I just bought BV got any advice?

[StupidFriday]

Is there anything I should delete/add to my EA folder? Any tips to help my game run as smoothly and safely as possible?

Thank you

P.S. I have read the stickies.

[gali]

If you use hacks - you have to replace them with compatible BV ones.

Download and install the Patch.

One important suggestion: to prevent problems of not loading game (the Securom is very sensitive) - always restart your computer before you are going to play the game, and activate the application through All Programs, and not through the short cut.

[StupidFriday]

Thank you heaps for that
Im not sure where most of my hacks came from so I cant replace some but I'll just delete all of them anyway. I dont think many were too important.
Thanks again.

[Theraven]

a smart thing to do, is to copy the link to the website where you found the hack. makes it a lot easier to see if the hack is updated for newer EP's, or if it's updated for other reasons.

you could try to make a family you don't intend to use in the future, and then let all the CC be in the DL folder. then you try out everything you can come up with - every bit of cc and maxis content, and if no problems occur, then at least most of your CC is clean. you can't be too sure, of course, so I would've gone through the hacks and see if some of them spesifically is for BV or if some are global hacks. they usually needs updating.