Whats wrong with the TS2 Ultimate Edition

djaygamer

Ive downloaded the game, Ive patched it! And yet every where my Sim goes there is dark square spot where my Sims are walking. And urggghhh ... I hate how my game feels enlarged, I tried fixing it through the game settings and it wont allow me to do so! I feel like uninstalling it and putting normal Sims 2 game back on.

Terrylin

Hello!

I read on SimsVIP (can't find the article right now, got buried) that if you lower your shadows and I think I also lowered my lighting to medium that will fix it. It worked for me. I hope it works for you. You will find it in the setting I believe it is above the resolution.

Hope this helps!

Terrylin

I found one of the articles!

http://thesims4blogger.tumblr.com/post/92355182937/the-sims-2-ultimate-collection-remove-black-squares

fecklessrudie

Or if you still want nice shadows (on the highest setting of course—like tree shadows and such) except for your Sims' shadows (since, y'know, they're black rectangular pits of darkness anyway), this place has instructions to do so under the section "Windows 8: Black Shadows Box Issue".
Go to leefish[dot]nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

(Replace "[dot]" with a period since I can't post links.)

Oh! There's also a program that changes the resolution AND fixes the black rectangular shadows issue all at once by editing your graphics rules file for you called Graphics Rules Maker, which can be found at the Sims Network site. Takes some tweaking with the settings though, but it's pretty easy to figure out. Easier than manually fiddling with the files yourself, at least. Don't wanna post too many "links" though 'cause I don't wanna get into too much trouble. :wink:

Oh, I should also add the program does the same thing as the first method I mentioned, so you'll also have nice shadows, just without the Sim shadows.

Edit: I just noticed how impossible it is to find the program if you don't know where to look, heh (or if you don't Google). It's under Simpedia > The Sims 2 > Editions: The Sims 2 > Specials: Graphics Rules Maker - Improve Compatibility with Modern Systems

sarahzsmyl

I used an older NVidia driver, July 2013, and I was able to keep the higher shadows. However, I found that I really didn't miss having them, and later just turned shadows down to medium. It doesn't make that big a difference.

litabelaqua

had same problem so I just set shadows to medium and now its fine