I hope this helps as I am not that computer savvy when it comes to stats. I had my boyfriend fiddle with the settings of my game and my general problem is that my dogs and cats have no fluff, instead they have a weird skinny body trapped inside a transparent body of what they should look like. Also, if I fiddle with my settings enough I can get the shape of the animal to be correct without fluff, but then when you zoom out it has a yellow tail. On the lowest settings my dogs look like they were shaved and starved with a hole in their body where their tail should be. :S
Also, I just quickly edited this - I'm not sure if their is another forum but I can only play my sims game with the internet and my virus protection off. If I have those two things on I get a "serious error" message when I try to load any of my sims.
1. What type of graphics card do you have?
I think its Intel (R) Centrino (R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN
Its an intel I know that for sure. :S
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
My computer wouldn't let me update my card.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Windows 7 home premium
Sony Vaio Laptop
Intel (R) Core (TM) i3
CPU m 350 @ 2.27GHz 2.27 GHz
4GB Ram
64 Bit operating system
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
I turned the two boxes on the right of the options on, I think it was advanced rendering.
I tried with all the settings high, low, and a mix of in between.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes, there is fluff in the demo.
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
All other animals look fine, just cats and dogs look stupid. But other cats and dogs already in the game look normal-ish shape wise.
My card is an ATI Radeon HD 5450 and I have no problems with my game having good graphics until pets came out. My computer isn't even that old either so how can I fix it? I am not shelling out money for a new graphics card for not even a 2 year old computer.
Just because the mobility HD wasn't listed, here is mine since I don't have fluff.
Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68C1)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68C1&SUBSYS_FD001179&REV_00
Display Memory: 2256 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1015 MB
Shared Memory: 1241 MB
Also: Windows 7 64-bit
3GB DDR3 RAM
Intel Core i5
edit: guys go to start and type in dxdiag and hit enter, that's the easier way to see what you have, you can even save it somewhere so you can just re-open and read it whenever you need.
Thank you for the technical details you have provided. For the other questions you have asked please visit this thread to receive assistance with your questions.
This link is also always posted under the Updates & Announcements Section on page 1 of this thread should you ever need to find it again.
@crinrict
Thank you for the link. This will definitely help in collecting and documenting as much technical information concerning the no fluff issue as possible.
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
While there are newer graphic card drivers for the card (mine are from 2009), they are not compatible with my laptop setup and refuse to install. HP says my drivers are up-to-date.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L9400 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
I have advanced rendering on. Will need to check the rest and update later.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
I had it installed but honestly did not pay attention. It's uninstalled now.
I'm going to skip the rest of your questions cause I have not really checked anything else than CAS on this computer
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Just got this new laptop in September, so I haven't looked into any updates at all.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Windows 7 Home Premium
Toshiba Satellite P755
Processor: Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz 2.30 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 6.00 GB
System type: 64-bit operating system
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Advanced rendering is on. The box by that, I can't remember what it is, is off though.
I think everything is on high except for tree detail, reflections, edge smoothing, and something about the detail of the lots in the neighborhood.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes, my demo has fluff.
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
Every other animal besides my dogs and cats looks fine. The horses look completely normal, and all the minor pets appear normal. My cats and dogs are just fluffless and fat.
1. What type of graphics card do you have?
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Yes
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
I went to the site canyourunit and I exceed the minimum requirements for the game by a long way.
2.2GHz processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD.
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Advanced Rendering is on, everything else is set on high or medium. I've tried changing them around several times with no changes in the fluff of the pets.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes. They were gorgeous and fluffy in the demo. Perfect. And the graphics settings are the same as in the actual game.
Optional Information
6. What OS are you running?
Windows 7
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
As far as I can tell, although all my horses have black eyes.
8. In general, outside of the no fluff problem, does your game more or less run as it should?
Yes. I had the lag problem in the beginning but that seems to have resolved itself now. It works fine, it's just the pets look terrible.
Hi, I have the NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G and I didn't see it on your list. I didn't update because I was told I had the latest driver, I'm scared of downloading and uninstalling the old one and reinstalling a new one too. I'm playing Windows Vista Home Edition. I had the demo and the pets had fluff in there, but I didn't take any pictures.
