The patch ruined my game - Now with pictures!
Renatus:
Quote from: Misty on 2005 November 02, 21:18:29
So you see, in my limited brain capacity absolutely none of this makes any sense. LOL
Don't be too hard on yourself, Misty - often computers just don't make sense. Too often it seems more like an art than a science, and computer repair was my job for two years. I don't call it 'digital necromancy' now for nothing!
Regina:
Quote from: Renatus on 2005 November 02, 21:34:03
Quote from: Misty on 2005 November 02, 21:18:29
So you see, in my limited brain capacity absolutely none of this makes any sense. LOL
Don't be too hard on yourself, Misty - often computers just don't make sense. Too often it seems more like an art than a science, and computer repair was my job for two years. I don't call it 'digital necromancy' now for nothing!
Thanks for that! I only wish I had saved screenshots of some of those pretty weird things. I just went and looked through Sonofajoiner's album on the Exchange and while I haven't seen that same problem in my game I did have something odd happen with a house in the neighborhood view which that reminded me of. As long as that house wasn't in my viewing area everything was fine. As soon as I'd scroll toward it, oddly colored graphical images started taking over my whole screen, sometimes red, sometimes yellow or green. In this case, dozing the house solved the problem. Sometimes the graphic weirdness looked like it was coming out of the house, sort of panning out like a search light. Other times it'd just take over the whole screen. Unfortunately, I don't think sonofajoiner's problem would be solved by dozing, but it might be solved, as suggested, with a different set of drivers.
I know one of the first recommended things to do after installing a new graphic card is to get online and look for updated drivers and I think most of us try to do that. I decided after my last fiascos that for the time being I'm leaving well enough alone and not going after any updates. ;)
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: Misty on 2005 November 02, 21:43:01
Quote from: Renatus on 2005 November 02, 21:34:03
Quote from: Misty on 2005 November 02, 21:18:29
So you see, in my limited brain capacity absolutely none of this makes any sense. LOL
Don't be too hard on yourself, Misty - often computers just don't make sense. Too often it seems more like an art than a science, and computer repair was my job for two years. I don't call it 'digital necromancy' now for nothing!
Thanks for that! I only wish I had saved screenshots of some of those pretty weird things. I just went and looked through Sonofajoiner's album on the Exchange and while I haven't seen that same problem in my game I did have something odd happen with a house in the neighborhood view which that reminded me of. As long as that house wasn't in my viewing area everything was fine. As soon as I'd scroll toward it, oddly colored graphical images started taking over my whole screen, sometimes red, sometimes yellow or green. In this case, dozing the house solved the problem. Sometimes the graphic weirdness looked like it was coming out of the house, sort of panning out like a search light. Other times it'd just take over the whole screen. Unfortunately, I don't think sonofajoiner's problem would be solved by dozing, but it might be solved, as suggested, with a different set of drivers.
I know one of the first recommended things to do after installing a new graphic card is to get online and look for updated drivers and I think most of us try to do that. I decided after my last fiascos that for the time being I'm leaving well enough alone and not going after any updates. ;)
I forgot to take a screen shot of an odd error that occured in my game tonight. I had a hooker over at Bella Goth's house tonight to satify a want she had about woohooing with 5 different sims when the woohoo was done and she got the aspiration points and the want fulfilled I told her to dismiss the hooker went to the DMA Panel to refresh Bella's needs so I could have her call her fiancee and ask him on a date I look and her Icon says she is chatting with the hooker the only problem was he was invisible! Im thinking ok Bella has lost her mind and is talking to thin air a second or two later I see the tv remote appear in thin air I finally figured out that there was a sim there he was simply invisible.so I tell Bella to dismiss him and as soon as she did that he materialized. I then sent her to the phone to call her fiancee which she did and had a great date with him .
FutureCat:
Looking at your album was like deja vu - I had identical problems with weird textures appearing on walls, floors, clothing, faces, etc, and the control panel breaking up (mine never developed teeth though! :D ). I'd made sure I had the latest video card drivers as instructed, so I was convinced my game must be broken... until my partner (who's a lot more techy than me) suggested going back to an older driver, which completely fixed the problem.
sonofajoiner:
Well, having applied a mixture of various folks advice, I seem to have finally fixed the problem more or less. No more teeth and eyeballs all over the control panel, and a dramatic reduction in sudden sim ugliness. Now there is only a momentary graphic distortion in the neighbourhood view once the game is loaded but thats it. It would appear that the other half's insistence that the drivers were completely up to date was based on complete and utter lies.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page