BV and no CD?
jsalemi:
I've been using the no-cd exe you pointed me to, B, and I'm getting strange dialogs from folks on vacation lots, like the tour guides. For example, if I ask for 'the hot spots', the response I get is 'The local hotspots are med?.' And I got a weird response from some other local, too, that had nonsense in the dialog box. Have you seen anything like this?
I don't know if it's a problem with the no-cd exe, or with a hack/mod interfering with the game (though I'm pretty sure I took out all non-compatible hacks). I'm going to try the CD image/YASU version tonight and see if that solves the problem, assuming JMP gets his hack to stop endless spawning of Tour Guides ready by then. Otherwise, vacations will have to wait for a bit. :)
B:
Quote from: jsalemi on 2007 September 11, 15:45:37
I've been using the no-cd exe you pointed me to, B, and I'm getting strange dialogs from folks on vacation lots, like the tour guides. For example, if I ask for 'the hot spots', the response I get is 'The local hotspots are med?.' And I got a weird response from some other local, too, that had nonsense in the dialog box. Have you seen anything like this?
I have not seen anything like you have, but I'm also not using a no-cd, since my image is able to run the game just fine. I've never known EA to booby-trap the exes in such a way that a no-cd crack will have gameplay affects, so your problem might stem from another cause. It sounds like corruption of the text lists to me, although I'm really not sure.
If you end up trying to mount an image, make sure YASU is running from within your Daemon tools folder. This seems to help some folks, although many others are still unable to get past the SecuROM check.
jsalemi:
Thanks for the tips. I'll do another good look at my downloads and see if I missed removing/disabling any incompatible hacks.
broo:
Quote from: B on 2007 September 11, 12:16:53
It is Spyware, and you should avoid it.
Really? Damn, my hubby will kill me for it :(
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The Pop-Up you are describing is the new Maxis "Launcher". To disable it, edit your BV shortcut (right click on it, then properties, and then alter the Target) so it points to "Sims2EP6.exe" instead of Sims2Launcher.exe". You will not need to change anything else in the path, since both files are in the same directory.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! ;D
syberspunk:
Quote from: B on 2007 September 11, 15:54:44
If you end up trying to mount an image, make sure YASU is running from within your Daemon tools folder. This seems to help some folks, although many others are still unable to get past the SecuROM check.
Initially, upon my first attempt at getting BV to run off an image, I was also having various errors. As someone mentioned in another thread (I think Chibi somethingorother, the one with the fugly Star Trek: Voyager desktop :P), I also got both of those error messages. I was using DT 4.8 and the latest version of YASU. I tried a couple of things, but I would still get either of those two error messages (the emu detection error and the unable to run module error).
What did it for me was:
1) Uninstalling DT.
2) Rebooting
3) Downloading latest DT (4.10 I think?), installing, and rebooting.
4) Putting YASU in the DT directory.
5) Mounting the image.
6) Enabling all emulation options on DT (there were 4 listed, but I can't remember them all now).
7) Running YASU and clicking on Cloak. This time, I received a successful message (previously, attempting to run YASU, it would not detect anything that it could cloak).
8) Running the game.
So far, I have been able to run BV, and I have yet to encounter any weird dialog/text problems *knocks on wood*
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