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Software => Computer games => Topic started by: lizzie on December 19, 2007, 07:49:32 PM

Title: help with the sims please?
Post by: lizzie on December 19, 2007, 07:49:32 PM

my sims says that its installed onto my computer, but everytime i put a disc in, it says its the wrong disc.ive put in every sims disc i own(4 dics- deluxe edition 1&2, Superstar 1&2) and it still says its please put in the proper disc. how do i fix this?

 :)thanks

Title: Re: help with the sims please?
Post by: homer on December 20, 2007, 12:06:28 AM

is your CD drive fully functional? does it sometimes have a problem reading discs?

Title: Re: help with the sims please?
Post by: quaxo on December 20, 2007, 03:09:48 AM

I've read a lot of problems like this with Sims Deluxe. Seems a lot of them were fixed by downloading the patch:

http://thesims.ea.com/us/getcool/gamepatch/DEpatchindex.html (http://thesims.ea.com/us/getcool/gamepatch/DEpatchindex.html)

Title: Re: help with the sims please?
Post by: lizzie on December 20, 2007, 10:37:03 AM

ive already downloaded that. and yea everything else works in it, its functional

Title: Re: help with the sims please?
Post by: homer on December 20, 2007, 04:45:47 PM

well, without having any personal experience on this issue, the best advice i can give you is to uninstall/reinstall the game.

Title: Re: help with the sims please?
Post by: ms_dos_sux on January 03, 2008, 06:47:56 PM

What OS are you on, b/c my sims has had some bcakwards compatibility issues.