How to Install & Fix Graphics on Windows 10 for The Sims 2

[@patrickthompson9719]

I did this manually on my wife's not-so-advanced PC (which I had built for her) by mucking around in the Sims2 configuration files. I was successful but it took me 3 days and a whole lot of brainfood to do. I then tried the same thing on my own more super-advanced gaming rig - which has a heavy top-of-the-line GPU, but all I got was flickering and crashing when I tried to play the game on my computer. So I had given up on ever playing the Sims2 again. I was very sad for this since we both prefer Sims2 over all of the other Sims games. She could play, but I couldn't. Now I'm seeing this vid and I am jumping for joy. This is exactly what I've been waiting for. You're a godsend. Now I'll be able to get back into game. Thank you......Thank you......Thank you!

[@joshuadicapua848]

After hours of scoruing the internet and trying to do things manually, this video helped SO MUCH. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@snidoo]

I remember watching this close to when it came out I and I’m so glad it existed. I’ve had a long break with playing the Sims 2 but feels good coming back to a game that’s fun and readily playable!

[@LazyDylan]

This helped me A LOT! Thank you so much! I can now drop my old computer and play The Sims 2 on my new computer.

[@CozyPixels]

I'm so happy to hear! 😁

[@rosefever5251]

@@CozyPixelshello i was able to download but like i cant woohoo with my sims or have babies how do u fix this

[@olgalokoshchenko7270]

Using Graphic Rules Maker alone didn't help me but together with Lazyduchess's Launcher it fixed the ''Failed to find DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter'' error for me, so I could successfully launch the game. Thanks a lot!

[@CozyPixels]

I'm glad it could help! 😊

[@alyss4192]

I can also launch it with lazyduchess but it has no sound

[@olgalokoshchenko7270]

​@@alyss4192 things I can suggest: make sure you use the right device, play around with your sound configuration in general (both OS and the game), try to reinstall the game from scratch, try to follow a different installation guide, try googling about sound issues with old games in general (perhaps it isn't related to the sims 2 specifically)

[@maiz3558]

same!

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

Direct X is the exact problem I've had! I couldn't find a solution ANYWHERE! Thank you for verifying that this could be what I need to do.

[@katiehale5487]

thank you so much! I was having this frustrating problem where my EA launcher for ts2 gave me a popup saying "origin must be installed to play your game" (ORIGIN NO LONGER EXISTS!) So I wasn't able to add any patches or fixes to my game. Now that I have the Lazy Duchess launcher, I can do it all! Ive been trying to figure this out for days, so thank you so much ! Your videos are so detailed and helpful.

[@giovannam.pietrosky7797]

You are literally amazing!! I couldn’t get this game to work for so long and I followed your tutorial and IT WORKED! I’m so happy right now thank you for this tutorial!!

[@americo_san]

Thanks a lot! Worked really fine! I have a TS2 installation on a W10 pc, and I was beyond hope to make it work. Too much pink shading, crashing... Thanks to your tips, it worked even without reinstalling everything. I love so much this game that I was keeping a 2005 sluggish HP Compaq laptop with WinXP in order to play it. Now I can use my modern desktop instead. Thank you very much and cheers from Brazil!

[@danielmoura3528]

Ooi,queria saber sobre o arquivo Sims2RPC,ele tem virus? meu pc sempre recusa e falando de tem virus grave e tenho medo de estragar o pc igual da ultima vez..

[@americo_san]

@@danielmoura3528 Olá! Eu instalei aqui e não foi identificado nada malicioso. Baixei do link oferecido neste vídeo e funcionou normalmente.

[@BellaDovah]

I've been playing for over 10 years, I've had texture issues on and off, but the other day my NVIDIA Graphics Driver updated now I'm getting pink textures everywhere as soon as I load the game, so desperately trying to find any new information to fix it, hadn't heard of the Data Execution Prevention so thanks for that

[@CozyPixels]

Oh yeah the pink flashing is the most annoying thing ever :(( I read online that it can help if you try to run the game in windowed mode as well, maybe you can check if you have an integrated graphics card in your pc and try to run the game with that? The most annoying thing is that even now we are not entirely sure what causes this as some people do just fine with their newer nvidia cards and others suffer greatly with it

[@davicabeca8855]

Klau, thank you so much! I was trying to play The Sims 2 and ugghhh it wouldnt work until I saw your video - so organized and well explained! Congratulations on your work and thank you kindly.

