Major Game problems.
HappyThoughts:
Another thing to note is after every launch of bodyshop and the sims2 itself, new cigen, accessory, and groups.package files are created in your sims2 folder. Which means you must remove them EACH time you want to launch any of the two games.
Also large collections of clothes and hair can crash your game and bodyshop a dozen times before it finally creates thumbnails for each new item you've placed in your downloads folder. I have 14gigs of custom content 7 of that is just hair, so trust me when I say, crashing is normal.
Save and save often, I'm talking about after they eat, after they get out of bed, get home from work, anything. I sure hope this helps you.
Theraven:
Thumbnail crashes... forgot about those...
Each time you add clothing or other bodyshop items, the game has to generate new thumbs. Once thumbs have been generated for each item, you don't need to worry too much about those, as they will usually work.
But yeah, delete the cache files each time you go ingame. I've got to do so myself, as both Bodyshop and the game usually refuses to start if not.
CC plays a big role in crashes, and not only the borky stuff.
The more CC you have (and the less memory/RAM), the more likely it is your game crashes from memory (especially with Vista, maybe with Win7). I think XP needs at least 512 MB of RAM, Vista needs at least 1 Gb of RAM, the game needs at least 1-2 (and might crash if it uses over 2GB if you have Vista). There are other factors, too.
I've got about 30 GB of downloads on my stationary computer (4 GB RAM). My game usually runs fine, maybe a bit laggy on big lots or if there's snow. The computer is built to handle 3D modelling and rendering, so crashes are usually memory crashes because of Vista (game crashes when using more than 3 GB). 4 GB is a bit too little for my use, though, so I might up it to 8 GB whenever I've got someone to do the tecchie bit for me...
My laptop (512 mb RAM), on the other hand, had serious troubles running the game with more than 9 GB, and startup varied from 30 min to 2 hours, while the game was laggy as h***... I could eat dinner, clean the house and maybe read a few chapters in a book before the "buy clothes" menu popped up, or before a lot had loaded.
blaquerayne:
Thank you very much.
Memory may be the problem, which is why i'm trying to get rid of some things now. But Bodyshop still isn't working.
I have one question, the latest expansion pack I have is Seasons, but the game runs with the pets disc, is that normal? It is the fun with pets as opposed to the regular pets so does that affect it?
Engram:
Since Pets and especially Fun With Pets is a later EP than Seasons, it is perfectly normal for it to be running from the Pets disk. Seasons is not the latest pack you have. You simply bought it last. Purchasing and installation order has nothing to do with which disk is used to run the game. Release order is the important factor and Pets is actually your latest EP.
Do you extract a lot of sims or make lots of Bodyshop recolours or lots of sims? Try clearing out your SavedSims folder and see if that helps your Bodyshop loading. If you have too many extracted sims or new sims or Bodyshop recolours in SavedSims that can cause crashes, too.
blaquerayne:
I thought Seasons came after pets, okay.
I just started recoloring clothes and I haven't made any new Sims. If I clear out my SavedSims file, would that get rid of my recolors?
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