Game won't load
Alidai:
Quote from: Chandria on 2010 July 31, 09:20:58
Re-download and install AM (Updates are done all the time which may not warrant a post to tell you it's new).
Personally, I'd re-do the configuration tool also.
Then pull out ALL your cc except AM. ANY package can conflict with the game if it is badly made, and there's a LOT of badly made crap out there.
If the game still won't load, THEN post here.
I did that,and when it comes to the loading screen,the music cuts out,and everything just stops,now when I take out AM,the game is fine again.
I only have WA,so AM is in Program files,can someone help me out of my stupidness?
J. M. Pescado:
I believe Fullbuild1 is where a bunch of game resources are stored. If the game is seizing up accessing that for an extended period of time, it probably has something to do with it trying to rummage through the fullbuilds.
One thing you can try to accelerate loading times is to load that entire directory into RAMdisk in advance. This is only about 4 GBs of data, so you won't even need an exceptionally gargantuan RAMdisk. The other thing you can do is tear it apart into MULTIPLE fullbuild files that are pre-decompressed. You can't decompress the entire file as-is because it will exceed the 32-bit address offset, but you can tear it apart into multiple files and repack them. Obviously, this is an advanced measure that is for experts to attempt only, and will probably break patching, so if you have no idea how to do this, don't. But most of these issues are caused by NEEDING MOAR RAMZ.
Chandria:
Quote from: Alidai on 2010 August 01, 08:44:11
I did that,and when it comes to the loading screen,the music cuts out,and everything just stops,now when I take out AM,the game is fine again.
I only have WA,so AM is in Program files,can someone help me out of my stupidness?
Is it fully patched up to date? If so, try the configuring your cc in your My Documents folder and see if it works.
I'm not sure if EAxis changed the setup for the older EP's in their latest patches or not, but from what I've read, I think they may have done so.
(They probably don't say anything specifically so that people will be motivated to buy the newer EP's to get their games working again.)
If it works, you're ahead of the game for when you get HELS and AMB, if it doesn't you're no further behind than you were.
Alidai:
Jip,patched up and ready :),so I tried it,and still nothing.
Grrr,damn EA!! >:(
Any other ideas?
Chandria:
Quote from: Alidai on 2010 August 01, 11:37:01
Jip,patched up and ready :),so I tried it,and still nothing.
Grrr,damn EA!! >:(
Any other ideas?
This is a blind stab in the dark, but when you tried that did you also grab the NEW Resource.cfg file and put in the new MODS folder?
The new one is totally different from the old one, so it's not a move and dump thing to change it. You can find the new one over on ModTheSims.
Also, did you pull out the d3dx9_31.dll files out of the Game/Bin directories? I don't know if it makes a difference if you do or not, it does for some.
Beyond these suggestions, I'm tapped out.
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