Hey all, thanks again for all of the encouraging comments and technical advice. I’ve tried a few more things but am sadly no farther along than I was before. :-/ I even bought new University disks, but I’m running into the same problem during installation as I was with my other disks. If you want a full update, read on! There is some good news at the end, too.
From Bad to Worse
Hey guys. Just wanted to give you an update on my Sims issues. In my continuing endeavor to get the game to run without crashing, I’ve tried a number of things — testing for conflicting downloads, updating or rolling back my graphics drivers, throwing my computer out the window — OK, so I didn’t try that last, but I came pretty darned close. When none of those things fixed the problem, I decided to uninstall my game and reinstall it, in hopes that a clean slate would do the trick.
ARGH!
Hey guys. I’m still having trouble with my Sims. I am THIS close to trashing everything — EVERYTHING! — and reinstalling the game. I am so frustrated. Anyway. I’ll probably come up with a less drastic solution, but until then, I’m giving my computer very threatening looks. I thought I had figured out the problem, but it went back to crashing, and spending 20+ hours of my life just sitting here waiting for my game to load so I can play for 15 minutes before it crashes, over and over and over again, has been annoying, to say the least. This game is supposed to be FUN, right? Anyway. Sorry to gripe. I hope I can get a story posted SOON.
Eyebrows Are Good
I’m zeroing in on the problem with my game crashing — I removed my Downloads folder last night and played the Ravelo college kids for a full 45 minutes with no crashing. Before, it was crashing after about 20 minutes pretty consistently. So it must be a conflict with some custom content. Now comes the hard (that is, time consuming) part — trying to figure out which download is causing the problem. I have something like 17,500 downloads, so that could take awhile, even if I do it in groups.
Movin’ Right Along
Hey guys, thank you so much for all of the comments and helpful suggestions. It makes me feel really good to know so many of you enjoyed and were inspired by the Shanleys. I’ve been pondering what to do with them for the past few days, and I’ve finally come to a decision. Your feedback helped a LOT. For awhile I seriously considered starting a new Legacy with Zuzu Shanley, but I think what I’m going to do is just say goodbye to the Shanleys for good. I’ll definitely miss them, and they’ll always be one of my favorite families, but I’m ready to move on. To be honest, I hadn’t played them on a regular basis since 10th gen. I kept trying to revive them and renew my interest in them, but I wasn’t having much success, so maybe this was for the best.
Learning the Hard Way
Well, after banging my head against the wall repeatedly trying to figure out why two of my neighborhoods had ceased to appear in my neighborhood chooser menu (as I ranted about in this comment), I finally figured out the problem. I had thought it was an Open For Business problem, but I was wrong. This was completely and utterly my own fault (although I can point the finger at OFB for making me muck with things in the first place, grumble grumble).
Merry Measures (Part II)
Flora the Housekeeper was desperate. She had just witnessed Mr. and Mrs. De Groff — who had been married for ten years at least — kissing in the wagon outside as if they had never kissed each other before. How strange! How incredibly curious! she thought, twisting it around in her mind until it became bigger than it was. And now that it was big, she just had to tell someone about it. But who? Nellie? Yes, Nellie would do.
After a brief search of the main floor, Flora found Nellie standing in the middle of the study, paging through a tattered book. Flora entered the room on tip-toe, as if worried someone might hear, and closed the door gently behind her. Just as dramatically, she glanced around the room to make sure no one else was present, then leaned forward and gasped, “You won’t believe what I just saw!”
With an almost guilty flush of her cheeks, Nellie set down the book and took a step forward. “What? What is it?”
Fire, Mist, and Phantoms
Hey people, what’s up? I’m Misty Ravelo, and I’m here to tell you all about our sophomore year at Academie La Tour. I gotta say, it was really quite the year, full of heartache, drama, excitement, and of course, carpal tunnel syndrome from typing those ridiculously long term papers. I can’t believe I have to write eight more of those before I graduate! My wrists hurt just thinking about it.
There’s me, typing away. Check it out — I’m not in the dorm! Yep, we decided we were sick of living with dorky guys and moved into a little house off campus. This was also the year I decided I wanted to be a rock star, so I bought a guitar and glammed myself up and wore punk-ish clothes. Did it work? Hm.