[luckystrs]

Can someone help me?? I am having trouble with my Sims 2, and was wondering someone here can help. I posted question on the Sims2.com help page but no one has been able to help me.

My first problem is….my game somehow got reset without me doing anything to the game and/or my PC. One day all was well with it, and I play it again about two weeks later and all the progression I had made with my families is gone. (Maxis families) The entire game looks like I just installed it, although if I go into one of my previously played family, some of the snapshots I had taken before are still there??

The second and BIGGEST problem is, is that my downloads don’t show up in my game anymore. I haven’t downloaded anything new to my game in about a month and a half, and before this happened, ALL my downloads appeared in my game. Now I only see 3 or 4 downloads, and that’s it. The files are all in my Downloads folder….I haven’t touched them….put now they just don’t appear in my game anymore when they did once!! The option to enable custom content is still checked like before.

I just uninstalled and re-installed my game, put back my Downloads folder and it’s still the same. I only get 2 or 3 downloads. (all my downloads consist of either, hair, make-up, and clothes) I have many clothes items in my folder, now I'm lucky if 3 show up in my game!


Is there ANY way you can help me out PLEASE??

[CoasterFreak]

Well, certain downloads go in certain folders, not just the downloads folder. Although you said they worked before, hmmm. When did the problem start. It seems a bit odd that the downloads all of a sudden don't show up.

[CoasterFreak]

Originally Posted by 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.

Ok first of all, forget your last sentence about sims 1 expansions. Totally different game with totally different requirements. I just don't want you to think the requirements and settings, etc. are the same. What file do you need?

[Matthew26]

Well, I re-installed it with wiping my saved files and the little "memory ball of doom", now that I know what it is, is my determined cause of my game locking up. What happens is a sim gets a memory ball thing, and then everything except the mouse freezes on screen, then my hard drive or w/e "works" (the little yellow light comes on) and my mouse disappears. That's what happens. I have never let it sit there after the mouse disappears, maybe it will unlock? idk maybe I'll give it a try. until then

[luckystrs]

Originally Posted by thugedout

Well, certain downloads go in certain folders, not just the downloads folder. Although you said they worked before, hmmm. When did the problem start. It seems a bit odd that the downloads all of a sudden don't show up.

This started about 3 and a half, 4 weeks ago. I left for vacation and all was fine. Once I came back a week later is when I noticed first my families were reset, and the downloads problem, shortly after that.

You said that not ALL downloads go into the Downloads folder...I was not aware of this. Which files go where?? So far I have all my Hair, Make-Up, clothes, and 2 or 3 objects all in that folder?? Is that wrong??

As for my downloads problem...is there anyway I can fix this??

[Nemesis4502]

Originally Posted by thugedout

Ok first of all, forget your last sentence about sims 1 expansions. Totally different game with totally different requirements. I just don't want you to think the requirements and settings, etc. are the same. What file do you need?

Yea i know. I need globalcatbin.bundle.package

No matter what i tried to get the file out it didn't work so the file is deffiently corrupted. Like I said before i'll most likely trade it in tommorrow or the next day, cause i need to go get a router to see if i can get xbox online.

Edit: I most likely will go to the store friday instead of tommorrow so if u can send me the package then maybe you can send me a private message with ur s/n for pretty much any instant messaging program, and i'll im you when i see you online.-probaly tommrrow.

[aragornlor24]

Originally Posted by 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?

Yep it's a laptop and the degree is in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance/Economics. If I'd only known that I wouldn't be able to find an actual JOB if I majored in this I wouldn't have done so. Hindsight's 20/20!

[Matthew26]

I wonder if I should just go and buy the NonDVD version of the game, cause I think it's corrupt. Because it ONLY crashes when the sim develops a memory. Could someone tell me if that's a good idea? thanks.

[cjcapta]

Originally Posted by Jackiefrost9

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

COMPAQ Presario 7000Z
QS Athlon DDR 1.1 GHz Processor with Integrated ATA Hard DRive Controller
Memory - 256 MB PC2100 (2 DIMMS) DDR SDRAM
256 KB L2 Pipeline Burst Cache
Bus - 266 MHz Front Side Bus
Hard DRive 60 GB UDMA Hard DRive 7200 RPM
ROM Drive - 16X DVD
CDROM 12X CDRW 12X4X32X
Video Card - Verto GeForce FX 64MB (PNY Technologies) Graphics Card

Thanks,

Chris Linz

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by cjcapta

COMPAQ Presario 7000Z
QS Athlon DDR 1.1 GHz Processor with Integrated ATA Hard DRive Controller
Memory - 256 MB PC2100 (2 DIMMS) DDR SDRAM
256 KB L2 Pipeline Burst Cache
Bus - 266 MHz Front Side Bus
Hard DRive 60 GB UDMA Hard DRive 7200 RPM
ROM Drive - 16X DVD
CDROM 12X CDRW 12X4X32X
Video Card - Verto GeForce FX 64MB (PNY Technologies) Graphics Card

Thanks,

Chris Linz

You're short on ram. My guess is that once you get past that point then The Sims 2 cannot sotre any more data and therefore it fails. Close out of all programs (this includes antivirus and firewall) and see if it works. Also make sure your system is malware free as those programs are known to take up a lot of memory. You might be able to play if you do that.

