Go ahead and delete that folder if its there, try to load the game again, and don't interrupt it like minimizing it. You can also rename the "The Sims 2" folder to "The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection" in your documents, backing up first of course. You may also need to run the game as an administrator in windows XP compatibility. View in thread EDIT: So, the torrent wasn't working for me at first, but that was because I was using qBittorrent. For some reason the download wouldn't start. So I tried downloading another program, in this case BiglyBT, and it worked perfectly! It started downloading instantly, I'm really happy right now! Archived post. Before downloading the origin version, I downloaded a non official version off the internet. I had bought legal copies of all the games in the past but its such a pain to get this game nowadays. One day it just stopped working so I reached out to EA for the official ultimate collection on origin. The game has been installed and reinstalled many The Ultimate Collection is so so much better than the Super Collection that's offered on mac. There is loads of content that you miss out on not having the extra packs. Apartment Life, and Freetime alone add so much to this game! Not to mention the Ikea furniture and HM make CAS and Build/Buy feel much more updated. i have gotten the game to run and it's working perfectly now. turns out that the whole issue was windows defender was preventing the Sims 2 from making changes to the document folder. Ah yeah, antivirus software will tend to do that, make sure to add an exception for the installation files as well as it may randomly delete them! For to get it to work on Windows Vista: Go to: c:\Program Files\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\CSBin. Right click: PackageInstaller. Click rename. add '.exe' at the end of PackageInstaller. It should look like this 'Package Installer.exe' with out the '. Next Steps. Then g o a sims2pack. -Right click. Step 1 – Locating the Sound Files. For this step we’ll need to locate the soundtrack package files. Start off by selecting File > Open. Locate where your The Sims 2 game is installed. If you have The Sims 2 / The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection installed through Origin, you’ll need to figure out where Origin installs your games by going to Well, not through Origin. I just bought nearly all of the expansions and stuff packs for about $45 including shipping online. The only part of the game that is probably unobtainable, unless someone really wants to pay over $150 for it, is Mansion & Garden Stuff pack, but the rest are around $4 - $8 per expansion or stuff pack for Sims 2 online. qhdqJ.

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