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6 years ago
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flickering screen Sims Medieval?

So I used to play medieval years ago and when I saw it on origin today I downloaded it to play (since the country is on lockdown) but the screen keeps flickering? Does anyone know how to fix it? The only answer I found online was to uninstall then reinstall on Origin.. which Didn't make any sense to me because I just downloaded it from Origin.. but I gave it a go anyway..

It didn't work. 

I would really appreciate some help over here. So annoying when you pay for something and It doesn't work properly (sad face) I'm windows 10 

Many thanks in advance. 

Bex x 

  • Hi There I know this is old but if you change edge smoothing to low the flickering stops .

    Have a great  day.

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  • @SimBexBlue  Try switching between fullscreen and windowed modes.  If windowed works but the window is too small, you can use Windowed Borderless Gaming (free download) to get the fullscreen effect.

    It's also a good idea to make sure your in-game framerates are capped to the refresh rate of your monitor.  In Sims 3, you can see fps by bringing up the cheats console and entering "fps on" without quotes.  ("fps off" makes it go away.)  If that doesn't work in Medieval, hover over your username in Origin, select Application Settings, and under Origin in-game, enable the fps counter.  Excessively high framerates can cause flickering along with a host of other graphics glitches, and your graphics card can also damage itself from overwork.

    If you do need to limit your in-game fps, this is a good guide to follow for Nvidia cards.  The principle works the same for any game.

    https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16540301/#Comment_16540301

    If you don't have an Nvidia card, you can download RivaTuner Statistics Server (free) and use it to cap fps.  Unlike the others, RTSS does need to be running while you play, so don't X it out.

  • Hi There I know this is old but if you change edge smoothing to low the flickering stops .

    Have a great  day.

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