The Sims 2 in Surround

[RUS007]

1. Edit these lines in Graphics Rules.sgr file
setting $High
uintProp maxResWidth 2400
uintProp maxResHeight 600
uintProp defaultResWidth 2400
uintProp defaultResHeight 600

2. Start the game and when in game play you can go to the options and choose the Surround Resolution.

P.S. Use Chr79's fix to get smooth game performance

http://chr79.free.fr/Parhelia_sims2.zip

Some screenshots

[RUS007]

I'm not trying to take Chr79's credit. This is all his work except for the Surround Gaming part. Here is what you have to edit/add in the Graphics Rules.sgr file if Chr79's site happens to be down. The first 3 digit number represents the line number and not needed to be entered. Start from top to bottom and enter carefully ... because some of these lines don’t exist in the original file and you will have to add them ... which will add to the total number of lines in the file.

111 setb useSoftwareRasterizer false
112 boolProp forceSoftwareVP true
113 boolProp simpleTerrain true
367 # boolProp forceSoftwareDevice true
688 uintProp maxResWidth 2400
689 uintProp maxResHeight 600
690 uintProp defaultResWidth 2400
691 uintProp defaultResHeight 600
717 # setOption Shadows $High
718 setOption Shadows $Low
731 # setOption Shadows $Medium
732 setOption Shadows $Low

[Sjakalen]

I am sorry but i have no idea how you can play this game with a Parhelia. It's so choppy at 2400x600 with everything on low. I believe I can't have more than 1 fps. Everything takes ages and if I choose something I can go and get a cup of coffee or something before it happens.

[High_Jumbllama]

[RUS007]

Use the fix i provided the link to on my first thread!!!!

[lecter]

Yeah, I agree, the fix does wonders, it's unplayable otherwise.

[Sjakalen]

I did!

Lol, I will try again.

[RUS007]

The way I wrote my first thread is actually backwards. You should apply the fix first and then do the other mods for Surround.

[Sjakalen]

Sorry, it was user error by me as expected.

Works very well. Thanks to you and Chr79

[SaTaN^666]

very nice yet again char has done it.

[PAugustin]

That fix is wonderful ! I can play the game at 1280x960@100Hz !Thanks to Chr79 for the fix and to RUS007 for posting it here