[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Cm477

Two questions really.
1)Has anyone else tried running Sims 2 on a computer with similar specs: 1.7GHz proc, Radeon xpress 200m 64mb, and 512mb ram shared? I've been told it will run too slow. Will adding more RAM solve this? It's a laptop so changing vid cards isn't an options.

2)Can sims 1 and sims 2 be installed at the same time on a computer? Obviously not run at the same time, but I'd like to leave sims 1 installed.

thanks

will more RAM speed it up? well it's never a bad thing. what processor is it? 1.7Ghz doesn't really say a thing anymore. my cpu is 2.13 Ghz but it will own a 4Ghz Pentium 4. That video card tells me that the game will probably never run very great. Yes you can have the first and second sims installed at the same time.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by phwoar24

Hey everybody! I have been having some rather annoying problems with my game lately. For no reason whatsoever it has insisted on blurring not only my clothing, but my testures, my eyes, my hair, etcetcetc. I have intel and I dont have a very fancy graphics card (i tried the troubleshooting method on MTS2 and it wont work for me because of that). Anybody have an idea on what I can do?

well what graphics card do you have?

[TsukiGoKim]

I'm running Open for Business on top of the DVD version of the Sims 2. I've been builing a replica of the apartment complex I live in and have been having no troubles until... I can no longer add any walls.
If I remove a piece of a wall from anywhere on the map, I can add 1 more piece of wall anywhere on the map, but no more. This happens no matter where I try to build the wall. I can add fances, but I can't substitute those for walls. I can add everything but any mroe walls. It's as if there is a wall limit and I have hit it. This is crazy. I have patched both versions (DVD Sims 2 and Open for Business), restarted, moved the lot, but I still cannot complete this building.
Is there anything that can be done or must I give up on adding the third (and final) floor?

[Reicheru]

"I just got the sims 2, and it installed in my computer just fine.
Than., i went to run it and it went I forget exactly what it said
but it said I needed directX 9.0c compability..thingy. So, I went and download whatever that was. I downloaded it.......installed whatever whatever.

restarted computer..

it's still not working! so when I go to play that message keeps coming up! but i've already downloaded it! what's going on?"

I have the same problem, I've installed and reinstalled directx9.0c about ten times now, what's going on!!!

Thanks for any help you can give...

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by TsukiGoKim

I'm running Open for Business on top of the DVD version of the Sims 2. I've been builing a replica of the apartment complex I live in and have been having no troubles until... I can no longer add any walls.
If I remove a piece of a wall from anywhere on the map, I can add 1 more piece of wall anywhere on the map, but no more. This happens no matter where I try to build the wall. I can add fances, but I can't substitute those for walls. I can add everything but any mroe walls. It's as if there is a wall limit and I have hit it. This is crazy. I have patched both versions (DVD Sims 2 and Open for Business), restarted, moved the lot, but I still cannot complete this building.
Is there anything that can be done or must I give up on adding the third (and final) floor?

nothing can be done about it. maxis put the wall limit in there to prevent very large lots from crashing your pc. sorry.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Reicheru

"I just got the sims 2, and it installed in my computer just fine.
Than., i went to run it and it went I forget exactly what it said
but it said I needed directX 9.0c compability..thingy. So, I went and download whatever that was. I downloaded it.......installed whatever whatever.

restarted computer..

it's still not working! so when I go to play that message keeps coming up! but i've already downloaded it! what's going on?"

I have the same problem, I've installed and reinstalled directx9.0c about ten times now, what's going on!!!

Thanks for any help you can give...

what video card do you have?

[Reicheru]

ahhh, it's all good, i've reinstalled windows and everything's working...for now. Thanks everyone for the tips

[Keira_111]

When I first installed the Sims 2 it said there was something wrong with the neighborhood files or something. And now when I play the game I am having this problem: I go to the neighborhood, I put a family in a vacant lot, I build a house, I save the house, I leave the house and when I get back to the neighborhood the family and lot have completely disappeared, there is no way to access the house or family at all. And the other problem I am having is I cannot seem to download any house lots at all, they all say the files are corrupt.
I have reinstalled the sims 2 several times and every time there seems to be new or worse problems. Is there any way to fix the problems I have noted above.

[Sire Doogly]

ive got a problem with the game, which is also quite confusing.

i bought the game as soon as it came out, and it worked fine until i uninstalled it a few times and had periods when i didnt got on it. at the start of the year i tried to put it on, it worked but after a few days i click on the desktop icon, the sims window comes up and quickly disappears, and i get 'The application has crashed...terminate' window come up. i tried it again after i had to format my pc and it worked fine for a week until the same thing came up.

help!

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Keira_111

When I first installed the Sims 2 it said there was something wrong with the neighborhood files or something. And now when I play the game I am having this problem: I go to the neighborhood, I put a family in a vacant lot, I build a house, I save the house, I leave the house and when I get back to the neighborhood the family and lot have completely disappeared, there is no way to access the house or family at all. And the other problem I am having is I cannot seem to download any house lots at all, they all say the files are corrupt.
I have reinstalled the sims 2 several times and every time there seems to be new or worse problems. Is there any way to fix the problems I have noted above.

patch it. if that doesn't work re-install it.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Sire Doogly

ive got a problem with the game, which is also quite confusing.

i bought the game as soon as it came out, and it worked fine until i uninstalled it a few times and had periods when i didnt got on it. at the start of the year i tried to put it on, it worked but after a few days i click on the desktop icon, the sims window comes up and quickly disappears, and i get 'The application has crashed...terminate' window come up. i tried it again after i had to format my pc and it worked fine for a week until the same thing came up.

help!

interesting. patch it. if that doesn't help then test your RAM.

[squirrelgirl1822]

Originally Posted by Jackiefrost9

interesting. patch it. if that doesn't help then test your RAM.

OK i have no idea what im doing but anyways to my problem when i go to play sims 2 holiday edition it will let me go all the way through intill i get to play the it will say "The application has crashed. The application will now terminate" and the trees or what ever they are have a bunch of letters or words on them. Should I uninstall the progam the install it again or should i do something else please help i haven't been able to my sims 2 for three years now and sims 1 gets very irritating after so long PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!

[Keira_111]

Actually I installed the patch and it did not help so I am going to re-install it. Thanks for the help, ^__^. I will keep you posted to let you know if that works. I am hoping that this does work, however I am very hesitant about it because every time I re-install new problems occur.

[ahsan]

i have a pc with these specs

Ram 1 GB
processor speed: 1.6 Ghz
ATI radeon 1100

can i run The Sims 2 ????????????????

[jenzah]

I have Sims 2, and I have not played it in a while.
I put the disk into the CD-ROM thingy and it doesn't load anything...
My computer harddrive makes sounds like it is about to load, but then it doesn't.
I go to my Programs and etc, and it says Maxis or Sims 2 isn't even installed into my computer ....

What is wrong?