No shadows on Parallels Desktop on M1 Pro mac
Hiii hope someone can help me out. I own a Macbook Pro M1 pro and I run Parallels Desktop 17 with Windows 11. The game runs amazing and smooth but they have no shadow (see screenshot). It runs better...
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@EnricoFrancis Please go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3, open deviceconfig.log, copy the first 40 or so lines (stop when you get to Options), and paste them here. You can delete your user and computer names, about 20 lines down; the file doesn't contain any other personal information.
Thank you so much for your response, here's the info:
=== Application info ===
Name: Sims3
Version:
Build: Release
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 3 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 2400 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 2800 RAM: 16361 Adjusted RAM: 15849 Cores: 8
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows 8 6.2.9200
OS prod type: 0
OS major ver: 6
OS minor ver: 2
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 1
CPU: GenuineIntel
Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz
Family: 6
Model: 14
Cores: 8
HT: 0
x64: 0
Memory: 16361MB
Free memory: 13504MB
User:
Computer:
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
Name (database): Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) [Found: 0, Matched: 0]
Vendor:
Chipset: Vendor: 1ab8, Device: 4005, Board: 04001ab8, Chipset: 0000
Driver: prl_umdd.dll, Version: 20.18.1830.53606, GUID: D7B71458-0345-11CF-6EA8-2623BDC2D935
Driver version: 53606
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 1024MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
Hi! I hope I can help you out with the shadows. As mentioned in my previous post, you have to edit the graphicscards file. At the bottom there is a "Parallels" card but not tje (WDDM) one. You have to add the GPU name so it looks like this:
vendor "Parallels" 0x5250 card 0x3030 "Parallels Display Adapter" card 353030 "Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)"
Also edit the graphicsrule file and add the shadow lines to your card. Check the screenshot attached to see where to place it.
setProp $ConfigGroup RenderShadowMode 2 setProp $ConfigGroup ShadowMapAllowNullColor 1
Let me know if this is clear or not, its been a little while since I did this and I don't have parallels anymore on my Mac so I can't check it again.
OH MY GOOOOODNESSSS THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU
I actually got them showing in game! I'm going to download the same mod you downloaded (lazy duchess's shadow extender etc) and see if I can get them looking a little less pixelated but honestly just having them in game is so amazing I appreciate that so much !
- @EnricoFrancis Yay you’re welcome! Glad it works. Did the patch fix the pixelated shadows?