[@MsRene-lw2ju]

It worked!!! I have windows 11 and i followed all the steps. Didn't have to get to the trouble shoot portion because it launched fine. Thanks so much!

[@mowana1232]

I did all this before lazyduchess published her sims2rpc launcher and I found your video. I spent a day (with breaks) reading through info on various websites and getting the game to work. I basically just commenting for the algorithm to save others the pain ...lol. On the plus side, on that day I found lots of awesome sims 2 resources and content creators. The bookmarks from that day keep on giving and giving.

[@sybah2180]

wow i didnt do half of this stuff when i installed my game, now i wonder how it works

[@NNynaa]

I´m the happiest girl ever because of youuu! This made my day, i wanted to play ts2 like forever.... Missed it so much.

[@bitbr7]

This is very detailed and looks super helpful!! I am hopefully going to get a new PC soon so I was worried about this. Thank you~

[@CozyPixels]

Thank you! and I'm glad it could help! :)

[@Hannah-in9tz]

Thank you so much for this tutorial my resolution was stuck on the smallest one and the graphic rules maker helped so much

[@raindozer249]

Omg! Thank you so much! I've played the sims 2 when I was younger and stopped playing for a long time. Recently I wanted to play it again but had alot of trouble getting it to work. It would download and load the game just fine but would constantly crash in CAS or when entering a household even after installing the Graphic rules maker and applying changes but I just downloaded the Lazyduchess launcher and everything worls perfectly!

[@unknowngaming0000]

YASS it ended up working thank you so much. If anyone with Nvidia graphics card is having issues with crashing , makes sure u tick the first box in graphics rules maker. Stopped me from getting the terminated message while loading

[@mgamer327]

You are a freakin GENIUS!! I have 18GB of CC and i was not about to give anything up! That one little tick has set me FREEE! Used to play on Win 8 and took 20 mins to load all my shit. I would go vacuum or do dishes ffs. But now i'm playing my fav Beachy hood on Win 10!! Takes 1-2 mins to load!! I messed with all the pink flashing advice out there on google for hours, probably for nothing!! JUST NEEDED THAT DAM TICK! Now it's back n forth from Planet Zoo to Sims 2 for me! TYTYTY!

[@unknowngaming0000]

@@mgamer327 no worries I'm glad it helped. I had the same issue and I was about to give up but decided to try different settings and it ended up working 😭 happy gaming 😊

[@lunaris2194]

This video really helped me! Thanks a lot! So much excited to play this game for the first time in 2 years!

[@CozyPixels]

I'm so happy it helped!

[@Ezahx]

Lady Dutchess' Launcher helped me fix my DirecX 9c something something issue. Omg, finally!

[@StarFire189]

I downloaded sims 2 from old games and when I played it had like a glitch for the graphics when I would moved the mouse around. Found your video and downloaded graphics maker and it helped a lot! Thank you so much! Definitely subscribed an likes this video!

[@SkizzyBeanZ]

Did you install the patches or only the graphics marker

[@StarFire189]

@@SkizzyBeanZ I only installed the graphics maker

[@Verushka012]

omg I can't believe it actually worked, thank you so much!

[@leeleecee2911]

You are an absolute angel I LOVE YOU. Got a new gaming laptop and thought that was it I would never play it again but I can now ! DEFO SUBSCRIBED

[@ervadegata]

TYSM! my game wasnt even opening in the origin, u are an angel:)))))

[@clwwqy]

thank you so much my graphics looked so terrible on this game and it worked! I’m a new sub

[@CozyPixels]

I'm glad it could help, and welcome here! 🥰

[@Icantuu]

Thank you! This video helped me so much! It's the second time I'm coming back to Sims 2 and use your tutorial to make things work!

