Replies & Thank You
Re my graphics problems, I want to thank all of you wonderful people for the moral support and suggestions.Ā @celebkiriedhel spent several hours with me going over everything and discovering that the game is not reading data.Ā It doesnāt read the graphics.sgr file when itās replaced.Ā Checking the config log after loading and running the game with a modified file - it hasnāt recognized any changes.Ā It doesnāt find swimming pools as an option in Build (the round corner is there though). It canāt find road pavement.Ā Ā
I was testing it with no cc at all and with Maxis graphics files.Ā I turned off shadows, reflections, and shaders.Ā I forced the game to regenerate new games.Ā Iād installed empty neighborhood files (N001, N002, etc.).Ā I put the Maxis neighborhood files back.Ā Nothing helped.Ā The neighborhood looks fine - no pink flashing, no red flashing, no blue flashing.Ā Sims look fine.Ā Roads and water are not fine and game objects themselves are just not there, not in the catalog at all.Ā Ā
The hardware and Windows 7 operating system and other software are old enough yet strong enough to run the game without problems.Ā I hope that something about the installation went haywire and that reinstalling it fixes it.Ā I hope.Ā Ā
The sims community always steps up to help people in need.Ā I was ready to quit.Ā Youāve given me options and the determination to keep trying.
