Sims 2 pink/purple textures
Hi, Wanting to replay TS2 Ultimate Collection only to find it in this state. It stays in black screen with mouse if launched fullscreen, and if I force window mode it runs well until you load the ne...
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This is my First time posting anything here but I’m just so frustrated because my favorite sims game is almost unplayable with major problems that can’t be fixed without 3rd party programs.
I’m fully aware the sims 2 ultimate collection is an old game and I completely understand that newer hardware will have its conflicts but I’m beginning to loose hope for a permanent fix.
I’ve tried everything under the sun, removing CC, doing a fresh install, the 4gb patch, graphics rules, memory allocation, standby memory clearing.
I’ve managed to get rid of crashing but the pink flashing still occurs even after I’ve cleared the thumbnails with the accessory and group files.
I hope in the future weather it be ea, windows or a talented mod creator can somehow fix a timeless classic that is dear to me.
If anyone has any recommendations, fixed or anything at all in the meantime, please send them my way and I’ll be more than willing to try.
Specs: Windows 10
Ram: 16gb
Chip: GeForce 1070
If you need anymore info on my specs let me know, I’m kinda doing this last minute but I’ll be happy to put down the rest tomorrow.
-Lizze
@LizzeBeeMee , I found this video on YouTube that covers many of the issues that folks have have getting Sims 2 UC to run. While I understand you have tried many of the solutions other players have suggested, there may be something here you haven't tried.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4AhNM9S20
Please keep me updated.
Thank you for the video, I’ve tried everything in it but I’m still having issues.
The pink glitch is still happening as I kinda expected. But it’s actually better, but it’s still happening. I know its probably not going to have a fix until ea addresses it (if they ever do) or if the hardware is updated.
Im also experiencing more crashing than usual, but again, I kinda expected it
If you have any more info/advice please send it my way~
-Lizze
- @LizzeBeeMee Hello Lizze. I am the disappointed OP of this thread who tried to play it on my desktop PC. Specs details in there.
I have been on an adventure of trying on each old laptops I scavenged in my basement. Long story short, all old laptops of mine from 2009 - 2013 suck in terms of hardware and software and the horrendous lag, so i decided to try it on my ultrabook, a Dell XPS 13.
Having a humble setup with only i3-7100u @ 2.4ghz, 4GB of RAM and integrated GPU Intel HD 620 (128mb VRAM), Windows 10 1803 x64 and astonishingly, it's somehow running perfectly well after using Graphics Rules Maker.
But I wont be playing it on my ultrabook as it's cooling system is not that great and it's not meant to game on. And seeing it's running well on integrated GPU i believe its just the game refusing to recognize dedicated GPU like yours being the GTX1070, and mine being the RX480, which is a fair bit idiotic to say the least.
Don't bother checking old videos on YouTube on how to run as it's based on old W10 versions and older hardware. I even found a recent video on YouTube of a guy playing TS2 on his/her MacBook Air (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMerP6aLp2Q&lc=z235uzcammjfghlwc04t1aokgj5ez3dbuioqzan2w0h1bk0h00410). What does a MacBook Air have? A weak integrated GPU--just like my XPS 13.
Performance is a bit chuggy but lowered settings allows 60fps @ 1080p (on my XPS).
Actually, I'm going to try copy pasting the exact gpu rules / sgr files from my XPS to my desktop PC and try running it again. Will see if it bypasses my old problem. Also, I have TS3 on my PC and noticed TS3 and TS2 have similar GPU rules files. I could also try copy pasting TS3 gpu rules content into TS2 to see if it runs.
Also, doubt EA nor Maxis would actually address this as they'd much rather focus milking TS4 and remastering TS2 one day and resell it rather than update old outdated freeware/software that would not make them any money from updating it, and no one would buy it anymore. Oh, this part would probably be edited out by an EA_moderator soon.
Good luck to you. I will update my findings here.
-still disappointed OP
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