Pressing PLAY does nothing, game not starting
There is an official topic somewhere on this, I read thru it and the last posts were from 2013 so I wasn't sure if I should bump it or not, I'm not sure on forum etiquette! Here is the information...
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So it runs if you remove the changes that you made to the graphics files but it doesn't if you put them in ?
Sounds to me like the edited files prevent the game from starting.
What issues do you have if you don't edit them ?
To be honest I didn't even think about that! I refreshed the sims 3 folder but didn't put the old graphics setting back in the other folders. Even after refreshing the folder the game won't open. But I'll try putting the old graphics rules back in and let you know what happens!
I added my card and edited the texture memory, it was saying 32<OVERRIDE> and I followed a tutorial to fix it. Could that be what did it? I'll check and update this with what happens.
**EDIT**
I placed the original files in and the game came right up! I placed the files with only my card added, texture untouched, and it's not coming up. So it's something I've done in the file!
I'll need help identifying if anything is wrong, I am horrible at these things.
Current DeviceConfig (from where game launched this morning with original rules and cards list)
=== Application info ===
Name: Sims3
Version:
Build: Release
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 1 CPU: 4 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 3700 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 4534 RAM: 7364 Adjusted RAM: 6852 Cores: 4
=== 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: AuthenticAMD
Brand: AMD A10-6700 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Family: 15
Model: 3
Cores: 4
HT: 0
x64: 0
Memory: 7364MB
Free memory: 5133MB
User: Katie
Computer: KATIE-PC
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Name (database): AMD Radeon HD 8670D [Found: 0, Matched: 0]
Vendor: ATI
Chipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 990c, Board: 85261043, Chipset: 0000
Driver: aticfx32.dll, Version: 8.17.10.1404, GUID: D7B71EE2-DA4C-11CF-8F76-2CA5BEC2C535
Driver version: 1404
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 32MB <<OVERRIDE>>
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
Edited GraphicsRules file (that the game will not open if it is installed) *online so this post won't be six miles long*
Do you have any actual issues running it with the origin files ? What was the reason you edited them in the first place ?
