There is a program that you can find HERE called the "Hack Conflict Detection Utility" which may help. You can find it under "Sims 2 --->Programs". It's possible that you have something in your Downloads folder that is conflicting with something in OFB and creating a fatal error.

Nevermind.

Will this mod work if you DON'T have EP5 (Seasons)? I have everything up to and including EP4 (Pets).

I installed a Radeon 9250 PCI card with 256MB in my wife's computer when she was having issues, and she hasn't had a problem since. She's currently running every EP/SP up through Seasons, and still running smooth.

You can get the card pretty cheap at http://www.newegg.com

More ups and downs than a meth addict playing hopscotch!

Make sure that the person that you're sending to the dresser is an actual member of that household, and not a 'selectable summoned person'. I was having the same problem until I realized that.

I used to have the same problem with a media player program. It was set up to automatically update, and if the internet was down or the server was down, the media player wouldn't work because it couldn't get the updates it was looking for.

I would recommend leaving the auto-updates disabled, and then maybe enabling it once or twice a week for an hour or so just to let it update, if it has any updates to get.

My wife just had a similar problem and resolved it this way:

She moved one 'parent' to the new neighborhood first, and then moved the other in with them (it's called "merging families").

Boeketjebloemen's suggestion should also work, so now you have some choices! LOL

If you create a Sim in Bodyshop and package the Sim from Bodyshop, then it should include any 'custom content' that you used in creating the Sim. Community etiquette suggests that you give credit to the creators of the 'custom content' when posting your upload.

If "Smooth Edges" is 'greyed out' on your options, then that means that your graphics card doesn't support the necessary 3D engines that the Sims 2 uses, which might also explain why your textures aren't as clear as you'd like them to be. I would recommend replacing your card at your earliest convenience. I can recommend a very good place to buy them from, which has great prices and excellent services (and NO, I don't work for them or get anything for suggesting them LOL).

And, lo and behold, now the server is working again.

Lucky guess......

I'm going to have to remove the "Loading Kathy's Basement" string.

It's already too crowded down here, and Kathy keeps tripping when she comes down to whip her minions back in line.

Fortunately, I'm just repainting the place for her.

Kendra (and anyone else coming back to this thread since it doesn't appear that Kendra has been here for a while),

There's some good tips on making your computer more "Sims 2 Friendly" by visiting HERE.

It's also possible that something else, maybe completely unrelated to the Sims 2 game, has corrupted or changed the computer's Registry settings, and might be resolved by doing a "System Restore" back to a point in time when everything else was working.

Lastly, make sure that you have your Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware programs disabled when you boot up your Sims game. Even if the game "worked fine" with them running before, sometimes their 'updates' will begin interfering with the function of the game.

Good luck.

I had the same problem until I turned "Smooth Edges" off under the graphics options. After that, the textures came up much more clear.

Apparently, the server or site is temporarily "down." Give it some time and it should be back up.