The Sims 2
The Sims 2 is a 2004 simulation game developed by Maxis and published by EA Games.
The Sims 2 is a 2004 simulation game developed by Maxis and published by EA Games.
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.
The Sims 2 was re-released and is no longer abandonware. You can purchase the game from:
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On Windows 2000/XP, navigate to Start, Run, then type “regedit”.
For Windows Vista, go to Start, and in the “Search” field enter “regedit”. Select it from the list that comes up or just press Enter. You may have to accept a security warning.
For Windows 7,8,8.1, press windows key and type “regedit” and hit enter.
2: Find your game in Registry Editor
For the base game only (no expansions/stuff packs/etc.) In the left pane, navigate through the folders, following this path: ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREEA GAMESThe Sims 21.0
For expansion packs/stuff packs:
In the left pane, navigate through the folders, following this path: ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREEA GAMES*name of last-installed expansion or stuff pack*1.0
3: Change the language
1.In the right pane of the window, find the entries labeled “Language” and “LanguageName”.
2. Double-click “Language” and, using the list below, change the previous number to the number or letter corresponding to the language you wish to switch to. Be sure it’s set to “Hexadecimal”. Click OK.
3.This isn’t necessary, but it’s a good idea: Double-click “LanguageName”. Using the list below and the number or letter you just entered, enter the name of the language you wish to switch to. Click OK.
4.If you have expansion packs, especially more than one, it could be helpful to change each key for each expansion (and the base game) just to be sure they’re kept in sync. Language List
0 English
1 English
2 French
3 German
4 Italian
5 Spanish
6 Swedish
7 Finnish
8 Dutch
9 Danish
10 Russian
11 Simplified Chinese
12 Traditional Chinese
13 … (appears corrupted)
14 Polish
15 Thai
16 Norsk (Norwegian)
17 Portuguese
18 Hungarian
a Portuguese
b Czech
c Hebrew
d Greek
e Japanese
f Korean
4: Restart the game
The change should take effect after restarting the game
I wanted to try to do this before getting the actual Sims 2 disc to try and see if it would be any easier. I’m really just confused on what else to do right now and would appreciate if anyone could help.
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