No cracks are yet involved. No downloads, no mods or custom content of any kind. Just a blank computer one game one patch at a time. everything works perfect until I install the nightlife patch.

I got a new computer and I'm reinstalling all the sims 2 games. When the family wouldn't load (any family), i uninstalled everything and did everything one step at a time (in order, games and patches). I'm hung up at the sims 2 night life patch. before i tried to install the patch, the game was fine, after, the family wouldn't load. The patch errors when I ran it, so I'm pretty sure that's the problem.

Do I need the nightlife patch? Is there a working patch?

I've tried the patch located on both modthesims and beyond the sims EA website

It would be great if I didn't need it, or if someone could help link me to a patch that works.

Thanks,

Thanks for the help, this works for all expansion packs right?

I was wondering if anyone knows about a Sims 3 No CD, My son and I love the Sims but however we don't want to take the disc out over and over again switching between computers to play the Sims, I have seasons as of right now while he has Super Natural, for Christmas I plan to give him Sims 3 Seasons and pets, but however I do not trust him taking the CD out cause he is very clumsy. Also switching between computers can wear the Sims 3 Disc down, anyone have a solution?

I installed a no cd crack nearly 2 weeks ago. I had never launched the game from the disk at any time. I've been aware of all these SecuRom issues for weeks. I've seen the panic and I know the last thing you should do is Scream "Oh SecuROM has killed me!". So earlier today I had issues arise. I didn't think anything of it but when I couldn't fix the issue myself i called Dell support. These issues include a slew of "bad image" pop up warnings from windows but the programs end up running alright. Also there was no content in the control panel and it would not allow me to do a system restore. Dell helped me fix most of these issues (the bad image errors still occur) and I did a system restore. This is where the red flag for securom occured. My Mcaffee is now telling me I'm not protected, it has to be reinstalled and the detection signature is 30 days old. This version is supposed to be good throughout the duration of my warranty which is 3 years. I still don't want to scream SecuRom here, because when I look for SecuROM i don't find it, but i'm not as computer literate as I  need to be to know how to search the registry for anything. I'm sure I'm about to end up reinstalling vista and losing everything I had, I don't know anything about reformatting the hard drive... If I never ran or launched disk... are my problems from SecuRom or not?

A little bit of both. My husband actually looked at the requirements and talked to dell asked them if he was getting enough. I guess it wasn't enough. Not for BV anyway. I have a huge monitor so the only way I could make everything look good was to mess with the "smooth edges" and adjusting it back to "less" helped a bit, but it still can't handle the provided vacation hotel lots. I'm so crushed my pc can't handle it. What would help with choppy play? Upgrading RAM? The video card?

and btw, I do have the anti redundancy hack

When I use to have too much custom content, the larger lots would play choppy, but the smaller ones would run fine. I can see a bit of choppiness in the most smallest of lots now and my bigger lots that worked fine are nearly impossible for me to have patience with. I don't have alot of Custom Content anymore.  I guess why I'm confused is because BV ran fine for 2 or 3 days and I played for hours and hours. THen suddenly the hotels wouldn't work without all the choppiness so i kept moving my family to a smaller ones. When I had Dell build this thing I specifically gave them the system requirements for BV because I knew it was coming out. Video cards, everything, I made sure they built me what I needed. This just sucks.

Morriganrant

I did all I could to ensure I was not installing SecuRom. I'm fairly certain I don't have it. I don't think the problem is SecuRom anyway. I did install it with the no cd, on the main user so I'm definately not pointing at SecuRom. Its why I said, I don't think it could be a firewall problem, Right? .. I was asking.  To, be sure. I will check my specs. Its a new laptop and I had bought it to meet the latest requirement of the sim games. I was more wondering more if it is a bug that they mentioned on the latest patch. I really hesitate to figure out how to install said patch since others have recommended on this site not to.  So, that's why I posted. I'm dissatisfied with my choppy play! and wondering if someone thought the patch would fix it. Thanks anyway.

