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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"Kardinaalilintu;c-17003712" wrote:
I have the same issue as Milkykou. The game runs fine (minus the flickering graphics etc.) before I instal GRM. After that, it only gives me the error message "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate."
If the issue is truly from the game not reading the correct graphics card (I don't know if I have double or not...), then how do you determine on which graphics card it should read from?
The graphic rules maker does not work with "newer" graphics cards. I use that term lightly because we have noticed issues with GTX960 and above, so it is possible it just didn't work for you. Follow the instructions in my previous post (link included) to edit your files by hand. Just make sure to make a back-up of your graphic rules and video card files before altering, just in case.
First check to see if you do have duo cards. You can check it in Device Manager, expand Display Adapters then you'll see if you have 2 GPU's. Normally, you'll get both Intel and Nvidia or AMD as your GPU if you have 2. If you do have duo cards, follow the instructions here to select a card. ( Instructions are for Nvidia, I assume other cards would be kinda similar. )
http://modthesims.info/t/481768
Edit to add once you get your graphics card recognized, go into game options and make sure smooth edges is turned all the way to high. That will take care of any flickering in the graphics. :)
