13 years ago
Pixelation in Sims 3
Hello I have an original copy of the Sims 3 game. Played it only a couple of times on my old computer ages ago and I remember it working OK. Now I'm trying to play on my newer PC and everything is...
This solution is for ATI cards but you might be able to fix your issue with the same settings on the nVidia card. Can't tell you where they are exactly:
https://help.ea.com/article/i-see-overly-boxy-or-blocky-graphics-in-the-sims-3
If that does not help, please post a picture of your issue.
Hi Crinrict
Thanks for the suggestion.
The Antialiasing 3D setting was set to 'Application controlled'. I tried switching it to each of the options (2x, 4x, 8xS) and tried running the game on each but no result for any of them - it just looked the same.
Ive captured some screenshots here - its hard to demonstrate but the edges of sims and buildings actually flicker a bit as well as looking a bit blocky. Hope that makes sense...?!
http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/aorksqi09axf1s6fehmi.jpg
http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/y53broox7o0t6fugx9n.jpg
http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/8vs3fohl0nb7ivny94qo.jpg
http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/m4kyjpagealspzgqhb6.jpg
Thanks
Emily