sims2

BudBud Chesterfield, Va
edited October 2004 in Gaming
I installed sims 2 on my computer for my little sister to play. I ran it and it worked fine. Today I started the game for here and the screen is black and I can barely see a outline of the sims logo.Any ideas what it could be?

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  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Reinstall? Try different video drivers?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    i'm going off on a tangent here, but is the game any good? saw it today, thought about buying it just for the hell of it...
  • Lord_NightLord_Night Piqua Ohio
    edited October 2004
    games fun Geeky but ya kinda have to get use to a role selective play.
    nothgin blows up, no shooting anyone no sniping, no runnign em over wiht a humvee or tank..

    I have it for my daughters, its ok I like it, but I dont play it everyday...

    give me Renegade :thumbsup:
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    i'm going off on a tangent here, but is the game any good? saw it today, thought about buying it just for the hell of it...
    I don't have it (yet ;)) but most say that if you didn't like the first one, you're not gonna like this one. Other that graphics only a few things have changed.
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited October 2004
    Ive changed driver went from 4.10 to 4.9, unistalled game then reinstalled. Still does same thing. I was thinking it was my driver since it was beta but went 4.9 did same thing
  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited October 2004
    Same issue here, craps out everynow and again, seems to be vid card related, monitor goes to stand-by. Drivers are latest catalyst for 9600 AIW. Anyone else? :scratch:
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited October 2004
    whats wierd is it did work fine with the 4.9 drivers
  • JustinJustin Atlanta
    edited October 2004
    Perhaps a game issue that needs a patch? Does the maxis site say anything?
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited October 2004
    they say there is one on the way but i dunno about that?
  • ickster33a16ickster33a16
    edited October 2004
    i found the game the same as a the first one cept with a bit better graphics and a bit more to do its just an exspanion to me



    (/me sims freak)
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    I bought the sims 2...it's pretty good...and could it be your monitor that's the problem??? I remember when I first installed it and tried to run it, it didn't work, the whole screen just went back, flashed for a bit then went back to windows.. but then I swiched to a half way decent monitor and it worked fine....

    p.s. Killing sims is fun...I love watching them get pummeled by satelites hehe
  • Access_DeniedAccess_Denied tennessee
    edited October 2004
    civ3 done this to me once when i went to a friends house.. i think it may be the resolution that the game uses just may be incompatable with the monater
  • MrTRiotMrTRiot Northern Ontario Icrontian
    edited October 2004
    ...ugh...the nightmares of civ3
  • TrinityTrinity UK
    edited October 2004
    Justin wrote:
    Same issue here, craps out everynow and again, seems to be vid card related, monitor goes to stand-by. Drivers are latest catalyst for 9600 AIW. Anyone else? :scratch:

    I have to close virtually everything ...especially folding...to play it and even then its stuttery when theres 3 or more characters in the room..so I uninstalled it :( its the only game I've ever had problems with :scratch:

    But then again I do need a new graphics card :rolleyes:

    I got pwned by Sims :bawling: :p
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited October 2004
    Trinity wrote:
    But then again I do need a new graphics card

    Bug Shorty. :D
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited October 2004
    Lord_Night wrote:
    games fun Geeky but ya kinda have to get use to a role selective play.
    nothgin blows up, no shooting anyone no sniping, no runnign em over wiht a humvee or tank..

    Nothing blows up?
    I disagree, I my game the kitchen has been a blazing inferno a couple of times. :wtf:
    Damned Sims doesn't know how to cook. ;)

    BTW: Your neighbour beats you up if you peep at them through the telescope during the day. ;D
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