Trouble with loading
jrd:
I have placed asr.exe in C:\Program Files\Daemon Tools\ASR\ myself.
Assuming you use the same path, what you want to do is right-click your TS2 shortcut. It will point to something like "C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSBin\Sims2.exe" (can't check actual path now!)
Change this to the following: "C:\Program Files\Daemon Tools\ASR\asr.exe" -r "C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 2 Open For Business\TSBin\Sims2.exe". Press OK.
From now on you should always launch TS2 using this shortcut, and it will hide your drives while TS2 is running (bypassing the CD check), and restore them once it's done (thus avoiding problems with other apps).
jrd:
Oh, and delete your groups.cache file just in case. While I have run into problems with this file only once, others seem to have problems with it all the time.
It is trivial to edit your shortcut to automatically delete it by the way... just use a batch file.
mildlydisguised:
Thanks I have put both my Sims folders and Daemon stuff on my D drive (the secondary internal HD) so I have changed the C:'s to D:'s in the shortcut you suggested. It wouldn't accept this in the start in: path as it says it is not valid so I wondered if I need to use C: for the Sims part of the file name - but nope, that's not valid either. However I just went and checked the C drive (as I know The Sims installs some essential files there). I noticed that in the EA Games folders I only have folders for the base game, Uni and NL but not OFB, which doesn't sound right. Do you think this might relate to the original blankness problem?
Also should I have installed Daemon on my C:? Or is it ok on the D:? I am thinking it might be best to uninstall OFB and reinstall to see if I can get it to spawn a folder in the C drive in addition to the data on the D drive (unless of course it was never meant to be there in the first place?).
Sorry if that makes no sense, my lack of technical knowledge makes it difficult to explain myself properly.
jrd:
You can certainly install OFB somewhere else (like on a second harddrive) if you want, it should not cause problems. I don't use the default path myself, my Sims game is in C:\Games\TheSims2\ and OFB is in C:\Games\TheSims2\XP3-OFB\ for example.
Likewise it doesn't really matter where you install Daemon Tools or ASR: if your ASR.exe is in D:\ASR\ASR.exe replace "C:\Program Files\Daemon Tools\ASR\asr.exe" in my example with that. The same for your TS2 installation: although in this case you know the path, since it is already in your TS2 shortcut.
For shortcuts, if your path includes spaces, you MUST put quotes around it: C:\Program Files\ASR\asr.exe will be invalid, "C:\Program Files\ASR\asr.exe" will work. Blame Microsoft for this (I do!).
mildlydisguised:
Well I've tried un and reinstalling OFB but no luck still blankness. Still having problems changing the path for the TS2 shortcut, for some reason it seems unwilling to accept anything I try. I think I may give it a rest and try again another day as my problem is merely irritating rather than terminal.
Thanks for your assistance though, much appreciated :D
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