Graphics card or corrupted object?

[Fish Dude]

Hmm...something is obviously going wrong, and its not just this lot either, its every lot in the game.




Sorry for such the big picture.

[miros]

That looks like you had either the graphics options or the game options open, and when it closed, the screen didn't entirely redraw.  Does it eventually redraw as Sims move across the affected area?  Are you in Full Screen mode?  Does anything happen if you hit Esc?

[Fish Dude]

Yup, it was similiar to all the modes, live mode, buy mode, build mode. When i clicked F5 (because there wasnt any buttons) all the buttons had disappeared so i clicked where the graphics settings were, changed one of them and the screen refreshed itself. Nothing happens with Esc.

[Dark Trepie]

That would be the video card then.  But whatever its doing is beyond me...

Give us some specs.  Manufacturer, driver version, and all that good stuff.

[Fish Dude]

Bugger, a little nudge in the right direction, and i might be able to find out 

[miros]

Try My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Logs\OWNER-config-log.txt

[Fish Dude]

Right...ok, just say if you need any more info.


=== Graphics device info ===
Number:          0
Name (driver):   NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
Name (database): GeForce 6200 NV44
Vendor:          NVIDIA
Chipset:         Vendor: 10de, Device: 0163, Board: 34001458, Chipset: 00a1
Driver:          nv4_disp.dll, Version: 6.14.10.7801, GUID: D7B71E3E-4223-11CF-9169-0A1400C2CB35
Driver version:  7801
Monitor:         \\.\DISPLAY1
Monitor aspect:  1.331818, 4:3
Screen mode:     1024x768x32BPP,60Hz
Texture memory:  256MB
HW T&L:          Fixed function:1 Programmable:3.0
Pixel program:   3.0
Texture stages:  8
AppControlledAA: 1

[Nec]

You should update your drivers, as you are using a very old version. The current version is 93.71 - updated Nov. 2. I am currrently using 91.47 (I have a GeForce 5500), and will try out the new ones. 91.47 seems to be a really good version so far. Important though: Backup your entire game file before updating,  because oftentimes the game will not recognize the update and you will end up with loads of bugginess. The only way to fix that (that I have found) is to uninstall your latest expansion and then reinstall so it searches for your hardware again. I am going to try the new version now if you want to wait. If it sucks, I have 2 previous versions saved on my computer - 84.21 and 91.47.

[Fish Dude]

Thanks Nec, thats great. Ill wait, im not in any rush to play TS2 for a while.

[Nec]

Ok, the new version is working great. Game updated successfully and everything. It also seems most (not all) of the flashing blue accessories have stopped flashing. Yay! I still suggest you make a copy of your entire EA folder. I do that regularly anyway. Here is the drivers page. I wasn't sure what version of Windows you are running so it is the selection screen. Hope this helps

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

[twojeffs]

Cool. I was wondering whether to chance the update or not.

[Fish Dude]

Ok, the new version is working great. Game updated successfully and everything. It also seems most (not all) of the flashing blue accessories have stopped flashing. Yay! I still suggest you make a copy of your entire EA folder. I do that regularly anyway. Here is the drivers page. I wasn't sure what version of Windows you are running so it is the selection screen. Hope this helps

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Thank you! Ill try it now.

*Presses the Thanks button repeatedly