1. What type of graphics card do you have?
Intel HD Graphics 3000
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
I haven't found any driver updates.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Macbook Pro
Processor:2.7 GHs Intel Core i7
Memory: 4GB 1333 MHs DDR3
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Advanced rendering is on, highest settings for texture, sim, and object detail. About medium for everything else. I've tried playing around with my settings, and nothing has helped
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Couldn't install it, seeing as the demo was for PC only.
Optional Information
6. What OS are you running?
Snow Leopard (10.6.8)
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
My horses have faint lines on their coats, although it's not too noticeable, and in CAH, my pets' eyes, tongues, and collars appear to be reflected in a non-existant mirror.
8. In general, outside of the no fluff problem, does your game more or less run as it should?
Yes.
I know you already have the Intel HD 3000 Graphics listed, but I wanted to add that it's not just Lion that's having the issue - Snow Leopard is affected too.
"No fluff Issue" AMD radeon HD 6250 Graphics.
"Not on list"
Also, I haven't updated the card, I'm not really sure it is the card. My Sims Graphics Detail is on medium because it takes like 15 minutes for everything to turn from white to normal with it up that high, so I think my pets just don't have good detail. I'm more than likely wrong, but it's an idea.
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1. What type of graphics card do you have?
I have the ATI Mobility Radeon 4670 approx memory is 2792 MB
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Yes.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
intel core duo 2, 2.53GHZ
4GB Ram
Dell Studio XPS 1640
Windows 7 64 bit
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
All maxed, edge smoothing on low, advanced rendering on. No lagging whatsoever
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes, there is fluff in the demo.
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
Yupp. All animals look great
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Mac OS X 10.6.6 and Mac OS X 10.7
Ok I have a Nvidia GTX 460.....I have fur, but I have ordered a new card which will arrive in like, 3 days its Nvidia 560 TI OC.
I dont see this card on the good...or the bad list...so is anybody rocking this card in there rig? And lol does it have the fur issue
TKS
So I take it I don't have fluff in my game?
Also, I just quickly edited this - I'm not sure if their is another forum but I can only play my sims game with the internet and my virus protection off. If I have those two things on I get a "serious error" message when I try to load any of my sims.
1. What type of graphics card do you have?
I think its Intel (R) Centrino (R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN
Its an intel I know that for sure. :S
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
My computer wouldn't let me update my card.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Windows 7 home premium
Sony Vaio Laptop
Intel (R) Core (TM) i3
CPU m 350 @ 2.27GHz 2.27 GHz
4GB Ram
64 Bit operating system
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
I turned the two boxes on the right of the options on, I think it was advanced rendering.
I tried with all the settings high, low, and a mix of in between.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes, there is fluff in the demo.
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
All other animals look fine, just cats and dogs look stupid. But other cats and dogs already in the game look normal-ish shape wise.
It's in the post in the graphic issues under the pic there.
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68C1)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68C1&SUBSYS_FD001179&REV_00
Display Memory: 2256 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1015 MB
Shared Memory: 1241 MB
Also: Windows 7 64-bit
3GB DDR3 RAM
Intel Core i5
edit: guys go to start and type in dxdiag and hit enter, that's the easier way to see what you have, you can even save it somewhere so you can just re-open and read it whenever you need.
@pepperjax1230
@Shinrikyo
Thank you for the technical details you have provided. For the other questions you have asked please visit this thread to receive assistance with your questions.
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/451611.page
This link is also always posted under the Updates & Announcements Section on page 1 of this thread should you ever need to find it again.
@crinrict
Thank you for the link. This will definitely help in collecting and documenting as much technical information concerning the no fluff issue as possible.
ATI Radeon HD 5700 1GB
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Yep
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Dell Studio XPS 8GB RAM, 1TB Harddrive
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
All settings on high, advanced rendering is on.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Didn't install it.
Optional Information
6. What OS are you running?
Windows 7 64 Bit
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
Yep
8. In general, outside of the no fluff problem, does your game more or less run as it should?
Yep
Here is a picture of my mustache cat (his fur density is all the way up but he still isn't fluffy)-
I also want to add my info from my notebook (not actually use it for playing, just for testing stuff).
