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« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2007, 12:00:10 am »

ok - then it appears your game is locked in a low-end set-up because of the video card you have.  Sorry, but I have seen this happen to people with Intel chipsets before and there was nothing I could do to change the resolution higher than 800x600; not sure why, perhaps if you want to live on the dangerous side (like Thelma & Louise driving off a cliff) you could mod the video card setting files, but I REALLY don't recommend it.
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« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2007, 10:12:13 am »

The only thing I'd ever think of modding would be my GameCube to play PS2 games :lol: I suppose I'll never have it running at perfect speed... boo-hoo.
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« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2007, 10:33:20 am »

Thank you! Cheesy I've always to know how to minimise it. I can flit between the game and doing paperwork now! Ta! :thumbup:
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« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2007, 04:02:43 pm »

For windowed mode you just put -w you can't specify a resolution Smiley
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2007, 05:11:55 pm »

That or you could open it from SimPE.
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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2007, 05:31:38 pm »

Quote from: Squinge;549593
For windowed mode you just put -w you can't specify a resolution Smiley


um yesh you can Squinge:

Quote from: readme.txt, Electronic Arts, The Sims 2 support files
WINDOWED MODE
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To run The Sims 2 in windowed mode, first create a shortcut to the game by right-clicking on Sims2.exe and selecting "Create Shortcut." Then right-click the shortcut, and select properties. At the end of the "target" line, add a space and the text "-w" (without quotes). Click OK, then launch the game by double-clicking on the shortcut. Running the game in a window will allow you to more easily switch between different programs, but please note that running other programs at the same time as The Sims 2 will be detrimental to the game's performance. Also note that edge scrolling does not function in windowed mode. If you experience any graphical anomalies, please make sure your desktop is set to 32-bit color.

Other command line options:

 -w      windowed mode
 -f        fullscreen mode
 -nosound   run with no sound
 -r800x600   run at 800 x 600 resolution
 -r(w)x(h)   run at (w) x (h) resolution
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« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2007, 02:55:33 pm »

Quote from: Squinge;549593
For windowed mode you just put -w you can't specify a resolution Smiley


Don't tell me that because I've been running in windowed mode with a specified resolution since I figured out how to run windowed mode. Tongue
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