What am I doing wrong? I really borked it and I'm desperate! :^(
SaraMK:
Quote from: magicmoon on 2009 April 15, 19:45:58
I had a huge problem when I enabled indexing for the Windows XP Search function. Once I turned it off, the problems decreased. It still took a ton of registry cleaning to get everything working smoothly again as it was crapping all over it. But just disabling it was enough to stop the stupid random reboots while trying to run The Sims.
The key to keeping Windows running smoothly is to turn off anything it nags you to turn on.
SuperScarlett:
Quote from: Avi on 2009 April 15, 12:16:09
I want to start culling my CC but I don't know what all of it is so I sort of need to make note of it from the game (especially CAS stuff). I know there's really no way to do that with objects and build stuff.
I use Delphy's Download Organizer @ MTS2: http://nene.modthesims2.com/download.php?p&t=227925. It's a good thing to have around because it gives good descriptions on the content, which helps if you want to rename a file to be more descriptive :) Hope that helps!
Zazazu:
Quote from: magicmoon on 2009 April 15, 19:45:58
I had a huge problem when I enabled indexing for the Windows XP Search function. Once I turned it off, the problems decreased. It still took a ton of registry cleaning to get everything working smoothly again as it was crapping all over it. But just disabling it was enough to stop the stupid random reboots while trying to run The Sims.
The WinXP Search Function is evil. It serves no purpose you can't already use the puppy for (search companion, from My Computer) yet it burns system resources. Kill it. Even the IT at my company supported my right to kill it, and they generally don't like changing anything from the defaults.
Chain_Reaction:
Avi, if you really want to know if it's your PC or CC, just take the whole Downloads and Neighborhoods folder in EA Games and drag them to the Desktop. Now start the game and let the original neighborhoods regenerate and play them for awhile. If your game doesn't choke and die, your neighborhood or a piece of CC is definitely doing it. That will ease your mind about your PC. When you're ready to put your old stuff back, just delete the new Neighborhoods folder and move your two folders back and keep hunting through all that CC.
Avi:
I turned off indexing and hopefully that may fix that error issue . . . not sure if that was affecting how my computer was running or the game, but sure it didn't help. I know my PC is probably slowly dying . . . My floppy disk drive doesn't read disks anymore (hasn't for a long while), and my PS/2 port doesn't work so I had to buy a USB keyboard. So it's probably just a matter of time. So it wouldn't surprise me if something else on it is messed up . . .
I'm currently finishing the rest of my CC off with the binary method so we'll see how that goes. I've already halved it once because it crashed on load with all of the remaining in there. I managed to get to the neighborhood bin with half of it . . . So it seems that CC may just be the culprit afterall. Maybe the way it was set up before was fine, but now that I moved things around, I messed up some flimsy balance so it now won't work. X^D Thing is, when I installed those NGO drivers, I hadn't installed anything new that I could recall, and moving out the most recent stuff didn't help any. So I don't understand why that upset some balance . . . I thought maybe I broke my card or something. :^\ It could be however that my old neighborhoods just got so badly corrupted as I've done many VBTs like deleting Sims from the bin, moving occupied lots to the bin and back before I know those were VBTs. I haven't since learning that obviously. Is there a list of VBTs you shouldn't do in Sims that the game allows you to do? X^D I need to educate myself if there are any others!
The big issue is definitely due to my CC, or so it seems. However, the secondary issue of the nVidia BSOD may or may not have been resolved by uninstalling Norton (which I did last night) . . . Too early to tell.
I have Delphy's Download Organizer and I used it a few times, but I prefer Clean Installer. It's quicker to load especially with my large amount of CC, and I like the way it is set up better. I use both though, and the EA made Content Manager one too, though that one doesn't like to work most of the time.
Thanks for all your help, everyone! :^D Will update again if I run into any new issues! I think I just have to continue my long slow road of moving CC back and forth . . .
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