Pool reflections causing massive stutter
#1 23-10-2024 
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Hello there!

I've been directed to your page from one of the TS2 groups on Fb. I have a technical issue I don't know how to tackle. I have applied Graphic Rules, 4GB patch, RPC, etc. to my game, and overall it works fine, except for the fact that the swimming pool reflections cause massive stutter. It's only the pools, not the mirrors, nor anything else.
EDIT: Did more experiments, and the "fog" or steam that comes of Sims when they take showers also causes stuttering.
What I also noticed why checking if game sees 4GB of memory in the log is that even though Graphic Rules recognized the card, I see this (proper card should be 3080 RTX):
Quote:=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): GeForce 7800 GTX
Name (database): GeForce 7800 GTX
Vendor: NVIDIA
Chipset: Vendor: 10de, Device: 0091, Board: 00000000, Chipset: 0000
Driver: nvd3dum.dll, Version: 32767.65535.65535.65535, GUID: EF9D1135-3071-C14F-A5EE-C56A0F8DC1B7

Could this be the reason for the pool reflections causing stutter?
I play on Windows 10.
(This post was last modified: 23-10-2024 12:14 PM by VeBeeTorn.)

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#2 30-10-2024 
It's displaying the wrong card because you are using the DXVK-thingie. Usually NVIDIA cards don't need that fix, it is mainly for AMD cards.
Remove DXVK (d3d9.dll in TSBin) and ensure graphics rules maker was applied with auto detected settings + GPU added to database.
Don't forget to re-patch with the 4GB when you are done. (Unless you also use LD's RPC - which has the 4GB included.)

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