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Simmers' Paradise => General Sims 2 Help => Topic started by: Veckah on November 04, 2007, 12:09:33 pm



Title: Can't start game, says I'm using a backup disk
Post by: Veckah on November 04, 2007, 12:09:33 pm
Ok I don't think this one has been asked as of yet. I start my game, it goes to the normal start dialog box, I click the play button and the dialog box goes away as normal. After a few moments of my game loading I get another dialog box that says:
Please insert the original disc instead of a backup (1000).

I am not using a backup disk. This is the very disk I installed BV with.

I thought maybe it was simply a glitch and downloaded the patch hoping it would fix it, no dice. I get the same dialog box and cannot load the game.

I might also note that I HAD been able to  play my game before. This is a new system and I installed from scratch. I played with just the naked game a couple of times. I have installed VERY little CC and the ONLY hack I have installed is the BV version of InSimenator.

Also, the game will not start by simply putting the CD into my drive, I have to use my desktop shortcut.

Any ideas?

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My comp. specs.

System

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
System Model: Dell Optiplex 330
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A00
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File 339MB used, 3599MB available
DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)


Display

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Total Memory: 512.0 MB

Drivers

Main Driver: nv4_disp.dll
Version: 6.14.0011.6371 (English)
Date: 9/17/07 02:43:00
WHQL logo'd: Yes
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
VDD: n/a
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)


Title: Can't start game, says I'm using a backup disk
Post by: trl on November 04, 2007, 12:35:20 pm
*waves at Veckah*

This has happened to many with the BV EP so it is a known issue. Try bypassing the launcher and create your shortcut using the exe. to start your game it should do the trick. Ancienthighway explains this  here  (http://www.insimenator.org/showpost.php?p=934708&postcount=4) . I hope this helps!  :)


Title: Can't start game, says I'm using a backup disk
Post by: Pierre on November 04, 2007, 12:37:40 pm
hello

check to see if your cd is not scratch or run disk clean up to remove unecssery files.

Good luck


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