[kristikida]

Hello.. to start, this has been the most informed and helpful place I have seen online for this game thus far in my research.. kudos and thanks!
I just got a new computer, my previous really sucked. This one came in with INtel Extreme Graphics 2. I am getting mixed info as to whether or not this will be good enough to run this game. I have been trying to find out if I am going to be able to play it when i get it (already ordered). I am sort of confused and I know that this may not the best for this game but will it run and run smoothly if all other requirements are met (pent 4 2.8 and 512 memory, lots o hard drive space). I am dying to play it. Thanks for any info.
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[bratpak3]

I also have a sims2 problem with the game freezing. I'm sure it's a problem with the video card, but I don't know what to do about it. I've read that I need a Radeon or better video card, but I know nothing about these things! I have a brand new computer (christmas gift!) and this is what's on it:

Dell Dimension 4700 Series Pentium® 4 Processor 550 with HT Technology (3.40GHz, 800FSB)
CP348B

Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (4x256M)
1GB4

Video Cards Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900
IV

Display driver Intel 82915G Express Chipset Family
(this is listed twice in the Device Manager)

Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
80S

Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices 3.5 in Floppy Drive
FD

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
WHXP

Network Interface Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
IN

CD or DVD Drive Single Drive: 48x CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
48COMBO

Sound Card Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Audio


Can you tell me if the video card I have is the problem, and if so how do I get the Radeon video card?

Thanks for your help!!!

[oddcomp]

one more sim2 problem .. g go figure anyways
the first problem after installing is i would get a box with a big ol red x in it
followed teh "official" procedure to yank the sim2 out of the system
re-installed and updated every driver i could find updates for

yay it loads.. sorta
now it goes all teh way to where you select a neighborhood click any one of em
even the start your own
and it starts to load all teh flashing things in the back ground flash blah blah blah oh wait... things are stopping mouse pointer dissapears then you get a nice screen of grey/gree/black crosshatched pattern stuff and a error box that <going from vauge memory> something like nv4_ something something has failed please restart computer for a error report <obviously video issue> btw its a gforce2 mx 400 64 meg vid ram 1.5 gig amd athlon 256 ddr on board via sound for now and nothing of interest running in the back ground

now you click the clicky thing and it drops to the desktop
and your faced with 800x600 4bit color until you reboot
then everything loads as it should and you get the expected resolution and color depth that it should be <in this case 800x600 32 bit color >
wifes computer unlike mine where the resolution is insanely hi


i got this as a xmas present for the wife . and when it works finally .. well then i get my thanks so please hurry!

[CarolinaGurl]

Gosh, I just got The Sims 2 for Christmas and yesterday I had probs with the installation about the DirectX 9.0 dumb @$$ thing . But then I upgraded Display Device and then Sims 2 WORKED! I was sooooo excited then I was real mad cause the graphics were TERRIBLE and it loads sooo slow ! *tear*tear* then I looked at the EA EAsyInfo and this is what it said:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows ME (Millennium Edition) Pass

System Memory: 120.5 Fail

Processor Speed: 1202.3 Pass

DirectX Version: 9.0c Pass 9.0c Pass

Display Device: S3 Graphics ProSavage Compaq Unknown Compatibility

Display Memory: 8.0 Fail

Display Driver: 4.14.10.0004-13.01.03 Unknown Compatibility

Sound Device: SoundMAX Digital Audio Pass

Sound Driver: 5.12.01.3019 Unknown Compatibility


So I really know that muh display memory is low and so is my system memory... but how can i fix this prob without spending any $$? Is there a way? PLZ HELP!!!!

[KageChikara]

I got the Sims Two for Christmas, and installed it yesterday. It was working fine up until a couple of hours ago, when I tried to open the game and it gave me this message:

"The application has crashed. The application will now terminate."


I have Windows 98 SE
512 MB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 400

I've gotten all the drivers for my card, run virus scan, uninstalled and reinstalled the program. We checked for all the stuff the site told us to check for. Every time, we get the same message. Its rather scary, truth be told. I have a very computer literate person here, so whatever level of advice you can give me would be great. I am really at my wit's end here.


Thanks,

Kage

[ilovedh]

I have a problem with the sims 2 I can install it and all but when i tryto play it I get an error saying cd/dvd emulation was detected. Well I uninstalled al of the emulation progarms I have and it is still giving me the same error please e-mail me at happytinkerbell at kiwibox com

[jammydodger4]

I recieved Sims2 for christmas presents and have tried installing it, but when you load the game up and then click on a town or the how to play tutorial the screen flickers and everything jumbles together and flashes. The game then crashes. Very frustrating as i really want to play it

I have been to the microsoft website and tested my computer (it was on the top green bar- my computer is 2 months old) i have a geforce fx 5200 graphics card.

