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28-Oct-2006, 09:27 PM #1591
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Q: I Have No Downloads Folder On My Game, I Have Tried Re-installing Many Times And That Doesnt Change Anything? How Do I Resolve This As I Really Want To Download Some "Things"?

Q: All The Walls On My Sims 2 Turn Red After The First Play And Stay This Way Indefinately, HELP!?



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28-Oct-2006, 09:29 PM #1592
i mean the red wall thingy!?!?!?!?!?!
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29-Oct-2006, 01:52 AM #1593
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Q: I need help! I just bought the Sims 2 Pets and when I installed it on the computer all of the wall in the games were red. So I decided to uninstall all of my Sims 2 expansion packs and install only the Sims2 and the Sime 2 Pets. However, when I uninstalled the games and tried to reinstall it, it won't allow to to do so. What's going on?
a specific error that it gives would help.
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29-Oct-2006, 01:56 AM #1594
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i mean the red wall thingy!?!?!?!?!?!
what graphics card do you have?
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29-Oct-2006, 04:11 PM #1595
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Expansions usually up the graphics of a game, so when it worked previously it might not with better graphics. you can try updating your graphics driver but you will probably need a new card.
Do you think a XFX GeForce 6200 512MB would work?
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30-Oct-2006, 09:50 AM #1596
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Hey
I have had the sims 2 for over a year now and it installed and worked perfectly for a few months untill we had to have a disk cleanup of the local drive where it was installed.
Since then I have tried several times to install the Sims 2 only to have the error
"CANNOT LOCATE THE CD-ROM"
Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application

Obviously it cannot be because my computer doesnt reach the requirements as it as worked before on this computer AND on several other of my friends computers without any problems what so ever
Yesterday, I realised Sims 2 was already installed on the PC and so I removed it completely from the system and the disks actually managed to reinstall without a problem.
However, when I came to play the game the same error returned!!
"CANNOT LOCATE THE CD-ROM"
Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application

Please can someone give me some advice soon because it is driving me insane!!
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30-Oct-2006, 10:42 PM #1597
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Do you think a XFX GeForce 6200 512MB would work?
is that what you have or is that what you're going to get?
that will most likely be fine, except XFX sucks. if you're getting it go with a different brand.
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30-Oct-2006, 10:44 PM #1598
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Hey
I have had the sims 2 for over a year now and it installed and worked perfectly for a few months untill we had to have a disk cleanup of the local drive where it was installed.
Since then I have tried several times to install the Sims 2 only to have the error
"CANNOT LOCATE THE CD-ROM"
Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application

Obviously it cannot be because my computer doesnt reach the requirements as it as worked before on this computer AND on several other of my friends computers without any problems what so ever
Yesterday, I realised Sims 2 was already installed on the PC and so I removed it completely from the system and the disks actually managed to reinstall without a problem.
However, when I came to play the game the same error returned!!
"CANNOT LOCATE THE CD-ROM"
Please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application

Please can someone give me some advice soon because it is driving me insane!!
do you have a second cd drive? if so try that.
Also, you can try to rip the cd and use an emulator like alcohol 120% to run the disk, but you need an at least decent computer to do this.
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31-Oct-2006, 05:04 AM #1599
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is that what you have or is that what you're going to get?
that will most likely be fine, except XFX sucks. if you're getting it go with a different brand.
My boyfriends got one he doesnt use, so he said he would give me it if it would work.

Dosent matter if it sucks so long as it works and its free lol
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31-Oct-2006, 04:27 PM #1600
ok well i tried the second drive 2!!!
is there anythin else you can consider to help?
please
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31-Oct-2006, 06:13 PM #1601
sims 2 doors and windows help
i installed the game and everything seems to be working fine except that i cant build my windows or doors.. although i can build walls.. and another thing is how do i move my family to another house?? please help
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01-Nov-2006, 12:13 AM #1602
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My boyfriends got one he doesnt use, so he said he would give me it if it would work.

Dosent matter if it sucks so long as it works and its free lol
lol no, it'll work go for it.
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01-Nov-2006, 12:15 AM #1603
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ok well i tried the second drive 2!!!
is there anythin else you can consider to help?
please
you can try to emulate it and see if that works. search this thread for alcohol 120% it will me one of my posts, i gave a tutorial a while back on how to do it.
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01-Nov-2006, 12:17 AM #1604
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i installed the game and everything seems to be working fine except that i cant build my windows or doors.. although i can build walls.. and another thing is how do i move my family to another house?? please help
no idea on either, you could try to reinstall.
as for #2 i do not know i have never played the sims 2.
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02-Nov-2006, 08:21 AM #1605
Why is Sims2 so difficult to run?
I have really bad experiences with Sims2. I had serious problems with installing the game (it always stopped at disk 3), but I figured out that I could copy the disks to the harddrive as diskimages. After that I was able to finally install the game. However, the game would not run, it freezed just after displaying the sims2 logo.
I have been in contact with EA and was told that the problems is related to background running tasks (like virus programs) or that my computer does not have the system requirement. I really tried everything! All running programs was stopped, and I have checked that my laptop has all the system requirements that is needed (it is a new Dell Latitude D810).

I sent the game back to EA, and after some discussions I got a new game in return.
However, the stupid game will not run. It was easy to install this time, but the same thing is happening - it freezes with the sims2 logo at the screen.

How can EA distribute a game that is so terrible bad (the long lists of problems at different forums is not a gode sign).

Do anyone out there have a clue to my problems or is Sims2 just a really bad game that only runs on a very special computer?
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