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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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模拟人生2De Sims 2Die Sims 2Les Sims 2Los Sims 2Os Sims 2TS 2

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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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    Once the installation has completed, open the “NoCD” folder and copy/paste “Sims2.exe” from the NoCD folder into the folder you installed the game. By default this will be “C:Program Files (x86)EA GAMESThe Sims 2TSBin”. When prompted, you must confirm that you want to replace the files in the destination

    But when i copy paste “sims2” into the folder i installed the game, it says “there is not enough space” what should i do?

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    Once the installation has completed, open the “NoCD” folder and
    copy/paste “Sims2.exe” from the NoCD folder into the folder you
    installed the game. By default this will be “C:Program Files (x86)EA
    GAMESThe Sims 2TSBin”. When prompted, you must confirm that you want
    to replace the files in the destination

    I have done this but it still says it needs a CD.

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    Attention
    Tutorial for installing base game + ep are available here.

    Tutorial for installing mods are available here.

    Also I make a new tutorial to install SimCity 4 for those who are interested in city building game. Check it out here.

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      After installation process is completed, copy Sims2.exe crack from the files to C:/Program Files (x86)/EA GAMES/The Sims 2/TSBin. Click replace when prompted, then open the game.

      I have done this but it still says it needs a CD. Can you help?

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          It doesn’t say it’s out of memory. There is no pink flashing, black square shadow, or lag, as the game is not starting up at all. I have tried setting the desktop shortcut to open in windowed mode and got the same, unspecified, error.
          …I forgot to run as administrator! Now it’s working. ☺ Thanks for your help!
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          You can make the game to always run in administrator by right clicking on shortcut > properties > and then compatibility tab > and activate the “run this program in administrator mode”. Then click OK. This will ensure that the game always running in admin. Hope this helps 🙂
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          i follow ur steps and the no cd problem has been solved but the program compatibility assistant still pop up eventho i try stop it in control panel.is there any other solution? ps:mine is window 11
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    I followed the instructions, but when I try to run the game as administrator it still won’t work, it tells me the file can’t run and then pops up a small window with nothing but a red cross

    How do I fix this?

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  5. 0
    Ok so I’m stuck on the bit where I have to replace the Sims2.exe files from the program files. I cannot seem to find that file anywhere !
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    it’s keep telling me to locate/insert DVD-ROM help????

    edit : nvm i use the crack file its okay now
    edit 2 : the game shutted down on its own suddenly and now everytime i try to open it it says ‘unspecified error’ help pls
    edit 3 : yea nvm so i forgot replacing original file w the crack one. its fine now lol

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    Hello! Thank you for this but I have only 1 problem… when i am setting the sims2 to run as an administrator, its failing…can please anybody explain to me? oh i want to pay this gameeeee, looks like it wont alow me to run this an the admin
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    Hi I have a question. Do I have to uninstall The Sims (version 1) in order to download version 2 or can I just download it and it will add to the other version?
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      on youtube theres a video tutorial, the woman says you need yo download the sims 2 patch that will let you install the packs because for compatibillity reasons it wont let you, once you have installed the patch you can download and install the packs the link to the video is here – https://youtu.be/0Sf7jyo_2kQ
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