Snow on the lot in the neighborhood with problems
Henrique:
I have the expansion pack 4 seasons, but every time it snows, the snow on the lot is not bright white ... And with a blinking blue color ... and in the neighborhood she gets graphical errors too. :-\
Before it did not happen ...
Just recently it ;)
Help me! :'(
Theraven:
It might be a memory problem. Although when it happened to the snow in my game, it was a purple color, and my game lagged a bit more than usual whenever there was a lot of snow.
My lots ended up looking like this --> http://i42.tinypic.com/66khzs.jpg and http://i46.tinypic.com/91jb4w.jpg and http://i50.tinypic.com/2jdgqqs.jpg, with purple penguins flying about http://i45.tinypic.com/s4mgw5.jpg
Found a couple of fixes, eventually - but I still try to avoid snow unless I need it for pictures.
I usually get blue color on missing meshes and such, but unless you've been messing around with SimPE, missing or changed game files are rarely a problem. So I find the blue color a bit strange...
What are your computer specs? Version of Windows (or any other operative system - and 32 or 64 bit?), graphic card, memory(RAM), processor speed, and so on.
Some tests you can do:
First try to run your game vanilla (no CC at all in the game, make a clean neighborhood, a clean new lot and sims with no CC), and test if this still happens. You might need a weather hack for getting snow, but other than that don't use hacks. Let us know how it goes.
You could also try to find out if it's a memory problem by running the game in windowed mode, and then bring up the task manager to see if your computer is struggling. If the memory bar is somewhere near the top, you might have to consider doing some changes in your game.
With Vista (possibly win7) you can right-click on the task bar and choose "task manager", or click Ctrl+alt+delete.
Windowed game mode:
Right-click on the shortcut you use, choose "open file location", locate the main application (mine is named "Sims2EP9" as I have M&G), and right-click on it, choose "create shortcut". You'll probably get a warning that the shortcut will be created on the desktop. Right-click the new shortcut, and click "properties". Under "target" , add " -w" (with the space) to the shortcut
It will look something like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe" -w
Now when you start the game using this icon, the game will run windowed, and bypass the launcher.
Henrique:
First thanks for posting ... ;)
But I ran my game in windowed mode and it was the same thing ...
And so ... the images that you were left more or less my problem ... But the color is blue and not purple ...
And the blue color only applies to the ground and not to other objects too ...
As you said, opening the task manager, CPU usage comes to about 50%.
My computer is:
Windows XP
Intel Pentium Dual]
1.60 GHz
1.00 RAM
You will probably say that my computer is not good ... :-\
But never denied a game, such as The Sims 2, I have all expanções and almost all collections of objects. ;)
Translation: Portuguese / English: Google Translator.
thank you! :D
Theraven:
The windowed mode was only meant to be a help for the task manager. Not quite the same effect if the game is minimized. I do run my game windowed - only way to make it show up not stretched with widescreen...
How about the memory usage?
And did you try to run your game vanilla (as in no CC)? Might be conflicting CC. If you have Targa's pond mod, for instance, you might want to look here.
That is a bit strange... The color coding tells you a bit of what is happening. If purple, it's usually memory. If blue, it's usually a missing mesh (or slave meshes gone wrong - done that several times).
Could you perhaps post a picture of when it happens?
The computer specs are in the low range, but as long as your game runs it can run. Though, be careful - overheating or too much strain might end up as troubles later on. I ran my game (everything up to FreeTime) with 512 mb RAM and not much better specs than you - but then again, I ended up killing my laptop (after around 5 years, but still)...
Does the game lag when the snow appears, or is the game speed normal? Could be a problem with the shaders or something like that (if your game can't run certain aspects of the graphics, they often turn off automatically. I never had shiny materials, bumpmaps, or proper water reflection on my laptop, so those were a surprise). Can't say I'm an expert on the area, as getting a new computer was what fixed it. If the snow has never showed properly, then this might be what is wrong.
Henrique:
How do I put pictures on this site?
Could you explain please?
If I put images you'll see what happens and you can tell what is happening.
;)
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