[@Corkoth55]

I'm a bit of a TS2 veteran when it comes to this. I was so frustrated when I couldn't get it to run. I knew to use graphics rules maker, I had for ages. I had forgot to choose TS2 as the "game" on graphics rules maker. it defaulted to the body shop. just in case this helps someone. make sure to choose TS2 from the drop down menu. man i'm old.

[@angelikaklaer6198]

It works!! oh my god, thank you so much for this video, i have been trying to get it right for literal years and searched for so many fixes but nothing would work, until i installed the lazyduchess launcher, i'm so happy i get to finally play again! thank you!!

[@Lucy-lulu]

Thank you all so much for this ,i really didnt know where to start

[@vanessa-ld3yf]

Thank you so much! I've been having some issues with my game but your video helped me fix it! ❤️

[@CozyPixels]

Thank you for letting me know, I'm so happy it was helpful! 😁

[@purplemoon7198]

THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKS! ☺️ I was trying to make sims run for hours now thank you soo much 🙏🏼❤️

[@thomasglves2855]

Great video, you have a new sub :) Love this iconic game since 15 years

[@CozyPixels]

Thank you so much! :)

[@tezza22c]

thanks for this video followed instructions exactly and game works perfectly now (graphics card nvidia rtx 3060 12gb)

[@ColeyElizabeth9]

Thank you so much, you are so helpful! Just curious which platform do you play sims 2 on?

[@CutieCatori]

a thumbs up and many thanks!!! such a great video, ive been getting that itch and knew that my ultimate collection was waiting for me but not wanting to get a headache to get it working on my new gaming laptop. so thank you so much!!

[@piyonahhh8056]

hi klau, sending love from the philippines and i am really thankful for this tutorial, it was easy and you explained it very well and i can catch up fast plus it worked. thank you so much! 💗

[@piyonahhh8056]

@Gordola yes po, nagwowork naman po ng maayos

[@zupa9079]

Your video is what FINALLY helped me make my game usable! Thank you!

[@laeller5248]

Thank you so much !! You were the only one who could help me to fix my problem launching the sims 2 ! Works perfectly !

[@VaquitaBu]

You saved my life, TYSM, i was looking for a solution for a long time

[@CozyPixels]

Very welcome, I'm glad it worked!

[@rinoamenna]

I was so excited to find this fix thanks so much for this guide but i did run into a major problem when i downloaded the lazy duchess part it put a virus on my computer so just wanted to warn anyone whos downloading it in august, 2022 be careful ! 💕

[@Icantuu]

I just downloaded lazy duchess patch (zip file) and I have ESET NOD antivirus paid version, there were no viruses in it (december 2022)

[@michaelgarcia5045]

Thank you, my game is running pretty well!

[@PrupleLeon]

IT WORKS! also windows 11 with NVIDIA 1660

[@abnek0]

This video helped me a lot further into the game, so thank you for that. The only problem I'm still having and can't figure out is flickering whenever I'm in Sim Creator or playing on a household and I can't seem to figure it out

[@CozyPixels]

For me flickering usually comes up when my.smooth edges are on the wrong setting, try to modify that in your game (either turn it off or on based on how you have it now) for me that usually solves this 😊

[@abnek0]

@@CozyPixels For me, it becomes worst when it's on low, but even when I have it on the highest there is still some flickering just not as bad

[@nickwikubrata1309]

Best tutorial ever! Greetings from Indonesia. Thank you 🙏

[@ScarletAmethyst]

I suppose the video can be useful although there's one issue that's common on newer Windows 10 computers is that they often don't ship with DVD/Blu-ray drives (for example, the AORUS 15G laptop I have) meaning anyone who has The Sims 2 on discs rather than the Ultimate Collection can have a problem. It could be possible to install using another PC with a disc drive and copying it to the Windows 10 computer but unfortunately the game will not start without using a USB DVD/Blu-ray drive or a modified exe file because of the disc check. The Sims Stories games and The Sims 3 have a similar problem. A useful tip for people who want to get a USB DVD (or Blu-ray drive), I'd recommend getting a name brand DVD/Blu-ray drive such as LG, Samsung, ASUS, or BUFFALO. Do NOT purchase a USB DVD/Blu-ray drive from a no-name company from Amazon (like Rioddas or Gotega) because these drives barely work and will likely fail (likely due to the board connecting in the enclosure failing). Also, I've seen reviews that these "new" no-name drives actually contain old drives that could possibly be salvaged from old laptops or possibly be old, defective, or RMAed drives that they're selling a new which can be a concern since you don't know how reliable these old drives are or how often they've been used.

