Sims 2 Graphic Issues

[feeveer]

My Sims' head and/or body stretches out of the screen whenever the day of time triggered lighting occurs, and whenever I go to a community lot, and after playing after some time.

Also, when the cheatbox is expanded, numerous texts appear showing that audio errors have occured.

Please Help me. My System is:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 1/20/2008, 15:43:49
Machine name: MOBILE_COMPUTER
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite A215
BIOS: BIOS Version 1.00
Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 (2 CPUs), ~1.9GHz
Memory: 1918MB RAM
Page File: 1136MB used, 2935MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon X1200
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x791F)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_791F&SUBSYS_FF1A1179&REV_00
Display Memory: 830 MB
Dedicated Memory: 127 MB
Shared Memory: 703 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)


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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0268&SUBSYS_1179FF0A&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHDA.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5464 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 8/11/2007 04:49:16, 1941848 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No

Attached are images and the DxDiag report

[wolfsrain]

I see some duplicates. Do you have any other packs installed? Or, rather, did you had a previous installation of Sims2? If yes, uninstall the game, remove the leftovers from my documents and the installation folder, clean the registry and make a fresh reinstall.
Also make sure you have the latest drivers from ATI. I
f you've tried to remove the blur with one of the programs from the net you also might get an error like that. One good program is located at: http://sims.ambertation.de/ , if you wnat the blur removed. It's also a program that creates packages for the objects or the sims you've created for your Sims2.
It won't mess the in-game graphics, so it's a decent program.

[feeveer]

I have not previously installed a Sims 2, and to make sure, I reformated my whole system. It still does that stretching out thing. When I try to update my graphics adapter driver, windows says that the current driver software I am using is the latest, so I assumed that I don't need to dowload anymore.

I don't like using any other program to correct this problem, but I'll still do so as a last resort. Anyway, what are those errors on the cheatbox about?

And my system is more than qualified to handle Sims 2 (well I see that my graphics card 'ATI Radeon X1200 is not on the supported cards list though).

I really want to take care of this pesky problem, please help me, thanks.

[wolfsrain]

Most of the companies gave up on the integrated video cards or the laptop videocards, as those graphic cards are just cheap solutions and not able to manage the requirements of the today games.
Your card, should work, though. Try downloading the latests ATI Catalyst:
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
See if it works. And don't put basis on windows update. Also you might want to download the latest sound driver from http://www.realtek.com.tw/

[feeveer]

I've downloaded thelatest Catalyst form ATI's website, but then, the same problem occurs. There are no problems with the sound (except for those that appear in the cheatbox.)

[feeveer]

I have discovered the problem somehow. It's the lighting. How did I know?

I had a Sim read a book, he sat down on a chair with a wall lighting overhead, and I noticed that my sim's clothes have black things on 'em. I turned of the specific light, and my sim's clothes returned back to normal. I turned the wall light on again, and it happened again. Then, I set my game settings on light as High, and that streching out happened. I turned the lighting settings low again, and it never returned back to normal. Now I know it's the lighting, so what do I do?

[wolfsrain]

Try tweaking the video options in the game. Some are related to T&L.

[feeveer]

How can I tweak the game's video settings? Or How can I adjust Windows Vista's Video RAM? The lighting is what's really the problem on my Sims 2.

[wolfsrain]

You have an options button ingame. Than graphic options.