Originally Posted by TheISZ

I finally found a link that helped me solve the resolution dilemma that I was having with Sims 2 and Windows 7. The resolution I am using 1920x1080 was not listed as an option in the graphics settings so I was having to play in this window that didn't encompass all of the real-estate on my monitor.

I found out how to correct this here.

http://www.simonhampel.com/the-sims...roblems-solved/

I had issues getting it to load so here is what it entails.

There may be another way to achieve this, but I am very happy that this worked for me.

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Originally Posted by Jawusa

First, install my clean stealth hood templates. There's a link in my signature. http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=520751

Then go to C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\UserData. There you should see a folder called 'Neighborhoods'. Rename that folder to something else, e.g. NeighborhoodsDisabled.
You have just disabled the first group of townies.
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 University\TSData\Res. There you should see a folder called 'NeighborhoodTemplate' Rename that folder to something else, e.g NeighborhoodTemplateDisabled
You have just disabled the dormies.
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Nightlife\TSData\Res. There you should see a folder called 'NeighborhoodTemplate' Rename that folder to something else, e.g NeighborhoodTemplateDisabled
You have just disabled the downtownies.
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSData\Res. There you should see a folder called 'NeighborhoodTemplate' Rename that folder to something else, e.g NeighborhoodTemplateDisabled
You have just disabled the second group of townies.
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSData\Res. There you should see a folder called 'NeighborhoodTemplate' Open that folder and take out 'T001' 'A001' and 'M001' but don't take out 'V001'.
You have just disabled the vacation local townies.

Now, you can create your neighborhood and no sims will be added to your neighborhood. You can add your custom university, downtown, shopping district and the three custom vacation destinations and there won't be any sims.
After you have attached the last subhood to your neighborhood, close the game and rename the folders back to their actual name. Now you can open your neighborhood and create your own sims and the neighborhood will only include your sims.

Originally Posted by Lili975

By the way, I see that your shadows are set to medium, if it's because of the dreaded black boxes effect, you can disable the shadows for sims only and keep them on max for objects/buildings, by adding this code
boolProp simshadows false
to your userstartup.cheat file (if you made one) or by modifying a line in the game settings.