My graphics is blotchy. How can I make things accelerated? I have an ATI Radeon HD 4250 card.
It appears to be running at 800x600. I am using HDMI to drive big-screen TV at 1080p (1920x1080).
There's a bit of flickering/tearing that I cannot capture since it's dynamic in nature, but I'd like to tackle the screen resolution first.
I have all the 3D settings at max quality to offset the effects of veiwing 800x600 on the big screen. AAx4 AFx16.
I am running this app in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode with "run as admin."
I have the official DVD patch from support website and a clean install.
EDIT: This is what I get when I add
card 0x9715 "Radeon HD 4250"
to Video Cards.sgr:
Log generated on 4/19/2012, 18:33
=== Application info ===
Name: The Sims 2
Version: 1.0.0.1022
Build: ReleaseSRT-P
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows NT 5.1
CPU: 2912Mhz, Name:AuthenticAMD, FPU:1, MMX:1
Memory: 1024MB
Free memory: 1024MB
User: Greg
Computer: GREG-HTPC
=== Sound device info ===
Name: Unknown
Driver: Unknown
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): ATI Radeon HD 4250
Name (database): Radeon HD 4250
Vendor: ATI
Chipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 9715, Board: 843e1043, Chipset: 0000
Driver: aticfx32.dll, Version: 8.17.10.1114, GUID: D7B71EE2-D455-11CF-A977-34A4BEC2C535
Driver version: 1114
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Monitor aspect: 1.776902, 16:9
Screen mode: 1920x1080x32BPP,59Hz
Texture memory: 3064MB
HW T&L: Fixed function:1 Programmable:3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Texture stages: 8
AppControlledAA: 1
Global properties
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stringProp activeDeviceDisplayMode 800x600x32x60
stringProp activeDeviceList 1;0;ATI Radeon HD 4250;1002;9715;1114;8.17.10.1114, GUID: D7B71EE2-D455-11CF-A977-34A4BEC2C535;
sintProp activeDeviceNum 0
boolProp activeDeviceUseSoftwareRasterizer false
boolProp allowCustomContent true
uintProp AmbienceVolume 100
boolProp animationLOD false
uintProp antialiasingQuality 0
uintProp AudioPerformance 1
boolProp autoCentering true
boolProp autoLogin false
boolProp bumpMapping false
boolProp CameraDriftCamEnabled true
boolProp CameraSpecialEventEnabled true
boolProp carsOnRight true
boolProp checkForPatch true
boolProp constrainFloorElevation true
boolProp creatingLotTemplate false
uintProp cutawayMemorySize 3
boolProp cutawayOutside true
boolProp deviceVsynch true
boolProp displayLookAtBoxes false
boolProp displayPaths false
uintProp dynamicRenderStrategy 0
boolProp edgeScrolling true
uintProp edithConfigFlags 1
boolProp effectLODSoftChange true
floatProp effectMaxTimeDelta 0
uintProp effectPriorityLevel 3
boolProp enableSnapshot true
boolProp freeWill true
uintProp FXVolume 100
floatProp geomBoneInfluenceThreshold 0.01
boolProp geomCheckGeomDataIntegrity false
floatProp geomGeneratedTangentSpaceNormalLineLength 0.1
uintProp geomGenerateTangentSpaceNormalLines 0
boolProp geomGenerateTangentSpaceSxT false
uintProp geomMaxBoneInfluencesPerVertex 4
sintProp geomMaxMorphTargetDeltasPerVertex 4
floatProp geomMorphTargetDeltaThreshold 0.001
floatProp geomPerBoneBoundBlendWeightThreshold 0.9
boolProp guob true
floatProp horzedgescrollrate 0.5
boolProp interrupt false
stringProp lastLoadedNeighborhood Pleasantview
uintProp lightingQuality 3
boolProp lightOpenGLStyle false
boolProp liveCameraConstraints true
boolProp livePIP true
uintProp lodOverride 0
boolProp lotInfoAdvancedMode false
stringProp lotWindowFillColor (0,0,0,1)
uintProp maxParticlesTarget 10000
uintProp maxTerrainGrade 5
boolProp morph true
uintProp MusicVolume 40
stringProp neighborhoodWindowFillColor (0.5,0.5,0.5,1)
boolProp nhoodWaterReflection false
boolProp NoLegacySounds true
boolProp noStupidIFFUnlocking false
boolProp optimizeMeshes true
uintProp optionEffectsQuality 3
uintProp optionLightingQuality 3
uintProp optionMaterialDetail 3
uintProp optionObjectDetail 3
uintProp optionObjectHiding 0
uintProp optionOpaqueUI 0
uintProp optionReflection 1
uintProp optionShadows 3
uintProp optionSoundQuality 3
floatProp particleDamping 0
floatProp particleDensity 1
uintProp particleLODOffset 0
floatProp particleScale 1
floatProp particleSizeThreshold 1
boolProp perfAddLights true
