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The Sims 2

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The Sims 2 is a 2004 simulation game developed by Maxis and published by EA Games.

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About The Sims 2

From the neighborhood view, the player selects one lot to play, as in The Sims. While there are both residential and community lots, Sims can only live in residential lots. Sims can travel to community lots in order to purchase things like clothing and magazines, and to interact with NPCs and townies. The player can choose between playing a pre-made inhabited lot, moving a household into an unoccupied pre-built lot, or constructing a building on an empty lot. One novelty from The Sims is foundations. The player switches among the Live mode (default) to control Sims, the Buy mode to add, move, or delete furniture, and the Build mode to rebuild the house and make structural changes. Although the Buy and Build modes cannot be accessed when on a community lot, the lots can be built on by using the neighborhood view. It is also possible to import neighborhood terrains from SimCity 4.

The game contains some time-bound social challenges that provide a reward if successful. Sims can throw parties to gain aspiration points or invite the headmaster over for dinner in order to enroll their children in private school. Some expansion packs have new mini-games like running a Greek house in University, or dating in Nightlife. In Nightlife, each date is a challenge to keep both Sims as happy as possible while accumulating aspiration points. Various other expansion packs introduce supernatural characters which Sims can be turned into, such as Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves, PlantSims, and Witches.

The main part of the game is to lead a Sim from the start of life to death. A Sim will be born when a female Sim and a male Sim try for a baby several times. The mother will spend 3 Sim days (each day lasts 24 minutes though time can be sped-up) pregnant before giving birth to a baby. During Pregnancy, the belly does not expand gradually. Instead, every day, it pops to a bigger size. Players can name the new Sim upon birth. The baby's appearance and personality will be based on the genetics of its parents (though the baby's appearance is hidden until it becomes a toddler). Babies can also be adopted by calling adoption service on the phone, even by single parents, old age sims or same-gender couples. The baby will change into a toddler in 3 days, and 4 more days for the toddler to change into a child. After 8 days, the child grows into a teenager, and will live 15 days before changing into an adult. After 29 days, the Sim will become an elder. An elder will eventually die; the length of this final stage depends on the aspiration bar when they become an elder.

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  1. 0
    hi, i have a question, i been playing this game after i installed it using this tutorial, and now i cannot openit anymore. It just says “please insert the correct DVD-ROM, select OK and subtract application”, i read the tutorial, and i do everything it says, but it still doesnt works, i been playing for two days, and now i cant play anymore. what can i do?
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  2. 0
    I just wanted to install the base game, but after finishing the install and replacing the sims2.exe file with the crack file it still gives me the “no CD DVD ROM error”. Does anyone else experience the same problem?
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    Hey, i’ve been playing this game for about 2 weeks now and everything works perfectly except for the fact that i have no original sims that come along with the game like the goth family etc. i remember when installing the game the first time it was almost done installing when a message popped up saying “failed to install neigborhoods” or something like that. i didnt know what to do i have no og families or community lots. what should i do?.
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      Wow interesting. Check your Neigbourhood folder in Documents > EA GAMES > The Sims 2

      Is there are N001, N002, and N003 folder in there?

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        All 3 are there but they are empty. There is also a file called ‘NeighborhoodManager.Package’ and another folder called Tutorial
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          Try to delete neigbourhood folder, then start the game. Why? Because it will force the game to regenerate neighbourhood folder, and will restore them.
  4. 0
    It’s asking me for a product key from the back of the case. Since I don’t have one, does that mean I can’t play?
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  5. 0
    Please READ this tutorial below before commenting “why my game cant start” etc.

    Follow my tutorial below:
    https://allaboutdisil.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/how-to-install-the-sims-2-on-windows-10/
    Or:
    https://allaboutdisil.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/how-to-install-the-sims-2-on-windows-10/

    If u guys wondering “why i should ollow that tutorial”, it is because many people has been helped with the tutorial. I just wanna help people here so you guys do not need to experiment.

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  6. 0
    When I to start the program in NoCD folder it won’t start and shows a small empty white box and the only thing I can do is click the red exit.
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  7. 0
    I downloaded the game and it works perfectly but I tried to buy a car for my sim but the only vehicle available is the helicopter is something wrong???
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  8. 0
    I have the ISO mounted but whgen i hit the setup.exe file it says please insert correct disk, when it says its mounted and nothing I try will work
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