[veggiechic15]

I love this game. And other than it's a little slow, everything works. But when I go to put furniture in a house, it will show the "fist" as if it's holding an item, but there is nothing there. And when I try to pick up or move an item, it does the same thing. Please help or I'll be stuck with playing the pre-made houses forever!

[Quarter Queen]

Alright, so my problem is that my sky and the water on beach lots, beach hotel lots, etc beaches, is WHITE. The lakes and ponds are the proper colors. But my sky and beach-water is white.
It's very annoying. Since the sky is also white and always has been, I'm assuming it's not just a problem with BV. Has this happened to anyone else? Can anyone suggest any solutions?
Thanks.

[candymountain11]

Originally Posted by Nekochanpurr

Control ALT DELETE then put in move_objects on
Proceed to grab the mom, then press delete.
click Control ALT Delete again, type in move_objects off

Save, exit, and re-enter the lot.

umm...it doesn't work

I tried pressing control alt delete, but nothing happened. Maybe that only works on PCs (my laptop is a mac). I don't know why that would make a difference, though.

Is there anything else I could try?

[Nekochanpurr]

Oh.. Hmm... i dunno if its the same in macs. Are you sure you pressed it all at once?

OH its because i'm retarded. Sorry. >.< Its CTRL+shift+C Sorry about the confusion..

[elise7891]

hello. i'm not sure if you mentioned this is any of the paragraphs above, but does the sims 2 work well with windows vista? i noticed you didnt type that above for the operating systems but i wasnt sure if you just left it out since its the newest version of windows? im not sure. but i installed my game, everything loads and it says launch now, so i press yes and then it tells me i have the incorrect disc in. i noticed you mentioned something about downloaded versions, but this also happens with 'the sims superstar', an older game im not sure how old, but that game is NOT a downloaded version. im not really sure why it does that because my original sims, the sims 1, works perfectly fine on my sony vaio laptop with windows vista. if you can get back to me please asap id appreciate it. thank you.

[bsting]

I have a very weird problem with the sims 2 i dont think anyone can solve. I installed it and it works just fine running fast, only problem is when i get a sim to do something i.e make food it brings up the options and gives you only about half a second to choose one and no more, its annoying because i cant get anything done and yet the game is running just fine. If anyone knows why it is doing this please email me

brianappleton01@googlemail.com

thankyou

[mollyannasick]

This is the stuff about my computer.
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2370 @ 1.73GHz
Memory: 2.00 GB (my ram)
My C: drive has 136 GB and 89.2 GB free, because I only have the Sims2 normal one and the Sims2 Seasons.
My D: drive has 5.66 GB free of 9.76GB.
My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525.
System type: 32-bit operating system.
And i have Windows Vista Home Premium.
but idk where to find where to see what my graphics card is...
i have vista, so can someone direct me to it?

[lupusaeth]

Q: I've just installed Sims 2 Deluxe version and my screen was completely graphically corrupted. I reinstalled the whole thing and now it keeps freezing after the EA logo appears on the screen. My graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE and I've already updated it. The Sims 2 used to work on my computer fine and I don't understand why it doesn't now. Is the new update of my graphics card not compatible with the Sims 2 and is there any way to rectify this whole situation?

quick edit: When I attempt to go into the character creation screen the game crashes after an error message. I installed some custom content earlier: is this what's causing the problem? If so, how do I get rid of it as the download folder that it is supposed to be in doesn't appear to exist.

[davy.blitzkrieg]

I've installed sims to successfully on my vista notebook (all the files are there), but every time I try to start the game, it says I have the wrong disc is inserted. I made sure disc 1 was in the drive, but still, it said the wrong disc is inserted. Is there a patch or something that I should look for or is this another problem?

[LeBronK23]

Windows Vista Build 6000
Sony VGN-NR110E
Intel Pentium Dual CPU T2310 ~1.5GHz
1 GB RAM
DirectX 10
Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family 256 MB
Sims 2 (no EP)

A friend of mine loaned me his copy of Sims 2 for a month while she's away, and it's been working for 3 weeks, and suddenly I want to play this morning and nothing shows up when I start the program; no error message or that white screen with the Sims 2 logo. Task manager doesn't show any sign of a sims2 process. The DVD drive seems to be working but stops after a few seconds, and running the program as an administrator doesn't do anything to help as well.

The only thing that i've done to my computer between today and the ladt time i played the sims 2 was leave my computer off...

[<3..Immie..<3]

Hey,
I've used sims 2 for a while now and all of a sudden it wont let me create a family. it will load and then go back on to the neighbourhood. How do i fix that i've tried deleting some of the expansions packs, but that didn't work.. Any ideas???

x

[mainepeanut]

Originally Posted by droogiefret

Yes. This is exactly my problem too - I don't know whether to be pleased to find a fellow sufferer or cry with frustration at the day I've spent trying to get this game loaded. I have a Radeon 9000 on HP Pavilion 2.53 GHz, Windows XP and RAM and Disk space OK. ... we could be twins. Reloading Direct X doesn't work (either from disk or Microsoft site). '-w' toggle makes no difference, neither does updating drivers (now 6.14.10.6497 30/11/04). If you find a fix please post here and I'll do the same.
- droogie

I had this same problem and got no straight answers from EA Tech Support. I tried a little experiment. I'm not sure why it worked, but it did. I created a new neighborhood, then the red and black flashing stopped in the other ones. Like I said, I'm not sure why. I'm running Vista 32-bit with service pack 1 and an updated video card.

[<3..Immie..<3]

Hey, yeh i tried the EA techincal group.. but they didnt give me an answer... and what they did say, didnt help!

I was thinking... maybe if you uninstalled all your sims and expansion packs then re-loaded them on it might solve it?? i am going to try that i just need to buy sims2 as i borrowed my m8s last time..

[mainepeanut]

Don't bother to uninstall and reinstall all of the games and take a chance of losing what you have played so far. Honestly, it won't help. I've done it several times with the same results. I had Sims2 only installed and got the red and black flashing background when the neighboorhoods loaded. So, I took a chance and created a new neighborhood. This solved the problem until I installed the two expansion packs I have (Business and Pets). After installing them, the neighborhoods flashed red and black again. I installed the patch for Pets and that didn't work, so I tried this:

1. Right click on the game icon and choose properties
2. Click on the Compatibility tab
3. If there is a checkmark in the box next to "Run this program in compatibility mode for..." and Windows XP is chosen, uncheck the box.
4. In the box under "Privilege Level" next to "Run this program as an administrator" click the box so it can be run as an administrator.

I don't know why this worked, but it did. I find the game is running a bit choppy now, but it is better than red and black flashing neighborhoods.

Good luck.

[mainepeanut]

Go to the EA website and install the CD or DVD patch for Sims2 or the Expansion pack you are using.