....It was Targa's pond water recoloration for me.  *sigh*.  Dag gummit all.  No more nice colors for my pond.  *kicks a bucket*

the cause is the CC?  Oh my giddy aunt....  *nervous chuckle*  This is gonna be fun to sort through.  I have a gig and a half of CC.  *goes to cry in a corner*
(Most of it is clothing/hair meshes and or recolors)

*edit*  Found elsewhere where they suggest that if you have any of Targa's pond water recolors to turn them off.  I just did that and I'm about to try it now.  *crosses fingers*

Don't ask me who made it because I have so many mods and cc it isn't funny..  And before I installed pets, I was stupid enough to not customize my d/l folder... anywho, you can get a mod that'll make the delivery person drop stuff off right in front of your door.  Quite handy. 

Odd - works for me.
I have multi-PT's and a nice lil telescope.  Increases the chances of being abducted 30x.(oops *looks around*...I mean 10x, yes 10x)  Rather than get a bunch of sims that could be related to each other very quickly, I just remove the PT's genetic status from the necessary sim.  I usually do it when the kid is still a toddler. 
Which version of Insim are you using?  I usually use the DEST version.  For some odd reason, I'd rather summon various objects of the Insim than the machine itself...

You said you have insim, so this SHOULD work.
Pause the game
spawn the "summoner" and the "family tree".
Click on the summoner, go into default and choose the PT you need
At this time, you may get a plumbbob error, just choose reset and you'll be fine. 
Click on the family tree, sever family ties with the pt and unpause the game.
The PT will disappear and all will be right in the world.

I do this frequently whenever I have one of my 4 pt's (fwiffo, gotta love the dude for pt's) impregnates a sim. 

First off, yes it has color.  It's even been able to run both Sims 2 and Univ.  Quite well actually.  Just that with Pets...well, that was the kicker. 

Running WinS3ID -
GPU ID:  1106 7205
Chip Name:  UniChrome IGP (KM400, KN400)
Supported:  AGP v2.0, 1X/2X/4X speeds, AGPsideband, 66 MHz PCI
Enabled:  4X speeds, AGPsideband, Bus master

Don't think you'd be interested in the Instance or REG ID. 

DX Diag Stuff - Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
       System Model: PL308AA-ABA A735W
               BIOS: Rev. 3.11
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.1GHz
             Memory: 448MB RAM
          Page File: 267MB used, 965MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Display devices:

 Card name: VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP
     Manufacturer: VIA/S3G
        Chip type: VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_7205&SUBSYS_81181043&REV_01
   Display Memory: 64.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: vtdisp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.0212 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 3/8/2005 10:50:06, 3453824 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: n/a
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: vtmini.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 3/8/2005 10:50:16, 172544 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71FE6-3145-11CF-2773-12A1A0C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x1106
        Device ID: 0x7205
        SubSys ID: 0x81181043
      Revision ID: 0x0001
      Revision ID: 0x0001
      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
 Deinterlace Caps: n/a
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

That should be all you need.


As for the system, it's a VT8237R Southbridge. 

Anywho, back to the question at hand...Is the 6150LE good enough?

Rather than create a new topic, thought I'd just come here.  Currently using a VIA/S3G Unichrome Vid Card.  I'm currently hoping that this supposed patch that EA is to release next month will fix it, but if not......

Currently dealing with the red flashing walls.  Quite annoying, believe you me.  Now,  my mother (next door) is offering me her computer - which she doesn't use....  anywho, just wondering if an nVidia Geforce 6150LE vid card is able to support the game well enough.  I don't need to worry about memory or the other computer specifications, I'm just worried about the card.    Any insight would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.