[Jackiefrost9]

Might as well try defragging, if it doesn't help the game it will speed up your computer. Were you playing with the same house/family last night as you were this morning?

[aragornlor24]

Originally Posted by thugedout

SOrry I haven't been around alot, aragornlor24, what are your system spec's?

Before I quote everything let me just say that I KNOW that my video card isn't listed among the supported ones, OK? I've been told that numerous times. I'm willing to accept that that might be my problem and I just have to go buy a new gosh darn computer. I was just so disappointed that it worked great with the sims 2, no problems, and then it kept crashing with the expansion pack. I just got so sick of telling dozens of people my video card (Radeon M6 64 MB) and then them telling me that's why I can't play the sims 2, with them ignoring the fact that I keep telling them I CAN play the sims 2, just not the university EP. If that makes any sense at all! Anywayz, the rest of my specs are Pentium 4 M 1.9 GHz (which I've been told is a weird speed), 486 MB (another weird number), and 37.2 GB (yep, strange).

Just to reiterate, I've been told I would not be able to play the sims 2 at all with my video card, but that's simply not the case; it worked perfectly, never crashing once, even after six hours of play. But since I installed the expansion pack it crashes a lot, saying the video card stopped responding. I should add that I recently upgraded my memory, so azimuth (thanks for responding by the way!) told me that could be causing power dips. He/she told me I might have to reinstall windows, but that sounds like a pain in the butt and I don't wanna do it! What are your suggestions?

[Jackiefrost9]

I'm not sure about the expansion pack, but there might be some graphics enhancements that took place, which would explain why your already on the border line computer won't play it anymore. Try uninstalling the expansion pack and see if it runs the game again. If it doesn't then we have a bigger problem, if it does then I think your stuck.

[Matthew26]

Well, I de-fragged, re-installed it (without wiping out saved sims 2 stuff) and had no success. From what I gather from my lockups, it is caused by "the blue or green ball of doom" where when a sim character kisses (from my experience) another sim, or does something else "intimate", woohooing and the such, I think it's from when they gain asperation points, but it doesn't happen all the time. . If anyone could help, that'd be great.

[cjcapta]

Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with my Sims 2 problem?
I have the Sims 2 dvd edition and it works fine untill I finish creating my first sim in Create a sim. The music still plays and you can move the mouse around, but the game crashes with no message, and I have to reboot. Oh and my system is Win ME. What should I do?

[Jackiefrost9]

what are your specs? processor, ram, video card, ect.

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by aragornlor24

Before I quote everything let me just say that I KNOW that my video card isn't listed among the supported ones, OK? I've been told that numerous times. I'm willing to accept that that might be my problem and I just have to go buy a new gosh darn computer. I was just so disappointed that it worked great with the sims 2, no problems, and then it kept crashing with the expansion pack. I just got so sick of telling dozens of people my video card (Radeon M6 64 MB) and then them telling me that's why I can't play the sims 2, with them ignoring the fact that I keep telling them I CAN play the sims 2, just not the university EP. If that makes any sense at all! Anywayz, the rest of my specs are Pentium 4 M 1.9 GHz (which I've been told is a weird speed), 486 MB (another weird number), and 37.2 GB (yep, strange).

Just to reiterate, I've been told I would not be able to play the sims 2 at all with my video card, but that's simply not the case; it worked perfectly, never crashing once, even after six hours of play. But since I installed the expansion pack it crashes a lot, saying the video card stopped responding. I should add that I recently upgraded my memory, so azimuth (thanks for responding by the way!) told me that could be causing power dips. He/she told me I might have to reinstall windows, but that sounds like a pain in the butt and I don't wanna do it! What are your suggestions?

I am a she and, er, whoever it was who replied first (think it was jackiefrost) is right - while vanilla sims 2 might have hobbled along under spec, it most likely that enhancements in the ep are causing the crashes - your video card just can't keep up with the workload. back in the dark ages when i used to have a 16mb voodoo card, i was able to run rainbow six 3. i absolutely should not have been able to, since the game required a 32mb card minimum, but i was able to run the game anyhow. still, it was quite likely to stop responding after playing a while, since the card was being overworked.
it may well come down to overheating, which, as a failsafe, will cause a card to revert to minimum settings in order to prevent physical damage.
looks like you're going to have to shell out for a new video card. it'll change your life

