Help... Why Is My UCP Flashing? *FIXED*
SimsDiva:
When I play the game, the UCP flashes... sometimes just a couple of times before stopping, other times it will go on for quite a while. It hasn't caused a crash so far, or prevented me from playing, but I know it's something that shouldn't be happening.
A few (hopefully) relevant details:
Uni, NL, FFS, and GL are installed.
Patches for NL and FFS are installed.
All were installed fresh after doing a system recovery on my computer last week and I didn't actually play the game until today. Ran it briefly the first time... saw the flashing UCP, and exited out to see if I could figure out the cause. I ran HCDU, removed conflicting hack files, then started the game again, but it was still flashing so it didn't appear to help in regards to the problem.
The hacks I have installed are all either for NL+, or specifically for NL. (Wondering if NL specific hacks are at least part of the problem. Does having GL mean I should have chosen OFB specific hacks instead? I ask because the config log in my Sims 2 folder says my game is "The Sims 2, EP 3".)
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (ugh!)
RAM: 1024
HD: 160 GB
Processor: Intel Celeron 430
Graphics card: ATI Radeon X1300
Antivirus program: Avast, which is disabled during game play.
I wasn't sure if I needed to get an error log or not before posting about this, so I decided to wait and see if one was requested first. So... any ideas on what could be causing this flashing thing to happen? ???
gynarchy:
Quote from: SimsDiva on 2008 March 14, 06:03:08
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (ugh!)
RAM: 1024
I don't know if this is the source of your problem, but yikes! Ewe need moar RAMs. 1GB is not sufficient to run Vista.
J. M. Pescado:
Gwill:
1 GB and Vista?
You need more RAM and less Vista, before anyone can start looking at any other problems.
Jeez... One gig... Welcome to 2001.
Quinctia:
Also, from what you've said, it doesn't sound like you've run this install sans hacks. Does it flash without hacks?
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