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Anonymous
12 years ago

Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system!

So I recently downloaded the sims 2 deluxe edition, however I've only been able to get it to run a few times.

The first time worked fine, however when loading it up the second time I got this error:

http://i.imgur.com/ZzsqLXf.png

I uninstalled and reinstalled it, and it worked fine. I closed down the game, opened it up later and got the same issue. I was able to open it a few more times, but I can't seem to pin down what is causing it.

I've had a look at this page:

http://help.ea.com/uk/article/failed-to-find-a-direct-x-9-0c-compatible-graphics-adapter-or-graphic-adapter-failure-error-message/

and updated my drivers, and all the directX things are enabled. So far, nothing.

I'm using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti, on windows 7. Pretty sure that's fit to run sims 2, no?

any other suggestions?

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  • SnootchDog's avatar
    SnootchDog
    Rising Novice
    10 years ago

    I have an NVidia 745 GTX graphics card which is apparently not supported by The Sims 2.  Lo and behold, I took the advice from Thundersplat to run the game in windowed mode, and it worked.  Of course, I want to run the game in full screen mode.

    So then I used the link from Dako64 in this thread here, and I decided to get the Graphics Rules.sgr file for NVidia cards.  I then tried to update that file for my native screen resolution (1920x1080).  I opened the game in the My Games part of Origin, and somehow it loaded full screen and is working great now.

    I want to thank you folks for your communications and your willingness to help others.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I have the same problem. You means, you edit Graphics Rules.sgr in Folder: Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Config and change all screen resolution setting to 1920*1080 right?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    the link has gone - what was it?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    The link was removed, what was the link? I have been trying to get the game to work for days I'm getting so upset

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