the bitter taste of dissapointment

[spyroeldragon]

So…I picked ts3 up today. It was only five bucks, and in perfect condition. I really want to play it - I was on the fence about it at first, but… eh… seeing everyone’s pictures and all the content that’s out there really convinced me. And come on, it was five bucks. I load up the game, fiddle with the settings, re-start it a couple of times, and I

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[simtopi]

Your game almost looks a little better than mine to be honest. I'm running an ATI Radeon x800... that's about 4 or 5 years old. :p

For some reason sims outdoors look really awful in my game. It's the lighting I think. What I've done is turn up the Sims textures settings and turn off shadows (or maybe it's mid level, either way I turn it off because the shading is jaggy outdoors). All my pics I take indoors. There is a noted improvement.

But yeah, I hate having to jump hoops to get my game to look decent. I can't wait to get a new computer myself so I can load up on CC and not have to worry.

[spyroeldragon]

I have the HD 2400... it's odd, because sims2wiki says I shouldn't even be able to run AL. >__>

I think that's what takes the most out of the game. The lighting seems so pretty in other people's screenshots. I'll keep the indoor thing in mind, though.

That's what I really can't wait for! I decided that I'd load ts3 up with realistic CC and keep ts2 maxis-matchy. 8D

[imxplosion]

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING TRIED TO TAKE A BITE OF HER OF NECK, MAN. D:

[spyroeldragon]

RAHHH ITS THE PIXELATED SHADOW MONSTAAAAR. D<<<

(That it shadow detail set to 'low' I think. WHY HAVE SHADOWS AT ALL IF THEY'RE SQUARE. IDFK.)

[simgarooop]

I have a Radeon HD 4650. I have no idea if it's a good card or not (I love how it makes my Sims 2 game look), but I have exactly the same issue as you with the outside shadows. I've tried everything to improve it, from updating drivers, to turn off processes, play with no CC... it just does not improve.

Freaking Sims 3, this is why I ended up uninstalling it. If I had so many issues with a 6 month old computer and just the Base Game, I wonder what will happen by the time EP 5 comes out :

[spyroeldragon]

I figured that the HD series would be really good, considering the 'HD' in the title. TS3 seems really finicky about the settings. I can't imagine if I tried to run this on my older computer. It's funny, because they say you can use a low-end card if your processor is good, but you get the same results if the card is high-end. ):<

Yes, really! I don't want to imagine. The requirements will be way too high for me. O:

[catchingapples]

Ah that sucks when you're curuous about something. And omg I can't even see what I write in this white block ;_; Anyway, I had that too when I first started up TS3, but not this, it was worse, it didn't even start. "You don't have pixel blabla 3!" Oh. But luckily I got a new computer a few weeks later, and I didn't pay any money for it. And now I don't play it at all :D It's fun though for a while, and I would love to have the next expansion pack for TS2 :(

[spyroeldragon]

Yeah, I should change the text color, or size at least. DX
The game is so picky! I tried using in on my dad's computer, which has way high specs, and it looked the same. I was like 'WHUT'.
Aw.. what expansion do you not have? There are places that they sell for really cheap if you don't buy them brand new. 8-x

[catchingapples]

Hey you changed it, haha. I mean the newest one, Ambitions. That one seems really great to play and I think I'm going to play that one if it comes out for a while too, 'till I get bored as I always do with TS3. :D

I hope you'll find a way to fix it! I never had problems with the shadows but I have a very recent graphics card. Well, last year it was recent.