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Software => Computer games => Topic started by: Flame on December 13, 2004, 09:53:46 AM

Title: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Flame on December 13, 2004, 09:53:46 AM

Hey guys, I was asking EA support about the system requirements for the Sims 2, and the box says 256 MB required, but a FEW techs. for EA told me that almost 384 MB is REALLY required..... Just a public service announcement for any Sim Gamers...  8)

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Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Neil on December 13, 2004, 03:58:20 PM

I shan't let such excuse for poo near my computer. Evil. Evil.

joke :D

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Flame on December 13, 2004, 04:04:37 PM

LOL  8)

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Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Flame on December 16, 2004, 10:34:05 AM

I guess I also should mention that your video card MUST have 128 MB to install the game..... lol   (I'm being serious)

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Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Neil on December 17, 2004, 02:13:12 PM

Games these days are so bloated. I remember when 4 megs of RAM was luxury.

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Flame on December 17, 2004, 02:14:28 PM

I know really. Most game now take up almost your hard disk! It's that bad! lol

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Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: 2k dummy on December 17, 2004, 02:24:02 PM

You guys are just young squirts. I remember the Altair. ;D

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Neil on December 17, 2004, 02:31:33 PM

Did you know that some Victorian guy designed the first "computer"? (Although it never got built). It was steam-powered and made out of metal cogs and stuff. Theoretically speaking it should have worked... programs were read in on punched paper and it could perform basic maths operations.

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: 2k dummy on December 17, 2004, 03:25:56 PM

I don't remember steam power and metal cogs, but I am all to familiar with punch cards and paper tape. Disk drives hadn't been invented yet. And 64K RAM was a genuine whopper.

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: merlin_2 on December 17, 2004, 03:35:23 PM

How far do you wish to return to in time!>http://www.computerhope.com/history/index.htm

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Neil on December 17, 2004, 03:50:51 PM

Lol... BC...

Here's the steam-powered computer.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/
I think you can even find an emulator for it somewhere.

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Corrosive on December 18, 2004, 12:28:16 PM

Quote

Did you know that some Victorian guy designed the first "computer"?

Charles Babbage. And it wasn't steam powered by the way - it was manually operated by pulling on a large lever. And you ain't ever going to get The Sims 2 running on it.

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Neil on December 19, 2004, 02:20:27 PM

" massive brass, steam-powered, general-purpose, mechanical computer" from that website

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Yvon Feaster on December 25, 2004, 02:45:07 PM

Help.  We just purchased Sims 2 (and increased RAM to 384) however after loading, we get the following message. "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0C compatible graphics adapters in this system.  Make sure you have a Direct X 9.0C compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest driver"    We do not have a clue what this means.  

Please help.

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: anster22 on December 25, 2004, 03:56:22 PM

Does anyone know if The Sims 2 can be played in XP Home version??

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: daydreamer110761 on December 26, 2004, 02:10:50 PM

i've had the problem with incompatibility with the direct x and the video.  got a new dell - with xp home (so yes, it can run).  sims 2 ran fine for about 3 days, i'm really into the game, then it starts crashing.  i meet the requirements, have reinstalled the game, but alas - it still crashes.  even tried to update drivers that didn't need updating.  any ideas guys?  i've tried everything tech support suggested.  since this computer is only a week old, i would hate to have to reload all the programs again, i tried system restore also, but that wouldn't go back to any old configuration.  since i'm not all that up to date with xp - this is all new to me.  thanx ahead of time!  :-/

Title: Re: THE SIMS 2
Post by: Flame on December 26, 2004, 06:04:47 PM

Ok people..... Windows XP Home IS compatible with the Sims 2. Also, Direct X can be found on the net.  If direct X can not be installed on your computer, then my guess is that your video card is not compatible with the game, or direct X. Contact EA tech. support. They know more than I.....  ;)

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