#sweetfx

Hi😊:

Just trying out @brntwaffles' SweetFX instead of Reshade. I like it so far! Very bright and cheery without washing anything out too much.

The only thing I don't like is that I can't seem to customize the screenshot file path… I don't like the fact that the screenshots are saved directly to the Bin folder rather than one of my choice. Also a bit unfortunate that there's no feedback on whether you took a screenshot or not… I really liked Reshade's little pop up telling you it had been taken. A little bit of feedback like that goes a long way.

I'm also going to really miss my DOF. :( But we'll try this out for a little bit and see how it goes, I suppose? I might still switch back to Reshade after a while. ^^

So, these screenshots are SweetFX + my Photoshop Actions (tweaked ever-so-slightly to remove the extra colour saturation boosting, but otherwise the same). Click through to see comparisons with no editing/SweetFX.

The above error popped up for me yesterday when I launched The Sims 3 and it prevented my game from starting up. After clicking the OK button, it just went back to my Desktop! :o

Apparently, it happened because I updated to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709 - released a couple of days ago) and also because I have SweetFX installed. It may also have something to do with updating Nvidia graphics card drivers although I didn’t actually do that as mine were up-to-date.

Anyway, I found the following solution worked for me so I thought I would post some step-by-step instructions here, just in case anyone else has this problem. :-)

How To Fix “TS3W.exe - Entry Point Not Found” Error

1. Navigate to your Sims 3 Game\Bin folder. Your path may be slightly different, depending on where you have the game installed but mine is here:

         C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin

2. Find the file called dxgi.dll and copy/paste it somewhere as a backup, then rename the original file to d3d11.dll

3. Click ‘Continue’ in the box that pops up, then close the window.