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Sticky: after installing University/Nightlife expansion pack the instalation starts a mandatory update, and then it crashes when patching *a file* or doesn't do anything. Why does this happen? |
25 Aug 2005, 05:13 |
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23 May 2012, 05:42 |
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Sticky: I just installed the sims 2, and when I opened it up to start the game an error came up saying "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters" (or something similar). I have already got DirectX 9.0c, so what's wrong? |
21 Sep 2004, 05:02 |
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8 Dec 2006, 16:11 |
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Installed game, Win 98SE, Amd 800 Mhz, 384 Mb ram, 40 Gb hd space, DX9.0c, Nvidia Ti4400 graphic gard. When opening game and making character (about max 5 min of start) it just hangs up and must be resetted from reset button... Any ideas ? |
9 Oct 2004, 22:11 |
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10 Oct 2004, 02:20 |
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i bought sims 2 yesterday for a brand new dell pentium 4 pc. it won't install.. sometimes it stops on 79% sometimes something else. my daughter is going to kill me!!! |
24 Mar 2005, 22:52 |
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12 Aug 2006, 13:36 |
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Since i installed direct x 9 iv found some of my direct x files r missin, how do i get these files cuz it wont let me start sims2????????? |
18 Jan 2005, 19:16 |
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19 Jan 2005, 19:51 |
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when you want to download something for the sims 2 from www.thesims2.com you need to be registrated? |
10 Jan 2005, 21:44 |
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24 Jan 2005, 18:38 |
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I've owned Sims 2 for over a year, and now my disc 1 of the game broke, where can I get an individual one, besides eBay, for cheap or free? |
28 Jan 2007, 19:17 |
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25 Aug 2007, 10:17 |
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When I try and install Sims 2 and some expansion packs (Festive Edition, University, Pets + Glamor Life), nothing will start. Is there an order in which to install them? |
28 Dec 2006, 15:59 |
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30 Dec 2006, 13:25 |
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ive installed: deluxe, vacation, hotdate, superstar, making magic & unleashed.i needed making to play but its my friends. i reinstalled deluxe vacation hotdate unleashed but it still wont work |
11 Nov 2005, 22:19 |
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2 Mar 2006, 06:24 |
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just installed sims2 onto my new dell 9150 computer and i am getting this cd/dvd emulation software installed disable before use.i had deleted clone cd disabled norton anti-virus ,tried again it still comes up with this message. |
30 Mar 2006, 15:37 |
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28 Apr 2006, 22:04 |
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Hi there! I am running SIMS2 on Pentium 4 xp,everything goes fine except for the face-pictures.On the left-hand side of the screen where i am supposed to see my Sims' faces i see empty green squares.This happens only with the Sims i create. Any patches? |
3 Apr 2005, 15:49 |
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7 Aug 2005, 13:47 |
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My comp has directx9.0b so i upgraded with the TS2 CD &it says the installation's succesful but TS2 wont run saying that c is not installed (dxdiag still says b).I tried extracting d3d9.dll into system32 MANY TIMES but the replacing file refuses to stick! |
22 May 2006, 10:34 |
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3 Jun 2006, 07:50 |
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So wats the requirement for SIMS 2? I have 16 mb ATI Rage128 Ultra(16mb) for the video adapter and Ati rage128pro Agp 4x as its 3d accelerater. Will this work? I have bought too many game which dont work due to hardware and getting sick of it. |
14 Apr 2005, 21:57 |
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15 Apr 2005, 14:26 |
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ive lost my game disk and my game has stoped working, it says to put in game disk but i dont want to waste my money on a new game disk. is there anything elce i can do? |
25 Nov 2005, 14:15 |
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8 Dec 2005, 09:22 |
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i have been playing TS2 and TS2U for quite sometime now, and everything was fine. now, every time i enter a lot to play, the game crashes. Why? |
18 Apr 2005, 09:57 |
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23 Apr 2005, 20:18 |
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I installed the sims 2 in the correct way. I made a downloads folder in the map MY Documents/ EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads, Downloaded the CEP thing, but still my downloads don't show up in the game. Anyone that can help me? |
28 Feb 2007, 12:29 |
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30 Mar 2007, 07:44 |
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I keep getting the error message 32791:5 when trying to install the sims 2 holiday party pack. I've tried reinstalling both the ea downloader and the holiday party pack, but I'm still getting the same error message. So now what? |
21 Nov 2005, 07:27 |
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25 Nov 2005, 01:02 |
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I've installed the game, and played on it, but the graphics are atrocious, I can't see what's in their thought bubbles its all so blurred, i tried upping the graphics on the options bar, but it still doesnt work, any suggestions? |
27 Dec 2004, 13:13 |
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24 Jan 2005, 18:42 |
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I have Sims 2 DVD version. Nothing happens when I put the game in the drive it does not recognise it, EA games cannot help. My system meets requirements and I have tried loads of stuff suggested from EA nothing works. The game will work on other machines |
26 Nov 2005, 17:06 |
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27 Nov 2005, 11:09 |
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Ok my video card or whatever is a rage pro and i wanted to update it and i downloaded it but where was i suppose to download it to?? |
26 Sep 2005, 08:00 |
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28 Sep 2005, 07:15 |
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hi all, iv finally got sims2 installed but every time i put the disk in it says an error with direct draw, iv installed dx 9.0, what do i do???? |
26 Jan 2005, 19:57 |
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13 Aug 2005, 07:37 |
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can i install the sims 2 on my computer, my other specs are fine, but what about with this as my graphics card-SiS 650_651_M650_740 |
26 Dec 2004, 00:26 |
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2 Mar 2012, 08:04 |
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I'm looking at buying a Celeron 2Ghz processor with 256Mb RAM. Will this be OK to run Sims2 or should it be a Pentium? |
4 May 2005, 15:39 |
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5 May 2005, 01:34 |
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Got Sims 2 from Thailand was told it payed English but there is no option for English Please how do I get it to have English. |
9 Nov 2004, 06:03 |
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24 Nov 2004, 19:16 |
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Was wondering if i have the Sims2 DVD Edition, would it be possible for me to install the sims2 Nightlife expansion (CD version) and have it work properly? |
22 Jan 2006, 04:02 |
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5 Mar 2006, 12:16 |
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