@roberta591 - There are other ways to connect a full-size graphic card to this machine other than through a POCIeX16 slot. There are a variety of "how-to" videos on YouTube to show how to do this. For me, it would be totally an unnecessary thing to do for what I purchased this PC for. Still, this is good information to know for those looking to upgrade this or one of the other models of mini-desktop machines.
@puzzlezaddict - Ask and Ye Shall Receive 🙂!
Okay, all kinds of technical fun in this install! Good news is the card was found and matched. Bad news is the game doesn't know what to do with the world.
Issues:
1- On the option menu, the slider for how many detailed lots to show is missing.
2- Seasons is set to day length of 0
3- Pets have autonomy turned off
4- No supernaturals are selected (maybe it just starts that way?)
In-Game:
1- Map loads and fly over happens but the trees are rendered in 2D.
2- Choose your household pops up and accepts a selection.
And that's where the game stops. It cannot zoom into the map. It cannot focus on selected Sim. It just hangs. However, the hot air balloon still animates as I watched it float for ten minutes across the sky while waiting to see if the initial load was just being super slow.
SIDE NOTE: All EPs and SPs installed except Generations
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DIFFERENCES IN DEVICE CONFIGURATION FILE:
I am going to use the device config of my Iris Xe PC which runs the game to show the differences on the Ryzen device config as there are lines missing. This is how the configuration document reads after four (x4) restarts of the game on AMD.
IRIS XE: (TS3 Works Flawlessly)
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics
Name (database): Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Vendor: Intel
Chipset: Vendor: 8086, Device: 9a49, Board: 0a251028, Chipset: 0001
Driver: igdumdim32.dll, Version: 30.0.101.1338, GUID: D7B78E66-D909-11CF-A276-402AAEC2D335
Driver version: 1338
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 1024MB <<OVERRIDE>>
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
AMD Compare: (Good Lord Help Us All)
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Name (database): Radeon RX Vega 8 Graphics [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Vendor: ATI
Chipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 1636, Board: 01231002, Chipset: 00f0
Driver: aticfx32.dll, Version: 30.0.13023.4001, GUID: D7B71EE2-5576-11CF-137C-FC135FC2D335
Driver version: 4001
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 1024MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
***NOTE: - No <<OVERRIDE>> on texture memory line
Under the ===Options=== section, there are several missing option lines. I am only going to list the options which appear on Iris Xe but not (or changed) on AMD:
GeneralReflections 2 (Xe)
Reflections 1 (AMD)
TerrainQuality 2 (Xe)
*No line (AMD)
NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6 (Xe)
*No line (AMD)
EdgeScrollingWarning 0
SupressOpportunityDialogs 0
SuppressOpportunityDialogsWarningProducts 2092863 (Xe)
*No lines (AMD)
DisableAutonomyForSelectedSim 0
PetAutonomyLevel 2 (Xe)
*No lines (AMD)
EnableTombResets 1
EnableInGameStore 0
EnableTelemetry 0
EnableMemories 3
AgingStageLengthBaby 7
AgingStageLengthToddler 31
AgingStageLengthChild 150
AgingStageLengthTeen 200
AgingStageLengthYoungAdult 300
AgingStageLengthAdult 450
AgingStageLengthElder 303
EnableInteractiveLoading 0
AgingStageLengthPuppy 75
AgingStageLengthDogAdult 268
AgingStageLengthDogElder 150
AgingStageLengthKitten 75
AgingStageLengthCatAdult 300
AgingStageLengthCatElder 182
AgingStageLengthFoal 50
AgingStageLengthHorseAdult 375
AgingStageLengthHorseElder 182
LunarCycleLength 4
LunarPhaseLength 4
EnableLunarCycle 1
EnableLunarPhase 0
EnableStoryProgression 1
EnableVampires 0
EnableWerewolves 0
EnablePets 0
EnableCelebrities 0
EnableFairies 0
EnableWitches 0
EnableHorses 0
EnableOptOutCeleb 1
ReceiveConnectTNS 0
ReceivedDevGift 0
PostFilterFlags 0
RequireLoginBeforeLoad 1
SummerLength 7
FallLength 7
WinterLength 7
SpringLength 7
SummerEnabled 1
FallEnabled 1
WinterEnabled 1
SpringEnabled 1
IsCelcius 0
FogEnabled 1
RainEnabled 1
SnowEnabled 1
HailEnabled 1 (Xe)
*No lines (AMD)
--->Option on AMD not on Xe "ResourceCacheBudget 0"
**Could altering the setb line have caused this? Or what do you think is happening?
As always, thanks for taking a look at this.
