The Sims 2 Windows 7-10 Fixes
It's not uncommon to have problems with The Sims 2 on Windows 7, 8, 8.5, and 10. I've had all of these versions of windows and had trouble running The Sims 2 on all of them. The Sims 2 is my favorite ...
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> @JULES1111 said:
> Jazxi wrote: »
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> I decided to reinstall The Sims 2 recently on my new laptop (1050ti), however I ran into issues with the graphics and screen resolution/size. First the game wouldn't run full screen so I used window mode through properties, then the graphics were low and the screen resolution stuck at 800x600, following other people's advice I installed Graphics Rules Maker and was able to fix the low graphics, however oddly the screen resolution remained the same and wouldn't change no matter what, so I decided to manually do it by editing graphicrules.sgr following a simsvip guide.
> STILL didn't work so I decided to tweak around I guess following people's suggestions in the comments, and now my resolution has gone down and there is no other option other than 320x200, and nothing seems to fix that either, I have repaired and uninstalled but its still stuck (which doesn't make sense, shouldn't it reset to 800x600??) and Graphics Rules Maker hasn't been much help either.
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> I don't know what to do now, I just want the 800x600 option back at least.
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> Jazxi, go into your graphics rules file in the config file in your documents. Note if you ran graphic rules maker, there will be 2 graphic rules files. One with a .bak at the end (old original one), and one with .sgr at the end. Go into the graphic rules.sgr file. Scroll down about three fourths of the way. You will see a section like this
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> option ScreenModeResolution
> setting $Low
> uintProp maxResWidth 1920
> uintProp maxResHeight 1080
> uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
> uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
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> setting $MediumButDefaultLow
> uintProp maxResWidth 1920
> uintProp maxResHeight 1080
> uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
> uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
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> setting $Medium
> uintProp maxResWidth 1920
> uintProp maxResHeight 1080
> uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
> uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
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> setting $High
> # GraphicsRulesMaker Tweak: Custom maximum resolution
> uintProp maxResWidth 1920
> uintProp maxResHeight 1080
> # GraphicsRulesMaker Tweak: Custom default resolution
> uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
> uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
> end
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> Change all your numbers to the ones I have listed above. Save the file before exiting, and make a COPY (do not cut) of the graphic rules.sgr file you altered, and place the copy into the CSconfig file. Located right under the Config file in your documents. Let it override the one in there. Try again and see if you have all the resolutions.
Thanks for your help but the resolution is still stuck at 320x200, I dont know why its refusing to change, the graphics are good its just the resolution, so frustrating haha
> Jazxi wrote: »
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> I decided to reinstall The Sims 2 recently on my new laptop (1050ti), however I ran into issues with the graphics and screen resolution/size. First the game wouldn't run full screen so I used window mode through properties, then the graphics were low and the screen resolution stuck at 800x600, following other people's advice I installed Graphics Rules Maker and was able to fix the low graphics, however oddly the screen resolution remained the same and wouldn't change no matter what, so I decided to manually do it by editing graphicrules.sgr following a simsvip guide.
> STILL didn't work so I decided to tweak around I guess following people's suggestions in the comments, and now my resolution has gone down and there is no other option other than 320x200, and nothing seems to fix that either, I have repaired and uninstalled but its still stuck (which doesn't make sense, shouldn't it reset to 800x600??) and Graphics Rules Maker hasn't been much help either.
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> I don't know what to do now, I just want the 800x600 option back at least.
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> Jazxi, go into your graphics rules file in the config file in your documents. Note if you ran graphic rules maker, there will be 2 graphic rules files. One with a .bak at the end (old original one), and one with .sgr at the end. Go into the graphic rules.sgr file. Scroll down about three fourths of the way. You will see a section like this
>
>
> option ScreenModeResolution
> 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
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> setting $Medium
> uintProp maxResWidth 1920
> uintProp maxResHeight 1080
> uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
> uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
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> setting $High
> # GraphicsRulesMaker Tweak: Custom maximum resolution
> uintProp maxResWidth 1920
> uintProp maxResHeight 1080
> # GraphicsRulesMaker Tweak: Custom default resolution
> uintProp defaultResWidth 1920
> uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
> end
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> Change all your numbers to the ones I have listed above. Save the file before exiting, and make a COPY (do not cut) of the graphic rules.sgr file you altered, and place the copy into the CSconfig file. Located right under the Config file in your documents. Let it override the one in there. Try again and see if you have all the resolutions.
Thanks for your help but the resolution is still stuck at 320x200, I dont know why its refusing to change, the graphics are good its just the resolution, so frustrating haha
