The Sims + Livin Large
This is a discussion about The Sims + Livin Large in the Windows Games category; I am having trouble with my Sims Game. I am am able to load the game, but it freezes at the blue livin large splash screen. I have tried the shortcut fix with -skip_intro, -skip_verify, -nodx6 -w, & -nosound.
I am having trouble with my Sims Game.
I am am able to load the game, but it freezes at the blue livin large splash screen.
I have tried the shortcut fix with -skip_intro, -skip_verify, -nodx6 -w, & -nosound.
Various combinations were unsucessful.
I ran dxdiag and everything tests ok.
Hardware:
Laptop
Windows 2K SP3
128 MB Ram
ATI Rage 8MB Graphics Card
All hardware & software drivers are current.
EA support pretty much said Win 2K was not supported and get lost. nice, huh?
Any help you guys can give me would be great
funkmonkey
I am am able to load the game, but it freezes at the blue livin large splash screen.
I have tried the shortcut fix with -skip_intro, -skip_verify, -nodx6 -w, & -nosound.
Various combinations were unsucessful.
I ran dxdiag and everything tests ok.
Hardware:
Laptop
Windows 2K SP3
128 MB Ram
ATI Rage 8MB Graphics Card
All hardware & software drivers are current.
EA support pretty much said Win 2K was not supported and get lost. nice, huh?
Any help you guys can give me would be great
funkmonkey
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Using a laptop to play can cause you more headaches with games than a normal desktop system would. And 128 Mb is not that much to play this game... It wouldn´t be enough to play Hot Date I think. But for Livin Large it should be enough...
I have The Sims in my P3 600 with 320 Mb RAM, GeForce 2 MX and Win2000 SP3, and ALL SIMS expansion packs work well (including Livin Large), except Vacation because I don't have and so haven't tried it yet.
Unfortunately those EA bastards (the game producers) don't oficially support Windows 2000 and refuse to give you any help concerning this OS, so I would recomend you to try Windows 2000 compatibility mode. It's easy, just right click the sims executable and choose properties. Then go to the compatibility TAB and choose windows 98 compatibility mode!
If that doesn't work, try Qfixapp. If you don't have it you must download Application Compatibility Toolkit v2.6.
The link for this is
http://download.microsoft.com/download/.NetStandardServer/Install/2.6/NT5XP/EN-US/act26.exe
Good luck
Using a laptop to play can cause you more headaches with games than a normal desktop system would. And 128 Mb is not that much to play this game... It wouldn´t be enough to play Hot Date I think. But for Livin Large it should be enough...
I have The Sims in my P3 600 with 320 Mb RAM, GeForce 2 MX and Win2000 SP3, and ALL SIMS expansion packs work well (including Livin Large), except Vacation because I don't have and so haven't tried it yet.
Unfortunately those EA bastards (the game producers) don't oficially support Windows 2000 and refuse to give you any help concerning this OS, so I would recomend you to try Windows 2000 compatibility mode. It's easy, just right click the sims executable and choose properties. Then go to the compatibility TAB and choose windows 98 compatibility mode!
If that doesn't work, try Qfixapp. If you don't have it you must download Application Compatibility Toolkit v2.6.
The link for this is
http://download.microsoft.com/download/.NetStandardServer/Install/2.6/NT5XP/EN-US/act26.exe
Good luck
