White loading screen and missing menu strings after patch 1.55
uknortherner:
You've not indicated what hardware specs/OS you're running. Is it just the card that's recent, or is it your entire PC? If it's just the card that's new, then have you tried deleting all references to The Sims 3 from the Windows registry (I'm assuming you're running Windows and not the Mac OS)?
You might want to look at this if you're having trouble getting TS3 to recognise your card:
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Getting_new_graphics_cards_recognized_by_the_game
Don't forget that later EPs introduced changes to the water shaders that may in turn be giving you grief with the loading screen/missing text, and apparently the latest patch messes with the lighting, going off what people over at SimsVIP are saying.
necromunchy:
Thank you Utterly Unzipped and uknortherner for replying (and bumping the topic).
After eight times of completely reinstalling the game in full, carefully following the installation instructions given by Games4theworld, who have very recently made a fix that addresses the newest patch, I have given up hope that it was perhaps something I'm doing wrong myself.
I remember once messing with the .sgr files, back when i had gtx 460. But I don't remember how I managed to fix it (necessary disclaimer, I have serious memory issues).
Looking at the lines, I can't quite distinguish where would my card fit at the moment, while the device ID is a set of numbers ctrl+f isn't finding in DeviceConfig.log at all.
I would very much appreciate some help on the matter if anyone has the will and time to give a few guidelines.
Dxdiag info attached to this post, if it's of any use.
Thank you in advance!
[mini edit, since I just realized that I haven't answered the question]
My gpu is the newest addition to the pc. The rest of it is of various age.
I have manually been deleting registry files upon every uninstallation, and cache files every time I've closed the game.
Secondly, what I've noticed is that the in-game console is fully functional. Didn't manage to do anything useful with it (as in, enter the neighbourhood), but it could be a useful information.
STOP THE PRESS!
Removing awesome.package makes the game playable.
But a question remains - is a game without awesomemod really worth playing?
(and how does everyone else pass it with 1.55, since I've read a thing or two saying that there are no major issues)
Skadi:
I won't patch until the AM for 1.55 comes out, and will probably do it in conjunction with installing the new EP that comes out next week.
Either treat yourself to some casual play sans AM or install again and stop at 1.50.
Skoria_bay:
Even thought NRAAS has updated their mods to 1.55, I'm waiting for AM to get ready to go. Plus I know AM will fix any stuff EA broke with the patch. I'm being patient in the meantime.
wizard_merlin:
Quote from: necromunchy on 2013 June 22, 02:11:06
STOP THE PRESS!
Removing awesome.package makes the game playable.
But a question remains - is a game without awesomemod really worth playing?
(and how does everyone else pass it with 1.55, since I've read a thing or two saying that there are no major issues)
Wow, what a revelation, the 1.50 version of AM is incompatible with the 1.55 Patch, who would have thought such a thing.
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