boolProp perfEnableMorphing true
boolProp perfEnableSkinning true
boolProp perfLightCaching true
boolProp perfRenderParts true
uintProp propertyRevision 6
boolProp quickTips true
boolProp reduceBoneWeights false
boolProp reflectionWithExtraViewer false
boolProp renderInsideObjectOnlyOnSelectedSimLevel true
uintProp renderInsideVisibleObjects 1
boolProp renderOpaqueUI false
boolProp renderSelectedSimLevel false
boolProp rotateCameraSims1Mode false
boolProp ShowLotPackageFilename false
boolProp ShowTutorialWelcome true
boolProp simInBackground false
boolProp simShadows true
boolProp sleepInBackground true
boolProp snapObjectsToGrid true
uintProp snapshotPictureQuality 2
uintProp snapshotPictureSize 2
uintProp soundDetail 2
boolProp SoundMasterGroupAmbienceEnabled true
boolProp SoundMasterGroupFXEnabled true
boolProp SoundMasterGroupMusicEnabled true
boolProp SoundMasterGroupVoxEnabled true
boolProp specHighlights true
stringProp startingNeighborhood Pleasantview
boolProp unevenTilesFloorable true
boolProp useEffects true
boolProp useLODs false
boolProp usePixelAspectRatio true
floatProp vertedgescrollrate 0.5
boolProp videoCaptureAudioOn true
uintProp videoCaptureMaxRecordingSeconds 60
uintProp videoCaptureQuality 1
uintProp videoCaptureSize 1
uintProp VOXVolume 100
Device 0
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Options
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uintProp MaterialDetail 3 #default: 3
uintProp ObjectDetail 3 #default: 3
uintProp ObjectHiding 0 #default: 0
uintProp Shadows 3 #default: 3
uintProp OpaqueUI 0 #default: 0
uintProp Reflection 1 #default: 1
uintProp EffectsQuality 3 #default: 3
uintProp LightingQuality 3 #default: 3
uintProp SoundQuality 3 #default: 3
uintProp DirtyRect 2 #default: 2
uintProp FullscreenFadeEffect 1 #default: 1
uintProp Turbo 2 #default: 2
uintProp SimulatorControls 3 #default: 3
uintProp LightingOptimizations 3 #default: 3
uintProp AnimationSamplingLevel 2 #default: 2
uintProp LivePIP 1 #default: 1
uintProp SpecialEventCamera 1 #default: 1
uintProp ScreenModeResolution 3 #default: 3
Option properties
-----------------
sintProp activeDeviceNum 0
boolProp animationFrameSampling false
uintProp AudioPerformance 2
boolProp bumpMapping true
boolProp chooseCameraSpecialEventEnabled true
uintProp defaultResHeight 768
uintProp defaultResWidth 1024
uintProp dynamicRenderStrategy 2
uintProp effectPriorityLevel 3
boolProp enableSnapshot true
boolProp floorAndWallNormalMapping true
boolProp guob true
boolProp heightMapShadows true
uintProp imageDataSizeReductionOnLoad 0
boolProp incrementalLighting true
boolProp lerpLights true
boolProp lightingEnabled true
boolProp livePIPDefault true
uintProp lodOverride 0
uintProp maxNumOfVisitingSims 8
uintProp maxParticlesTarget 10000
uintProp maxResHeight 1200
uintProp maxResWidth 1600
boolProp nhoodWaterReflection true
boolProp objectShadows true
boolProp optimizedDiffusion true
uintProp optionAnimationSamplingLevel 2
uintProp optionDirtyRect 2
uintProp optionEffectsQuality 3
uintProp optionFullscreenFadeEffect 1
uintProp optionLightingOptimizations 3
uintProp optionLightingQuality 3
uintProp optionLivePIP 1
uintProp optionMaterialDetail 3
uintProp optionObjectDetail 3
uintProp optionObjectHiding 0
uintProp optionOpaqueUI 0
uintProp optionReflection 1
uintProp optionScreenModeResolution 3
uintProp optionShadows 3
uintProp optionSimulatorControls 3
uintProp optionSoundQuality 3
uintProp optionSpecialEventCamera 1
uintProp optionTurbo 2
floatProp particleDensity 1
uintProp particleLODOffset 0
floatProp particleScale 1
boolProp portalLighting true
boolProp reduceBoneWeights false
boolProp reflectionWithExtraViewer true
uintProp renderInsideVisibleObjects 0
boolProp renderOpaqueUI false
boolProp simShadows true
boolProp specHighlights true
boolProp useDirtyTiles true
boolProp useEffects true
boolProp useLODs false
boolProp useTurboRect true
Device properties
-----------------
boolProp activeDeviceUseSoftwareRasterizer false
uintProp antialiasingSupport 1
uintProp configParserErrorCode 0
uintProp deviceLocalVideoMemorySizeDefault 3212836864
boolProp enableDriverMemoryManager false
boolProp enumerateMultisampleLevels true
boolProp presentWorkaround true
boolProp useRenderTextures true
boolProp vs2LoopsFunctional false