Anyone Playing Sims2??

I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video driver for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------



Playing fine here on P4 2.4Ghz, 1GB PC3200, ATI 9600XT, WinXP Pro SP1. Also
playing well on my daughter's 2.4 Celeron, 512MB PC2700, Nvidia FX5600
128Mb, XP Pro SP1 as well. You did install DX 9.0c, didn't you?

Ron

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game without cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

More like the copy protection dont like his cdrom or DVDrom .



On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:14:33 +1000, "Chingy" wrote:

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game without cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

What??? BOTH my CD rom and DVD rom are crap in another words?! No waaaay!

And yes, I made sure the DX9.0c was installed and I'm playing via legit CDs.

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------
"Avid Gamer" wrote in message
...



More like the copy protection dont like his cdrom or DVDrom .



On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:14:33 +1000, "Chingy" wrote:

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game without
cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game
play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it
finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the
actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I
can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

I dunn then man try emailing sim people tech support...


"R Green" wrote in message
...
What??? BOTH my CD rom and DVD rom are crap in another words?! No
waaaay!

And yes, I made sure the DX9.0c was installed and I'm playing via legit
CDs.

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------
"Avid Gamer" wrote in message
...



More like the copy protection dont like his cdrom or DVDrom .



On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:14:33 +1000, "Chingy" wrote:

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game without
cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection
codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game
play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it
finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the
actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video
driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I
can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

There have been reports of problems with the security of the CD's, I have
read aboutthis on the Sims 2 Websaite forums. Check those out first, the
answer may be no CD cracks I'm afraid - of course EA will never release such
a thing, even though customers are finding their products unuseable.


"Chingy" wrote in message
...
I dunn then man try emailing sim people tech support...


"R Green" wrote in message
...
What??? BOTH my CD rom and DVD rom are crap in another words?! No
waaaay!

And yes, I made sure the DX9.0c was installed and I'm playing via legit
CDs.

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------
"Avid Gamer" wrote in message
...



More like the copy protection dont like his cdrom or DVDrom .



On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:14:33 +1000, "Chingy" wrote:

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game without
cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection
codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game
play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it
finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the
actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video
driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR
Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and
they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay? I
can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

I am not sure if this is correct but most older CDROM or DVDROM player may
not work too good or have problem. Therefore reading and or installing from
a CD may have issue.

CapFusion,...



"Stevo" wrote in message
...
There have been reports of problems with the security of the CD's, I have
read aboutthis on the Sims 2 Websaite forums. Check those out first, the
answer may be no CD cracks I'm afraid - of course EA will never release
such a thing, even though customers are finding their products unuseable.


"Chingy" wrote in message
...
I dunn then man try emailing sim people tech support...


"R Green" wrote in message
...
What??? BOTH my CD rom and DVD rom are crap in another words?! No
waaaay!

And yes, I made sure the DX9.0c was installed and I'm playing via legit
CDs.

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------
"Avid Gamer" wrote in message
...



More like the copy protection dont like his cdrom or DVDrom .



On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:14:33 +1000, "Chingy" wrote:

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game without
cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection
codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the game
play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it
finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the
actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video
driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR
Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and
they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay?
I
can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

I just bought my system two months' ago so, my CDrom or DVDrom drive is not
the issue, other than of course some stupid thing that EA implemented to
prevent people from burning their CD... my CDrom drive is a burner so that
may be a problem?

Can't imagine why my DVDrom wouldn't work though???? THEY'RE BLOODY NEW!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------
"CapFusion" wrote in message
news
I am not sure if this is correct but most older CDROM or DVDROM player may
not work too good or have problem. Therefore reading and or installing
from
a CD may have issue.

CapFusion,...



"Stevo" wrote in message
...
There have been reports of problems with the security of the CD's, I
have
read aboutthis on the Sims 2 Websaite forums. Check those out first, the
answer may be no CD cracks I'm afraid - of course EA will never release
such a thing, even though customers are finding their products
unuseable.


"Chingy" wrote in message
...
I dunn then man try emailing sim people tech support...


"R Green" wrote in message
...
What??? BOTH my CD rom and DVD rom are crap in another words?! No
waaaay!

And yes, I made sure the DX9.0c was installed and I'm playing via
legit
CDs.

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------
"Avid Gamer" wrote in message
...



More like the copy protection dont like his cdrom or DVDrom .



On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 23:14:33 +1000, "Chingy"
wrote:

Are you sure you are not playing through backup discs?

if yes you could also try some edited *.exe to load the game
without
cd's
that sometimes cause this sorta problem 'cos of cd copy protection
codes.




"R Green" wrote in message
...
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get Sims2 to show up
properly,
graphically...

I can install it and start it up, but I can't seem to view the
game
play.
Music in the Sims2 gameplay seems to be working fine. After it
finishes
loading at the beginning, I can see game tools, but can't see the
actual
"town" or "neighborhood" that you choose. I've updated my Video
driver
for
my Leadtek GeForce Fx5700 256MB DDR card on my P4 3.0e GHz 1GB DDR
Ram
computer. I've also emailed EA tech support (the game maker) and
they
suggested that I upgrade my VIA chipset driver. That's done and
nothing...

Anyone else playing Sims2 and having problems seeing the gameplay?
I
can
see the intro for Sims2 with no problems. The game just won't
load.
Argggg!

--
R Green
----------------------
WoWsat.com
----------------------

I just bought my system two months' ago so, my CDrom or DVDrom drive is not
the issue, other than of course some stupid thing that EA implemented to
prevent people from burning their CD... my CDrom drive is a burner so that
may be a problem?

Can't imagine why my DVDrom wouldn't work though???? THEY'RE BLOODY NEW!

Ok let me try explaining something. Do you realize just how accurate the laser
has to be to read CD's or DVD's? If the calibration of that laser is off just a
hair it won't work correctly. If the drive has ever been banged around it could
mess up the alignment of the laser.

That calibration can be messed up by a dirt, scratches, laser out of alignment,
bad CD or DVD...etc.


Also CD's or DVD's written by one drive might not be able to be read by another
drive if the calibration between the two drives is off even slightly.

I have seen that happen with floppy drives even though they are magnetic.
Two PC's can read and write the floppies they make, but not if you try sharing
the floppies.
A laser is has to be more accurate then a magnetic drive.


I don't know which version of the game you bought, but you might want to try
the other version whatever that is. If the same thing problem happens with the
different version then I would say you have a problem with your drive.
One version of the game is DVD and the other is CDROM so they don't get written
in the same way. A DVD laser has to be more accurate then a CDROM laser.