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HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC HOW TO
HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC INSTALL
HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC DRIVERS
HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC DRIVER
HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC SOFTWARE

An Intel Mac (obviously) with a recent version of OS X / macOS.

This is by far the best solution for gaming and also to use plenty of other applications that can run only on Windows. Bootcamp is the best solution indeed, as you’ll have a dual boot, which means benefiting from two operating systems without any loss of performance, and Bootcamp makes installing Windows on a Mac ridiculously easy. If you’ve come here, you’ve certainly been advised to play on Windows in a dual boot with Bootcamp in order to manage to play without difficulties, as the Sims 3 can use twice as much RAM to run the Sims 3 on Windows without crashing (2 GB on OS X / macOS, 4 GB on Windows). I know how frustrating it is, as somebody who plays the Sims on Mac too. This tutorial isn’t directly about the sims 3, but hopefully it will help you, Mac players, who can’t play the Sims 3 on Mac without great difficulties due to RAM issues that happen only on this OS, and who can’t even play the whole Sims 2 game on Mac. FRAPS is also capable of taking high quality screenshots and videos of your game on Windows.

HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC SOFTWARE

You can easily check your FPS at any time with fps on (enter it like a cheat command in the Sims 3), or with software like FRAPS. You also need to limit the FPS with NVIDIA Profile Inspector every time you open a session with Windows, as your settings won’t be saved for the next session. You can choose a lower FPS if you wish, especially if your GPU is old.Īpply changes and you’re ready to play ! Never quit the application or close this window as you’d lose your custom settings.

HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC DRIVER

Your global driver profile should say that the frame rate limiter is off. Click on it to open the NVIDIA profile inspector window. Right to Driver version, you should see a tiny button with the green NVIDIA logo. Once you’ve installed it and opened it, you should see something like this.

HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC INSTALL

Download it here (beware of ads with fake download links, always download with an ad blocker for your safety) and install it. Fortunately, NVIDIA Inspector is a FPS limiter that also works with the Sims 3 in windowed mode. And if you play in fullscreen mode, you’re going to experience the dark screen issue again. There are plenty of solutions to cap the Sims 3’s FPS, but most work only in fullscreen mode. So, if you don’t have installed a FPS limiter for the Sims 3, your game will fry your GPU. Your game’s FPS (Frames Per Second) is very important, because if it’s too high (higher than 60 FPS, which is your monitor’s frame rate in this case) and not capped, your GPU will struggle with a very high FPS and will overheat, destroying your computer’s hardware. Sadly, the Sims 3 is known for not having a built-in FPS limiter. Now that you surely want to play the Sims 3 to test your graphical settings, you’ve probably noticed that your settings go back to very dark if you’re playing fullscreen, which is why you need to play in windowed mode, as windowed mode will save your custom graphical settings including your temperature and gamma. You can compare them to your old settings, and start clearType Tuner if you wish, but this isn’t mandatory. Now your new graphical settings should look much better. Again, your preference will depend on your eyes. I personally find that the monitor looks a bit reddish and too warm, and even more while playing the sims 3, so I adjusted it like this for a neutral result. You can adjust color balance, if you wish.

It may be lower or higher for you depending on your monitor. It does need to be very high for games like the Sims 3, which can look even darker than your desktop. On my screen, to give you an example, it needs to be this high.

Your gamma will need to be very high to get rid of the dark screen issue. It will show you a short explanation, that sadly won’t be very useful on an Apple monitor.

HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC HOW TO

Pass the intro screens, and go directly to How to adjust gamma. Go to Advanced display settings.Īdjust your window size so you can see your desktop and adjust graphical settings to your personal preferences. Go to Windows settings -> System -> Display.

HOW TO BRIGHTEN YOUR SIMS 4 GAME MAC DRIVERS

Because NVIDIA drivers have their own graphical settings, and lower Apple monitors’ gamma too much.

Fortunately, it can be solved pretty easily, by playing in windowed mode only and correcting the screen’s gamma. This issue seems specific to NVIDIA drivers. And your games such as the Sims 3 look even darker, almost unplayable. When you’ve installed drivers, you’ve probably noticed that the screen looks awfully dark. Do a clean install if this is the first time where you’re installing them on this partition. If you already haven’t done it, download up-to-date NVIDIA drivers on NVIDIA’s website. This tutorial will help you solving graphical issues specific to NVIDIA drivers and will prevent you from frying your GPU while playing the Sims 3. This is the second part of the Bootcamp tutorial for the Sims 3.