rules 4 which is just above. It deals with all the problems, works, and it covers your card.

It worked quite nicely on the fix in the first post, but windowed mode it is! Thank you so much!

Oh. In that case, I'll change Graphic Rules 4 to Graphic Rules 5 and add your resolution.

Kiri, I'm ready to pick a graphics card. I've been told by lee that AMD is the best all round card for TS2 and the TS3. I would like a card that plays both if possible. If not TS2 is the most important. Whatever is considered the best card for both. Currently I am using a 6 year old Nvidea 9800. I'm on Win 7, 64 bit and I think it is dual core. I just had 16 GIGs of RAM put in. Thanks.

Hi Kiri! Could you help me, too? I recently uninstalled and re-installed SP9, and now it won't start up at all! I get the same error message about DirextX drivers as anyone else, and all my drivers are the very latest (I've double-checked). I'm running Windows 8, and my graphics card is a NVIDIA GeForce GT 630. I went through the instructions of the original thread, but my computer's failing to see reason. I'm attaching the new non-booting log, as well as the DxDiag chitty to this. I'm really at my wit's end with this, so finding this thread is giving me hope. Thank you so much!

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I won't be able to help you straight away DangerousBeans (great name by the way! I recognise it from Terry Pratchett). I'm about ready to go to bed.

Part of the problem could be the directx drivers are too new - and need to be downgraded.

Are you able to give me a screenshot of your error message? That would be great.

There's a good chance that uninstalling/reinstalling just the one EP9 (mansions and gardens) doesn't work too well - and if you uninstall/reinstall you need to do the whole blinking lot. However before you uninstall anything, I will check that.

Also was there a reason why you uninstalled/reinstalled EP9?