Thanks for the info.
I went ahead and uninstalled it all again. It wasn't working for crap.
I then got the Sims 1 out, and was able to play for a while, but when I went back into the neighborhood, the screen went black and it was like it just exited the game. It did it again this morning. There were no other issues with that one though- the graphics weren't messed up or anything.

Soooo I'm thinking my computer is definately the problem, lol.
Thanks again!

No, I haven't updated my graphic drivers.
And just how do ya do that? lol.

This is crazy. I'm not totally computer illiterate, but I've just never had problems before. It's so aggravating!

Thanks.

I took a chance and went ahead and installed the Seasons one.

It did okay at first, but after a few hours when I went back into the neighborhood, the graphics were messed up again.
The fields were big white squares with letters and slashes. That can't be good, lol.
It did the same thing this morning, but inside the lots the graphics are fine.

I don't get it! lol. Now what's wrong?

I'm helpless, hehe.

Sorry if this isn't the right spot for this... but..

Last year I got Sims 2 Holiday edition. It's worked like a charm ever since.
A couple months ago I got the Pets expansion pack. During the install, it suggested I back up my Sims 2 files. I didn't.. I don't care if I never play Sims 2 again. I just wanted a cat, lol.
So yesterday I got the Seasons expansion pack. It gave me the same suggestion. Again, I didn't do it.
Then it got to 10% and said there was an error. Asked to retry or cancel. I retried a few times, then canceled it. The next time it got to 23%. Same thing.

To make a long story longer, lol, I ended up uninstalling Pets, then unistalling Sims 2.
When I tried to reinstall Sims 2, it gave me the same error. I tried to manually copy the files and do the autorun, and that didn't work.
Finally I discovered that the DirectX wasn't on my computer, so I got that, and the install went okay until it was at 77%, on the 4th CD.
I copied that CD manually into a file, then clicked retry, and it worked.
Yay! I tricked it.

So when I got it to load, Pleasantview's color is all messed up, and there are big white squares all over it... Strangetown's ground has weird peaks all over it, and it was freezing up when I was trying to enter a family.

My question is- what's wrong with it? lol.

More importantly- does it matter that that one is messed up? I don't care that it is, because I'll probably never play it again....
But would the Seasons expansion pack work, even if Sims 2 is jacked up?
I don't want to try installing Seasons and then messing something up further.

Any info would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Thanks Robert...
But, I finally got it to install. DirectX wasn't on my computer, so once it was, it went through okay, until I put the 4th CD in. It got to 77% and gave me the error message again.
So I cheated and copied the files from that CD onto my C: drive before I hit retry, and it finished.

Only now, in Pleasantview, the graphics are all messed up, and in Strangetown the ground has huge peaks in it for no reason. So I probably screwed something up further, lol.

So I guess my next question is: I don't care about the original Sims 2. I just want the Season expansion pack to work, lol.
Will the fact that Sims 2 is acting like that affect the expansion pack?

If it wont matter, I need to figure out how to back up the files so I don't have issues again with installing an expansion pack.

Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone, I'm new and desperate, lol.

I had Sims 2 the holiday edition installed on my computer. Not too long ago, I got the Pets expansion pack. It installed just fine, and ran just fine.
Well, a little message had popped up advising me to back up my files from Sims 2. I didn't. I didn't figure I'd ever mess with that one again.

So yesterday, I got the Seasons expansion pack, and it would get to 10% and give me the message, 'A problem occured when trying to transfer the file (whatever its name was) from the media. Do you want to retry to copy the file, or cancel the installation?'
I got aggravated, and thought that it was probably because I didn't back up the original Sims 2 files.

To make a long story even longer, I uninstalled Sims 2, and haven't been able to reinstall it, because it gives me the same message it did on the Seasons one.

I'm so sad right now! lol. I've tried everything I can think of. Another site said that if there was scratches on it it wouldn't do it, so I manually moved the files off the cds into folders, then tried the autorun. It gave me the error message at 0%.

So now I'm stumped, and oh-so-sad. lol.
Any new ideas?