Fresh neighborhood, fresh install, fresh new bug.
OpiumGirl:
Hmmm, I probably already had the dreaded Securom disease since ran the game without the no-cd at first. I should probably head over to the thread here and figure out how to know if I have it, and how to remove it.
Pure evil.
I actually owned one of the expansions on d2d....Evil incarnate, truly.
I ended up bitching so loud and for so long that EA decided to send me a physical copy of the game to shut me up.
Downloadable games are, in themselves, viruses.
Zazazu:
I had three of the EPs from D2D. The dratted thing makes you be online so that it can verify each time, then it gives you SecuROM as well. Pure evil.
Anyways. Correct no-CD + NO DELETEALLCHARACTERS + empty templates = win. Remove the deleteallcharacters cheat from your memory. It doesn't exist.
OpiumGirl:
This is really messed up.
Upon trying to uninstall my Freetime so I could do a fresh install, the uninstaller won't open. I popped the cd in, tried uninstalling from the cd....uninstaller does not open.
Then I proceeded to just try uninstalling sims 2 base game to get rid of everything...
Nope, nothing.
Something got really screwed up.
Here's some rather strange info....
The sims crashed my firewall today....I realized my firewall had crashed when I had already opened the sims game.
Suddenly my hood went missing. I did not directly attribute either of these to one another until just a moment ago.
Does EA phone home to check for no-cd patches or the like? This is bizarre that I can no longer uninstall the game, even with the original cds.
I just did a virus scan (a few minutes ago) and my system came up clean.
Aside from the whole sneaky connecting out, I just want to uninstall and reinstall the game.
I feel violated. ::)
jolrei:
Huh. Well, now you will need to do a manual uninstall. With the uninstaller not working, you will need to clear out your registry as well.
Look here:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,11418.0.html
When you reinstall, patch all EPs except FT. Use non-patch no-cd crack. Do not run the game until your FT no-cd crack is installed. This way you will avoid Securom.
talysman:
The firewall crash may be unrelated, ignore that for now and follow Jolrei's advice. It's possible the crash was caused by the game, but unless things have changed, the game doesn't phone home about NoCD. Using the in-game content browser or autopatch might do something like that, though. Also, if you have debug mode enabled in your cheats file, the game will try to connect over the LAN to a testing computer. Since you don't work for Maxis and aren't connected to their LAN, this will fail. Should be harmless, but maybe your firewall is a sensitive, caring soul that runs away crying at the slightest provocation.
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