[Nathan7056]

I really need some help, here is my problem it may be a little long...

I got Family fun stuff, it installed perfectly but when it went to launch the game it asked for the family fun stuff disc yet it was already in the drive, i tried many things to fix it but i finally gave up, uninstalled it and decided to go back play the base game with the 3 expansions. But wouldnt you know, i put OFB into the drive and go to play it, i get same message i was getting with family fun stuff. Uninstall OFB and try to run nightlife, same issue, uninstall nightlife and try to run university same issue but seems a little different, it gave me a not responding error type message. Finally i uninstall university and try to run TS2, it works! The base game worked, but i decided to go ahead and uninstall it to. I reinstalled TS2, it worked. I reinstalled all expansions without starting them indiviudally (meaning at the end of each install where it asks me if i want to launch now or quit i choosed quit) i got to OFB and tried to start it, same problem. I decided to uninstall all the expansions again except the base game. Tried the base game, still worked. I was going to reinstall each EP again and this time launch each individualy to see if that worked, i reinstalled university and did so and university gave me same message.

This problem sounds familiar, i believe i had a similar issue with TS1 where once i installed an EP on the computer once if i uninstalled it the entire game wouldnt work, i dont know how i ever fixed it but something is telling me i did HD restore, which is likely not a nessicary move. Could this have something to do with the fact that even when you uninstall game files are not completely removed, after each EP uninstall it states it will delete all saved games, shouldnt that mean i could uninstall that EP and go ahead playing all the rest. When i uninstalled TS2 i told it to delete all saved games, so i really dont see how this could be a saved game issue. But i am sure this has something to with family fun somehow. I have some other ideas but im going to wait till somebody responds to this and gives me some more information because i really dont want to install all these again and it still not works. Thanks for any help.

[hoduken13]

ok.....i installed my sims 2 vanilla with all the expansions. (including pets). i started a new game and got my pets job maxed out a lvl 3 first.....now none of my actual sims can get past the 3rd tier in there jobs, it says i have reached the max of my career.???????? i was thinking that it might be the fact i got my pets job to 3 first, but im not even sure if tier three is the highest for pets, if i knew that it would help me quite a bit.

[Bloody_Rose]

Umm i bought the sims 2 and installed it on my boyfriends pc coz i knew it wouldnt work on mine. We updated the directx 9.0c or w.e it called wen it said it had a error with that. The game works untill you get to the screen where the sims 2 it broken it sqaures and they light up when as it loads, it comes up with a box saying something about a error and freezes the computer. Please help, I've waited ages for it to be delivered!!!

[ochthenoodle]

Originally Posted by jenzah

ok im having an other problem with sims 2 disk..
i just got sims 2 pets
and it says you need sims 2 installed. -sigh-

so anyway.
i try installing sims 2 in my E: drive.
and it worked..
until..
it says put in disk 2.
it stops at 23%.

what shall i do?

Did u manage to fix this coz Im getting exactly the same prob, stops at 23% then wont do anything!! Plz msg bk Im getting withdrawl symptoms!! lol

[Jackiefrost9]

Good lord it's been a while. I'll start from where I left off, gimme a bit to get to all of you.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by 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 ????????????????

not very well.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by 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?

try to re install it.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by dolmunda

Hi guys!
I'm getting really bored... can you help me please?

My game works fine, it´s fast, everything is ok...
But, I installed the color enabler pack and then downloaded some (like, about 1800...) objects and "skins" including collection files...
When i had just a few it still was working, but now it freezes when it's loading... and it says something like "The aplication blocked. The aplication is ending"
Did i get two many downloads???
Is there a limited number of downloads for the game to work?

Or is there any program that searches for errors in the .package files?
Like "sim cop" for Sims 1.

I really want to play my game with those wonderfull hairs and makeup and clothes and furniture!!!

oh, i got a pentium 4 3.0Ghz, with 1GB ddr, an ati radeon 9200 128mb and more than 60gb free disk space, I guess it's enough for it to work!

Thank you for your help!

Sometimes certain downloads make the game not work, you'll probably have to remove them all and start over.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by jenzah

I did wipe the finger prints off with the Cd cleaner thing..

So I put my Sims disk 1 in my computer and then do that run thing?

Use a soft toothpaste, by soft I mean with no "crystals" in it. rub it on and wipe it off with water. there are also other scratch removers you can buy.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by ahsan

i already asked?i have 1 GB ram 1.6 Ghz processor and ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 will i be able to run SIM... oh pplus this is a laptop ???

not very well.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Phenomenon

Hi there!