[@annakerezsi1304]

I ordered a Hitachi - LG data storage, super multi, slim portable DVD writer and works perfectly with the original Sims 2 CDs

[@indigoblu8192]

Thank you SO much! I never thought I'd get this to work! Super easy tutorial thank you!!!

[@CGNeko]

Thank you so much for this, you've helped me play my favorite game again!

[@rednaxelac.gonzales4133]

Thank you so much! I love how detailed your video is and I can't thank you enough

[@Jolgeable]

Well detailed and explained. Thank you! =D Subscribed!

[@raspberryquake935]

aaa thank you so much for this tutorial, I managed to fix my game :)

[@karleydanielle6]

Thank you so much this was so well explained I can’t wait to start playing the sims 2

[@danielkokenhoff9550]

Cozypixels omg you are a smart one i mean smart and cool explanation like omg it makes addictive watching your tutorial 😅

[@SotraEngine4]

They don't actually need to be installed in the released order. But if you don't there might be a chance there might be some bugs

[@Sea_witch_]

I need help please! my sims 2 sims cant select a suite when on vacation, when they want to check in the butler says "select a suite" right? but when I go to the door to select the suite it says "no action" as if they cant choose any room. I have looked everywhere online but no one has a solution, I downloaded sims 2 from a 🏴‍☠ trusty website wink wink, and installed everything properly using your video too.

[@stqrgirle0]

When i try to extract the Lazyduchess's Launcher through winrar or 7zip it says there is a virus contained in the file and it wont let me bypass that? please someone help, ive been trying to get the sims 2 running for weeks now:')

[@Mynameispearwa]

Thank you very much!! I have to try many way to fix this lagging but It didn’t work until I found this video!! It’s very helpful LOL. (I used to change V sync / update my NVIDIA geforce / change 3D NVIDIA / download another programs / re upload the game => all of this didn’t work. The game was lagging a lot. After I do as you in this Video I play the sims 2 again the problem are gone. Yeahhh) About my notebook information : NVIDIA geforce 820 M / windows 10 64 bit

[@CozyPixels]

I'm so super glad to hear this!!!🥰

[@Mynameispearwa]

@@CozyPixels yepp my screen didn't flickering at all but when I buy furniture and put it on ground in bulit mode It has a little bit of lagging but idk why too XD

[@waschbaer93]

A great tutorial. It helped me to fix some bugs that I had. Thank you

[@KatarnCrusader]

You are a saint! Thank you so much for this video!

[@Kimeralas]

Este video vale oro, al fin puedo volver a jugar a los sims 2♥

[@dilaraanl6441]

THANK YOU SO MUCH EA SUPPORT DIDNT HELP ME BUT IT WORKED WITH YOUR WAY THANK YOU SO SO MUCH

[@Papa_Khan]

Thank you so much!! I've never seen the sims 2 look as good as it does on my new computer. The only thing I see thats wrong is the neighborhood decorations at night when im on a lot are still daylit while the ground is night. I don't know where to go to fix that sadly

[@CozyPixels]

Hi! Unfortunately I'm not 100% sure I know what you mean, would you mind joining our discord server and send pictures there so we can try to figure it out? 😊

[@813.t]

It’s says one of the files corrupted during the installation what do I do

[@SooJoon17]

didn't work for me because the Sims2rpc updater couldn't run, then I downloaded the .NET Framework, tried to install it but my system says is already installed. :( HOWEVER, I really liked the video anyways because you narrated very simple and helpful. I like your style so if in the future I'm able to make my sims 2 works I'll keep coming back for more tips and new content. You just got a new suscriber 🙌💖

[@CozyPixels]

Thank you so much! ❤ I'm sad to hear it didn't run, have you tried running as administrator and all these stuff? I'll try to look around for a solution to this problem! ☺

[@SooJoon17]

@@CozyPixels Yes I tried but still gives me an error running as administrator yet I keep trying other methods, this game Is not going to beat me😅✊✊✊

[@Berande94]

This video is very helpful, thank you!

