Troubleshooting Upside Down Screen

Upside Down Screen

My version of the Sims 2 plays just fine, but whenever my Sims move into a new house, or get married or when a video plays on the game, I see it upside down. I have purchased two Sims 2 games and they are the same for both. It's really annoying, but I want to know if there is something wrong with my computer or if that's the way it's supposed to be.

 

I never heard of this problem before. Is your game for the PC? Or is it a console version?

 

I play my game on my PC.

 

Oh! Well it's not supposed to be like that.

Click Start then Run and type in dxdiag and click on OK

Report back here with the following info:

• From the System Tab:
  • Processor: Make Model and speed (Mhz/Ghz)
  • Memory (RAM)
  • DirectX Version
• From the Display Tab
  • Device Name
  • Approx Total Memory
  • Main Driver
  • Version
  • Date

 

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.80 GHz
Memory: 382 MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Device Name: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP
Approx. Total Memory: 120.0 MB
Main Driver: ati2dvag.dll
Version: 6.14.0010.6396
Date: 12/8/2003 13:17:00

 

Aha! Is that a laptop/notebook? It looks like your problem is associated with a compatibilty problem.

ATI graphics drivers are less familiar to me than nVidia. Check you have the very latest drivers at http://www.ati.com/products/mobile.html but be aware that Maxis do not support the game for playing on a laptop/notebook computer. If you have it working ... more or less ... then regard that as a bonus.

 

My TS2 in on my laptop/notebook, and it works great! Well. It's a little slow, but I think because I have the internet on there it doesn't help.

And also the 900 songs. And the PicturePackage. And the Roxio. And the 2 TS2 EP's.

I think I did pretty well!

 

Aw man. I had no idea that Maxis doesn't support the game on a laptop. And I always thought my laptop was better than the other desktop computers in my home.

I thank you VERY much for your help.

 

I didn't know Maxis doesn't support it either. My desktop wasn't anywhere close to running the Sims 2 and my laptop is amazing. By the way, I also have the ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP and I don't have any problems with it. So I don't think it's your graphics card

 

Hmmm...I really don't know what the problem is. It's funny how computers work.