[Seiko]

Originally Posted by nyhippie543

Okay, I have this really strange problem. Or maybe it's not as strange as I think: I downloaded some meshes and custom content. But when I run the game with these downloads, it stops responding halfway through the loading screen. What's wrong?!

So the game never loads? Strange. The only thing that I can think of is that something may be wrong with your Custom Content. Something may be corrupt, for example. I'd suggest backing up your files elsewhere on the computer and then removing the downloads folder. If by removing the Custom meshes and items it loads, it's probably a problem with your downloads. Then you get to have the fun of figuring out which things are causing the problem. I'd also suggest deleting the Groups.cache file since that helped me out a lot. If that still doesn't work, let me know. I'll try to help you figure it out. Maybe someone else will post soon, too.

[Seiko]

Originally Posted by sjanira

Hi, I recently bought the Sims 2 double deluxe. I installed it and it works fine. The only thing wrong with it is that all the buildings are bright red. The houses are flashing red and when I try to change the wallpaper it doens't work and it stays red. How do I fix this? is there something wrong with my disc?

That's a crazy problem! I hadn't heard of it before. Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling? I'll try to find out what I can about this problem and let you know. Please say something if you find an answer or solve the problem before that.

[jbird66]

well i just got a portable hard drive for my laptop, and it has 250 gb on it. do you think that would help?

[Seiko]

Originally Posted by jbird66

well i just got a portable hard drive for my laptop, and it has 250 gb on it. do you think that would help?

I'm going to assume that by portable you mean external. I've got an external, too, though mine is much older and only 80 Gigs. I use it for anime, mostly. To answer your question, having an external can, undoubtedly, help out a bit, but what you need is actual space on your hard drive. This can be accomplished by increasing your RAM sticks, upgrading your hard drive to something that has more storage or even adding a second hard drive.

Keep your computer's specifications in mind whenever you do an upgrade. If you don't wish to upgrade, I'd suggest burning things you don't use often to DVD or transferring it to your external to give your com some breathing room. Do what makes you more comfortable.

If that doesn't help, try closing out all other unnecessary programs on your computer before you start up The Sims, that way there's less strain on your processor. Really, you should probably do this anyway for optimization, but who really listens to that unless they have to. ^^

[S-Hawker]

Hey, everytime I try to download sims 2 university, it goes to about 98% and says "This product will now ensure that your existing installation is up to date", but then 1 click later [right after I click Ok] it says "The update process did not coplete successfully. Installation will now terminate." and cancels the whole download, this also has happened with Bon Voyage, and might happen with some others that I havnt tried to download. The Sims 2 Unviersity is a fairly new copy, and has no scratches likewise with the Bon Voyage, but its not as new. Know anything that can help?

[S-Hawker]

Nevermind, I just had to download The Sims: Apartment Life for some reason. I think its because I had all the sims downloaded and I had problems uninstalling them all, so there might have been some files left, so to download my other versions I had to download Sims Deluxe then download Apartment life to make sure they all download correctly.

[Seiko]

How strange! You shouldn't have HAD to install one Expansion in order to have another one, but at least the problem seems to have fixed itself. I noticed you're saying 'download' rather than install. So are you pirating it, then? I ask because I noticed after I replied to that girl having issues I re-read her post more carefully and it sounds like she's pirating it--which may explain a lot of her problems right there.

With Sims3 out now, the bundles of Expansions and stuff packs for 2 will follow soon with a cheaper price, so those who want it badly enough with little cash can just wait. It's safer than downloading it these days.

[raluca]

hey seiko...know something i could try to fix the problem without having to reinstall everything?i have mentioned before that i downloaded the game and the expansion and stuff packs, but not so recently because i had them on dvds amd i installed them using those dvds...and it also was not the first time hat i installed the game from those dvds and i didn't have any problems with them at all...but now its asking me to insert the original dvd from the latest expansion pack i've installed : Apartment Life...i tried mouning it with daemon tools...nothing...i tried with magiciso...nothing...i tried burning it onto an dvd and the mounting it but the same :-??...could it be that i need to download something else and then install it?

[Seiko]

Originally Posted by raluca

hey seiko...know something i could try to fix the problem without having to reinstall everything?i have mentioned before that i downloaded the game and the expansion and stuff packs, but not so recently because i had them on dvds amd i installed them using those dvds...and it also was not the first time hat i installed the game from those dvds and i didn't have any problems with them at all...but now its asking me to insert the original dvd from the latest expansion pack i've installed : Apartment Life...i tried mouning it with daemon tools...nothing...i tried with magiciso...nothing...i tried burning it onto an dvd and the mounting it but the same :-??...could it be that i need to download something else and then install it?

