krazy_tattooist
26th Dec 2006, 12:44 AM
ok i got the sims 2 and it wouldnt play... after hours of looking i finally found a way to get it to work. it turns out i dont have the right graphics card and they stopped upgrading drivers for it. this fix works on intel graphic cards... not sure about other cards because i havent tried. but it worked 100% for me... here is what you do.
Symptoms:
The Sims* 2 game will not run.
Error: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate."
Solution:
The following steps can be used to eliminate or minimize the issue(s) reported with the game:
1. Set the display to 16-bit color. To make this change, follow these steps:
a. Click on the Start menu and select Settings, Control Panel, and then double-click on Display. If using Microsoft Windows* XP: Click on the Start menu and select Control Panel, "Switch to Classic View" if the category view is shown, and then double-click on Display.
b. Select the Settings tab.
c. Change the Color Quality (Color Depth) to 16-bit color.
2. Run the game with the -w switch which forces the game to run in a window. To add this switch, follow these steps:
a. Right-click on the The Sims 2 game and left-click on Properties. You can do this either on the game's shortcut on the desktop or on the game's entry in the Start menu.
b. Add a space and -w to the end of the Target field, so that it looks like this:
Note: The actual path may vary depending on where the game was installed. Make sure that the -w goes outside the quotation marks and that there is a space between the last quotation mark and the -w.
c. Click OK.
i didnt write this so i cant take credit for it but it took me ALONG time to find it and its the only thing i found that actually worked. so hope it helps others. only thing is the game is pretty damn slow at loading... could be just my pc or could be because it wasnt designed to work with my graphic card.
Symptoms:
The Sims* 2 game will not run.
Error: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate."
Solution:
The following steps can be used to eliminate or minimize the issue(s) reported with the game:
1. Set the display to 16-bit color. To make this change, follow these steps:
a. Click on the Start menu and select Settings, Control Panel, and then double-click on Display. If using Microsoft Windows* XP: Click on the Start menu and select Control Panel, "Switch to Classic View" if the category view is shown, and then double-click on Display.
b. Select the Settings tab.
c. Change the Color Quality (Color Depth) to 16-bit color.
2. Run the game with the -w switch which forces the game to run in a window. To add this switch, follow these steps:
a. Right-click on the The Sims 2 game and left-click on Properties. You can do this either on the game's shortcut on the desktop or on the game's entry in the Start menu.
b. Add a space and -w to the end of the Target field, so that it looks like this:
Note: The actual path may vary depending on where the game was installed. Make sure that the -w goes outside the quotation marks and that there is a space between the last quotation mark and the -w.
c. Click OK.
i didnt write this so i cant take credit for it but it took me ALONG time to find it and its the only thing i found that actually worked. so hope it helps others. only thing is the game is pretty damn slow at loading... could be just my pc or could be because it wasnt designed to work with my graphic card.