the same happened to me. The 1st time I get to change the house and play for a while but then the game went down. Everytime I try to play again and agains and, if I try to play in an family or go to CAS the game stops running and I get a Sims2 error msg. What I don't get it is that the1st time it took 20 to 30 min to crashe (I did change the setting but fogget to save) but now it has soon as it stops loading the household the game goes down ☹️
I think it can only be solved with a patch to adress the compatibility issues with windows 8
So, after they told us to uninstal any version of Sims 2 we may have already had on our computers, it turns out that this download doesn't contain the base game afterall? Awkward... Well, at least I still have the instal disks for the game (I have the CD ROM version of the base game).
I'm still waiting for my download to complete myself, but my version of the base game hasn't encountered any serious hickups when playing on Windows 8.1 (I actually had more problems with it on my old XP machine, ironically...). I never got the chance to get any of the disk versions of the expansion packs, so the base game is all I've had ever had. For the record, my computer's specs are:
Make and Model: Toshiba Satelite C55D-A
Processor: AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics 2.00 GHz
RAM: 4.00 GB (3.45 GB usable)
System Type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor
I hope that the issue is resolved by the time my download is complete, though. I'm really looking forward to playing The Sims 2 in all its intended glory.
I have the same problem with the game. (I'm on windows 7 32-bit) The game is supposed to contain Sims 2 with it. If you go to the faq about The Sims 2 Ultimate Collect and scroll down it says "What does The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection contain? The Ultimate Collection includes The Sims 2, as well as every single The Sims 2 expansion pack and stuff pack." So that's weird that it doesn't include the base game... Link to the faq to see for yourself: http://help.ea.com/en/article/the-sims-2-ultimate-collection-faq/