I installed Bon Voyage last week and downloaded the No Cd. I never ran the game without using it. At first everything was great, but perhaps after two days of playing it I got bombarded with a bunch of lag a choppy play. I can't even use the fast modes, they do nothing but run slower then the original speed. It drives me so nuts I have to shut down the game and do something else. Whats really frustrating is, it worked at first. I'm probably going to have to remove BV. I don't know what else to do. I looked through this thread and someone mentioned messing with your firewalls, but, I shouldnt have SecuRom so I shouldnt have a need to mess with firewalls right? I also fiddled with graphics and I've kept my downloads to a minimum. Anyone have helpful suggestions?

Wow it seems complicated yet its not at the same time. Its a lot to deal with. It was just so much easier when you could put your game in and go. I have successfully put everything into place, and so far I've not found any trace of SecuROM. So thank you all very much for your help.

This is something I just saw that I did'nt take notice of before. I'll have to do something to restore the exe if a patch comes out?  I was thinking you just delete the crack you were using and replaced it with the new one. Morriganrant thanks for that info..   Is this talking about that other way with the Daemon tools? Or is there something else I need to know in case the Patched no Cd Crack is released?

Btw thanks so much everyone for your help.

No, I have yet to install or download anything, Thankfully I know for sure I'm SecuRom free.

Raenae..
Thank you so much. I thought I was such a huge dumbass because I couldn't figure out how to rename something that wouldn't let me rename it. I may still be stupid but I'm comforted to know I couldn't have ever figured that out on my own. Thanks again, I feel confident enough now to try it.


I do have just a few other questions if anyone out there can answer them for me. I found most all my answers through the thread but there are just some other things I wanted to be sure of and clarify before I get this started.

If you run off a no cd, do you need to worry about this new "launcher" everyone is speaking of?

... and if you do, this is how you disable it:  disable it, edit your BV shortcut (right click on it, then properties, and then alter the Target) so it points to "Sims2EP6.exe" instead of Sims2Launcher.exe"


The Patch for BV is probably not out in no crack cd form yet yes? When it is,  I assume someone here from Maty will mention it.. (noob here) And when I download it do I repeat this procedure only deleting the old crack and placing the new one in the folder?  (all assuming I have it right how cracks and patches work correctly)

This also means until the "patched"  no cd is out, I'll have the  NPC spawning issue and the other bugs. But I can use the Maty fix for the spawning issue correct?

And just because I havent seen it addressed.. other Mods/hacks, are they an issue when installing a no cd crack?

I think this is one of those situations where it is so easy and right in front of you, that you cant believe you can understand it so you stress over it and it drives you crazy. So here is the questions I have had about how to install a no - cd crack,. Only because everything is researched in this thread its so chopped up I want to make sure I have all my information correct. So, I'll start off first with how to install. If someone could please help me and be patient with my dumbass I'd really appreciate it. I bought BV nearly a month ago, but never installed it because I was waiting for the patch. Then of course, you know the rest.

Install the game but Do Not Launch if you Remove the Disk, SecuROM cannot install<--- the most important question I have.

1.download the no-cd crack
2.go to "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSBin"
3.and change the name of the current Sims2EP6.exe to Sims2EP6.bak
4.Then place the crack in the same folder.
5.Make a shortcut to this on your desk top
6.Run game from new shortcut.

Now my questions concerning installing the No Cd.


I found the TSBin (yes, I looked for 2 days so this was a big deal) When I go to step 3  The Sims2ep6ex is not a folder I can name. If I click on it it starts the game. It also does not say exe after it.. So, do I right click and rename it by going into properties and changing it from there?

And, Step 4. I just drag the no-crack CD into the bins folder correct? Then right click on the file and "create shortcut" To be clear, If I never have the bv disk in the drive, i can't accidentally install SecuRom correct? But any EA made Shortcuts can be deleted and the new shortcut would need to be used in order to make the game run. And the short cut is made from the crack. Do I have this correct?

I'm sure your all wondering how I found the "On" button to my laptop by now. Like I said, I think I've made this too hard and it worked me into a state of confusion. Please Help