[Therion11]

Originally Posted by kkristineee

okay soo yeah i kind of have the same problem I need help. i ran into a problem too. my computer broke down and it just got fixed again. now whenever i played the sims 2 the pixels would become like shutters and if i loaded a neighborhood it would restart the computer. now i took out the game and reinstalled it again. now whenever i click on sims 2 to play it automatically restarts the computer.Anybody know whats wrong?
thanks a lot. help me please!

-kristine

Have you tried updating your graphics driver? Or if need be running as the administrator?

[Cheezmeister]

Hey all. I'm having an interesting problem. I think it's a Vista thing, though I can't be sure because before installing it I hadn't played the Sims 2 in ages. What happens is, upon starting up, everything goes fine until I load a neighborhood (Pleasantview in this case). The opening cinematic is just as it should be; it even shows me where folks live and everything.
http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?i...5601104da1.jpg

When the actual neighborhood view opens up, though, it's disappeared!
http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?i...1892110hn8.jpg
As such, I can't pick a house to play or do much more than navigate the menu. Is this a common, easily solved problem (please?) If not, I'm running Vista Business 32 bit, Radeon X1650 Pro with latest drivers, and playing a fresh install of The Sims 2 + TS2 University. Thanks for any help!

[jbm1991]

hi there, a friend of mine has downloaded some clothes and skins, etc and they show up in body shop and they are in the right folders, but in game they dont work. any ideas why?

[adyrness]

I am having the same problem son sims 2 university, did you ever get a fix

[jbm1991]

nope, still searching

[adyrness]

Found out that I needed to run the latest install of sims 2, in my case sims 2 pets, sims 2 university is available as an add-in from from there. no need to use sims 2 universty disk once installed.

[randomly_awesome]

Will this laptop (havent bought it yet) run The Sims plus Uni and Nightlife?

Name- HP PAVILION DV6615
Operating System- Windows Vista (home premium)
Processor Speed- 1.8 GHz
Processor cache- 512 kb
Memory- 2GB
Hardrive- 250 GB
Shared Graphics (?)- NVIDIA GeForce 7150, 559MB

If the shared graphics are a problem, is there a way to put a different video card into a laptop, or do we have to make do with the one it comes with? Thanks in advance

[karrafish]

I have installed the sims 2 deluxe dvd. It has installed fine, but when i try to start up the game it freezes on a graphic (a logo) i hear a few seconds of music then nothing, - task manager - not responding. I have spent the past 4 hours looking up forums and trying to find a solution - I have found nothing that works. My laptop is new and this is one of the first things I have installed on it so far.

dxdiag
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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/29/2007, 20:34:25
Machine name: HOME-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Business (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071009-1548)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: F3E
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7100 @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz
Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 1212MB used, 3083MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.


Error in event viewer - The program Sims2EP2.exe version 1.2.0.375 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Problem Reports and Solutions control panel. Process ID: 9a4 Start Time: 01c849fecffca3cf Termination Time: 71


I have changed the screen res to 16bit because on the intel website it had a solution for the sims, - changing to 16bit and making the program start in a window. This did not change anything. I also tried the -nosound thing and that let me get about 5 secends further, i got to see the logo turn, then black screen, and not responding again

I have installed the patch, have reinstalled my video card drive, I have installed directx 10.. None of this made any difference

I dont really know what else I can do.. Hoping someone out there has a solution for me.

I thought that my video card would be compataible.. perhaps its not.. Im trying to stay positive and hope that's not the reason.

Havent ever played the game before, just bought it today...pretty annoying to get home and cant play it!!

[crazybabz]

At first i thought instead of posting a new post then id read some others to see whether my question has been answered. I read a few pages, no answer and i realised how many pages their was so i decided to post a new post.

My dad got me a new computer, which has better graphics, etc. than my old one.

The sims 2 worked fine on my old comp, but i never had seasons then but now ive installed all the sims2 and expansion packs ive got and seasons.

1. At first it was fine, then after i been on the game once in the riverblossom neighbourhood when i tried to get on it my computer restarted itself.

Q- how can i fix this??

2. Sometimes after about 5 minutes of playing, the screen goes multicoloured with lots of multicoloured lines going across and randomly, and i press ctrl+alt+delete to get back to my original desktop screen and a message pops up saying the program must be terminated, i click ok, but it does not terminate sims2 and about 20 seconds later my computer restarts itself.

Q- How can i stop this from happening/ why is it happenning??

3. My sims wont sit down or go toilet, they walk up to the toilet and then appear turned away from it, and wont go toilet, and the same happens when i try to make them sit down.

Q- how can i fix this??

-im sorry about the questions its just im confused because ive never had any problems with sims 2 before, copuld it be my new computer, or seasons??

What do you suggest i do??

-Your help will be greatly appreciated-thank you-

[crazybabz]

I think i have fixed the first two problems, not sure though

Still have the problem of sims not sitting down and using toilet, so if any of you have suggestions on fixing it

Thanks

[Nekochanpurr]

Remember to state how you fixed the other problems please, crazybabz, just in case someone else has a similar problem. i wish i could help, the only thing i can think of is a conflicting hack..

[adam_ariff94]

i tried to crack it ,
but still didnt work , my sims 2 is not original ,
it is not an expansion pack

I've Got A Question
Q : If I Start My "exe" and theres a box tht has an "X" sign , wht should i do to solve it ?

[laur8807]

I don't know what I managed to do (other than anger the computer gods), but I seem to have pressed something or another that has completely messed up the lighting in all the pictures of all my Sims. The images shown of my Sims when loading a house or family, the left side-bar images of my Sims, and the bottom picture of the current active Sim--all of them show the Sims in a dark light, as if shadowed in some way. I can show pictures if necessary to show what I mean.

I've tried multiple things to try to fix it, seeing if it was just a temporary problem (i.e. exiting the game). Uninstallation is an option, I suppose, but I was hoping to check here before I did anything like that.

My question is this--have I irreparably messed something up, or is there hope? What can I do?

[lettii]

well. sims 2 have never givin me a roblem, i installed it, played it evrything was good. then i got the sims 2 pets, and it was nt functioning. so then i figured maybe if i uninstall the sims 2 itill give it a better chance to work. well it didnt, it wouldnt let me finish the installation. So then i restarted my computer, and simsa2 wasback on! i was so happy, i thought i lost it. but then when i put the disc in to play, it starts to run up then a box, pops up saying"sims 2" and it has a red circle inside with an "X" and it has the ok button on the bottem. its a samll box tho. i dont understand what it is? did i damage somthing?'

[crazybabz]

erm.. im not too sure, my dad did sumert.

I think he installed patches off the sims 2 website and maybe sumert else

Im sorry im no help, i wasent really paying attention when he was fixing it, because it was pritty boring and i get bored n impatient easily, im sorry