What's your take on Securom?
Tenshii~Akari:
I don't think it's SecuRom on that part. If that happens, Zelia, you should delete the following files, then restart it to see if the game comes up:
Groups.cache
Accessory.cache
cigen.package
ContentRegistry
These are four files in the game that can be easily corrupted, and regenerate after the game runs/closes out. ;)
Zelia Theb:
Thanks Tenshii~Akari, I'll try that out!
roger9:
to Zelia Theb: My CD drive does what you describe during the Sims2 game after I loaded Bon Voyage. Previously I had everything except stuff pacs up to Seasons & I had no problems. Now, while playing the game, if I take pics & go to 'Storytelling' to label the pics, the SecuROM program thinks I'm stealing something & starts rattling the CD drive. If I forget to take the BV CD out of the drive at the end of my game play, sometime the SecuROM program starts up if I'm downloading Sims stuff from the net. Occasionally, the drive goes crazy when I doing things totally unrelated to the Sims. It's the SecuROM program attached to Bon Voyage & everything since then. I'm sure of it now. It has nothing to do w. heat or fans. I have a brand new Quad4 CPU, tons of hard drive space & 2 gigs of RAM. Recently, I've been experiencing many lock-ups & crashes that I never had w. Seasons.
to Tenshii Akari: I tried deleteing the Accessory.cache & Groups.cache a couple of times lately before I read your post-- got the info from SimWatch-- & it certainly helps. I also removed the file 'ContentRegistry' but that one does not regenerate in my game. Those 3 files are tagged onto the File 'The Sims 2' without a sub-folder. But-- where or where is 'cigen.package' ? Thanks for Reading this. Roger9.
Tenshii~Akari:
The cigen.package would be in the same place as the other files. That's your Bodyshop's thumbnails cache, which despite it being reserved mainly for that program, can still prevent your game from running if it corrupts. If it's not there, then it wasn't created/respawned. The next time you ever decide to run Bodyshop, it'll create that file. ;)
As for the ContentRegistry not restoring itself... not sure why it isn't, but it should. It probably does when you open your Buy/Build mode catalogs. :dontknow:
PixieDust:
I’m running Windows XP with service pack 2, Athlon AMD processor and ATI Radon 9250 game card. I normally just leave the disc in the drive.
I have all eps up to Apartment Life and FT, GL, H&M stuff packs. I’ve been running BV for months now and the only problem I’ve had was the dreaded blue screen which I fixed by downsizing my downloads folder. I just put FT on and have only had hack related issues. I can still burn discs, I use Windows Media Player. I’ve never had a problem with freeze ups or task manager. I do have occasional modem issues, but that has nothing to do with SecuRom it started long before I put BV on.
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