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The Sims 2

Discussion in 'Playground' started by ejsmith, Nov 8, 2004.

  1. ejsmith Gems: 25/31
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    First, a little rant.

    I installed the game and hit the start button. I'm greeted with a message that says "CD emulation is enabled. Disable cd emulation and restart the game."

    Now, the first thing I'm comming up with is "WTF?!", followed very quickly by a "Oh ****. Virus scan." After waiting the 15 minutes it took to come back negative, I give it another run, with the same greeting. At this point, I hadn't the feintest clue what the hell was going on, and I really felt harshed. After a bit of hunting on the web, I tracked down the answer. Safedisk 3 has "blacklisted" the program "Clonecd", because I guess you can use Clonecd to emulate a cd image. So, everyone has just switched over to using another program called CDdaemon for their emulation, and the issue is completely moot. Good call by the makers of Safedisk (I think a subsidiary of Microsoft).

    So, the end-all-be-all-answer, I un-installed clonecd, and the game pulled right up. One day, Microsoft Office might very well refuse to work because you have the Open Office .doc emulator installed.

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    The original Sims 1, I hardly ever played with the stupid sims. I'd just loadup on money, and build houses. I'd spend hours just making a dream-house with all the tricks and goodies that I could cram in there.

    Sims 2 takes this to an entirely new level. You can build 4-story houses, the available decorations and furnishings have doubled in number, and the interface is tweaked considerably. There's some small issues which are quickly worked around, and will likely be a patch canidate.

    I miss the children's "Big Toy" that I would always make a sand-pit for, just a little ways away from the patio. And although I have a front and back porch, I've no porch swing to put on it. I did manage to make a second-story deck above my work-shed, and incorporated it into my veranda, even though it might very well leak (with all the walking). The lots are smaller than I'd like, but workable; my swimming pond is just a place-holder for the real thing.

    Overall, I'm pleased with it. A smaller and more aesthetic Autocad.

    How 'bout y'all?
     
    ejsmith, Nov 8, 2004
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    [​IMG] Already said my piece in another thread. ;)
    Edited it a bit, but in short: they screwed up in several aspects and soon start leeching some money to fix them. :nolike:

    [ November 08, 2004, 18:38: Message edited by: Wirhe ]
     
    Wordplay, Nov 8, 2004
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