Cannot Play Sims 2 on windows 10?

"rockstarcrossing;15502623" wrote:
I have a Dell Latitude with Windows 10. The Sims 2 always crashed on Create A Sim when I load certain hairstyles or do certain things. I set the program to Windows 7 (Service Pack 2) capability, and disabled to program to run at high DPI, it crashed on less items in Create A Sim but crashed again. Any suggestions for me, please?? Hoping I didn't spend money on the CD-ROM for nothing!

It is most likely that the game is not recognizing your graphics card. Get the graphic rules maker for whatever card you have. Instructions and downloads here: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=5446

@JULES1111, thank you for posting that helpful link! I've just got Sims 2 today and it kept crashing in CAS. It's working sweet as a nut now I've added the graphics rules maker :)

"plushtrap_107;15505743" wrote:
It's not working again :/ I'm having a similar problem to @rockstarcrossing. I've run Sims 2 as administrator, reinstalled it, used Graphicsrulesmaker to get the game to recognise my graphics card and altered the screen resolution. Sims 2 still keeps crashing in CAS.

Do you have more then one graphics card? A integrated and dedicated one? If so make sure your dedicated card is the one the game is using. It can sometimes revert back to the integrated card if you don't add it to your graphic card program.

Another cause could be Securom, especially if you are on Windows 10. Here are the instructions for removing Securom, make sure to follow all 3 steps! That is very important. If you get stuck and need help let me know.

http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=6688

@SoniaSimmer, I tried that and it still wouldn't have it. It turns out it didn't want to save a file in Program Files, lol. I copied it into my documents, edited the file in notepad and clicked save, not save as. It saved the file as an sgr, no problem.

It's still crashing in CAS occasionally though xD I think I'm just going to let it go and play as my one family I did manage to create.

Thanks loads though and thanks to @Scribal_Goddess and @JULES1111 for helping me :)

@SoniaSimmer, that could be it, I've got an integrated graphics card and it doesn't seem to be very strong. The other specs are fine (tri-core processor at 3.3Ghz and 6GB RAM).

Oddly enough, it runs Sims 3 quite happily xD

I've been playing with my Sims 2 family and I haven't had any crashes in game at all. Thanks again for helping me :)

help.ea.com/en/contact-us/ log-in and click 'start a new case'

@mommy19959699, awesome, thanks lots :)

I went on the live chat and the chap there was very helpful. He said Sims 2 is really old and on CD, it may not run properly on new PC's. Then he added Sims 2 Ultimate Collection to my Origin account, so I'm downloading it now :)

"plushtrap_107;15517419" wrote:
I went on the live chat and the chap there was very helpful. He said Sims 2 is really old and on CD, it may not run properly on new PC's. Then he added Sims 2 Ultimate Collection to my Origin account, so I'm downloading it now :)

That's great, I'm so happy for you :-) Enjoy!!

"plushtrap_107;15517419" wrote:
I went on the live chat and the chap there was very helpful. He said Sims 2 is really old and on CD, it may not run properly on new PC's. Then he added Sims 2 Ultimate Collection to my Origin account, so I'm downloading it now :)

Awesome congrats! :) Glad you decided to go ahead and try to get it. Make sure you let us know if you have any issues.

http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=569585 This will fix the black boxes under the sims feet. :)