[@michellelloyd545]

Oh my, I can play again. Thank you

[@PerfectProtagonist]

When attempting to launch the game, McAffee popped up saying that it blocked a "virus". It thought that some Peng4 thing was a threat, but I googled it and it's not. You might have said how to fix this some time after the point where I paused to type this comment, but I'm posting this ahead of time just in case you didn't.

[@Willup69]

So, so helpful! Thank you :)

[@xxarinexx]

I'm trying to download the Graphic Reader Finder and it keeps telling me "cannot find game application" even though I have the game just downloaded and launched. HELPPPP!!

[@valentinaromero5994]

My PC detects the .zip of LazyDuchess as a severe Trojan threat, did sombody who fixed the game with those tips had the same problem? It seems that I need more than de graphic rules maker to make it work (it stills shows the error "No DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter found on the system") and I have my doubts about if that .zip is reliable or not since my antivirus is saying that.

[@CozyPixels]

Antiviruses detect every modified .exe file, mine even detects the original SP9.exe after applying the 4gb patch. The lazyduchess launcher is used by lots of people, it's perfectly safe to use. If you get the direct x error, check if you have directx 9 installed to your system. It is required to work properly! 😊

[@valentinaromero5994]

@@CozyPixels thank you very much for answering! When I installed the game, I actually selected the option to install directx 9 but when it finished it said that it didn't installed it because I have newer versions of directx and it's not necesary. But it seems it is. Some time ago I tried to install it manually but I keep having the same error. I don't really know how to solve it if it's only thing of directx :(

[@wanderingenigma]

FINALLY! THE SIMS 2 DOESN'T CRASH!!

[@CozyPixels]

I'm glad it did work!

[@adhirizkyputra]

Thanks for the video, really helpful

[@CozyPixels]

I'm really glad it could help! :)

[@lucaswebster7941]

Thank you so much for this video, it has helped me a lot, A question would everything else still work the same without the Lazyduchess's Launcher mod?, I'm looking for a alternative mod for the wide-screen

[@CozyPixels]

Yes, if you decide not to apply the launcher then just check out the part where I show the manual installation of the 4gb patch😊

[@user-ht7vz8tu7b]

I tried to download the graphic rule maker but it says that it "cannot findvideo cards data base" :( do you know how I can fix this?

[@Vagen1]

Hehe köszike :) Jó kis nosztalgia :P

[@Hans_So_Hee]

Thanks a lot.... finally i can play the game

[@robattack2897]

IT worked but only thing is that game is windowed not full screen but otherwise thank you

[@sanyyy2.0]

it helped a lot!! but it takes time to downlaod and install the game

[@rarevirgox]

Omggg thank you thank you 🙏🏼 new sub

[@CozyPixels]

Very welcome, and thank you too, I'm glad you liked the video!! :3

[@monika_brax4765]

Thank you for the help!

[@tranha3616]

thank you so much, you are a life saver!!

[@ebruk604]

You r the best!!! Thank you so much

[@meowthenpurr]

Thank you it worked!!!!

[@sarahjames9768]

yay! thank you so much❤

[@4ndyAly]

my game works well just with the graphic maker should I download the rest of the things you said?

[@CozyPixels]

I would definitely recommend at least doing the 4gb patch if nothing else! If nothing else it will make your game load faster! 😊

[@4ndyAly]

@@CozyPixels thank you great video you help me a lot.

[@EclipseOfHarleysDawn]

THANK YOU ♥

[@elinh6626]

It do not work for me :( On this part 4:38 it just says "Cannot find game application". Please help!

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

If you use George, it works on Windows 11

[@aless7125]

Hello, I am stuck when trying to install sims 2 with the dvd;s. When installing it asks me to switch from cd 1 to cd2 and after that it just says insert correct cd.. But nothing works ? I need help

[@Windenberg]

I just don't know what to do, my game is playing the UI looks nice but the sims everything is like distorted a bit. I also have a problem in CAS, the camera looks like zoomed in and doesn't let me see the face of the sim very well..

