[LivinDead]

Originally Posted by 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.

Never mind, I fixed it myself. I just deleted the 'Groups.cache' file. Its from My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 Folder.

I got help from here :
http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?titl...p:Game_Problem

yay.

[DrumminMan]

Hello. I just purchased the Sims 2 Deluxe Edition with the Nightlife and Celebration Stuff additions. I installed the Sims 2 vanilla and when I tried to start the game I got the error message:

Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system...blah blah blah.

What I don't understand is that I have an ATI Radeon 9550, which the box says that the Sims 2 is compatible with:
Chip Type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4153)
Memory: 128 MB
And my monitor is a Philips 107C6/F6/H6/T6. I also have DirectX 9.0c. I tested the Direct 3d in the DirectX Diagnostic Tool and it failed 7, 8, 9.

I am at a loss!

My system specs are:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name OFFICE
System Manufacturer Acer
System Model Aspire T120c
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2002 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. R01-A3, 02/12/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 119.74 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.47 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

I have no idea on how to get this to work. Battlefield 2 works, why wouldn't this?

[mikkysixx2010]

ive had my sims 2 deluxe disc for at least 2 years and im trying to load it on a older laptop with windows xp .. it loads to 65% and at the file base\tsdata\...n003_lot126package and says it cant load the file would you like retry or cancel ...its my sisters old laptop and it could load the sims 3 with all of he files still on it

[PinkyLove3]

Hey, sorry I'm sure this has been asked before but this thread is sooo long I got through the first 15 pages and said screw it lol.

Anyway, I just installed sims 2 and am having problems with the graphics when I'm in play mode, everything is fine in build and buy modes though. In play mode my sims get decapitated, their heads will float along where they should be but their bodies will either be stretched across the screen as they walk or moving as they should be on another part of the screen. This is actually kinda cool looking, but also incredibly annoying. And occassionally the wall or floor patterns will stretch across the screen the same way. It seems to happen randomly, sometimes doing it as they walk, sometimes as they stand still, and sometimes the game will run perfectly for 15-20 mins.

I'm running a Toshiba satellite laptop, it's not even a year old yet. These are the specs from Toshiba.com:

Operating System C1 2
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (32-bit version)
Processor and Chipset3
• AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60
o 2.0 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, HyperTransport™ Technology @ up
to 1600MHz
• AMD M690V chipset
Memory4
• Configured with 2048MB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM (both memory slots
may be occupied). Maximum capacity 4096MB **I have 4g in at the moment**
Hard Disk Drive5
• 250GB (5400 RPM); Serial ATA hard disk drive
Fixed Optical Disk Drive6
• DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive supporting
11 formats
o Maximum speed and compatibility: CD-ROM (24x), CD-R (24x),
CD-RW (16x), DVD-ROM (8x), DVD-R (Single Layer, (8x)),
DVD-R (Double Layer, (4x)), DVD-RW (6x), DVD+R (Single
Layer, (8x)), DVD+R (Double Layer, (4x)), DVD+RW (8x), DVDRAM
(5x)
o Supports Labelflash™ media to burn high quality labels directly
on the disk.
Display7
• 15.4” diagonal widescreen TruBrite®TFT LCD display at 1280x800
native resolution (WXGA)
o Native support for 720p content
Graphics8
• ATI RadeonTM X1200 128MB-319MB dynamically allocated shared
graphics memory


I believe that's all the necessary info...sorry if it's more than you needed I just copied and pasted.
Thanks in advance for your help

[Piggycop]

This is probably a re-post but When trying to uninstall the Sims 2 and some of the expansion packs the uninstallers will not load. After market uninstallers will not remove the game either. Any ideas?

[Piggycop]

Originally Posted by Piggycop

This is probably a re-post but When trying to uninstall the Sims 2 and some of the expansion packs the uninstallers will not load. After market uninstallers will not remove the game either. Any ideas?

I uninstalled it manually. Thanks guys.

