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Title: Graphics degraded slightly Post by: kgottwald on 2008 March 24, 11:07:09 Can InTeen cause the graphics quality to degrade? Because I have it on the highest settings; everything used to be crisp and clean, but since I installed the latest InTeen version, things have gotten noticeably fuzzier and there are stairstep artifacts on straight edges.
Title: Re: Graphics degraded slightly Post by: Gwill on 2008 March 24, 11:14:31 Go ask in the Inteen forums!
Title: Re: Graphics degraded slightly Post by: Simsbaby on 2008 March 24, 16:55:15 (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/crapola/kittenkiller.jpg)
Check your graphic settings. It sounds like the game forgot what you changed. Title: Re: Graphics degraded slightly Post by: kgottwald on 2008 March 24, 21:43:35 Update: the "smooth edges" slider in Graphics Options was all the way on the Less end. Moving it towards More fixes this, but slows down the game something horrible. I know I didn't fool with the settings before; wonder what caused it to reset.
I had assumed Inteen was responsible because it's the only hack I have; I suppose it might be some custom clothing or makeup I downloaded. Title: Re: Graphics degraded slightly Post by: Bruce Banner on 2008 March 24, 22:53:10 :) Installing new graphics drivers often resets the graphics options to minimum . Something like Inteen ( which modifies bhav's etc ) should have no effect on your graphics . The only hacks that can probably have some bearing on graphics are most likely lighting and/or camera mods . And yeah , the ' Smooth Edges ' setting has probably the biggest performance hit in the game out of all the graphics options . Some people with old or low end graphics cards ( Integrated chips for example ) might even have the setting greyed out meaning they have no choice but to have ' smooth edges ' ( which is basically just an anti-aliasing setting in other games ) set at minimum . And on the other end of the spectrum those with the expensive hardware might be able to ramp it up to full no problem . Those of us ( including myself ) with average , medium range systems though often have 4 or 5 levels they can set the smooth edges at . Mine has 4 , and I find setting it at 2 has a minimal effect on performance while looking pretty good with barely any jaggies . Setting it at 3 looks barely any different to 2 but has a noticable decrease in performance by comparison rendering it pointless . Setting it at 4 looks a bit better but is a no go performance wise . Setting it at 1 gives a little performance increase over 2 but the jaggies seem to be a little too noticable for my liking . So the 2nd setting ( maybe 2nd or 3rd for those with 5 levels ) seems to have the best compromise between looks and performance :)
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