FAQ Black Shadows Box Issue - All Systems

Black shadows box shows under the sims



The easiest way to deal with this is to download the fix by NOPKE at MTS.
Go to MTS - [UPD 2JAN16] Sim Shadow Fix by NOPKE


Why the problem occurs

Graphic Card drivers are updated and when that occurs, sometimes they move the information that is needed for things to occur. Newer games can cope with that, but as Sims 2 is now 15 years old, it can't.



If you don't want to use the fix by Nopke you can remove the boxes by turning Sim Shadows off.



The easiest way to deal with this problem, is to set shadows in the game to Medium.

The second easiest way to deal with this problem, is to change the graphic rules.sgr, so the SimShadow is false for High Shadows.

Look for this code in your graphic rules.sgr:

option Shadows
setting $Low
boolProp simShadows false
boolProp objectShadows false
boolProp guob false
boolProp heightMapShadows false

setting $Medium
boolProp simShadows false
boolProp objectShadows false
boolProp guob true
boolProp heightMapShadows true

setting $High
boolProp simShadows true <- change this to false
boolProp objectShadows true
boolProp guob true
boolProp heightMapShadows true
end