Picture taking and screen problems

[DOEreoh]

hi all

once again this is 2 seperate questions i figured would be better to put on one post instead of 2!!

1st question...

ive changed the picture taking settings in my game...but when i take pics the file still comes out pretty small! i think 600xsomething!!!

but ive seen so many really nice quality screen shots 800x600 if not bigger!!!

what do i need to do or get in order to take nice, clear, large ingame screen shots myself????


2nd question...

i dont exactly know how to describe this but ill try!!

when i stop moving the camera and watch a sim sometimes theres a weird and anoying problem with the screen!

ie: when my sim takes a shower often the sim and shower itself will flicker....and then horizontal transparent lines go threw both sim and object and i can see threw it!!!

its really ugly and makes it hard for taking pictures and stuff!!

hope someone can help please!


thanks very much!

[AngelFrouk]

First question: the ingame screenshots can't be bigger than 600x450. You need to use print screen to get bigger shots.

Second question: Do you mean the censor? That's normal, however there are ways to get rid of the censor. But this will show your sims the way God made them, nude!
http://ambertation.de/simpeforum/sims2/how-to-remove-the-censor-blur-from-my-sims

[DOEreoh]

ah wicked!!! thanks for the trick!!! i never knew what the print screen button was for before! -_-

and i have 2 screens and it actually took a screenshot of them both as if it was one long one!! ^_^


but as for my 2nd question...i dont mean the censor!!! i already have a censor patch!

let me try and explain again!!

imagine your sims in the shower...and there are 3 pixel tall black hortizontal lines all over the shower!!! but the lines arnt black...their transparent and i can see threw these lines to what is behind the sim and shower! :(

this hasnt happened to anyone?!?!?! it happens to me all the time! :( and not only when in the shower...even when sitting down to eat or go on the computer!!! its weird!

kinda like as if its an animation or camera problem!

[G.O.C.]

Can you give us a screen shot of what you can see?

[DOEreoh]

ok ill try!!!

i dont know if taking an ingame picture will work..i think ive tryed in the past!!! however i just learnt of a better method of getting screen shots so ill go test it out!!! ill be back to post it soon!

[DOEreoh]

oh how silly of me.....this is the same thread i just learnt of that better screen shot method!!! i guess there was no need to mention...i feel kinda dumb now!!! ahaha!!! :P

i guess this morning joint is pretty good!!! ^_^

[DOEreoh]

ok! it was actually semi-hard to get a good shot...but finally i got one of my sim just standing there...and u can see a miror, the shower, and an other sim on the bowl and they all got these lines!!!! :( <|3

anyways like i said this kinda flickers! aprears for a seccond...then goes away, comes back...you know!

heres a shot!

Click (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/7/5/110194/TS2NL/simlines.jpg)

[IgnorantBliss]

What video card do you have? I've seen a similar graphical glitch with an older nVidia GeForce card.

In the future, please, use the edit button to add to your previous post instead of making several posts in a row :).

[DOEreoh]

sorry bout that!

its a radeon 9200 se! :(

i guess its just not powerful enough? or is there something i can do?

[G.O.C.]

That sure looks like a graphics card problem. Have you got the most up to date drivers?
Also, can you post your "full" computer specs, This faq will help you find that info for us: http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=112711

[DOEreoh]

heres a link

Click (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/7/5/110194/TS2NL/DxDiag.txt)

[Ashen]

It could be the combination of a lower end graphics card and the CPU - Processor: AMD Duron(tm) , MMX, 3DNow, ~1.2GHz - it is not that much for the Sims 2 - I think around 2GHz would be advisable especially with that video card. Maybe someone knows more.

[DOEreoh]

thanks! :(