Invisible Fish Poll

[Nec]

Perhaps the fix doesn't work for everyone because not all cards perform "shading" (whatever that is)?

I wouldn't even know where to look for that ability other than game-specific options. I have all my graphics settings on high - I wonder if that makes a difference?

[Aldebaran]

Shaders are, in simple terms, are the card's displaying ability. It is everything from shadows, textures, the shiny effects, for example how the mirror reflects in the game. The stronger the card, the higher it's shader capacity - for example my old Ti4200 had 1.3 or 1.4 shader, while my 6800 has 3.0 shader. There are some newer games that sometimes require cards with bigger shaders - if it's absent, then effects doesn't appear the way they should, or they don't appear at all. Worse, the game doesn't even run. I think in the case of OFB that they modified something with the requirements and to ensure better performance the game turns off little effects, like fishies, on older cards because with the added functions it may cause lag... at least it's just my guess.

[ElfPuddle]

Yes, I have fish. I am truly embarrased (but dumb enough to admit) that I'm dumb enough to not have a clue what my graphics card is.

How's that for a completely non-helpful answer. *sorry, shutting up now*

[comradebunny]

Yes, I have fish. I am truly embarrased (but dumb enough to admit) that I'm dumb enough to not have a clue what my graphics card is.

How's that for a completely non-helpful answer. *sorry, shutting up now*

I'm in the same embarassing situation as Elfpuddle.  I have fish and no clue as to what my graphics card is.   

[holly]

snap i have fish but dont know what graphics card .

anybody clever want to tell us how we can find out?

[Nec]

Yes, I have fish. I am truly embarrased (but dumb enough to admit) that I'm dumb enough to not have a clue what my graphics card is.

How's that for a completely non-helpful answer. *sorry, shutting up now*

I'm in the same embarassing situation as Elfpuddle.  I have fish and no clue as to what my graphics card is.   

Well, if you would like to find out what it is, it is pretty easy to do. Right-click on "MyComputer", select "Properties", click on the "Hardware" tab, then select "Device Manager." Then, click the "+" next to "Display Adapters" to expand it, and it should be listed right there. If there is nothing there, you are probably using the graphics built into your motherboard. If you want to know which driver version you are using, right-click on the display adapter you have listed (if you have one), select properties, then click on the "Drivers" tab.  

[jsalemi]

Or even easier, go to the EA Games\<latest expansion you have> folder in the start menu, and use the EAsy Info program that comes with all Sims 2 programs.  It'll tell you what you have, and perhaps better if you use the above method, what TS2 thinks you have, which may not be the same in some cases.

[Qwiggles]

I have fish.  NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Driver 6.14.10.8195.

I lost my fish when I had shaders false but got rid of that line coz I like my fishies.

[phillwill]

I Have Fish.
ATI Radeon 9550, 256 MB AGP
Driver Version 8.231.0.0

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, would you credit it?  I'm sure when I visited the Landgraab house there were fish - I remember watching Malcolm watching them and feeding them, and I remember the fish jumping up for the food.  But then I had a crash and a message from Windows that my video drivers needed updating, so I went and did that, and up till now I thought I was onto a winner - everything seemed soooo much better and clearer, but I just went and bought a tank for Lucy and Ricky, and lo and behold, Ricky has just restocked the tank with invisible fish!

[straycat]

I originally had fish with my nVidia 5200. They dissappeared when I installed OFB.

Same here. XD

[Nec]

Or even easier, go to the EA Games\<latest expansion you have> folder in the start menu, and use the EAsy Info program that comes with all Sims 2 programs.  It'll tell you what you have, and perhaps better if you use the above method, what TS2 thinks you have, which may not be the same in some cases.

Can't we just make things complicated, please? It makes me feel more smarter and stuff

[Emma]

To find out your computer specifics including video card and drivers run dxdiag.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, mine's a 5200 too, and the upgraded driver is version 7189, which in every other aspect works fine.  But I think I'll load 4ESF's cloned fishtank into the game and see if the same thing happens with that!

Yes, unfortunately it has the same problem, which probably means we can't solve the problem by using cloned fishtanks!

[anyeone]

I have an ATI Radeon 9600 and I see the fishies.

[momtogirls]

snap i have fish but dont know what graphics card .

anybody clever want to tell us how we can find out?

same here

[Persephone]

RADEON X600 256MB HyperMemory

Display Driver 6.14.10.6561

I have fish! 

[Myth]

RADEON X1600 Series 256 MB

I have fish. 

[Emma]

snap i have fish but dont know what graphics card .

anybody clever want to tell us how we can find out?

same here

To find out your computer specifics including video card and drivers run dxdiag.

[ZephyrZodiac]

You can also open the game logs file, and you will see what the game thinks you have - all your PC specifics are in the file xxxx-config-log

[holly]

ok that game log thing seems to think i have a RADEON X300 Series  if that means anything to anybody


hey those logs are intresting i really must take to time to finf out what they all mean

[ZephyrZodiac]

Rather you than me!

[holly]

oh dont worry , i wont get round to doing it my heads about to explode at the moment anyway , with trying to sort my game out , work and the world cup and my thrilling social life (im leaving the house twice this week) , and the doctors keep ringing saying ive missed my appointmet , i know just get over it will you .

mm i think i need to chill out

[ZephyrZodiac]

You should be so lucky!  If I miss a doctor's appointment, no-one bothers to ring me, they just cross me off their list!

[holly]

they would normaly but ive been quite poorly for a lot of the last 12 months or so and i am supposed to go for blood tests every month . but im not good at remembering to go ,