After not playing the Sims 2 for a long time, I decided to start it up again. Unfortunately, my game seemed to decide otherwise. I got the error sound, but no message ever popped up and it simply did nothing afterward. I followed the provided tutorial on fixing the problem but it did nothing. I removed all my custom content. I removed my saved sims folder. I even removed all the userfiles as suggested and still to the same effect.

Left with no other option, I tried unstalling the game and discovered that that function also no longer worked. In order to still remove the game, I did it manually through a tutorial and then went about installing it again after defragmenting my drive.

Installing the base game went like a dream, but when trying to install University this happened: http://i34.tinypic.com/hskxtz.jpg

The same happened with Nightlife, H&M Fashion Stuff and Celebration Stuff. Not only that, but the game will not start. Not even after a fresh re-install and no alterations to the game file itself. I am well and truly stumped. Can someone help me on this one? It's not gone beyond just wanting to play the sims. It's a matter of pride!  

My system specifications:
AMD Sempron Processor LE-1250 (2.2 GHz)
2,0 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Windows XP

Hi,

It appears I've got a slight issue with my sims game. Don't bite my head off if it's already dealt with on another site because I tried googling it but came up with zilch. Basically, after a random amount of time, not even all the times that I play, my screen will flash to black for less than a second and then come back, which is slightly disturbing. Without fail, after this, half the textures in my game decide that they don't need to be fixed to one spot. I've had textures for maxis beds turn up on custom hair. I've had sims suddenly get wood textures and even the control panel gets patches of other textures spread out over it.

I have re-installed my game and it happens all the same. I've checked all my hacks but they're all up to date. It's happened on university dorms but also in a private home with just two sims living there. My game is fully patched and my graphics card is an NVidia GeForse 8600 GT with up-to-date drivers.

Does anyone have an idea? Because it's kinda weirding me out here.

Thanks,

Hag.

Hello,

I would be Hag. I earned the nickname during the very, very short time that I taught a high school class as part of a course and it stuck. I'm a soon-to-be 22 sims player. I'm not much when it comes to creation. I like to play around a little with my DazStudio and make 3d pictures.

English is my second language so if I make grammatical mistakes or spelling errors please point them out to me so I can improve my grasp of the language.

If there is anything you'd like to know, just ask and you might get an answer 

Hag.