New Pc & Sims 3 crashing to desktop
Hi all, I just purchased a new pc. First new one in 11 years. I did a digital install of all my games ( since the pc tower doesn't have a disk drive ). But I am having a problem. The game will loa...
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"McTosh;c-17826300" wrote:"igazor;c-17825944" wrote:
I have never heard it said that formal graphics card recognition is no longer a thing or is somehow mythical. I'm sorry, but for TS3 that is not true and there hasn't been a meaningful update (patch) to the game since Jan 2014. The 1.69 Origin tie-in patch doesn't really count as meaningful in this context.
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It's true. I never edit that file, haven't done in many years. The first time you boot up the sims it tells you its self "your graphics card is newer than the ones listed so you've been defaulted to high settings". That's the first pop-up you see. The need to manually add your GPU thing is a myth, it's just not how it works. The game automatically assumes your GPU is better than the last one listed.
I do remember needing to edit that file at one point, but it was so long ago I can't remember when exactly it changed. Many, many years.
I'm glad that you got such good results with an unrecognized card, that's probably more along the lines of as it should be.
But for most players, it just doesn't work that way. I don't want to discourage any energy for sharing helpful things with other players and you do have a lot of great things to share. But I'm sorry, for most players on modern hardware this one item is just not correct. Formal recognition doesn't solve much, it's not entirely necessary in most cases although the sometimes related texture memory override fix is known to be very helpful. But it is still very much a thing that players wish to address so they can at least rule it out as a possible cause for other issues, as they arise.