I have no fluff on the laptop (do have fluff on my gaming machine)
1. What type of graphics card do you have?
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
1752 MB
Dedicated Memory: 507 MB
Shared Memory: 1245 MB
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
While there are newer graphic card drivers for the card (mine are from 2009), they are not compatible with my laptop setup and refuse to install. HP says my drivers are up-to-date.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L9400 @ 1.86GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory: 3072MB RAM
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
I have advanced rendering on. Will need to check the rest and update later.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
I had it installed but honestly did not pay attention. It's uninstalled now.
I'm going to skip the rest of your questions cause I have not really checked anything else than CAS on this computer
Please do not send me PMs/post on my wall if you're looking for help. I can't attend to those. You can find me at AnswerHQ.
How to report bugs at AnswersHQ
AHQ Tutorial
Intel (R) HD Graphics 3000
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Just got this new laptop in September, so I haven't looked into any updates at all.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Windows 7 Home Premium
Toshiba Satellite P755
Processor: Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz 2.30 GHz
Installed memory (RAM): 6.00 GB
System type: 64-bit operating system
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Advanced rendering is on. The box by that, I can't remember what it is, is off though.
I think everything is on high except for tree detail, reflections, edge smoothing, and something about the detail of the lots in the neighborhood.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes, my demo has fluff.
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
Every other animal besides my dogs and cats looks fine. The horses look completely normal, and all the minor pets appear normal. My cats and dogs are just fluffless and fat.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Yes
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
I went to the site canyourunit and I exceed the minimum requirements for the game by a long way.
2.2GHz processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD.
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Advanced Rendering is on, everything else is set on high or medium. I've tried changing them around several times with no changes in the fluff of the pets.
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Yes. They were gorgeous and fluffy in the demo. Perfect. And the graphics settings are the same as in the actual game.
Optional Information
6. What OS are you running?
Windows 7
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
As far as I can tell, although all my horses have black eyes.
8. In general, outside of the no fluff problem, does your game more or less run as it should?
Yes. I had the lag problem in the beginning but that seems to have resolved itself now. It works fine, it's just the pets look terrible.
1. What type of graphics card do you have?
ATI Radeon X1300/1550 (it's old because my PC is almost 4 years old)
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
Yes! I'm trying again and again!
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Windows Vista Home Basic 32 bits
Dell Vostro 200
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo E7200 @2.53GHz 2,53 GHz 4GB (RAM)
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Everything is the highest! Yes I have...
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
NO!
Optional Information
6. What OS are you running?
Windows Vista 32 bits
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
Yeah
8. In general, outside of the no fluff problem, does your game more or less run as it should?
Yes.
Intel HD Graphics 3000
2. Have you updated to the latest drivers for your card?
I haven't found any driver updates.
3. What are the basic specs (no dxdiag) of your computer?
Macbook Pro
Processor:2.7 GHs Intel Core i7
Memory: 4GB 1333 MHs DDR3
4. What are your in-game graphics settings, and do you have advanced rendering on?
Advanced rendering is on, highest settings for texture, sim, and object detail. About medium for everything else. I've tried playing around with my settings, and nothing has helped
5. If you installed and used the Create-A-Pet Demo, did your cats and dogs have fluff in the demo?
Couldn't install it, seeing as the demo was for PC only.
Optional Information
6. What OS are you running?
Snow Leopard (10.6.8)
7. Besides the fluff of cats and dogs, do all other animals appear to render fine?
My horses have faint lines on their coats, although it's not too noticeable, and in CAH, my pets' eyes, tongues, and collars appear to be reflected in a non-existant mirror.
8. In general, outside of the no fluff problem, does your game more or less run as it should?
Yes.
I know you already have the Intel HD 3000 Graphics listed, but I wanted to add that it's not just Lion that's having the issue - Snow Leopard is affected too.
"Not on list"
Also, I haven't updated the card, I'm not really sure it is the card. My Sims Graphics Detail is on medium because it takes like 15 minutes for everything to turn from white to normal with it up that high, so I think my pets just don't have good detail. I'm more than likely wrong, but it's an idea.