Black sim and blurry chat bubbles

[longhorn4222]

Hey everyone. I'm running the latest version of TSO in a VM running Windows 10.

I am having two frequent problems. One is that my entire sim will turn completely black while everyone else's on the lot appears normal.

Second, and more often, my own chat bubbles as well as everyone elses are unreadable. I can see that there's a bubble, I can see the color, but the actual text is blurry and can't be read. Has anyone experienced something similar or know what I can do to fix it?

 

[hbroadbentj]

Hi,

I think I'm experiencing similar issues to you? When I visit most lots all text is blurred. Also, when I try and interact with objects the menu selection comes up, but I can't click on anything to make a selection. I have attached a screenshot.

 

[hbroadbentj]

I will add that I'm running FreeSO on a MacBook with Parallels running Windows 10. I couldn't get it running on my old Windows 7 laptop.

 

[longhorn4222]

Yep... exact same setup here. And that's exactly what my issue looks like. I'm wondering if it's a graphics card issue?

 

[planetarium]

Did anybody solve this? I'm having the same problem and its leaving the game unplayable...

 

[Rhys]

The solution is don't use a VM. FreeSO lots a lot of uncompressed sprites into VRAM, which VMs do not provide much of at all.

 

[planetarium]

Thanks for the explanation. Is there any reason that you know of as to why VMware works fine with FreeSO whereas Parallels doesn't? I'm just thinking it must be more than the amount of VRAM allocated since running both machines with the same amount of VRAM configured in settings results in two different outcomes. Sorry if it seems I'm questioning your logic, I'm certainly not, I'm honestly just interested!