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cameron0133x
3 years ago
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Missing graphicsrules.sgr file

I recently downloaded the sims 3 on my macbook (64bit)  and have been dealing with some terrible graphic issues. After doing some digging it appeared that the game does not recognize my graphics card...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    3 years ago

    @cameron0133x  Okay, first, add your card to graphicscards.sgr.  Open the file and search for Intel , which will bring you to these lines:

    vendor "Intel" 0x8086
    card 0x0042 "Havendale"
    card 0x0046 "Havendale"

    Under the line that contains "Intel," copy and paste this:

        card 0x8a53 "Iris Plus Graphics"

    There should be four spaces at the beginning of the line, as with the ones below it.  Save, close the file, and open graphics rules.  Search for Havendale , which will bring you here:

    elseif (match("${cardVendor}", "Intel"))
    seti intelShadowColorFix true
    if (match("${cardName}", "*Havendale*"))
    seti cardLevel $cardLevelMedium
    seti isCardMatched true

    Change Havendale to Iris Plus Graphics (exactly that), but don't change or delete anything else, not even the asterisks.  This will rate your card as Medium.  You can change the graphics in-game as you like; the rating doesn't matter so much.  But if you want to rate the GPU as high, change the Medium to High (be sure to capitalize the H) in $cardLevelMedium .

    Launch the game and quit, then check deviceconfig again to see whether your card is now found and matched.

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cameron0133x
3 years ago

@puzzlezaddictThank you, the game recognizes the card but now I cant get past the 2nd loading screen. 

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puzzlezaddict
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3 years ago

@cameron0133x  Try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you open the launcher, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  Don't add anything to it yet; just let me know whether you can get far enough to start a new save.

If you can load a new save, have a look around a bit to make sure everything works, then quit and start moving over your existing saves and other content. Test your mods and custom content first, if you have any, then proceed with the rest.  In cases where the game has created a new file or folder, it's best to leave that in place and only copy over the data that the game won't regenerate, for example your saves, or your saved households and builds (in Library).

If you can't start a new save in the clean folder, please let me know how full your iCloud Drive is and whether you use a third-party antivirus.

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