How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
jsalemi:
You can add screen size on the command line (details in the readme that comes with the game), but it's easier (and permanent) to do it within the game. Go to the graphics options and pick the size that's the same as your widescreen. If that size doesn't exist, then you have to edit the graphicsrules.scr file in your games ...TSDATA/RES/CONFIG folder to add the proper settings. Do a search on 'graphicrules.scr' here to find older messages with complete details on how to do this.
Rhaevyn:
I have SecuROM. I am going to be getting rid of it. It's just coming down to a choice of going through the lengthy instructions here or a restore of my system and starting over. But I have a question. After reading through this entire thread, and some other information about this file, I'm curious what exactly has been happening to everyone as a result of this file - exactly, I mean, what are your personal experiences from having this file invade your computer? From what I've read it supposedly keeps games from starting, or makes them crash. Have any of you lost data or had any kind of damage? I don't want it, I think it's very wrong for them to force it on us, but I really don't even understand what it does, to be honest, I mean the bad things it can do, not what THEY want it to do.
The only problems I've had so far, since installing the game on my newly upgraded machine, were the errors I shared in my other thread that I've had closed down (missing game files - per JM). I've since spent a day re-installing, and now I'm getting an artifact on my cursor when I enter the game, along with a flickering mouse cursor. It also started happening in another online game I play. From what I can tell, it's not interfering with game play, it's just annoying as hell.
I had the computer looked over by the guy who built it for me. He reinstalled the motherboard and video card drivers and was unable to determine what is causing the anomaly - it still lives. Do you all think it's SecuROM? If not, any suggestions?
Jelenedra:
What kind of artifact is it?
Rhaevyn:
The guy who built my computer said that's what it's called (an artifact). My cursor flickers and has a squarish thing behind it wherever you move it. It looks like it's trying to copy bits of the desktop or something. It only happens when you launch a game. I only have two games at the moment: Sims 2 and WoW. It doesn't happen anywhere else, like on websites or desktop. Only in games.
I entered a house in Sims and as I moved around the lot I noticed a circle around my cursor outside the house. It was night time and there was snow on the ground. There was a dark circle, like a shadow, around the cursor wherever I moved. The cursor was flickering.
It's the strangest thing. I've not stayed in the game for any extended period of time yet so not sure if it would actually go bonkers although the sound did stutter a bit upon loading, which it hadn't done previously. I'm going to try and remove the dreaded file and get the crack first and see if that kills it. And I'm still curious about my question. I honestly want to know what this file does to people's computers.
If all else fails, I'll go ahead and do the wipe/restore. I've just been through so much over the past few weeks since getting my upgrades done I'm exhausted and would like to actually play a game on my computer. Novel concept as it may be.
snowbawl:
Sounds more like a graphics issue...
SecuROM treats my drive as though it does not exist when starting my game. Or I get the insert original disc message. Simply put, I have to jump through hoops to start my game. This has only applied to TS2. I have never had any other problems with other games.
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