[simmom75]

Hi, I am new here and just hoping someone can help me. I had Sims 2 and University installed on my computer and it ran great for about 2 weeks, then all of a sudden these weird graphical problems started. Gray and black lines (kind of like pieces of roofs and such), red blocks on the sidewalks, and when I would go into buy mode and take an object out of the game it seems like some of the objects colors would get left behind. I have tried everything listed on EA's tech support site, I have reconfigured my entire computer, updated using windows update (this included updated sound and video drivers), I have tried every driver version for my video card that the ATI site has, I have reinstalled directx9.0c several times, I did disk cleanup, scandisk, and defrag. I now only have the Sims 2 on my system with the patch (no university) and I still get those graphics problems. The thing I can't figure out is if it worked great at first, why did it start messing up suddenly. Oh, and I don't download things for the game, not even from the sims2 official site.Now here are my computer specs:

HP Pavilion 563w
Windows XP SP1 (yes I also tried it with SP 2 and with no service packs)
Intel P4 2.4ghz
512mb Ram
Intel 82845G/GL Chipset (which I think I have disabled)
ATI Radeon 9200 128mb PCI video card
and I'm not sure, but I think my power supply is 200w
DirectX9.0c

I was thinking that maybe it's my disk, I have the dvd version (yes, I have a dvd drive). I was going to buy the cd version and see if that helps, but I want to wait and see if maybe it could be some other problem before I spend that kind of money on another game disk. Thanks in advance for any help offered.

[sims_fan2004]

I installed University a few days ago, and since then one of my sims (not at university, just in strangeville neighbourhood) keeps getting stuck outside her house. It is as if there is an object in her way. She shouts at me as if there is an obstacle she can't pass, but there is nothing there. In her thought bubble which normally shows what is in the way it is blank. does anyone have any ideas?

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by aragornlor24

Yep it's a laptop and the degree is in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance/Economics. If I'd only known that I wouldn't be able to find an actual JOB if I majored in this I wouldn't have done so. Hindsight's 20/20!

I can outdo that one - I've got a degree in Classical Latin. Very useful. *cough*

[dellarose06]

A while ago i bought the sims 2 and it worked fine. Then when we started having problems with my computer my dad decided to change the usernames on our computer from 5 to 1 (we have windows xp) Well after that i tried to play and when i did the pictures on the game were all messed up. So i uninstalled the game and when i tried to install it i got an error. It can't install tsdata\res\sound\voice1.package. Each time i try to install it that comes up. What's wrong with it???

Just now i was looking at my disc and it has a scratch about maybe a quarter of an inch long. but it doesn't look that bad. i dont know if that may have anything to do with it.

and i was wondering if i was to exchange this game for a new one would i still have the same problems. PLZ PLZ HELP!!!

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by dellarose06

A while ago i bought the sims 2 and it worked fine. Then when we started having problems with my computer my dad decided to change the usernames on our computer from 5 to 1 (we have windows xp) Well after that i tried to play and when i did the pictures on the game were all messed up. So i uninstalled the game and when i tried to install it i got an error. It can't install tsdata\res\sound\voice1.package. Each time i try to install it that comes up. What's wrong with it???

Just now i was looking at my disc and it has a scratch about maybe a quarter of an inch long. but it doesn't look that bad. i dont know if that may have anything to do with it.

and i was wondering if i was to exchange this game for a new one would i still have the same problems. PLZ PLZ HELP!!!

i really can't think of any good reason why fiddling with usernames should have messed up your sims installation, so that's probably unrelated. it probably became corrupted when you started having problems with your computer (what problems?).
and i'm afraid that your mostly likely problem with reinstalling is due to the scratch on the disc. try cleaning it, anyway. actually, i kept getting a similar error when trying to reinstall the sims 2 a while back, and when i eventually tore the disc out of the drive in rage, i noticed that one part of the disc was smeared with some undentifiable goop. so i wiped it off, and hey presto! no more error. otherwise, some cd stores can repair scratches on discs, so you might want to investigate that. also, if you've got an old cd-rom, try using a newer one (or better yet, a dvd drive) since error correction has improved over the years.