Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, issues with flickering.

FluorescentSoap

The game flickers, I'm on windows 8, I've tried running it on compatibility but nothing changes. It is all fine until I move around on a lot with the mouse, or sometimes when building and placing furniture parts pixelate and jump on the screen.

colton147

Some Windows 8 computers can't handle the Sims 2 and causes many strange glitches. There is no known fix for it.

For some windows 8 computers, it can handle the Sims 2 without any strange glitch.

MsPhy

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

FluorescentSoap

But my computer is a gaming PC and handles all Sims 3, runs Sims 2 like a charm, Sim's City and everything. Its only this random graphic issue.

Hmm, looking on that tumblr.

just loading family to see if it changes anything, though I did try that simple terrian change and that's awesome.

StoreAccount

FluorescentSoap wrote:

But my computer is a gaming PC and handles all Sims 3, runs Sims 2 like a charm, Sim's City and everything. Its only this random graphic issue.

Hmm, looking on that tumblr.

It isn't to do with your computer's performance, but due to The Sims 2 being an old game that doesn't support newer machines. :-) That fix worked for me, as I was having the same issue, and I have a gaming laptop. :-)

DonLatharo

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

FluorescentSoap

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

DonLatharo

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

Look at the first one in the list, on the tumblr, there is a fix for it as well

FluorescentSoap

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

Look at the first one in the list, on the tumblr, there is a fix for it as well

It's not working for mine, I turned shadow to off and still got black squares.

DonLatharo

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

Look at the first one in the list, on the tumblr, there is a fix for it as well

It's not working for mine, I turned shadow to off and still got black squares.

Try changing the settings, then exiting the game, then going back in. Just a thought?

FluorescentSoap

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

Look at the first one in the list, on the tumblr, there is a fix for it as well

It's not working for mine, I turned shadow to off and still got black squares.

Try changing the settings, then exiting the game, then going back in. Just a thought?

Ok I shall try , so glad this is not Sims 3 (mine takes ages to exit game xD )

DonLatharo

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

Look at the first one in the list, on the tumblr, there is a fix for it as well

It's not working for mine, I turned shadow to off and still got black squares.

http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Black_Rectangle_Sim_Shadows Try this?

FluorescentSoap

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

DonLatharo wrote:

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

yes *-* it worked, thanks guys. but I have black squares under the sims now? what is that lol.

Look at the first one in the list, on the tumblr, there is a fix for it as well

It's not working for mine, I turned shadow to off and still got black squares.

http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Black_Rectangle_Sim_Shadows Try this?

I'm not sure of messing with things like that because it's a shared PC. I am scared lol. I have intel graphics though.

DonLatharo

FluorescentSoap wrote:

I'm not sure of messing with things like that because it's a shared PC. I am scared lol. I have intel graphics though.

I have no idea then :shock: I have intel graphics also, but have never had this issue!

FluorescentSoap

DonLatharo wrote:

FluorescentSoap wrote:

I'm not sure of messing with things like that because it's a shared PC. I am scared lol. I have intel graphics though.

I have no idea then :shock: I have intel graphics also, but have never had this issue!

No worries! I saved settings and turned the game off and back on like you suggested and everything seems fine right now ^-^

Thank you so much!

floridameerkat

DonLatharo wrote: »

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

What was the solution this gave? The page this link used to lead to no longer exists and I think I'm having this problem.

JULES1111

floridameerkat wrote: »

DonLatharo wrote: »

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

What was the solution this gave? The page this link used to lead to no longer exists and I think I'm having this problem.

First you need to download the graphics rules for your graphics card. Instructions and download here: http://www.🐸🐸🐸🐸/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

After you are done with that go into game settings after starting the game, and turn smooth edges all the way to high.

floridameerkat

JULES1111 wrote: »

floridameerkat wrote: »

DonLatharo wrote: »

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

What was the solution this gave? The page this link used to lead to no longer exists and I think I'm having this problem.

First you need to download the graphics rules for your graphics card. Instructions and download here: http://www.🐸🐸🐸🐸/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

After you are done with that go into game settings after starting the game, and turn smooth edges all the way to high.

It's saying I shouldn't use that fix if I have Windows 10, which I do. Will it not work if I still use it?

JULES1111

floridameerkat wrote: »

JULES1111 wrote: »

floridameerkat wrote: »

DonLatharo wrote: »

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

What was the solution this gave? The page this link used to lead to no longer exists and I think I'm having this problem.

First you need to download the graphics rules for your graphics card. Instructions and download here: http://www.🐸🐸🐸🐸/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

After you are done with that go into game settings after starting the game, and turn smooth edges all the way to high.

It's saying I shouldn't use that fix if I have Windows 10, which I do. Will it not work if I still use it?

It will work with Windows 10. That is a bit confusing on the top there. The Windows 10 thread linked there is for other issues with 10. I know a lot of people on here with 10 that have used it and everything is fine.

Scribal_Goddess

floridameerkat wrote: »

JULES1111 wrote: »

floridameerkat wrote: »

DonLatharo wrote: »

MsPhy wrote:

Someone else was having that problem, was trying the solution on the following page; don't know yet whether it worked.

http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/

Scroll down, watching in the left column for the box that says "Screen tearing and flickering."

Try this link http://simscompletecollection.tumblr.com/post/92088104075/i-encountered-all-of-these-errors-with-sims-2-on it goes directly to the page, so you don;t have to search, I tried it, and it worked.

What was the solution this gave? The page this link used to lead to no longer exists and I think I'm having this problem.

First you need to download the graphics rules for your graphics card. Instructions and download here: http://www.🐸🐸🐸🐸/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

After you are done with that go into game settings after starting the game, and turn smooth edges all the way to high.

It's saying I shouldn't use that fix if I have Windows 10, which I do. Will it not work if I still use it?

I have windows 10 and I ran the graphics rules just fine.

robjoneskid

I downloaded the two links from leefish but it's still flickering.. I'll try to work with it when I get home!

JULES1111

robjoneskid wrote: »

I downloaded the two links from leefish but it's still flickering.. I'll try to work with it when I get home!

After downloading and installing it, go into the game settings in game, and turn smooth edges all the way to high.

hannashaven

Is there another link to see what I need to do? The one posted isn't working for me.

JULES1111

hannashaven wrote: »

Is there another link to see what I need to do? The one posted isn't working for me.

Unfortunately the forum won't let us post links to this site anymore. Why? I have no idea. They just plum them out like they are a naughty word.

You will have to use google. Put Sims Leefish graphic rules in the search. It should lead you to a closed discussion about the graphic rules. I tried it and it was the first thing on the search result list. Good luck!