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Lesims777
New Novice
2 months ago
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No shadows in my game

Hey guys, I've been searching through various forums, but I still can't figure out what's wrong with my game. Basically, my game has no shadows! Not just on the map view, but also on houses, trees, ...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    2 months ago

    Lesims777  Let's try the quick and dirty method of getting your GPU recognized.  This skips some of the potential sources of error, so we can focus on whether this actually works on its own.

    Please restore the original .sgr files.  Open GraphicsCards.sgr, search for nvidia , and you'll see this:

    vendor "NVIDIA" 0x10b4 0x12d2 0x10de
        card 0x0fd1 "GeForce GT 650M"
        card 0x0fd2 "GeForce GT 640M"

    After 0x10de, add a space and 0x4d4f4351 , but nothing else.  In the next line, change 0x0fd1 to 0x36334330 , again with nothing else added.  This will (hopefully) trick the game into thinking your laptop has an Nvidia GT 650M and assign the ratings and other settings accordingly.

    Please launch the game once after making these changes, and if you notice any weird graphics, delete Options.ini and load again.  This time, don't change anything aside from the resolution and fullscreen/windowed mode, and have a look around.  Then post the last part of this section of DeviceConfig again, just the part between Graphics device info and Options.

puzzlezaddict's avatar
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
2 months ago

Lesims777  Let's try the quick and dirty method of getting your GPU recognized.  This skips some of the potential sources of error, so we can focus on whether this actually works on its own.

Please restore the original .sgr files.  Open GraphicsCards.sgr, search for nvidia , and you'll see this:

vendor "NVIDIA" 0x10b4 0x12d2 0x10de
    card 0x0fd1 "GeForce GT 650M"
    card 0x0fd2 "GeForce GT 640M"

After 0x10de, add a space and 0x4d4f4351 , but nothing else.  In the next line, change 0x0fd1 to 0x36334330 , again with nothing else added.  This will (hopefully) trick the game into thinking your laptop has an Nvidia GT 650M and assign the ratings and other settings accordingly.

Please launch the game once after making these changes, and if you notice any weird graphics, delete Options.ini and load again.  This time, don't change anything aside from the resolution and fullscreen/windowed mode, and have a look around.  Then post the last part of this section of DeviceConfig again, just the part between Graphics device info and Options.

  • Lesims777's avatar
    Lesims777
    New Novice
    2 months ago

    Well, it worked! 

    I don't see any graphical problems and i do see shadows now. 

    Thank you so much.

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