Technical problems with THE HORROR: downloading, installing, and running it

[jriggs]

I am not running the Sims 3 (I will wait and see if it is even worth installing.)  I am also running an 8600 gt and never had a problem running Sims 2 but couldn't run Viva Pinata (my sons favorite) without using the Dual Core Optimizer.  Simply a crash upon loading.  After running the optimizer, no problem.  It is the only game I have had an issue with and from their forums I have found that it was an issue with that game.  I only bring it up now in case it helps someone else in this situation.

[TashaYarrr]

So two people with ATI 38XX series cards having crashing to desktop? Any NVIDIA takers? (Yes, I'm jumping to massive conclusions here, but still interested.) I've done about four hours on XP/NVIDIA with nothing untoward happening. Except my Sims are all pretty fug, but apparently there's no technical fix for that.

[SciBirg]

So very glad I insisted on Nvidia when I got my laptop, as well as 4GB of RAM.

<---- Retired help desk analyst

[TashaYarrr]

Ergh. That thing where it warns you to restart after making certain gfx setting changes? Looks like ignoring that is a bad idea. Sigh.

[SimKat]

Yeah was also having random crashes for no apparent reason.Updated my card drivers seem too fix this.

[JennyJenny]

I've got an nVidia card, and crashes galore. Although, my card isn't specifically listed as recommended. I haven't updated my drivers though. I'll try that when I feel like playing TS13 again.

[witch]

I downloaded the first RELOADED torrent. No problems installing, registering or playing. Have played for two sessions of not less than four hours each.

No problems with my dual core, haven't needed to force single core. 2GB RAM and ATI HD4870 video card.

The machine certainly works reasonably hard when playing the game though.

*witch crosses fingers against hubris punishment

[snowluv]

Well, another glitch in getting a torrent to install. I downloaded one from Seedgames and it finally finished about an hour ago. Guess what? Everytime I try to open or extract it I get an error message saying the files are in an unknown format or they are corrupted. Geeze. It is no longer about playing this game.  I just want to learn how to do this now, the Sims has become unimportant. Gosh, is my pit bull mentality showing?  My WinRAR is an evaluation copy that I have been using for about three years. Do I need to update it, or is this download truly corrupted?

I got another folder that has the crack and it's fine. But something must have happened to this download, I guess.

[Papercut]

So two people with ATI 38XX series cards having crashing to desktop? Any NVIDIA takers?

Yeah, 8600 GT here, with periodic crashes to desktop. Shiny drivers fixed some graphical weirdness, but I've still had one crash since updating.

[blackcat]

I have Nvidia 8600 GT Gygabyte and no problems so far.

[rsdworker]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

[Giggy]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

DON'T YOU FUCKING SHEEPLE READ! BE LESS STUPID. READ THE GODDAMN FUCKING THREAD!

oops, caps lock.

[Marhis]

[rsdworker]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

DON'T YOU FUCKING SHEEPLE READ! BE LESS STUPID. READ THE GODDAMN FUCKING THREAD!

oops, caps lock.

i did read carefully in this thread before i did post

[LurkieMoar]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

Open rld-sim3.rar with Winrar and it will open the whole set of rar files to let you extract the iso.

[rsdworker]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

Open rld-sim3.rar with Winrar and it will open the whole set of rar files to let you extract the iso.

yes - there many files that having same names in folder

[LurkieMoar]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

Open rld-sim3.rar with Winrar and it will open the whole set of rar files to let you extract the iso.

yes - there many files that having same names in folder

I think you'll find that the names are rld-sim3.rar, rld-sim3.r00, rld-sim3.r01 etc.  Have you got the default windows settings for your folders?  Try going to tools, folder options, View.  Un-tick "hide file extensions".  Then you'll be able to see that they are not all named identically.

[rsdworker]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

Open rld-sim3.rar with Winrar and it will open the whole set of rar files to let you extract the iso.

yes - there many files that having same names in folder

I think you'll find that the names are rld-sim3.rar, rld-sim3.r00, rld-sim3.r01 etc.  Have you got the default windows settings for your folders?  Try going to tools, folder options, View.  Un-tick "hide file extensions".  Then you'll be able to see that they are not all named identically.

yep its showing up as numbers means i can unpack easier

[jolrei]

No worries installing, or loading.  First impression was very short, but I have realized that what I really need now is an entirely new rig.  P4 with older video card is not happy with high screen resolution.  The sims look like they're wading through molasses on a very windy day, and their feet move over the ground like Michael Jackson doing the moonwalk.  Very annoying.  Lowering screen resolution solves this, but things go a bit more fuzzy, rather than nicely sharp.  This is with a system that exceeds the posted system requirements.  Meh, I wanted to build a new rig anyway.

[alli]

I realize this is probably the stupidest question ever, but: after you mount the image, isn't something supposed to happen?

Have the .iso mounted with Daemon... and I have no idea what to do next. I'm going to reread the thread, but it feels like something (hell, anything) should be asking to happen. Why no autorun?

[blackcat]

It now acts as a normal cd-rom. Look in My computer. If there is no autorun, then enter cd and run setup.

[SciBirg]

@alli, go to Windows explorer and explore the new "drive" that has the mounted image. Please note that it has a crack folder with a keygen and an .exe file.

Install the game using the keygen, then replace the generated .exe file with the one in the crack folder.
Start the game by clicking on the cracked .exe file NOT the generated shortcut. Make a new shortcut pointing to the cracked .exe file instead.

[alli]

@alli, go to Windows explorer and explore the new "drive" that has the mounted image. Please note that it has a crack folder with a keygen and an .exe file.

Install the game using the keygen, then replace the generated .exe file with the one in the crack folder.
Start the game by clicking on the cracked .exe file NOT the generated shortcut. Make a new shortcut pointing to the cracked .exe file instead.

Thanks. I'll try that in a minute. I decided to unRAR it again thinking it maybe got corrupted or something while unpacking itself. And now 7zip is taking its dear sweet time.

[kewian]

hiii - i downloaded reloaded and i was confused at step to step - its said Unrar - means all files? then burned to cd but not yet installed

The easiest way to install it is to use power iso. Daemon just would not work with the file for me. It would mount it but there was no image shown or accessiblity to the info.

[alli]

Huzzah! Thanks for the help!


ETA: Actually. Fail. I remain the world's dumbest person. I copied the crack.exe wrong (apparently). The file I copied doesn't work/replace the real .exe. And b/c I thought I'd finally gotten it right, I deleted the torrent, iso, etc.

Is there another way to get the crack.exe WITHOUT re-d/l the who friggin thing again? Every crack I've found makes Avast go crazy. Damnit!

Edit part 2: Found a virus free crack (finally)... but turns out my video card doesn't support "shader model 2". So all this was just a big fucking waste of time.