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by Matthew26

Well, I de-fragged, re-installed it (without wiping out saved sims 2 stuff) and had no success. From what I gather from my lockups, it is caused by "the blue or green ball of doom" where when a sim character kisses (from my experience) another sim, or does something else "intimate", woohooing and the such, I think it's from when they gain asperation points, but it doesn't happen all the time. . If anyone could help, that'd be great.

maybe your pc doesn't approve of smut lol! i dunno, your problem confounds me. sounds like a hardware problem if you have to reboot your system. if you know what you're doing, try disconnecting and reconnecting everything inside your case. still, the lockups seem to follow specific triggers, so... :P oh, and sp2 is notorious for crashiness, too. i wouldn't bring it near my pc for love or money. the blue or green "ball of doom" refers to sim memory - i.e. when a sim does something which is good/bad enough to commit to personal memory (like first kiss, first woohoo, seeing ghost, becoming zombie, etc). if this is knocking out the game, hmm...seems like corrupt coding. but you've reinstalled? have you checked you game disks for scratches? seems a bit unlikely, though. *scratches head* i don't know, you might have to *gasp* contact ea tech support.

[CoasterFreak]

Dammit azimuth, beat me to it. Matthew26, like azimuth said, uninstall the game totally (unfortunately losing save games, etc.) and do a nice clean reinstall. Let us know how it turns out.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Azimuth

maybe your pc doesn't approve of smut lol! i dunno, your problem confounds me. sounds like a hardware problem if you have to reboot your system. if you know what you're doing, try disconnecting and reconnecting everything inside your case. still, the lockups seem to follow specific triggers, so... :P oh, and sp2 is notorious for crashiness, too. i wouldn't bring it near my pc for love or money. the blue or green "ball of doom" refers to sim memory - i.e. when a sim does something which is good/bad enough to commit to personal memory (like first kiss, first woohoo, seeing ghost, becoming zombie, etc). if this is knocking out the game, hmm...seems like corrupt coding. but you've reinstalled? have you checked you game disks for scratches? seems a bit unlikely, though. *scratches head* i don't know, you might have to *gasp* contact ea tech support.

Just for the record, I've had Sp2 for like half a year with no problems. It's on my old computer and my new one. I've heard about problems like this before, lemme see if i can find them and see how we fixed it.

Edit: Ok forget that, 39 pages of this sims crap im not searching through it.

[aragornlor24]

Originally Posted by Azimuth

I am a she and, er, whoever it was who replied first (think it was jackiefrost) is right - while vanilla sims 2 might have hobbled along under spec, it most likely that enhancements in the ep are causing the crashes - your video card just can't keep up with the workload. back in the dark ages when i used to have a 16mb voodoo card, i was able to run rainbow six 3. i absolutely should not have been able to, since the game required a 32mb card minimum, but i was able to run the game anyhow. still, it was quite likely to stop responding after playing a while, since the card was being overworked.
it may well come down to overheating, which, as a failsafe, will cause a card to revert to minimum settings in order to prevent physical damage.
looks like you're going to have to shell out for a new video card. it'll change your life

Okay, I'm giving in. My video card sucks! I wish more than anything that I COULD go get a new video card, but since it is integrated with the processor (I think) I don't see how I could do that without buying a whole new processor, which might not be compatible with my motherboard and so on and so on. It would just be easier if I could somehow get a job so I can save up for a new computer. No one around where I live wants to hire someone with a Bachelor's degree who graduated as class representative with a 4.0 gpa. Go figure!

[Jackiefrost9]

are you on a laptop?
If no then it won't cost that much to upgrade, maybe 100, depends.
What do you have a bachelor's degree in?

[Nemesis4502]

Dose anyone of you have Aim, MSN, Yahoo, or anyother instant mesaging programs? Cause maybe one of you guys cold send me the file i need. If you have it or not can you please post something for what I shoudl try to do? I found the file it self so it should not be a problem replaceing it.

And i ruled out the possibilty of a crapy compute, it has 160 gigabites and i took out useless programs. Also if i were to install all the expansion packs for the 1st sims it will play preffectly.

[Jackiefrost9]

I don't even have the game or else I would, but maybe thugedout or Azimuth will. It's probably a big file so I hope you have fast internet if you get someone to transfer it.

[Nemesis4502]

I don't think its that big of a file cause i tried to manualy take out the file but as predicted it failed 3/4 of the way through, i got dsl i know its not the fastest but its deffiently not slow. I''ll probaly go to the stire tommorrow or soon, but if any of u can send me the file or another file, incase the trade in is screwed up too, I would be very happy to finally get some good games working.