Only able to play Mansions and Gardens
After the intro scene upon starting up, I get to a Fun with Pets screen, and after that's done loading, I get to Mansions and Gardens. That's it. No ultimate collection, or the ability to pick what I...
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Like this: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-2/INFORMATION-REQUEST-No-Neighborhoods-to-pick-from/td-p/3156388 ?
Could this be your issue ?
The fun with pets screen and Gardens & Mansion part is normal
I think the poster is referring to this problem:
If you are new to the Sims and you download the Ultimate Collection, it dumps you into the Mansions and Gardens screen when it starts up, with no clue how to get to the main program.
This helped: "It'll come up like that because that was the last game released. It is the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, it's just not called that. Everything is there.
You can create your own sims - just go to Create-A-Family in the family tab in the neigbourhood menu (once you've loaded a neighbourhood)"
