[bluyndrdrms]

Oh yeah, and recently, everytime I have anyone cook porkchops, they start a fire. They used to have them all the time with no problems.

[savannahhewson]

i have a problem and i need help. (obviously)
so ive been playing sims 2 for like 2 years. i barely ever play it but whatever. it used to do this thing where if i pressed Ctrl+Alt+Delete it would start task manager and minimize sims 2. So then i would click on sims 2 again and there would be streaky lines through every thing and when i moved the view it would go to normal and then id sop moving and it would flash and streaky lines would be through almost everything again. I would close sims 2 and put the disc back in and it would be fine. Even if i saved while it was like that it would still be fine after. I hope you know what im talking about. Well a couple months ago it just decided to do that right as i started it up. All the houses and little green sim diamonds and all the sims and stuff would all have vertical lines through them! And whenever i move its fine. Well i cleaned the disc restarted it many times i uninstalled it and re-installed it and its still screwed up. I NEED HELP!! it wont go away whats wrong?

[kyemc09]

I cant find the video adapters tag!!!! Help plz!!! And another thing my sims 2 used to work fine but my dad syatem restored my computeer an i installed it agen n it not working now plzzz sying could not find directx 9.0c or sumthing helpppppp!!!!!!!1

[katztanxa]

I have sims 2 seasons and have been playing it for years but recently when ever I'm playing no matter what sim I'm playing with when ever I click on something the menu only stays open for a second max. I was wondering if anyone knew what was causing this or how to fix it because it is impossible to play with it like this. Thanks.

[ketsueki13]

Originally Posted by kyemc09

I cant find the video adapters tag!!!! Help plz!!! And another thing my sims 2 used to work fine but my dad syatem restored my computeer an i installed it agen n it not working now plzzz sying could not find directx 9.0c or sumthing helpppppp!!!!!!!1

As far as I know, you should have DirectX 9.0c, if you have XP SP2, but we can always try to install it.
You can get the download here:
http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/d...1-914185249413

[VariousCrisps]

Everytime I insert a CD to play the game, autoplay and shortcuts don't work, and all games seem to not be installed. This only seems to have happened since I bought my new computer with Vista home basic on it, but I don't have much time to play the sims anymore, so I can't be sure if that's the problem.

The games had all been previously installed, but when I insert the Seasons CD (the latest expansion I have), the short cuts don't work, autorun doesn't work, everything under 'EA Games' on the start menu doesn't work, as if all the games have been uninstalled. Basically, the only way I seem to be able to play is if I install ALL of the games, yet again. I don't have the patience to do this for the second time in a few months, so if anyone could shed some light on this problem I'd be very grateful.

[Amy-crystal]

My Sims 2 freezes randomly at parts when i'm playing, sometimes it loads and allows me to play for a while and then freezes, sometimes i have no problems and most of the time it wont let me create a family, I was wondering whether it was my video card and sound card - My system Video memory is 128 Mb and my Shared system memory is 230Mb. Apparently it could also be to do with my graphics card? I have a Mobile Intel(R) 965 express chipset family chip type. I'm really not sure what I'm talking about here but i really need help with my game. When i bought this laptop it said it had the system requirements for the game so why am i having this trouble? any help would be appreciated.

[mynameis123]

i can build, buy, etc with no problem,
but when i'm in live mode and try to get a sim to perform an action,
the options will pop up (for about a split second) and disappear just a fast as they came. (they don't even come up long enough for me to read them)

since the actions don't come up, i can't get my sim to do anything!
make a call...drive their car...throw a party...make some food...it's frustrating! i'm thinking maybe its just my laptop, or there is some code i can put in to stop this...please help.

i can't play the game if i can't get them to do anything myself!

[xomanadaxo]

Originally Posted by xRissa

Sorry to be such a pain but I realize that there's 200+ pages. I searched through the thread for a answer but I see that most have the same problem and none seem to have the solution.
Q: Whenever I try to save my family the game freezes, I'm using Sims 2 Deouble Deluxe with nightlife and celebtration expansions included. I haven't tried to build anything yet but every other area of the game is working fine except for the make a family feature. What do I do?

I'm having a similar problem. I have read through all 207 pages of this thread and, while the issue has been mentioned several times, it's never been resolved.
I played the Sims 2 on my laptop for several months earlier this year and had no problems. I got busy with school and stopped playing until a few days ago. When I started back up again and tried to create a family, the game crashed. During the create a family screen, the image will flicker and occassionally freeze on step 6. If it doesn't freeze on step 6, it will always freeze after I click on "save family" and try to go back to the neighborhood. It appears to be loading (the blue screen with the family picture), but will not make any progress. Sound is not affected. I have similar issues when trying to load houses, neighborhoods, community lots etc, but they are not as frequent. It always freezes, but not always at the same time.
I'm playing The Sims 2 Double Deluxe on a HP Pavilion dv6000 notebook. I haven't downloaded anything extra for it.

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 3062MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Device: Intel Mobile 965 Express Chipset Family

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've spent hours searching for a solution!

[Mmikael]

Hi.
I tried to look the answer from previous questions, but I just couldn't read them all... So,my Sims 2 works fine, except that I cannot get that code track ( or whatever I should call it..)to appear.. It appeared once, just once.. I would like to use some codes while playing,so I would be thankful if somebody could suggest something to do to that problem... I am sure I'm pressing the right keys, CTRL , SHIFT and C..
Thanks if somebody can help!

[ketsueki13]

Mmikael: Do you have Vista? Some people have reported needing to push CTRL-SHIFT-Windows Key-C.
Another common problem is another program using that as a shortcut. Common culprits are Cursor XP and HP Health Check.

[Mmikael]

Thanks,million times thanks! I dont know yet if it works,but I'll try later today.. And so,yes, I do have Vista.. x_x

Thanks.

[pix3la]

I had the same problem as Brendee, I installed sims 2 and I have problems with adult skins. they are white with words writted on them. This only happens with adults and tennagers's faces.
I can still play the game no problems, I just cannot see some of their clothing or skin tone.

My sony vaio specs are :

OS : windows vista
CPU : core 2 duo 2.0 GHZ
RAM : 4Go
Video card : ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430

Thank you very much

[LivinDead]

Hi, I have a problem with my sims 2.
Ok, Ive got all the Expansion packs, besides free time and apartment life.
Its been working great for months, but today I tried to start it, it couldn't work at all. The Bon Voyage Launcher would appear, and then after clicking play, I checked through the windows task manager and simsEP6.exe appeared for a few seconds, then disappeared. Ive tried restarting and shutting down so many times. Still the same thing. I hope someone could help me out with this. And just to add if it helps, Ive been downloading a lot of stuff for my sims, but It never caused any problems, and I dont think it is since the last time I added a download was days ago and I could still play many times and worked fine.
Another thing, I tried to re-install bon voyage, but that even couldn't really work.

[manda51093]

I have sims 2 special dvd edition. I installed it fine, but I cant find out how to actually play the game. I find all the bonus stuff like wallpapers and things fine. But I cant play the game itself.