[@TJ_Pinkerton]

boolProp allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation true boolProp quarterTilePlacementEnabled true you're welcome

[@wolferndiabolical1826]

Thank you!

[@lanadelkim6203]

I have all of the disks for every sims 2 games besides bon voyage... but it’s such a fvcking nightmare to install or uninstall on windows 10 that I might just get a crack 😒

[@sinemhanceriguzel3749]

When I downloaded the explorer suite, it wouldn't let me modify the file. I made the permissions on Sims2E9 to everyone, and then I made this change. But this time the game stopped working. "This application is not running on your computer. To find the appropriate version..." Bla bla says.

[@sckya]

Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@SA-tj9le]

funcionaaaa🥰 muchas gracias💗💫

[@hzeldaa]

Is 2gb ram can run it? Cause i always cant opened the game

[@Lucarii_]

For some reason most of these don't work for me. Graphic Rules Maker doesn't let me save after making the changes, Data Execution Prevention didn't help with crashes, the LazyDutchess Launcher troubleshoot doesn't even allow me to install saying I already installed a similar file (I checked and no i didn't its just not letting me install at all), 4GB patch doesn't let me save/overwrite the file, the txt file resolution troubleshoot method doesn't work also bc it doesnt allow me to overwrite the file, and none of the pink flash tips worked either. I'm really lost at this point. Ive been trying to get this game working on windows for years now and everytime theres videos made on how to do it I follow them perfectly and still the game doesn't run for me. I also look at solutions suggested by the modders and nothing. If anyone reads this and has any ideas or suggestions please let me know. I'm just tired of how impossible it is to get this game to work for me

[@alora__borealis]

Having the same issues, farthes ive gotten is being able to get the pink flashing to go away, but then all the sims are blue and tposing and wont move or anything. They cant die either they just stand there no matter what.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

I bought a 13 year old laptop from a pawn shop & all the discs from eBay and installed Sims2 there. That was the only way I ever got Sims2 back😔

[@missmist97]

Thank you so much for this, I couldn't believe my eyes how well this worked. The only problem is that my game is windowed, and I seem to be unable to set it to fullscreen? What's up with that? Can anyone help with this?

[@CozyPixels]

I'd recommend trying to check if you have it set to windowed mode by this method: www.lifewire.com/sims-2-windowed-mode-840403 :)

[@missmist97]

@@CozyPixels Megoldódott, I... started the wrong exe by misclicking 😂 But thanks a bunch

[@emmastark9118]

This video was amazing and you explained everything perfectly! And,I'm sorry to ask this, I know that the video isn't about that, but do you know how to fix The Ultra Speed? It doesn't work for me at all, the time doesn't speed up, and I really don't know what to do!

[@CozyPixels]

Hi Emma! Thanks for your kind words! Unfortunately I haven't heard of this problem yet, and I tried to google the issue but I didn't find anything :( Maybe if you try to launch the game via the Lazyduchess Launcher (RPC) that could solve the issue?

[@emmastark9118]

@@CozyPixels You don't need to thank me! Thank you for making this amazing video and for answering my question! Yeah, there's absolutely nothing! It's like no one has this issue except me! Thank you very much for trying to help me! I'll definitely try your suggestion ASAP! Thank you very much for all your help!

[@Jhud69]

It used to work for me but doesn’t anymore, all graphics rules maker does is lock me to 800x600 resolution. Tried absolutely everything :( I tried installing it on another laptop and I just get an error right after opening the game.

[@CozyPixels]

Did you edit the Graphic Rules file manually like I showed at the end of the video? What type of video card do you have? I'm pretty sure we can solve it to run nicely 😊 if you want join the discord server and we can figure out something!

[@Amilie1905]

@@CozyPixels Me I try everything but It still stuck at 320x200. On my boyfriend laptop just change the config graphic rule its work... I dont understand why its work for everyone but not for me. Lazyduchess's launcher help to bypass the ''DirectX 9.0c and compatible graphic adapter'' but the resolution is still horrible :(