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Simmers' Paradise => General Sims 2 Help => Topic started by: neokore on March 17, 2008, 11:36:21 pm



Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: neokore on March 17, 2008, 11:36:21 pm
when im on the neighborhood
the grass and buildings are like CHANGING COLORS!! but there is no texture to it.

it just changes colors and doesn't stop
ive uninstalled and installed it

but it still wont work D:!!!!!!!

halp!!



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Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: Tenshii~Akari on March 18, 2008, 06:57:47 am
Like they're "flashing"? I have that happen whenever I overload my neighborhood screen with too many buildings at once.  They turn all red,white, black, and other strange shades when my laptop can't handle rendering them all at once, and if I'm lucky I'll get a blue hourglass screen.  If I'm not, the game just crashes.  So I usually stick with maybe two or three houses in a neighborhood now.  :lol:

How many lots do you have in your neighborhood?  What are your computer specs? (i.e. type of graphics card, amount of RAM/memory,)  And have you tried updating your graphics card drivers, along with your DirectX (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en) files? Sometimes updating those two things will help fix a "red flashing" issue.  And the more info you can give us about your graphics and RAM, the better we can help.  :smile bi:


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: BlooM on March 21, 2008, 10:07:08 pm
I recently downloaded spookymuffins hack for other lightning in my neighborhoods.(like daylight/night dawn etc..)
Unfortunate that hack wasn't updated for BV and FreeTime.
So maybe you have a hack installed thats causing this.


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: DarkAmaranth on March 22, 2008, 09:29:53 am
Or just not enough memory for all the EPs to run properly. Mine did that until I upgraded my comp.


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: neokore on March 24, 2008, 04:32:50 pm
i found out out what it is but i dont know how to update my computer o.o


Title: Same thing happened
Post by: virginiagirl98 on March 26, 2008, 07:34:24 pm
I had flashing houses.  Now I get a light blue screen and music playing in the background.  I have 512 MB... do I have to update that.  Everything works when I take out the download folder...If I remove some houses...how do I do that without starting up the sims game?  Would removing house work?


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: neokore on March 29, 2008, 11:46:04 am
i hope this is what you guys need :)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/Cricketchirpsatnight/untitled.png)
(http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/Cricketchirpsatnight/untildetlgfdhg.png)


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: Tenshii~Akari on March 30, 2008, 08:41:47 am
That's actually your Disk Space.  ;)

Go to the Start button and type in dxdiag in the "Open" box, then click OK.  Once the DirectX Diagnostics Too window pops up, look down in the "System Information" box (...mainly where it says "Memory", but everything from "Processor" down is good to know also).  

Also, after taking note of the above, click on the "Display" tab up top and look at the upper left-hand box named "Device".  This contains your video card information.  

That's all the main info we need to know.  :angel:


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: neokore on April 07, 2008, 07:27:58 pm
helppp!


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: Mihura on April 08, 2008, 02:08:03 pm
I fear the problem came from the "graphic card", VIA/S3G unichrome. Forums says that it's not a real card and it's not good to play games especially 3D ones. If you can, try to change it. Your computer is a notebook no ? I can't recommend a special card sorry. :)


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: neokore on April 08, 2008, 05:41:58 pm
nope :(


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: MissDoh on April 08, 2008, 08:56:49 pm
Neokore, you have the minimum requirements to play the game.

A 64mb videocard is not enough to play the sims with expansion packs, you must get a new one.  Same for your RAM, you should add another 500mb to help.


Title: I have a problem :(((( the sims 2 seasons...
Post by: virginiagirl98 on April 09, 2008, 12:04:33 pm
I have cured my problem.  I need more RAM... I ended up getting 2 gig more Ram to run my game.  Thanks...If you have any questions...let me know.  Good Luck!


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