Hey guys,
I've been lurking down here and feeling nostalgic and FINALLY I decided to re-install all my games.
I should mention that I installed with my old discs. I missed the origin offer back in 2014 and I'm not sure I can get the UC through customer service because I'm European.
Anyway, ran into some issues.
The basegame installed fine and I ended up playing for 3 hours straight
, but I can't seem to install the expansion packs. Whenever I get to the point where I have to insert disc 4 of the sims 2, it says that it cannot update and then terminates the installation.
Does anyone know of a fix for this? Any help will be greatly appreciated
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Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3v1CXSgXI
Remakes starting with part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO5-PQlu-Sk
Does your game run well?
I did this for my sister in laws computer and it runs great.
Myself I have the UC on origin which I had to take some other additional steps to get it running good on Windows 10 and now it works great.
If I were you I'd contact EA's Cutomer Support and ask them for help. They might/should give you the Ultimate Collection. They keep offering it to me when I have problems with other games.
BUT months ago I downloaded the new Windows 10. Previously I had played Sims 2 Disc version with ALL EP's and mega tons of CC on Windows 7 , no problem (except for "haygrass" because of my intel integrated graphics).
Also I then uninstalled all the discs and installed "Ultimate" from Origin (and again added ALL my cc).
But Then came Windows 10. Sims 2 Ultimate would crash when entering a household and also entering CAS.
Then I found THIS solution
http://www.🐸🐸🐸🐸/mybb/showthread.php?tid=6886
It was the only thing that worked. I don't remember this sites policy for posting links, nor do I care frankly, though I don't think there's anything bad to worry about at the link posted.
Let's just say I wanted to play Sims 2 very, very, badly! Otherwise I may have not spent countless hours and days messing with the silly, annoying "origin games" folder and files under "my computer". It's a graphics fix. It's a known problem with sims 2 and windows 10.
Good luck! The most difficult part was actually making sure the fix files were Unzipped into the folder , making sure I delete the 3 caches before every playing, RE-Unzipping the graphics fixes with any origin / sims 2 update and or Windows 10 update.
It's playing great now and as a bonus my "haygrass" is fixed. Until the next update.........
I haven't watched the youtube vid but guess I should.
P.S. If you search around the linked site's forums under "graphic cards" or something like that you will find a thread with a fix for every graphic card, plus directions on how to find and analyze your game log to see if you have enough graphics memory etc. and how to fix it if you don't.
At least in my case "compatibility mode" had nothing to do with it regarding Windows 10. Also I never messed with , or rewrote the .sgr files like had been previously recommended. I simply downloaded and installed the files in the thread.
OMG! I LOVE your profile pic! Is that a pittie? They're AWESOME!!! I have two mixes and I love them to death! Sorry, I just saw your profile pic and went gaga over it, lol.
Thanks! I think you're the first person who has ever said anything about it. She's a little sims 2 dog I created for my favorite sim. I'm not sure what kind-of dog she is but I think I was trying for a bulldog. IRL I have a "Chug" a Chihuahua / pug. He's super cute!
Well, she's uber-cute! A Chihuahua/pug mix? Now that sounds interesting!
I love my two pitties. They're so much fun. My boy's not always so bright (sweet, but not real bright sometimes), while my girl's brain is ALWAYS going! I have to watch her all the time to make sure she doesn't get into something, or escape from the house.
If you are familiar with the old-school RCA poster advertisements with the little brown and white dog looking into the gramophone thing, she looks EXACTLY like it except that she's black with a white chest (so, what I mean by her looking like that dog, is when she sits down and 🐸🐸🐸🐸 her head to one side, she could pass for the RCA dog's twin in build/body). My boy looks like Petey from the Little Rascals (original), but if you've seen the movie, "UP," he has the same "brains" of the dog in that movie, lol. I love them both, so much, though!
I am not sure what you mean by update screen. Are you using disks to download the game? No matter how you install it you have to download something .
this site takes care of everything!! So Simple!!!
So, the problem is: I installed The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection on Windows 10 and everytime I try to load a household it crashes. I've tried running it in every compatibility mode and that apparently isn't the problem. Any ideas? Thanks!
This . . .
https://www.simsnetwork.com/tools/graphics-rules-maker-improve-compatibility-with-modern-systems
What link? To leefish fix for Sims 2? Google can find it... no one can link leefish here. Don't know why.
We can't link it because it involves modifying game files, which we technically aren't supposed to be doing according to EA...
TS2 Graphics Fix Tutorial]