Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Screen Flickers on a Windows 10 PC

[ShySnicker]

It flickers on neighborhood view, when I'm playing the game or editing a house. My PC is up to date, and the disc has no scratches and is clean. The flickering is my only problem, I've tried messing around with the settings on my Sims 2 game menu, but nothing seems to work.

[fons_garmo · Accepted solution]

@ShySnicker,

Thank you  Keep in mind that The Sims 2 is an old game and may have some compatibility issues with newest hardware. You can use a program called Graphic Rules Maker (you can search for it on Google) which may help you to solve the issue, as it usually fixes Intel HD compatibility problems

[fons_garmo]

Hi @ShySnicker,

Can you provide a DxDiag of your PC? This will let us to know more about the issue. You can follow this instructions about how to get a DxDiag file: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

[ShySnicker]

@fons_garmo

Sure, no problem. Here it is.

[fons_garmo · Accepted solution]

@ShySnicker,

Thank you  Keep in mind that The Sims 2 is an old game and may have some compatibility issues with newest hardware. You can use a program called Graphic Rules Maker (you can search for it on Google) which may help you to solve the issue, as it usually fixes Intel HD compatibility problems

[ShySnicker]

Thank you so much! I messed around with the settings and got it to stop. :eahigh_file:

[fons_garmo]

@ShySnicker,

Glad to hear it worked  Enjoy with your Sims!

[ShySnicker]

The screen has started flickering again.  I installed all of my other expansion packs, except for IKEA Home Stuff, Happy Holiday Stuff, Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff, Glamour Life Stuff and FreeTime. I messed around with the settings, both on The Sims and Graphic Rules Maker, but nothing is working. Is there another solution? Thank you for all your help.

[fons_garmo]

@ShySnicker,

Please try running the game in compatibility mode with Windows XP. To do it, right click on game's icon and select Propierties -> Compatibility. Also, try running the game as administrator right after setting the compibility with Windows XP (right click on the game's icon -> Run as Administrator)

[ShySnicker]

I've tried running it on compatibility mode, and it made things worse. Now whenever I try to load it, my Sims 2 launcher goes full screen, and messes everything up.  I don't think there's any hope for it playing on this PC, thank you for all your help.

[fons_garmo]

@ShySnicker,

Let's try another thing just in case  Go to Origin and right-click in The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection cover -> choose Propierties.

In Propierties, go to Advanced Launch Settings and in the Command Line Arguments text field, plese add this: -w

With this, the game will run in windowed mode and it may work a better