LemmyPie
9th Sep 2008, 04:52 AM
I've had 8 of the Sims 2 games on an old compaq laptop (updated with vista), with almost 1gb of downloads. I never had a problem with feezing.
I purchased a brand new Gateway with 4 GB Memory, 320 GB Hard Drive, Intel Centrino t5750 processor, and a Intel graphic media accelerator x3100 video card. (compaq only had 80GB hard drive and apprx. 512 MB memory)
I could not see why the would be any problem when installing those games on to my new Gateway laptop. However I also purchased The Sims 2 Apartment Life. I installed all of the games onto the laptop. (The only installed thing on the computer.) I decided to test the new game "As is", with out all the downloads.(Which are not even on the computer.)
The first time I opened Sims 2 it loaded, I selected my neighborhood. It loaded. Though when I tried to create a family it game froze (still veiwing the neighborhood.) The mouse was still moving as the hourglass, the music was still playing but it wouldn't load any father.
After a waiting for 20 minutes(music still playing mouse still has a hourglass) I "ctrl-alt-del" to escape. Restarted the computer. And tried again.
This time the game loaded to the "create a family" screen. However it now froze when I changed my sims hair. The Mouse was still moving, and music continued.
I again waited, then escaped. I knew the Sims 2 had updated itself when installing, However I wasn't sure if it included the patches. I went to thesims2.ea.com and downloaded all of the patches. And restarted the computer.
Sims 2 Apartment Life would load all the way though to the "Create a Family" screen. I could create my sim, however when I was finished and tried to go back to the neighborhood it would again freeze. Music still playing and mouse as the hourglass. I waited.
40 minutes after it showed no progess. I tried several times and never got passed this point.
I purchased a brand new Gateway with 4 GB Memory, 320 GB Hard Drive, Intel Centrino t5750 processor, and a Intel graphic media accelerator x3100 video card. (compaq only had 80GB hard drive and apprx. 512 MB memory)
I could not see why the would be any problem when installing those games on to my new Gateway laptop. However I also purchased The Sims 2 Apartment Life. I installed all of the games onto the laptop. (The only installed thing on the computer.) I decided to test the new game "As is", with out all the downloads.(Which are not even on the computer.)
The first time I opened Sims 2 it loaded, I selected my neighborhood. It loaded. Though when I tried to create a family it game froze (still veiwing the neighborhood.) The mouse was still moving as the hourglass, the music was still playing but it wouldn't load any father.
After a waiting for 20 minutes(music still playing mouse still has a hourglass) I "ctrl-alt-del" to escape. Restarted the computer. And tried again.
This time the game loaded to the "create a family" screen. However it now froze when I changed my sims hair. The Mouse was still moving, and music continued.
I again waited, then escaped. I knew the Sims 2 had updated itself when installing, However I wasn't sure if it included the patches. I went to thesims2.ea.com and downloaded all of the patches. And restarted the computer.
Sims 2 Apartment Life would load all the way though to the "Create a Family" screen. I could create my sim, however when I was finished and tried to go back to the neighborhood it would again freeze. Music still playing and mouse as the hourglass. I waited.
40 minutes after it showed no progess. I tried several times and never got passed this point.