I have been to the gforce website and downloaded the lastest drivers and to the sims website to download the cd patch.

I have disabled my norton anti virus and my windows firewall

I have ended all the processess except those stated on the EA website

I have put my screen resolution on 800 by 600

It is still not working!

My computer stats are

Intel Xp, 3ghz, 512ram, 240mb used and 1003mb free, direct x 9c, nvidea geforce fx 5200,

Can anyone who also experienced these problems please help me? Any help would really be appreciated.as I really want to play this game!

many thanks

Michelle

[swimmerbuddy]

Hey there. I have a problem with The Sims 2. Whenever I minimize it then mximize it again, it freezes up and shows the sims loading blue screen with the spinning hour glass. *almost as annoying as the blue screen of death...* does everyone experience this problem or is it only me?

[rickalee]

Originally Posted by cinnamin309

hi i am new to this site i am very happy that i found it my problem isn't with gameplay issues it's with my dvdrom drive it won't read the ts2 disk at all. and i am not getting any error messages or anything.the drive will play dvd movies not it won't install it doesn't do anything. i have a HITACHI DVD-ROM GD-8000. since the game would not run on this drive i borrowed my sisters nec dvdrw drive ans sure enough the game installed and plays wonderful buti can't keep her drive. should i buy a new drive even though my hitachi plays movies and music cd's just fine?

I am also having the same exact problem with my Hitachi DVD-ROM GD-8000.
Can anyone help me? I have downloaded the newest driver for the drive and it still does not work.

[phsdancer37]

I just recieved Sims 2 for Christmas. I was there with my Mom when she bought the game, we got it from Price Costco, which only carried the CD version. Well now I tried installing the game, disk one installed fine, up to 23%, then at first I was having problems getting disk 2 to install, so I found on another website to try and make a copy of the original disk, so I did, and disk 2 installed up till 49%, well now I try Disk 3, it doesn't work, I tried a copy of Disk 3, that doesn't work either. My computer does not freeze, neither does installation, but it just doesn't progress, but it doesn't give me an error box either. The file it is hung on is TSData\Control\control2.dat.

I have a laptop, I just got 4 months ago, I updated it last month when I was installing Madden on it, and updated it again today. I have also installed XP Service Pack 2 on my computer, I've heard this has caused some problems with others, could that be a reason?

One more thing, this isn't the first time this has happened, when Vacation expansion pack was released back 3 years ago, I got it, when I tried to load the 2nd CD it stopped and froze installation, soon after that I got a new computer, and on that one which was only a few months old, with Unleashed, disk 2, it did the exact same thing, on a different new computer, not once again it is doing it again. And Madden Disk 2 did the same thing, but I was finally able to get that to work the 3rd time I tried. I'm so frustrated with EA!!! I really want to play my game, and the EA support, doesn't respond quickly at all, so they're no help. You seem very helpful, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me!!! Thanks so much! ~Katie~

[CoasterFreak]

wow i can see Sims 2 was a popular christmas present...well then...im going to start answering these questions.

[fatalppercut]

I'm not exactly a computer guru...but I guess I know enough to get me by. I recently installed the Sims 2 on my computer...*computers, and i've had 3 different problems . 1st- not enough RAM. 2nd-Directx compatability error. 3rd-Microsoft Device Failure. I've come the the conclusion that the 1st and 2nd ones I can't fix w/o money, so I'm coming to you to see if you can tell me that the 3rd is free to fix, at least, that's what I'd like to hear. If you could help me out, I'd be truly thankful because I've got to have my daily dosage of the Sims! Thanks.

[CoasterFreak]

Originally Posted by colai888d

Merry christmas everyone, I just installed the sim 2 game, but the problem is I cant open the disk it says " insert the correct CD-ROM, select ok and restart application" ive tried doing this but to no avail, please help me, thanks

I think you have a faulty disc. Try returning it and getting a replacements.

[CoasterFreak]

Originally Posted by Absurd

yup thats what i meant, exuse my typing skills. thanks.

Happy Holidays

Radeon video cards should work just fine. What model do you have?

[CoasterFreak]

Originally Posted by Gudrun

Hi..I cant do anything about Sims 2...:S when I have innstalled every thing than this Directx 9.0c comes up, if you have ever noticed, but I dont understand this that comes up about that I need direcX and some other things... When I already have DirectX.. Can you give me an advice???


P.S. Im from Iceland And am not the best in English:P

You need to make sure you have a DirectX 9 compatible video card and also that you have direct x.

p.s. I can understand you fine..lol