Save and exit and then start the game to see if it works. Copy the medium settings and paste them over the low settings to allow the game to start at 1024×768 resolution or better. You will see settings for Low, Medium, and High. Now edit the original file and find the section:
… and make a copy of it under a different name as a backup (something like Graphics ) I tried another search in Google last night and found a suggestion on a discussion forum.Ĭ:/Program Files/EA GAMES/The Sims 2/TSData/Res/Config/Graphics Rules.sgr
The EA Games support site didn’t have much useful information on it, I tried the command line options that allow you override the defaults, but it didn’t make a difference. My laptop has a native resolution of 1024×768, so it would be much better to run the game at that level. I recently bought a copy of The Sims 2 but when I installed it, I found it was stuck at a resolution of 800×600, and I couldn’t get it to run any higher.
