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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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1,168 thoughts on “The Sims 2”

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    I have a problem with directx 9.0 It says I need it and I have tried so hard to fix it but the game doesn’t wanna start. please help me…….
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      Did you edit the Graphics Rule file? When I edited mine, I moved it to the desktop and moved it back to the game files. It changed it to a text file and then I got this error. So I copied the Graphics Rule file from another expansion, made my changes, saved it to my documents, and then moved it back into the game file. This time it stayed an SGR file and I didn’t get this error again
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    I just downloaded this game and everything works well so far! The only problem I’m having is with the graphics: every time I try and edit the file to fix them it tells me I need to contact an administrator. Also, the included instructions on how to fix the graphics direct you to the Mansions and Gardens pack to do this fix, while most places online direct you to Fun With Pets (which I can’t seem to find.) Where should I go for this?
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    Downloaded the ultimate pack. the game keeps on crashing on random moments like i cannot even go to the university lots anymore, managed to make a sim and make them move into a lot but now it crashes when i try to go back
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  4. 0
    I think i cant delete my ea games folder, i have sims 4 from origin, but i want to download this how can i do it without deleting that folder??
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    “Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate.”

    I am getting this. What to do. Someone please help.

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  6. 0
    I download and there’s no neighbourhoods? Tried the language fix based on other recommendations but I don’t have an EA folder either….
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  7. 0
    I have turned the Shadows OFF and I still have that black square appearing under my sims. Do I need to lower the texture details too? Help please!
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  8. 0
    How and where do you add the mods/ downloads folder for cc i need to know so i can get the black shadows glitch out of my game i have 1920 x 1080 and the shadows are on mid to low and it still does the black box thing so i need to get a mods folder asap
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      Just create a folder that says Downloads. And it has to be exactly as I spelt it.

      Downloads

      Or your cc folder won’t work. AMD just install the cc into that folder (you don’t need a resource file either, just that folder alone)

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