The instructions: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?...Help:Uninstall

[sevendust457]

i know this isnt really about installation and how it runs but i was playing the sims two and i have bon voyage, pets, university, and my main sims thingy is sims 2 double deluxe and i have a family and i used the tombstone of l and d to grow the kids up faster and now the girl child isnt a relative anymore. could anyone please help?

[vooodude]

hey everyone,
I just installed Sims 2 ...and when i run the game i get this error



My system config are





and i have a nvidia graphics card with the following config



1ST IS IT SUFFICIENT FOR SIMS 2???

PLEASE DO HELP ME ... I TRIED READING THE OTHER THREADS AND IT IS 208 PAGES LONG I COUDN'T READ THE WHOLE THING AND MOST OF THE REPLIES AND POST ARE TOO OLD ...AND ALSO SURE SOME OF YOU WOULD HAVE FACED THE SAME ISSUE...DO SHARE HOW YOU FIXED IT HERE...

HOPING TO GET THIS WORKIN AND PLAY IT THIS WEEKEND

CHEERS, THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!

[xyza]

Problem Installing Sims 2 Double Deluxe?

While trying to install it even at 100% it stops and this pop-up comes out "A problem occurred when trying to transfer the file 'E:\EP2\TSData\Res\Sound\SfxK2.package' from the media. Do you want retry to copy the file, or cancel the installation?". no matter how many times a click retry it always comes up. is it my computer? the disk? or what? >_>

[ketsueki13]

Originally Posted by xyza

Problem Installing Sims 2 Double Deluxe?

While trying to install it even at 100% it stops and this pop-up comes out "A problem occurred when trying to transfer the file 'E:\EP2\TSData\Res\Sound\SfxK2.package' from the media. Do you want retry to copy the file, or cancel the installation?". no matter how many times a click retry it always comes up. is it my computer? the disk? or what? >_>

This type of issue is usually a problem with the disc. I would recommend seeing if you can replace it.

[jbird66]

whenever i try to create a family, it freezes while loading the family. it also freezes sometimes when i try to go to pleasantville. i have vista home premium, and the sims 2 double deluxe.

[jbird66]

i keep getting this message that says "the spplication has crashed. the application will now terminate."
help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[jbird66]

oops i mean the application

[SugarPinkKitty]

Q: I recently wiped my computer (everything is working perfectly so it's not the problem) so I uploaded the Sims 2 (and all the expansions I have). Everything went well, the splash loaded along with the opening movie and the page where it says "The Sims Free Time" and the green bar loads across the top.
However, when it finishes loading that the screen goes black like it's about to go into the game but then I get two messages. I'm not exactly sure what they say but both of them refer to my graphics card (or something similar to that) is not communicating or an error occurred. Once i hit 'okay' on both it kicks me out of the game and then the graphics on my computer are very old school, like MSDOS. The computer doesn't freeze, but it looks strange.

Before I wiped my computer I could play the Sims 2 and the Nightlife and Bon Voyage expansion packs just fine. Now I have six expansions and 2 of the "stuff" expansions. I'm wondering if it's my graphics card or RAM. Here are my specs that I can find:
System:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Computer:
Intel(R)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
2.79 GHz, 512 MB of RAM
(I also know I have over 9 gigs free on my hardrive)

[Seiko]

Originally Posted by LivinDead

Never mind, I fixed it myself. I just deleted the 'Groups.cache' file. Its from My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 Folder.

I got help from here :
http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?titl...p:Game_Problem

yay.

I joined Tech Support Guy because I had the same problem with the game's program just not running suddenly. I wasn't getting answers elsewhere and when I just used google I found someone else's problem and saw how it was solved. I thought by joining this, I could find out more. I'm very glad I did! Reading through as many issues as I could before I posted, I found this one--and it worked for me as well. I had tried everything except deleting the cache files (which had never occurred to me) and feel relieved that it worked. I was just about to post when I saw this, so thanks to you as a user. For anyone else, though, deleting cache works really well!