TS2 and Windows 7
ancienthighway:
Check your facts.
Carlwashere:
As another person who just made the switch, I can say there are no problems between W7 and TS2.
I backed up everything on my comp. (Took a good 10 hours), and when everything was finally loaded, my back-up was ready to go on my external hard drive (Windows easy transfer makes this ridiculously easy)
So after reinstalling all my programs(including the sims), I simply placed the back up into the sims 2 folder. It worked flawlessly, my game is EXACTLY the way it was before. Except it's faster. lol.
I'm not too experienced with computers, and I'm sure most of you are better, so you shouldn't have a problem.
Here's a tutorial I followed to the letter. If anyone is making the switch you can go ahead an PM me any questions.
I've been flawlessly running the sims 2, bodyshop, simpe, CI, and anything you can basically think of sims related pretty flawlessly. W7 = 1goodjob
EKozski:
When I got my new computer with Windows 7, I installed all my games, and just popped the folders in that Engram suggested in her tutorial. (Thank you, Engram!) and my game was just the way it was on the old computer. Except now, I got all the EP's and some SP's.
I had no problems at all.
Nalia:
Hi, everyone, and [a very belated] Happy New Year. *group hug*
I am resurrecting the thread to share another success story. I have --finally!-- built my new computer and installed all of my The Sims 2 games, up to Mansion and Garden Stuff pack.
My system is AMD Phenom II 955 x4 [true quad] <--- Although there had been reports saying there were some problems when running TS2 in dual-core machines, (according to what I have read over the internet, not from personal experience) I can assure you that The Sims 2 run excellently in quad-core machines.
I installed Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate; I run a fresh install of TS2, applying the patches after each EP. From my old machine I copied my TS2 userdata to a DVD and transferred them to the new machine. When I started my game the only difference was the loading times: super fast, and the game runs better than never before. After all these years I can play with shaders turned on. :)
Paden,
This is for you: You should definitely make the switch. I never tried Vista, I just went from XP straight to Win 7, and I can tell you that Win 7 is probably the best OS by Microsoft. If you have the 64-bit OS, Win 7 will recognise automatically which of your applications, programmes and games are 32-bit and make the necessary adjustments so as to provide the right enviroment.
Another thing I noticed: I installed Win 7 on a SSD and connected a Samsung HDD 1TB for other applications and programmes. Back in WinXP, whenever I had tried to installed TS2 in another partition than the one my OS was installed, the game would cause any kind of problems. Not anymore. I installed the game in a different disk (in a partition of the Samsung HDD) while the userdata were correctly installed in My Docs (on SSD). Everything is working perfectly well. Win 7 do all the necessary adjustments and create the right compatibility environment. By the way, when I inserted the base game disk for installation, there was a message saying "there are known compatibility issues with this programme". I just ignored it, and I have been playing the game for 4 hours with no issues at all.
So, for anyone who is still skeptical about Win 7 or quad-core machines I have to say your fears are completely groundless. TS2 run just perfect. Go for it! :)
Stelio Kontos:
Once I get up, get an ID and a job, I'll get a laptop with 7 on it.
Thanks for the info.
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