Closed Sims 2 and Graphics Cards - the fixes.

Please read the first post and provide the log file as requested.

Log added

Hi Schimmdog

Which card did you put in? You have the texture memory problem
from your config log: Texture memory: 32MB

But you also have hi-res on and the trace I've put into all the cards, which would suggest that you found the right place to put it, but used the wrong card.

Your card is : Name (driver): AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
So the one you should be using the Download Radeon 6700/6800 up to 7700 Fix

That has a fix in it for the texture memory problem.

The location for the fix for the Ultimate Collection is:

They need to be in
\Origin Games\Fun with Pets\Mansion and Gardens\TSData\Res\Config\
\Origin Games\Fun with Pets\Mansion and Gardens\TSData\Res\CsConfig\

heya Kiri, i just got the sims 2 complete collection and was greeted with the low settings/low resolution forced on me D: after fiddling with the graphic rules file for about 3 hours(it was hell too much text omg) i got the game to support my screen resolution of 2560x1440. so yeah pretty proud of myself lol, BUT something had to go wrong and my edge smoothing doesn't work. i did more poking around the file and the slider wasn't greyed out anymore though it didn't do anything. i, however, downloaded your radeon 6700-6800 fix (my card is ati radeon hd 5750 btw) and i *think* the edge smoothing was working (i dont trust my eyes tbh but who knows), but the resolution wouldn't go higher than 1600xsomething. now i have a choice between resolution or antialiasing lmao. anyways i was hoping to have both, so could you help me pretty please? i've attached a log file for you below.

edit: whoops, forgot the op system:
windows 8 64 bit
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz 2.93 GHz
8gb memory

Attached File(s)

  PC-5-config-log.txt (Size: 10.29 KB / Downloads: 351)

Hi Ascedense,

You can actually tell from the config log whether it is working or not -

This is from your config-log.txt

Device properties
-----------------
boolProp useRenderTextures true
uintProp antialiasingSupport 16
boolProp dontMergeNHFlora true
boolProp enableDriverMemoryManager false
boolProp vs2LoopsFunctional false
boolProp presentWorkaround true
boolProp enumerateMultisampleLevels true this says that your anti-alias is on
boolProp usePS30 false
uintProp deviceLocalVideoMemorySizeDefault 33554432
boolProp activeDeviceUseSoftwareRasterizer false
uintProp configParserErrorCode 0
uintProp hwMajorPSVersion 3

However you have the texture memory problem 32Mb too which is limiting your screen size.

Can you do me a favour? Upload your original graphic rules.sgr here?

I will fix it so that you have the screen size you need, the right texture memory, and set to high-resolution.

oh snap oh snap oh snap.... i don't think i have the original anymore... oh god. okay. okay. i have a more or less original one where i managed to get the resolution working. i could reinstall my game if it's that crucial though... also the forum doesn't allow srg files(or am i just dumb?) so i changed it to .txt for you.

edit: got the original one yaaay

Attached File(s)

  Graphics Rules.txt (Size: 33.3 KB / Downloads: 376)

perfect thanks. I'm going to have a look at this compared to the original and see what the differences are.

And then see what i need to do to fix things.

The one where you changed the resolution would have been fine also.

will get back to you later.

Hey Kiri

I have the same flickering screen as namakyori has/had(?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWJg4jV9XyM
I already installed your graphic card fix, but that did not work.
You can find my old configure log in the annex.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Attached File(s)

  OLIVIERH-config-log-old.txt (Size: 10.33 KB / Downloads: 341)

Hi Olivier -
Which graphics card did you install? It looks like it was the wrong one. I will check and get back to you. By the way - are you on Ultimate Collection?

Generally once you have the right one installed, you need to go into game, and push the smooth edges up to max (more) then the flickering will go away.

Hey Kiri
The Intel file is the one I used. Thought that was what the log said. Noticed that the edges is greyed out. I am not using the ultimate collection though.
In the meantime I'll try Nvidia.

Thank you.