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     log $logGroup $logLevelInfo "Supported video card."
   endif
-If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer towards the GFX Device (because it could not determine how many megabytes of GPU is available), the game will administer a specific set amount of processing memory to be used to render textures, namely 32MB.
+If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer towards the GFX Device & could not determine how much texture memory the video card has, the game will set a specific amount of video processing memory to render textures, namely 32MB.
   if (not $useSoftwareRasterizer)
     # failed to obtain device texture memory size, force to 32MB
@@ Line 164: / Line 164: @@
        setb textureMemorySizeOK false
     endif
-If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer but determines that the GPU has less than 28MB of memory available, then the game will force Software Resterizer instead.
+If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer but determines that the GPU has less than 28MB of memory available, then the game will log a message that there is insufficient video memory and that it will force Software Resterizer usage instead.
     if ($textureMemory < 28)
        log $logGroup $logLevelWarning "Insufficient video memory.  Forcing software rendering on this device"

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     setb useSoftwareRasterizer true
   endif
-This section describes how the game will administer the Software Rasterizer to the GFX Device. If the card is identified and supported, the Software Rasterizer will be used. Otherwise, if unsupported, Software Rendering will occur.
+This section describes how the game will administer the Software Rasterizer to the GFX Device. If the card is not supported & uses Software Rasterizer, place a warning the first warning. Otherwise, since the game won't use the Software Rasterizer, comment that the video card is supported.
   if ($useSoftwareRasterizer)
     log $logGroup $logLevelWarning "Unsupported video card.  Forcing software rendering on this device"

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   seti MediumButDefaultLow 4
-This section reflects the amount of GPU memory that your card can process. The higher the GPU of your card, the higher in processing memory the game will use. If you have a GPU Device with up to 1GB of memory, for example, you may want to change the High setting to "1024" megabytes. If the game cannot find your GFX Device's processing memory, it will be set to unknown.
+This section defines what level of magnitude the amount of RAM that your computer has. The higher the amount of RAM you have, the better it would be to handle the game's temporary storage use.
   seti memoryLevelHigh    512
   seti memoryLevelMedium  384
   seti memoryLevelLow     256
   seti memoryLevelUnknown 0
-This section determines what operating system you use. This section says if your computer runs Windows NT 6.0 or Windows Vista, the first 3 batches of cpu levels will be considered by the game. Otherwise, for non Windows Vista computers, the second set of CPU levels will be considered. This section is used under '''Hardware Rendering''' later on below in the file when determining how the Simulation, Sound Quality, and Animation Sampling will be set.
+This section determines what operating system you use. This section says if your computer runs an operating system with 'NT 6.0' in its name, the first 3 batch of CPU levels will be considered by the game. Otherwise, the second set of CPU levels will be considered. This section is used under '''Hardware Rendering''' later on below in the file when determining how the Simulation, Sound Quality, and Animation Sampling will be set.
   if ( match("${osVersion}","*NT 6.0*") )
      seti cpuLevelHigh        3000

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     log $logGroup $logLevelInfo "Supported video card."
   endif
-If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer towards the GFX Device (because it could not determine how many megabytes of GPU is available), and the game can't determine the texture memory, then the game will administer a specific set amount of processing memory to be used to render textures, namely 32MB.
+If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer towards the GFX Device (because it could not determine how many megabytes of GPU is available), the game will administer a specific set amount of processing memory to be used to render textures, namely 32MB.
   if (not $useSoftwareRasterizer)
     # failed to obtain device texture memory size, force to 32MB
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        setb textureMemorySizeOK false
     endif
-If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer & determines that the GPU has less than 28MB of memory available, then the game will force Software Resterizer instead.
+If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer but determines that the GPU has less than 28MB of memory available, then the game will force Software Resterizer instead.
     if ($textureMemory < 28)
        log $logGroup $logLevelWarning "Insufficient video memory.  Forcing software rendering on this device"
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 |-
+|
-This is the template information used to create the "HOME-config-log.txt" file in your EA Games\The Sims 2\Logs\ folder. This is a file created/written by your game based.
+This is the template information used to create the "config-log.txt" file in your EA Games\The Sims 2\Logs\ folder. This is a file created/written by your game based.
   if ($deviceNumber = 0)
   logSystemInfo "=== Application info ==="
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   logSystemInfo "Driver:          ${soundDriverName}"
   endif
-−
   logSystemInfo "=== Graphics device info ==="
   logSystemInfo "Number:          ${deviceNumber}"
   logSystemInfo "Name (driver):   ${cardNameText}"
   if ($isCardFound)
   logSystemInfo "Name (database): ${cardName}"
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   logSystemInfo "Name (database): ${cardName} <<NOT FOUND IN DATABASE!>>"
   endif
   if ($isIntegratedChipset)
   logSystemInfo "                 (Integrated Chipset)"
   endif
   logSystemInfo "Vendor:          ${cardVendor}"
   logSystemInfo "Chipset:         ${cardChipset}"
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   logSystemInfo "Monitor aspect:  ${monitorAspect}, ${monitorAspectString}"
   logSystemInfo "Screen mode:     ${screenWidth}x${screenHeight}x${screenBPP}BPP,${screenRefresh}Hz"
   if ($textureMemorySizeOK)
   logSystemInfo "Texture memory:  ${textureMemory}MB"
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   logSystemInfo "Texture memory:  ${textureMemory}MB <<OVERRIDE>>"
   endif
   logSystemInfo "HW T&L:          Fixed function:${fixedFunctionHWTnL} Programmable:${maxVertexProgramVersionHWMajor}.${maxVertexProgramVersionHWMinor}"
   logSystemInfo "Pixel program:   ${maxPixelProgramVersionMajor}.${maxPixelProgramVersionMinor}"

