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Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 02, 2007, 07:09:53 pm Okay when i'm playing the game sometimes rather than playing in windowed mode (i'm blind I need full screen LOL!!) I ALT+TAB to minimize and work with other programs. Sometimes when I return to the game after its been minimized the graphics jump and are well .. the plumbbobs and hair arent solid anymore when I move the camera its like they are a "screen" if you will.. like the same look as the screen of a screen door. I tried to take pics of it, but even the camera wont work when I return to the game. I usually have to reboot the game several times in order to minimize/play without issue.
Has this happened to anyone before? How did you solve it? Let me know if you need to know my specs or if you need a better description of the problem. Thank you! Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: citakar on April 14, 2007, 08:08:25 am mine did that it stopped when I got Pets.
Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: PiperK1980 on April 20, 2007, 06:40:55 pm You mean this...
I was able to take a vid of it. One neighborhood vid and one in lot vid. I've updated all my drivers and it still exists. I also took out all CC. The hair, windows and other stuff I agree, look like screens on a front door. Mine happens even when I've just started the game. It just started doing it a few days ago. It started out when I minimized from full screen to desktop and now it just happens all the time. I've included my dxdiag log. Title: System Specs please Post by: johndian on April 20, 2007, 09:26:04 pm Just wondering what your system specs are.
Are you having video drop out issues? Have you noticed any probs when you're playing a video file? Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 20, 2007, 10:11:24 pm Quote from: PiperK1980;691724 You mean this... I was able to take a vid of it. One neighborhood vid and one in lot vid. I've updated all my drivers and it still exists. I also took out all CC. The hair, windows and other stuff I agree, look like screens on a front door. Mine happens even when I've just started the game. It just started doing it a few days ago. It started out when I minimized from full screen to desktop and now it just happens all the time. I've included my dxdiag log. Thats EXACTLY IT!! It only happens when I minimize to desktop and return to the game. Sometimes it does it but today I minimized several times without any problems. @John I have no video drop out issues. I have an AMD Athlon X2 64 4200 I believe for processor GeForce 7300 Graphics Card.. DirectX 10 all drivers are up to date. The game runs incredibly well, besides this. No problems running video files either. Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Rogue777 on April 20, 2007, 10:21:07 pm Yakov says that DirectX doesn't like being Alt-tabbed. Maybe that's what he meant when he said that.
Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 20, 2007, 10:29:29 pm aww man :( lol maybe thats it..
Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Rogue777 on April 20, 2007, 10:42:55 pm Cinamun, here's (http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?p=408564#post408564) the thread I was remembering.
Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 20, 2007, 10:47:31 pm Thanks Rogue! *reading it now*
*edit* Gotta love his terminology :rofl: Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Rogue777 on April 20, 2007, 11:10:02 pm You're welcome, kamikaze mama! :D
Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: PiperK1980 on April 21, 2007, 01:30:34 am I used to be able to Alt+Tab all the time until recently when it started to 'screen out' on me. If I run in windowed mode, it's fine. I can just start up the game and it does it, not Alt+Tab involved. I'll try to reinstall.
ETA: I have a 7300 too! Nvidia GeForce 7300 LE 256MB. Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 21, 2007, 08:22:20 am lmao @ kamikaze mama!!
@Piper, I have the 7300 thats not the LE though, forget which one lol. I have 256MB also. I'm thinking that an uninstall/reinstall of the drivers could possibly help too. I've never played in windowed mode before, I should probably try it out. I was also thinking did you recently upgrade to DirectX10 from DirectX9? Im asking because I could alt/tab to my desktop all the time with no issues using DirectX 9.0 Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: PiperK1980 on April 21, 2007, 05:24:24 pm My computer came with DirectX10. I did the reinstall of drivers and it still happened. I'm going to reinstall the game and see if it does it after that. I'm not going to Alt+Tab. I don't do it that often and if I really need to, I'll run in windowed mode.
*Update* I did a clean reinstall with no cc and alt+tab'ed several times and nothing happened. It could be an 'over time' thing with our video card unless someone else with a different card is in our boat. Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 22, 2007, 02:25:05 am Well I just got my new PC and it came with DirectX 10 and with it I got a new graphics card. Also tons of CC lol, I think its probably the DirectX 10 because my old PC with DirectX 9 never gave me issue when I would alt/tab. I'm glad you got the problem fixed. I'm working on running in windowed mode when I really need to have access to my desktop and that should fix it for me.
Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: PiperK1980 on April 22, 2007, 03:02:19 pm I alt+tabbed for a while last night and when I went back to the game, it did it again. I do believe it's a graphics card issue. I am going to test the monitor though. The one I'm using is a friend's (his comp is busted) and it only goes up to 60 for refresh rate. What was your's set at Cinamun?
*Update* I switched monitors and it was fine, no 'screens'. My specs were 1152x864 and a refresh rate of 75. I switched monitors again and changed the 'problem' monitor to the same specs and so far no problems. Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: Cinamun on April 22, 2007, 09:44:00 pm 1024x768 with a refresh rate at 60... it goes up to 75 though.
Should I change it? Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: summer_wine on April 22, 2007, 10:25:57 pm i never alt-tab anymore because when i do my game takes forever to show up. it's just a big blue screen of nothingness. :(
anyway, i hope you guys fix your issues. Title: Graphics Jump after minimizing sims game Post by: PiperK1980 on April 23, 2007, 10:14:39 pm KNOWN ISSUES WITH VISTA DRIVERS:
nVidia Geforce Series Problem: Stuttering sound during gameplay and lower frame rate and problems showing rain Cards: Most Geforce cards Please check for the latest drivers. NVidia is actively working on this issue. Quote Problem: Sims, plumbob sim indicators, and other various objects appear corrupt in both the neighborhood and lot screens on Windows Vista Cards: Geforce 7300 From: http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=281 Hmm......... Title: Oh crap Post by: Cinamun on April 23, 2007, 10:52:30 pm yeah the new PC came with vista, I was running XP before..
I'm beginning to hate vista :rofl: |