Re: Sims 2 Crashing/texture bug

Hi!

Thank you for quick response! One question though, do I need all the expansions, because I do not frankly have them. Right now, I have Nightlife, Pets, University and Open for Business. I am also planning on buying Apartment life and Seasons.

I've posted my DxDiag below 🙂

@rn2yebphba29 You do not need all Expansions for the game to work, just keep in mind that installing any EP released after Pets will require you to re-apply any Graphics Rules fixes. For now, this is not something you need to worry about as the game needs to be installed first.

First, you will need to do a clean uninstall using Revo Uninstaller. Since you mentioned in the first post that you were just testing whether the game would work, I assume you do not have any saved games you wish to keep. If you do, please copy The Sims 2 folder from Documents\EA Games\ into a safe location, and rename it to something that does not include the word 'Sims'.

You can find Revo Uninstaller here, and the free version should be fine.

• Open Revo Uninstaller, then find The Sims 2 on the list. If you have any Sims 2 Expansion or Stuff Packs, you will uninstall those before you uninstall the base game.
• Once you select The Sims 2 (or The Sims 2 Expansion/Stuff Pack), click Uninstall.
• Once the game is uninstalled, under Scanning Modes select Moderate and click Scan.
• A list of remaining files will appear; you can delete files related to The Sims 2, but be careful not to delete anything else. To do that, tick the boxes next to the files you want to delete, then click Delete.
• When you are done, click Finish, close Revo Uninstaller, and restart your PC.

If you run into any issues or need help, let me know. Once the game has been uninstalled, we can move on to the installation process.

Hi!

Now I've done it, let me know what to do next!

@rn2yebphba29 Awesome, now you can install the game again, but you will need to make some tweaks for the game to install and patch without issues.

You can download The Sims 2 base game patch, as well as the patches for each pack you own, from Mod the Sims. If you run into issues while trying to download them, please copy each download link into a new browser tab and press Enter. For Pets, please make sure you download the Disk patch and not the Digital patch. You will install each patch as soon as its respective pack is installed, and only then move on to the next pack.

Base game, University, and Nightlife patches require a program called GrumpyLoader to run without crashing. Without it, the patches may crash during the update process and corrupt the installation. You can find GrumpyLoader on a Mod the Sims thread called A Word of Warning About Windows 8, on post #193 by Raven Dragonfire.

The game should be installed in this order:

1. The Sims 2 base game (+ the base game patch)
2. The Sims 2 University (+ University patch)
3. The Sims 2 Nightlife (+ Nightlife patch)
4. The Sims 2 Open for Business (+ Open for Business patch)
5. The Sims 2 Pets (+ Pets Disk patch)

To install patches for the base game, University, and Nightlife, please follow these steps:

• Run GrumpyLoader and click Load.
• Browse to the patch you want to install and select it. The patch process should start.
• When you get a message that asks whether you wish to ignore an error, click Yes.
• Once the patch process is complete, please run the same patch you've just installed, but this time without GrumpyLoader. If you see a message that The Sims 2 is already up to date, it means that the game/pack was patched successfully.

Let me know when you do this, or if you run into any issues.

Hi!

Sorry, I have a few questions. My first one is do I have to do the patches before or after installing the game?
My other question is, if I do get Apartment Life and Seasons soon, do I have to redo everything? Or can I just install it with no harm?

Thanks in advanced!

@rn2yebphba29 You can only install a patch afrer its respective game is installed. The order should go as follows:

1. The Sims 2
2. The Sims 2 Patch (with GrumpyLoader)
3. The Sims 2 University
4. The Sims 2 University Patch (with GrumpyLoader)
5. The Sims 2 Nightlife
6. The Sims 2 Nightlife Patch ((with GrumpyLoader)
7. The Sims 2 Open for Businesss
8. The Sims 2 Open for Business Patch
9. The Sims 2 Pets
10. The Sims 2 Pets (Disk) Patch.

The reason you install the patch as soon as the pack is installed is because the following pack will try to update it on its own and, without GrumpyLoader, crash the installation. But this way it will detect that the patch had already been installed and won't try to do it again.

As for Seasons and Apartment Life, once you install them, you will need to install patches for them. You will have to redo compatibility fixes (which I will outline once you have all packs installed), but the process will be the same as with your current configuration so you should be able to reference the instructions for that.

Unfortunately, GrumpyLoader does not work for me. It comes up with an error. It is attached below.

C: > Program Files (x86) > EA Games > The Sims 2 

If there's another way it is installed please let me know where to check, as if when I check in other folders, it does not appear there. Only in EA Games folder.

@rn2yebphba29 You will need to run the Sims 2 patches using GrumpyLoader, not the game executable (such as Sims2.exe).

You can find The Sims 2 patches on Mod the Sims: https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS2_Patches 

Look for and download the patch files for every pack that you own. If clicking on the link doesn't start the download, then copy each download link into a new browser tab and press Enter. The files should, by default, download into your PC's Downloads folder. If you have ever changed this location, they will download it into the location you selected. Alternatively, you can open your browser's download history and look for the "Show in folder" button.

Once you install the base game, you can install the base game patch (that you downloaded from Mod the Sims) using GrumpyLoader, according to instructions from this post. After you have confirmed that the base game has been patched, you can install University, and repeat the process with the University patch. Then you can install Nightlife, and do the same with the Nightlife patch. For Open for Business and Pets patches, you should not need GrumpyLoader, but have it ready just in case.