Reshade on Sims 2

[stroda]

What you need:

• Reshade 3.0
• DirectX end-user runtime installed is required
• A computer with Windows Vista SP1 or higher (Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10)

Installation:

Install reshade on the higher EP you have.
I have the Ultimate Collection so the path for me looks like this: C:/Program Files x86/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Fun with Pets/SP9/TSBin and then select Sims2EP9.exe.



Choose Direct3D 10+ 
Click Yes to download effects



Then choose wich effects you want (leave them all if you don't know wich effects you want, you can delete the ones you won't use later on the shaders folder)



Then just close reshade and open sims 2



You should now see reshade on your game screen like this :



Enter a neighborhood and open reshade by cliking Shift + F2 and just follow the tutorial.



OBS:

• If reshade doesn't appear on your game, reiniciate your pc.
• Reshade may crash on laptops with dedicated Nvidia graphic cards.

Deleting Reshade:

If you want to delete reshade from the game just go to the game directory where reshade was installed and just delete the reshade folder and 2 dxgi files (a third dxgi file will appear if you had run the game with reshade, and if you created a preset don't forget to delete that too)

Comments

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this! However, it does crash as soon as I get to the neighbourhood.

[stroda]

What version of the game do you have?
It's a desktop or laptop?
For me direct3D 8/9 doesn't work but might work for others.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

Desktop, I've tried both 8/9 and 10+, I have 16GB of RAM, an Nvidia GTX 660ti graphics card, an i7 processor, etc.

I have Mansion and Garden plus every expansion and stuff pack before that.

I do not have ultimate collection. O:

It crashes on a clean install of the game too.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

Forgot to mention I'm on Windows 7!

[stroda]

So Mansion and Garden is where you should install if you didn't already, i don't know why exactly it's not working for you, maybe you need other things for it to work like the graphics rules maker?
I didn't tested in a clean install so is hard for me to help in that situation, in a modified game with mods and everything it works.
Windows 7 is compatible with reshade I don't think thats the problem.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

I've used Graphics Rules Maker already, I have a 4GB card and everything runs very well on it o:

I don't know what the issue is either. I'll keep testing and report back if I've exhausted every option. Thank you so much for writing this tutorial.

[stroda]

They have a forum if you wanna try it out maybe someone there can help you better finding the issue. https://reshade.me/forum
If I find anything I'll let you know, but for now there's nothing more that I can do.

Edit: I just found a tutorial for sims 4 on how to install reshade that I think you should take a look: http://thesimsociety.tumblr.com/post/154017500205/more-i-noticed-that-many-people-have-issues

This person didn't close the reshade window before opening the game, with luck maybe that's the issue.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

Sadly it didn't work.

When I try to boot under DX10, nothing happens, by the way. 8/9 just crashes.

[stroda]

When I can I'm gonna try to find other sims 2 versions and try out reshade with them to see what happens, and maybe setuo up a virtual machine with windows 7.
I know atleast one simmer that pm me about installing reshade, she had Cd's version with Mansion and Garden and it didn't show up for her either with DX10 until she reiniciate her computer then it worked, I just don't know what Windows she was using.
It just bugs me why doesn't work for everyone.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

Have you tried using AnyGameStarter? It's easier than a virtual machine.

It bugs me too because I've got a DirectX 11 card.

[stroda]

I don't know if it works with windows 10 and it's not compatible with Ultimate Collection.
I've already got windows 7, just need to find sims 2 and setup the virtual machine.
Gonna try to start it tomorrow.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

Okay! Also I have a link to the pirate version if you really want ^^ I have the regular discs but they got damaged so I had to use that.

[stroda]

I picked a link on GoS forum, installed everything on VM with windows 7 the game worked fine although flashing pink because the VM doesn't use my graphic card, and so because of that throw errors at me just for trying to open reshade in there.

I'm stubborn so I ended up installing the game on my pc without desinstalling the UC(just moved everything to other place) and managed to install some EPs, game crashing with reshade no matter what and now have to reinstall my ultimate collection all over again. :D

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for such a hassle! D:

I have a theory that it only works with UC.

Also I have a video on the flashing pink here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkmxAg7r3Y

[stroda]

That's ok already have my game up and running.

There is one person with original game and all expansions that got it to work but I don't know wich windows she has, I'm gonna pm her to see if it's really working.
She also has UC on a laptop so better make sure I didn't get that wrong.

One thing that I had to do after reinstalling my game was to remove securom, reshade only worked after I did that. Don't know if you already remove it but it's another thing that might help.

[2fingerswhiskey.livejournal.com]

I have removed it and nothing helped, I'm curious to wonder if it works for other people. I will ask my sims chat group to try it, they are very helpful.

[stroda]

So I asked the simmer and she is playing on windows 10 too, I wonder if it is something to do with win 10 rather than UC.

That would be great if they help out, the more the better.