Seasons screwed up my graphics, but only on big houses.

[Diala]

I just bought and added Seasons. On most parts, the game seems to be okay. However, if I happen to enter a large lot of any kind, the graphics immediately screw up. I managed to capture some screenshots of the borkiness.









I am using a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (128 MB) graphics card. Should I attempt to update the drivers, in hopes that the problem will be resolved, or is there any other way I can fix this problem? BTW, I tired lowering my graphic quality in the game, but that didn't solve the issue.

[jsalemi]

nVidia cards are notorious for having problems with TS2, and each EP only makes it worse.  If you do a search on nVidia here you'll come across messages from folks who found drivers that still mostly work (older ones, actually).  Or you can do like many of us did, and dump the nVidia card for an ATI.

[Diala]

Or you can do like many of us did, and dump the nVidia card for an ATI.

I was afraid of that idea. I wouldn't have any problem ditching my nVidia card for something better. It is just that I r teh broke. If I am desperate enough, I can manage to get the money, but I'd rather try whatever options I can before resorting to that.

I'll look through the older threads here for those drivers. Thank you.

[J. M. Pescado]

You could always sell your ass.

[Diala]

Well, I've given up on this card working. After trying multiple drivers and getting no results, I managed to get some money to buy a ATI Radeon 9600 Pro (256 MB) graphics card.

"Compatible with Nvidia," my ass.

[neriana]

Well... I have nVidia cards, and the game runs like a dream. So it's not all of them.

[Ness]

My game runs better with my current nVidia card than it did with the ATI card I had.

[Diala]

Hm, I suppose it depends on computers. Or luck. My card used to work just fine before Seasons. I can still play the game, but not on certain lots... which sucks, actually.

Unless someone has any other ideas to help this issue, the best idea I can think of is to get a better/different card.

[J. M. Pescado]

My game runs better with my current nVidia card than it did with the ATI card I had.

Yes, but you're a Ness. You probably have two versions of the driver installed at the same time. Death to all Nesses.

[Ness]

er, no.  Mr Ness takes care of all hardware and driver issues.  After that, it's mine to mess up as I please.