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ofmanynames
5 years ago
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The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff The application has crashed

The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff The application has crashed. The application will now terminate Is what keeps popping up every time I try to launch the game. So far: I have done a clean install...
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    ofmanynames
    5 years ago

    I'm updating in case anyone else gets stuck like I did. The issue is that Sims 2 needs DX9 and Windows 10 dropped support for it. I needed to use dxvk to fix this issue. I have no idea if links are allowed but it's the first result when you search for it. Use their d3d9.dll  in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSBin and the issue goes away.

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ofmanynames
5 years ago

I'm updating in case anyone else gets stuck like I did. The issue is that Sims 2 needs DX9 and Windows 10 dropped support for it. I needed to use dxvk to fix this issue. I have no idea if links are allowed but it's the first result when you search for it. Use their d3d9.dll  in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSBin and the issue goes away.

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msjelly6191
25 days ago

@ofmanynames Is it possible to get more info from you about what dxvk is? I think I found it but I dont want to download the wrong thing.

Thanks!

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    ofmanynames
    25 days ago

    @msjelly6191 It's been years since I did this but If you got to the github page for doitsujin/dxvk page, you want to download the dxvk-2.5.3.tar.gz option. You need to go into the zip (winrar or 7z works fine) and then find the d3d9.dll file in the archive and move it to the file location. I can't remember if it's for x32 or x64 anymore. Try one and see if it works and switch up if it doesn't. 

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      baechubutts
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      12 hours ago

      it was x32!

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