Well, Raluca-san, I really wish I could help you. I've never heard of Daemon Tools nor have I heard of Magiciso, so I cannot be of help there. Even researching it wouldn't be as good as actually using the programs--which I have no real desire to do since I don't need to use them.

Again I would recommend trying to uninstall and reinstall them. Because they are downloads there could be a corrupt file in there somewhere screwing it up. What I recommend is that you actually just go out there and purchase the game--at least the base game. The bundle packs coming out even include some of the expansions--or you could wait til they make a collection pack.

Otherwise my only suggestion would probably be to uninstall everything and re-install ONLY the base game. If that works, add an expansion. If that works, add the next. I'm assuming that it's your Apartment Life download that's screwing with you since that's the one you're having trouble with. Try to avoid installing that Expansion and see what you can do. You've been waiting for several days for a solution and in that time you could have uninstalled and tried this several times. I know it's a pain and time-consuming--but glitches happen. To me, it sounds like it has either to do with the downloaded files (something corrupting over time, perhaps) or the tools that you're using to mod the game so that you don't need the disc. I'm not the most knowledgeable about this stuff, though, so if you get other suggestions from people, I'd probably take the word of whoever knows more than I do.

[LolitaoftheVoid]

I have an issue i haven't encountered yet in this post...


I've had the sims 2, and all the expansions, since about april. It's worked perfectly fine, even with my custom content, until tonight. Now, whenever i try to play, this happens:


Everything works normally. The game freezes for about 1 minute when I click a lot. when i click 'enter lot', no matter WHAT lot; even an empty one with no house, the game loads, loads, plays music... and keeps loading. I let it go for two hours before i gave up and started searching the internet. everything I've seen is "i played for a bit but then', or 'i just installed it and...' but mine has been working fine for MONTHS, so i know my system can handle it. Hell, i have 4 gigs of ram and 3 free gigs of memory. My graphics card handles WoW perfectly, I don't even have graphic issues in Dalaran the day of the last patch. So that can't be the reason the sims suddenly quit loading my houses. I deleted all my CC and this is still happening. is there anything i could do?

[Seiko]

What a strange problem you have, Void. I'd say it's really a unique thing. Now I know that for me, even with the upgrades, sometimes it'll take a very long time to load even the INFO for a family for no logical reason. But to load continuously... I would guess that it isn't loading, but crashing.. Upon trying to find similar problems in searches, I found some information I'd like to ask if you've tried. Let's face it, even though it's worked fine so far there must be SOMETHING wrong somewhere..

Did you try backing up your files elsewhere and deleting your Groups.Cache? I also read that sometimes you should also delete your accessories.cache file if you have PETS installed since it can cause the same problems Groups.cache can, but I've never had to delete it myself.

Have you tired fragmenting and disc clean-up recently? That will help in some cases. Have made sure that your anti-Viral and spyware softwares are up to date and done scans? In some cases, maybe there may be a virus somewhere.
Have you tried running the game in Compatibility Mode? I've never looked into that myself, but a lot of people give that out as advice when there are issues.

Have you tired using a different DVD drive? If you have more than one, maybe you should try running it from a different drive. That's another answer I've found people give out a lot for different issues.
Do you have the most recent patches and updates?

If you've tried all of these things, you've covered a hell of a lot of bases. You already said you have a crap-ton of memory as well as a good Video Card and have been playing fine for months, so that makes the sudden problem harder to diagnose. Another thing I would suggest is to make sure that your fan and graphics card are working and have the dust blown off. Some of the posts I've come across on this search have had problems that were solved just by that much. Other than that, as tedious and sucky as it is... I also have to say that you should try uninstalling and reinstalling the game.

I hope you can find someone more knowledgeable than I am. Hell, I get half of my information by searching through tons of google searches. I hope something helps. Good luck!

[Kaname]

When i downloaded sims 2 pets when i alrdy download sims 2,sims 2 pets didnt work and i deleted it and when i try to play my sims 2, it said i need to run sims2 pets. why?? i dont want to remove sims 2 but i want to remove that part

[Jelly-Bean]

@Wonkabonka please go and read the forum rules ASAP.

[Seiko]

I'm very sorry, Kaname, but when it comes to the downloaded games or even uninstalling only portions, I'm not much help. I find, however, that sometimes something as simple as restoring my computer to the last restore point BEFORE I installed a program helps me out a lot. I used to use it a lot if I hated the new versions of AIM or whatnot. However, I'm not sure if it would work for a game. Still, isn't it worth a try?

[Alana_M72]

sims 2 won't load I have installed it successfully so I make a family but it stops responding on the blue loading screen there is sound and the things move correctly and everything it just stops responding at the loading screen and I can go any further can you please help me?