System freezes when trying to open the game - is BV the cause?
snapdragon:
I have been playing BV on a daily basis for about 2 weeks, and a few days ago a problem started which I think might be BV-related. I insert the disk and open the launcher, and click Play. The screen goes black, as it always does, but then freezes instead of turning blue and then opening the Sims 2 game. If I open the task manager I can't click on anything, so I have to force the system to shut down. I've had to do this 3 or 4 times before the game finally opens.
I thought it was something wrong with my computer, but I searched on google and found a thread on Mod the Sims2 where people are talking about the same problem I'm having, and saying it started with BV. I posted on BBS but the only response I got is that there's something wrong with a driver. It's true that I'd rather believe that it's BV than my computer, but can anyone confirm whether the game freezing before it's open is somehow caused by BV?
On Mod the Sims 2 they suggest bypassing the launcher, but I tried that and still had the problem.
morriganrant:
Maybe try getting rid of the opening video, like in this thread?
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,10722.0.html
jolrei:
This could be related to any number of things. What video card do you have? What are your system specs? What hacks are you running (i.e. have you deleted all your old hacks and installed only updated BV compatible hacks)?
Generally it is recommended to bypass the launcher. All you have to do for that is to set up a desktop shortcut that points to the Sims2EP6.exe file, rather than to the launcher.
If you installed BV in a user account on your computer that is not an adminstrator account your problems may be associated with securom. There is a stickie thread in the Podium on how to remove Securom.
Other than that, find out what your video card is and search for threads on that. A number of people (especially those with various NVidia cards) have found that upgrading drivers has helped.
snapdragon:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 January 17, 20:57:25
This could be related to any number of things. What video card do you have? What are your system specs? What hacks are you running (i.e. have you deleted all your old hacks and installed only updated BV compatible hacks)?
Generally it is recommended to bypass the launcher. All you have to do for that is to set up a desktop shortcut that points to the Sims2EP6.exe file, rather than to the launcher.
If you installed BV in a user account on your computer that is not an adminstrator account your problems may be associated with securom. There is a stickie thread in the Podium on how to remove Securom.
Other than that, find out what your video card is and search for threads on that. A number of people (especially those with various NVidia cards) have found that upgrading drivers has helped.
My video card is ATI x1800. I did put the shortcut on my desktop but still had problems opening the game. I had some weird thing happen with all my computers last year when a tech support service accessed my computers remotely to fix a problem,and ever since then, all three computers behave as though I am not the administrator, even though I am logged in as administrator. Maybe if that is an issue with Securom, I will have to remove securom. I have not been able to do things like set up automatic updates or upload tv shows from tivo because of this problem, so maybe this is why I can't open the game. But if the problem is because of securom, why was it working fine for two weeks, and also a few months ago,when I first installed it?
So, I guess I can't believe that it's BV, but some issue specific to my computer. Thank you for your help.
jolrei:
Sounds to me almost like the tech service people put some sort of malware on your system. What sort of service did you need and what did they allegedly fix/do?
If your computer is generally behaving oddly, you might want to do a data backup, reformat and reload. That would take care of any malware issues at least and you would be sure of what was on the system.
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