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ChrisinLiberty
7 years ago

How can I change Sims' resolution in-game?

Greetings, Simming Community.

I've been playing with The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection since I got it, and I have changed the resolution on how the game's screen size should be displayed while playing.
However, I encountered something different from the Sims in the game; their quality is set to be around low to medium since their hands appear to only show their thumb and index finger while the rest of their fingers are merged with one another, instead of all the fingers being separated. Does anyone know how to change this so that the quality of the hands on my sims display all the five fingers instead of two? I'll appreciate any form of help. Here's the hands in question: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DoxivzQX4AAeF1v.jpg

Best Wishes,

-Christian
  • JULES1593's avatar
    JULES1593
    7 years ago
    Oh my gosh I have never seen that before. How hideous! You need to get the game to recognize your graphics card, so you will have to alter the video card files. Also the texture memory in the graphic rules. Instructions for editing the files by hand are here: http://simlili.tumblr.com/post/146373494212

  • ChrisinLiberty's avatar
    ChrisinLiberty
    7 years ago
    "JULES1111;c-16763463" wrote:
    Oh my gosh I have never seen that before. How hideous! You need to get the game to recognize your graphics card, so you will have to alter the video card files. Also the texture memory in the graphic rules. Instructions for editing the files by hand are here: http://simlili.tumblr.com/post/146373494212



    I did have my game recognize my graphics card, and once I managed to adjust a few settings, the hands are no longer hideous, but I got forced to play on a 800x600 resolution again...
  • JULES1593's avatar
    JULES1593
    7 years ago
    "Chrisatsinnoh;c-16764366" wrote:
    "JULES1111;c-16763463" wrote:
    Oh my gosh I have never seen that before. How hideous! You need to get the game to recognize your graphics card, so you will have to alter the video card files. Also the texture memory in the graphic rules. Instructions for editing the files by hand are here: http://simlili.tumblr.com/post/146373494212



    I did have my game recognize my graphics card, and once I managed to adjust a few settings, the hands are no longer hideous, but I got forced to play on a 800x600 resolution again...


    Go back into your graphic rules file, and make sure you have the screen resolution set correctly it should look like this to get all the resolutions to choose from.

    Spoiler
    setting $Low
    uintProp maxResWidth 1920
    uintProp maxResHeight 1080
    uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
    uintProp defaultResHeight 1080

    setting $MediumButDefaultLow
    uintProp maxResWidth 1920
    uintProp maxResHeight 1080
    uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
    uintProp defaultResHeight 1080

    setting $Medium
    uintProp maxResWidth 1920
    uintProp maxResHeight 1080
    uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
    uintProp defaultResHeight 1080

    setting $High
    # GraphicsRulesMaker Tweak: Custom maximum resolution
    uintProp maxResWidth 1920
    uintProp maxResHeight 1080
    # GraphicsRulesMaker Tweak: Custom default resolution
    uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
    uintProp defaultResHeight 1080


    Ignore the line that says graphics rules if you did not use the graphic rules program. (you don't have to use it, most cards have to be edited by hand anyway)

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