If you have an Nvidia video card there are some (slightly) good news: a new driver has been released last week. I downloaded it and it does help a little with the blue screen issue.

I love this mod! All my Sims are very grateful for it - now they can live their lives AND have a wonderful garden! Thank you so much!!!!

No ... I mean, I saw NPCs in the swimming pool during a (very short) stay at a hotel and they behaved as usual ...

Did you remove all the mods and/or hacks? They can be the source of your problem ...

My families learnt tales and songs!

Wow! Thanks for sharing this link! :smile:

Like you, I'm not fond of community lots. BV, however, makes this interesting if you wish to complete all the mementos. Trips are fun as well.
The "walk to" option really makes things easier when/if you wish to move from your lot.

I love this new EP - despite all the problems, I'm keeping playing. It's not the new items (I love the pyramid, but it is a bit unpractical), it's all the new options. This dramatically changed the game and I enjoy it.

I contacted EA listing all the issues I experienced plus the spamming problem. They told me they are currently working on a patch, as these issues are pretty common ... so all we have to do is wait - wait and apply Deviancy's tips which are really helpful (thanks for sharing!).

Hi everybody.
So far, BV is the only expansion I've ever had problems with (and I have all of them). Thanks to Pescado, I never experienced the spamming issue, but my game does have a bad habit: sometimes it freezes for a couple of minutes, sometimes the image goes blue (a nice shade of blue, but really annoying!) for some minutes, once the game crashed and I had to restart my PC.
I found out that saving after these events (well, except for the crash) does help the game to run smooth. However, they keep happening randomly.
I don't have hacks / mods on (excpet for Pescado's antispamming). I'm wondering wether this could be due to a sound card problem? It is DirectX9 compatible, but reading your previous messages has started me thinking.
Any idea?

WOW! Many thanks for the warning AND for the fixing link!
I have everything Sims2 loaded (well, except the Christmas stuff) and this spamming problem would have blown my system up :-(

Autoplay doesn't work for me as well. No firewall and definitely no video card issues (I tried it on 4 different PCs, bothering my friends to death). Are we to expect a patch from Maxis?

I join the "thank you" chorus

Thanks a lot!

Thank you a hundred times! My medieval and Victorian sets are now safe from ugly Maxis wear!