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        setb textureMemorySizeOK false
     endif
 If the game does NOT use Software Rasterizer & determines that the GPU has less than 28MB of memory available, then the game will force Software Resterizer instead.
     if ($textureMemory < 28)
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     endif
   endif
+If the game DOES use the Software Rasterizer, set the texture memory to 32MB.
 If the game DOES use the Software Rasterizer, set the texture memory to 32MB
   if ($useSoftwareRasterizer)
     # ignore texture memory reported by gfx device, this is not hardware texture memory
     seti textureMemory 32
   endif
+If the game does NOT use the Software Rasterizer, enable Hardware Rendering.
-If the game does NOTE use the Software Rasterizer, enable Hardware Rendering
   if (not $useSoftwareRasterizer)
     log $logGroup $logLevelInfo "Hardware rendering is enabled"

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        setb useSoftwareRasterizer true
     endif
-Or else, if the GFX Device is from Nvidia, and the card name contains exactly NV 1, NV 2, Riva, or TNT the game will use Software Rasterizer.
+Or else, if the GFX Device is from Nvidia, and the card name contains exactly NV 1, NV 2, or in anywhere of the cards name the string 'Riva', or 'TNT' appear, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
   elseif (match("${cardVendor}", "NVidia"))
     if (match("${cardName}", "NV 1") or match("${cardName}", "NV 2") or match("${cardName}", "*Riva*") or match("${cardName}", "*TNT*"))
        setb useSoftwareRasterizer true
     endif
-Or else, if the GFX Device is from Intel, and the card name contains the exact numbers 810, 815, 740, or 752, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
+Or else, if the GFX Device is from Intel, and the card name contains any of these numbers in its name (810, 815, 740, 752), the game will use Software Rasterizer.
   elseif (match("${cardVendor}", "Intel"))
     if (match("${cardName}", "*810*") or match("${cardName}", "*815*") or match("${cardName}", "*740*") or match("${cardName}", "*752*"))
        setb useSoftwareRasterizer true
     endif
-Or else, if the GFX Device is from S3, and the card name contains exactly GammaChrome or DeltaChrome, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
+Or else, if the GFX Device is from S3, and the card name contains the string 'GammaChrome' or 'DeltaChrome' in its name, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
   elseif (match("${cardVendor}", "S3"))
     if (not match("${cardName}", "*GammaChrome*") and not match("${cardName}", "*DeltaChrome*"))
        setb useSoftwareRasterizer true
     endif
-Or else, if the GFX Device completely unknown, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
+Or else, if the GFX Device completely unknown (e.g. not on the Video Card.sgr file), the game will use Software Rasterizer.
   else
     # unsupported/unknown vendor

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 This variable says to not use Software Rasterizer. It is set to false by default, unless the following variables occur.
   setb useSoftwareRasterizer false
-If the GFX Device is from ATI, and the card name contains exactly Mach or Rage, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
+If the GFX Device is from ATI, and the card name contains the string of text 'Mach' or 'Rage' anywhere in its name, the game will use Software Rasterizer.
   if (match("${cardVendor}", "ATI"))
     if (match("${cardName}", "*Mach*") or match("${cardName}", "*Rage*"))

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   seti memoryLevelLow     256
   seti memoryLevelUnknown 0
-This section determines what operating system you use. This section says is your computer runs Windows NT 6.0 or Windows Vista, the first 3 batches of cpu levels will be considered by the game. Otherwise, for non Windows Vista computers, the second set of CPU levels will be considered. This section is used under '''Hardware Rendering''' later on below in the file when determining how the Simulation, Sound Quality, and Animation Sampling will be set.
+This section determines what operating system you use. This section says if your computer runs Windows NT 6.0 or Windows Vista, the first 3 batches of cpu levels will be considered by the game. Otherwise, for non Windows Vista computers, the second set of CPU levels will be considered. This section is used under '''Hardware Rendering''' later on below in the file when determining how the Simulation, Sound Quality, and Animation Sampling will be set.
   if ( match("${osVersion}","*NT 6.0*") )
      seti cpuLevelHigh        3000
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+|
-This section describes how to game determines your GFX Device. It consults the game's Video Cards.sgr file for the Vendor's & Device's HEX number. It also sets up fallback video cards in the event the game cannot determine the Device.
+This section describes how the game determines your GFX Device. It consults the game's Video Cards.sgr file for the Vendor's & Device's HEX number. It also sets up fallback video cards in the event the game cannot determine the Device.
   # set some config variables based on a card table and vendor specific rules
   # sets isCardFound, cardVendor, and cardName include "Video Cards.sgr"