And when we’re done, I’ll show you how to make sure it really worked. Step 1: Inspect Your Config Logįirst, I’ll show you how to make sure this is what’s causing your problem.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you get your game running again with no crashes and no flashing graphics. When installed properly, you won’t run out of memory while you play and your game won’t crash and your graphics won’t flash pink anymore. You need a special patch for the game to access 4GB in Windows 10. The Sims 2 is an old game and it only uses 2GB of your available memory. But the good news is it isn’t hard to fix.
Last updated: (Updated with DXVK fix) Increasing Available MemoryĪ windows update in late 2017 or early 2018 caused this bug to start happening to everyone playing The Sims 2. This article contains EVERYTHING I KNOW about getting your game to work on Windows 10.
If you’re having the same problem, it’s an easy fix! You just need to install the 4GB patch.Īnd if that doesn’t work, there are several other things you can try listed below. My graphics were flashing pink or blue, and I would crash every time I tried to take my Sim to a different lot. When I switched over to Windows 10, I was so upset that I couldn’t get the game to run smoothly. The sun is barely visible through the clouds, and there’s plenty of visible detail in the clouds.Alexander’s game never crashes because he installed the 4GB Patch. Here’s a scene with Windows HDR on, and MSFS HDR off.
mp4 files that are labeled with the colorspace and bit depth parameters for HDR10, but have all the bright areas blown out. Note that the windowed-mode or background-focus view is also what I get in video captures from the GeForce Experience overlay, which swears it supports HDR and creates. Windowed mode has blown-out brights meaning we are not getting proper HDR display fullscreen shows detail in those bright areas, indicating HDR is working.) (Looking at OP’s screen shots I think the description on the original post is backwards, and describes what I’m seeing as well. Switching focus back to the fullscreen MSFS restores the image to ok quality, with details and colors visible in bright areas again. I seem to have the opposite problem – I see what seems to be good HDR in fullscreen mode, but if I switch to windowed mode, or move focus to another window, all the bright areas are blown out. While I really love flying in HDR mode, I keep it off because I also livestreamed my flights, and GeForce Experience doesn’t allow HDR livestreaming. So I think it depends on the monitor itself. But not when MSFS and Windows HDR setting doesn’t match.īut I heard some people that on Windows itself, even on HDR supported monitor, they can’t turn on Windows HDR because it will make the image overexposed/oversaturated. It looks like my TV can do post-processing to avoid overexposed or oversaturated image on windows itself. Even though my TV is receiving HDR or SDR signal depending on how it’s switched. I do find it interesting is that, on the Windows itself, whether I turn Windows HDR on or off, it doesn’t make a difference in my image. Windows HDR Off + MSFS HDR10 Off = Great SDR image. Windows HDR On + MSFS HDR10 Off = Oversaturated image.
Windows HDR Off + MSFS HDR10 On = Overexposed bleached image. So, Windows HDR On + MSFS HDR10 On = Great HDR image.
The only issue I have is when Windows HDR and MSFS HDR doesn’t match.
I fly on a 4K HDR TV, and both modes look great for me. Even on two HDR supported monitor, they both could look differently depending on how it was built and the features it provided. I think HDR is still dependant on the display hardware itself.