Questions about Securom!!
ryskia:
Hey everybody, I have a few questions regarding Securom.
I had initially installed The Sims 2 on a very old PC which I really didn't care too much about, and basically only used solely for The Sims. However, I recently got a new laptop and I would like to install The Sims 2 on it because the old one is about to die any second. Now, I have a lot of custom content downloaded, and I also had Bon Voyage and Free Time installed. I know Securom leaves traces on your directory, but I'm not too sure what this means. If I copy all of my old characters and my downloadable content into my new game will I still have Securom?? (Even if I only install up to Seasons?) [When I say install I basically mean making a copy of my Downloads file or EA Games file and dragging it to my new computer].
Also, I remember finding a few solutions to Securom where you'd be able to play the new expansion packs WITHOUT Securom, but I can no longer find it. I don't know if this means they don't work or not, but if anyone can lead me to a working way I'd be grateful. BeosBoxBoy's FAQ appears to only remove it if you no longer want to play the game.
jamesabrown1:
Hey ryskia. I've been using all the EPs and SPs through AL on two machines, a desktop and a laptop. I regulary copy my entire EA folder (and subfolders such as downloads, etc.) to a flash drive and then copy that onto the other computer and have had no problems, with securom or anything else. The desktop is an XP machine and the laptop is a VISTA machine, I keep moving my game between them so that I can pick up where I left off, regardless of the machine. Hope that helps some.
Oh, and sometimes, if the only difference is one neighborhood or the downloads, I only copy those folders from one machine to the other.
ryskia:
Hey JamesABrown1, when you say you regularly copy your downloads and you have had no problems with Securom at all do you mean you have no problems with Securom re-installing in your computer or you just have had no problems with Securom as a whole??
jamesabrown1:
As a whole. The only reason I know it is there is because I am aware that it came with the EPs.
Edit: I have installed, uninstalled and reinstalled both BV and FT. I've only installed AL, but not needed to unstall it as yet.
Engram:
If you install up to Seasons, you should be able to avoid SecuROM altogether.
Copying over your EA Games folder wholesale is a bad idea in this case. Since your hoods and other files are updated up to FT, they'll just crash your game and won't load at all. If you are not planning on installing BV and FT at all, then you should also plan on starting all your hoods from scratch.
As for the Downloads folder - make sure you go through it on your old PC first and remove any custom content that are recolours of BV and FT items/clothing/hair, etc. Also, plan on getting all your hacks and mods from scratch as well. Since the versions on your old PC would be for FT and not Seasons, you really need to re-download the Seasons versions of all of them. Just like hacks are not forward compatible, many of them are not backwards compatible because they rely on new functions introduced in new EPs. Plus you probably have some BV-specific and FT-specific hacks and you should get rid of them before you transfer your hacks f`older to a Seasons game.
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