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Sims 2 wont load!!!!

kailashpon, on Monday 26 May 2008 à 12:54:08
Hello,


I doubt its my computer.I have all the expansions except Free Time and a few stuff packs. Ive never had any problems before and I was playing last night. I came home from work and to play and my game wont load. It freezes at the black screen that happens before the "EA Games" screen comes up.
Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 6.0
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kaderitka, on Monday 26 May 2008 à 13:52:19
Hai


I think the most simplistic solution would be to reinstall the program. What are the specs on your system?
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jo, on Friday 17 October 2008 à 05:08:33
window xp or vista
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percy8, on Tuesday 22 July 2008 à 17:05:16
hi kailashpon,
you have surely enjoy the game dear,,,dont worry,just remove it then simply re-install the game but if it persist just scan your pc and it will definitely work believe me dear,,;-)
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liyah12, on Thursday 23 October 2008 à 03:25:05
my computer is in safe mode because my computer won't work in regular mode and i can't play my sims2 games at all!!!!! plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me!!!!!!!! im going crazy if i can't play i love sims2!!!!!!!
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namikaze, on Saturday 25 October 2008 à 16:35:01
If your computer can't run in regular mode, you have bigger problems than not running the Sims. Get your computer to work in normal mode first. This isn't the right place to be asking for advice about this matter. Go talk to a computer technician, or call the Geek Squad-/Firedog-type place near you.
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starrygal23, on Saturday 13 September 2008 à 02:48:42
i know exactly what you mean. my game does the same thing. Except after ive installed it and turn the computer off and go back to play the game..it wont load AT ALL! the launcher comes up but thats it!!! the disk icon turns and hour glass but nothing happnes!! I uninstall and reinstall then it works! BUT with custom downloads u need to load the stupid thing up 3 times..one to get the folders there...two to enable custom content and three to play the game!!
I tell ya it happened to me with Bon voyage, then freetime and now the new one apartment life!
and the thing isnt my dvd rom..cos i had a new one installed (as i thought that might of been the problem) ive turned off all background tasks and ive gone directly to the cd to load and through start menu and every other way!!!

i tell ya im geting pretty fed up with the sims because of this!!!!
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Bastard, on Thursday 25 September 2008 à 10:18:56
It's not your computer causing the problem, you can thank EA for using SecuROM on their discs to prevent pirates from stealing their game. Problem is, it also prevent sthose of us that actually paid for the game from playing it as well.

Try reinstalling as suggested. Good luck mate.
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KendraCACTUS, on Tuesday 7 October 2008 à 20:40:29
i had the same problem. but i fixed mine.
heres what you do.
*right click on the desktop icon of the sims 2
* click on properties
*click on the compatablilty tab
*then click the box and make sure its set on windows xp sp2


do that to all the sims 2 desktop icons
then restart your computer
:]
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starrygal23, on Wednesday 15 October 2008 à 03:08:50
I finally got the bloody thing to load!!! i seeked advice from Numenor at mod the sims. Heres a link to the website.

http://www.modthesims2.com/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Bypassin­g_Bon_Voyage_Launcher

also Try deleting the "groups.cache" and "accessory.cache" files which are located in your C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2.

TRUST me these get re generated every time the game reloads. So your not damaging or screwing up the game in any way. ill give you a link to the web site that others have said the same thing. Cos i was a bit worried when i heard to do that...but i copied the files put them on the desktop and deleted the ones in the folder and started up the game..... AND IT WORKED!!!!!! then when i exited the game and went back to that folder....they were there again. so i deleted the ones on the desk top and had no worrires doing this each time i wanted to play!!!!

Thank you Numenor!!!!! you are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you saved my simmies!!!

Heres the link....
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=267350
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KC, on Friday 17 October 2008 à 13:46:54
well i have vista. but since sims 2 was created before vista came out then its incompatable. that is why you put it in compatability mode with windows xp SP2 by right clicking on the icon and going into properties and then going through the compatability tab and click the box that says "run this in compatability mode for" and the drop down menu should say windows xp SP2. do it to all of your game icons and nothing should go wrong.
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alliecat, on Friday 17 October 2008 à 15:57:32
I had the same problems when installing sims2 on my brand new computer (a super computer in regards to RAM, speed, graphics card etc.) yesterday - after installing BV, FT and Apartment Life the game would NOT load at all - just went to black screen with nu progress from there. I tried bypassing the launcher, but no difference. Then, by coincidence I found a way to get AL starting up - I simply tried to put a WRONG DVD in the disc - the previous installed (Free Time) and hit start, then a window appeared asking for the correct AL-DVD, i put AL-DVD in the drive and BOOM the game started!! Maybe somewhat annoying way to have to use BOTH DVDs to run the newest but it worked somehow bypassing securom issues!! And all my game-DVDs are BOUGHT and therefore licensed as they should be, so I don't see the why there should be problems with securom.

I got tired of using two DVDs though and solved the whole issue by using NO-DVD-crack..

But try getting the game running by putting in a wrong sims2DVD (not the newest exp.), good luck!!

Marie
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zefenix, on Wednesday 22 October 2008 à 12:16:44
hi kailashpon,,,you must only check out if ur graphic card is powerfull enough to support the game dear,,,and if not thus remove the game n re-install it as may be some errors occured during installation dear ;-)
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namikaze, on Saturday 25 October 2008 à 14:49:55
I hate to say it, but the problem isn't really definitely related to the graphics, or the installation. Reinstalling 9 products (the Sim 2 base + 8 expansions) isn't a really feasible solution to this problem either. It's definitely not graphics card related in any way though. I have the same problem as everyone else, and I'm running an 8600 GT with 4 Gigs of RAM (I only get to utilize about 3 Gigs, but we won't go into that). There aren't any compatibility issues, since I'm running XP, either. So seriously, unless people know how to solve the problem, giving generic solutions like "Reinstall the game", "put it in compatibility mode", "increase your RAM", and "reboot your computer" are just a waste of time and confuse people who are trying to solve their problem.

The weirdest thing is that Apartment Life worked just fine for a few days after recently installing it, and just today it decided to black screen on my movie loading. Maybe if there was a command switch to bypass the movie that might help some people?

I just put in my Seasons disc, and got the message saying it's the wrong version. I put in Apartment Life, and viola! It loads like nothing was ever wrong. So kudos to the person who tried that out, I can definitely confirm that it works (at least for me, and at least this once). I'm going to guess that the black screen won't happen every time for me for a few days, and then it will come up again. If this is true, the black screen is a problem with the SecureROM nonsense that's installed in these games.
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alliecat131, on Saturday 25 October 2008 à 15:57:25
Yes. it DOES work getting the game loading after deliberately putting in an older EP. It has worked for me EVERY time I tried it but I eventually got tired of having to use two DVDs in order to play one, so I now use no-DVD crack which solves MY problem with black loading screen as this bypasses the securom.
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namikaze, on Saturday 25 October 2008 à 16:36:37
It's sad that we have to resort to such measures to play the game that we legally paid for. Oh well, eventually EA will learn that SecureROM is more hurtful than helpful. I suppose it's not surprising that a company like Sony developed SecureROM, since they are infamous for hating their customers.
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 Quallarez, on Tuesday 4 November 2008 à 03:42:37
I just wanted to say thank you Marie for your advice. I did what you suggested on here and and WOW it works great. I also have a brand new computer (desktop) with alot of Space and it is actually a game computer...anyway I did what you suggested and I have all my expansion packs running even Bon Voyage, Free Time and the new Apartment life....thanks alot I truly apprecate it
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