Sim Shadow Fix
This mod fixes Sims’ shadows shown as black rectangles. Originally, correctly rendered Sims’ shadows have a blue tint. This mod makes the shadows achromatic. You may use this mod even if your game has no problems with rendering shadows.
The mod also works with The Sims: Life Stories, The Sims: Castaway Stories and The Sims: Pet Stories.
There are three versions which differ in the opaque (see the screenshot below) – choose only one.
Restoring shadows
You probably have turned (Sims’) shadows off, when a problem with black rectangles occurred. To make this mod useful you have to turn them back on. Here’s how to do it: In the game, set the Lighting setting in Graphics/Performance Options to high. If you still cannot see Sims’ shadows, in Graphics Rules.sgr (in [Latest EP/SP folder or basegame folder if you don’t have any EPs or SPs]\TSData\Res\Config) find option Shadows. This is what you’d see:
option Shadows setting $Low boolProp simShadows false boolProp objectShadows false boolProp guob false boolProp heightMapShadows false setting $Medium boolProp simShadows false boolProp objectShadows false boolProp guob true boolProp heightMapShadows true setting $High boolProp simShadows false ← if it’s false, change to true boolProp objectShadows true boolProp guob true boolProp heightMapShadows true end
You have to delete boolProp simShadows false and boolProp simShadows off from userStartup.cheat (in Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 (or The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection)\Config) too, if this file exist and these lines are in it.
Known bugs
Sim shadows overlap and cut simetimes, but it isn’t caused by the mod.
If you have downloaded simNopke-simShadowFix0.X and Sims’ shadows in your game are misty, try out simNopke-simShadowFix0.XreallyNotMisty instead. That bug may occur on some Intel HD graphics cards.
Conflicts
None that I know of.
Additional Credits
Ciastko Liv lorinsv60 Creators of SimPE
Download
simNopke-simShadowFix0.2 simNopke-simShadowFix0.3 simNopke-simShadowFix0.4 simNopke-simShadowFix0.2reallyNotMisty simNopke-simShadowFix0.3reallyNotMisty simNopke-simShadowFix0.4reallyNotMisty
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