Phoned Home?
drallab_mas:
Bash me all you want, I've read a lot of posts on SecuROM and all that and warnings to not install arr'd store items with a connection running. Yet some how, I've managed to let the launcher phone home. I could tell, because as soon as I tried to launch the game, it closed for no reason during the loading screen. I was about to quit anyway to delete all the cache files, so when I went to do that, I found two nice little files in there that weren't there before. One was a .txt file, and although I couldn't read a lot of the stuff in the file, I did manage to read ACCESS VIOLATION - and it had several of the specs on my computer listed as well. I would have copy and pasted it on here, but by that time I was scared shitless and deleted everything in the hopes that that might save me. I haven't tried running the game since.
So, anyone have any idea what I should do now, or what I should expect in the slightest?
Motoki:
You're paranoid. That crash is quirk of the game most of us have dealt with at some point or other when using mods. It's not EA intentionally doing anything. It's EA half assery.
Access Violation is Geekanese for oh shit something that shouldn't have happened happened. That's it. It's nothing to do with you.
Also, you do know that you don't have to run the game from the launcher, right?
drallab_mas:
So even though it had my serial number and everything...I'm just being paranoid?
No... :-[ I didn't know that. How can I run it otherwise, then?
Mire Krisma:
Quote from: drallab_mas on 2009 August 13, 03:18:38
So even though it had my serial number and everything...I'm just being paranoid?
No... :-[ I didn't know that. How can I run it otherwise, then?
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3.exe
Motoki:
Edit: Mire beat me to it. ;D
From C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3.exe
You can create a shortcut to it on your desktop.
Also, while the launcher won't do squat but be slow and bloated, if you are really that worried you can block it in your firewall (one comes with Windows as of XP on) or just take the low tech route and unplug the modem when you run it. :P
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