First of all, this is a great forum and a brilliant idea. It sure has helped many poeple

However, I still got another problem (or I haven't found it in the forum as there are quite a lot of posts)... The thing is that I installed Sims 2 and even played it without any problem. It worked well for some time. Then, from one day to the other, it simply didn't start anymore. It crashes during the loading screen, sometimes issuing an error message from windows that it needs to be closed, sometimes nothing happens at all when I try to start it. It tried most of the things, including windowed and nosound command lines, but nothing helped. I can't explain it, as I didn't change anything of my system. Drivers are up to date, direct x as well.

My system:

intel dual core 1,73ghz

ATI mobility radeon X1600 512mb

2 gb ram

and enough space on HD...

As I said, the funny thing is that it worked before, but stopped working properly now...

Any advices or ideas about this problem? Thx in advance!

Ph.

Did you download any objects or anything before this? Did you install any other programs before this?

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by DDEEH

I accidentally had an error with my sims 2 so I just borrowed my friends to install it. Everything worked fine but whenever I go to play the picture shows up ( the left hand side of the picture that is) on the right hand side of the screen and gets cut off. I un installed it many times and re installed but nothing happened. It keeps doing this!
it is starting to frusterate me and I am VERY confused! It might be because my dad accidentally deleted all of my games without the cd's or something but I don't know!,
please help,
ddeeh

p.s. e m < e-Mail me 2 help ~ thx!

Check the graphics settings, particularly the screen resolution and refresh rate. set those equal to that of you desktop. if you don't know what those are then you could try 1024x768 at 70Hz. you'll see where those numbers go when you get in the screen. Also you could try the dials on your monitor to get the picture right.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Yanny10

Im sure when some of you read this you will roll you eyes and keep surfing the internet, but my problem is that my sims 2 runs VERY slow.

These are my specs

Intel Celeron Processor

Etower 400i

Windows XP

400 MHz

160 MB of RAM

I know my computer is very old but I love Sims2 and I really want to play it, I tryed calling MicroCenter and seeing if they could put more something on my CPU to make it work faster but I do not know what to put on it, (MHz or RAM?)

PLEASE HELP! I appreciate any little advice to make it run a little better

Thanks,
Yanny

Honestly, I think it is time for a new computer. To make the sims better you would have to upgrade your RAM and cpu, which in turn makes you upgrade your motherboard, which goes for a new power supply, and you probably have a 5400rpm hard drive which is really slow and would make for long loads.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by jenzah

ok im having an other problem with sims 2 disk..
i just got sims 2 pets
and it says you need sims 2 installed. -sigh-

so anyway.
i try installing sims 2 in my E: drive.
and it worked..
until..
it says put in disk 2.
it stops at 23%.

what shall i do?

if you have a dell check this out:
http://www.thesimszone.co.uk/knowled...ex.php?ID=3362

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Nathan7056

I really need some help, here is my problem it may be a little long...

I got Family fun stuff, it installed perfectly but when it went to launch the game it asked for the family fun stuff disc yet it was already in the drive, i tried many things to fix it but i finally gave up, uninstalled it and decided to go back play the base game with the 3 expansions. But wouldnt you know, i put OFB into the drive and go to play it, i get same message i was getting with family fun stuff. Uninstall OFB and try to run nightlife, same issue, uninstall nightlife and try to run university same issue but seems a little different, it gave me a not responding error type message. Finally i uninstall university and try to run TS2, it works! The base game worked, but i decided to go ahead and uninstall it to. I reinstalled TS2, it worked. I reinstalled all expansions without starting them indiviudally (meaning at the end of each install where it asks me if i want to launch now or quit i choosed quit) i got to OFB and tried to start it, same problem. I decided to uninstall all the expansions again except the base game. Tried the base game, still worked. I was going to reinstall each EP again and this time launch each individualy to see if that worked, i reinstalled university and did so and university gave me same message.

This problem sounds familiar, i believe i had a similar issue with TS1 where once i installed an EP on the computer once if i uninstalled it the entire game wouldnt work, i dont know how i ever fixed it but something is telling me i did HD restore, which is likely not a nessicary move. Could this have something to do with the fact that even when you uninstall game files are not completely removed, after each EP uninstall it states it will delete all saved games, shouldnt that mean i could uninstall that EP and go ahead playing all the rest. When i uninstalled TS2 i told it to delete all saved games, so i really dont see how this could be a saved game issue. But i am sure this has something to with family fun somehow. I have some other ideas but im going to wait till somebody responds to this and gives me some more information because i really dont want to install all these again and it still not works. Thanks for any help.

try to put the original sims 2 disk in and see if it will let you play with all of the expansions.