Just loaded into game. I got a popup saying my hardware wasnt recognized, nor was the graphics card. Then when i went into options, everything was lowest as possible, resolution was 1024x768 and my high-detail lots had the mover button taken off so I couldnt change how many lots I wanted to load.
Ive just changed all my files back to normal now. I screwed it up.
I dont know now, the deviceconfig file just displays 'Options/default options' not any words, numbers. Im scared now because its still not recognized when I replaced my original files back in??:(
Nope, still hasnt. It crashed too, map view everything is blue, with hints of white for the grass. Its messed up, I dont know how though if everything is replaced normally?
Even with the edited file, this shouldn't be happening. I looked at what you said was your deviceid and it wasn't the correct deviceid. I think you may have to reinstall your base game. You can do that without reinstalling all your EPs. I have had people do it many times. I even have instructions written up for it.
Right. So, if you don't mind, could you provide easy 1-5 Step on how to do it all. Because I don't understand a lot of things. Sorry if it is annoying, it is just I never had messed with my files before, that is why I messed it up, LOL. And the instructions on the Sims Wiki Site are too complex for me.
Here, I did the graphiccards.sgr file for you. Just download it from the link below and put it in the directory while your game is closed. You don't need to do anything to the graphicrules.sgr file.
Thanks! So just to let you know, my whole game is reset so I dont have any edited files in or anything, just like before I messed it up and changed it...So if I put this in it will work? What about the .orig files etc?
You still have the .orig files as the backups you needed. No need to redo that step. If this works, you can make a backup of the edited sgr file I made you someplace.
Nope, the whole directory changed aswell as deleting the folder in my documents. But there was more in the Sims wiki than just adding the .sgr file in the bin folder?
There was the part having to do with the graphicrules.sgr but there was already an entry in there that your card could use. You didn't need to add one.
So alls I have to do is add the downloaded file to my bin folder? Do I still need to copy and past the normal versions of the sfg files and make them .orig?
Well, if you already have *.orig copies someplace else from before, then no need to do it again. They are always the same. No matter if you reinstalled the base game, they will be the same original files.
You just have to put the downloaded file into the bin folder and have it replace the existing file. But I thought you just tried that.
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Ive just changed all my files back to normal now. I screwed it up.
Name (driver): AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Name (database): AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Let me do the graphiccards.sgr for you and let's give that a try.
Uninstall base game
Install base game
Patch the game
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/175477.page
Run the game make sure it works
Exit game
Delete The Sims 3 folder in (My) Documents\Electronic Arts\
Move The Sims Folder from your desktop to (My) Documents\Electronic Arts\
My video card is normal and recognized now!!;)
Name (database): NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 [Found: 0, Matched: 1]
Vendor: NVIDIA
Chipset: Vendor: 10de, Device: 124b, Board: 231b1462, Chipset: 00a1
Driver: nvd3dum.dll, Version: 9.18.13.2018, GUID: D7B71E3E-510B-11CF-3070-16031CC2C435
Driver version: 2018
Is this what the line looked like that you added to the graphiccards.sgr?
card 124b "Geforce GTX 640"
Is this what the line looked like that you added to the graphiccards.sgr?
card 124b "Geforce GTX 640"
0x124b "GT 640" I replaced the 640M which was on Graphics Cards. I just changed the four letters after the X at the start, and removed the M.
card 124b "Geforce GT 640"
http://www.mediafire.com/?cc997asg2ma7y8b
You just have to put the downloaded file into the bin folder and have it replace the existing file. But I thought you just tried that.