Graphic card problem?
ravencrow:
Great Bruce, thanks for your help.:)
ravencrow:
Ok, I installed my new video card; I love that thing, is that possible? :o
It took care of all of those long graphical artifacts, and holes in the clothing and skins, stc..
However it didn't help with the games clothing and hair. Custom hairs and clothing are all fine when worn, or pictured on body shop.
This is what I've done after installing my new graphics card and fan.
~Took out all of my default skintones, per Bruce's post..
~ I took out all of my downloads and saved them to my desk top, renaming it.
~ Did a clean install with the base game and all of my ep's and patches.
So with no custom items, I started up the game to have a look-see and sure enough I still saw them wearing textureless meshes!
It was only the females that are aflicted with this. And with further inspection, I notice it is only the base games clothing and hairs, and not the other ep's.
It looks like it affects all ages, as I've seen children to elders looking this way.
Just for slaps and tickles, I inspected my base game cd's for scratches or smudges... Nope, they were almost pristine.
Other than that incredibly annoying thing, the game is super fast, and I get a lot of eye-candy with the card.
I think this the strangest thing I've ever come across, considering there were no hacks or custom items in the game at the time.
I'm completely combobulated about this issue, sniff...
Again I would be very grateful for any and all replys you may have.
Thank you.
Kyna:
I had this start happening once, with the paperboy. It turned out to be a corrupted package file in the game's installation - I can't remember which one though. My game had been fine, then suddenly it was corrupted for no reason that I could see.
You could try going to this folder: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res (assuming you have your game installed on C drive). Go into the various folders in that folder, and check the timestamp on the package files to see if any of the package files have changed recently. Once you work out which package files have changed recently, then you can replace them from the compressed.zips on the base game CDs.
I know my instructions are a little vague, but it was a while ago that I had this problem, and I can't remember which package file it was that was corrupted. If my instructions aren't clear enough then your other option is to back up your neighbourhoods & downloads and then uninstall/reinstall the game.
ravencrow:
Thanks for replying Kyna.
When you say "time stamp" are you refering to the time that is listed in the folders "properties"?
If you did, they are all have the same time listed, which is when I re-installed the game on the 27th of this month.
Edit: Oh, thats right you said, "folders in the folder". I did check again, and there are three folders in the catalog folder.
They are dated 3/28 instead of 3/27. They are: Bins, CANHObjects and Patterns...
I will check the others now. But that "Patterns" one sounds fishy to me, since that is what is missing from the meshes, right?
Or are "Patterns" different than textures?
Kyna:
Check the timestamp on the package files within the folders, not the folders themselves. The package files should all have dates that are a couple of years old.
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