The Sims 2 + Xpacs

[Misha]

My computer can run The Sims 2 base game perfectly but any expansion gives me the red flickering walls. I've tried loading it through 3D-Analyze but can't seem to get my settings right. [I get the game to run but as soon as it finishes loading any town the game crashes] If it makes any difference I have every single expansion installed and am launching it through the final xpac, Mansion and Garden Stuff like it does by default. I've seen people claiming they run the Sims 2 with expansions fine through this program so I have to assume I've got something wrong in the settings.

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Stats off of systemrequirementslab.com [includes game min. requirements]

CPU Speed [ok]
Minimum: 1.3 GHz processor (2.0 for Vista). Non-T&L capable video cards require a 2.4 GHz processor or better.
You Have: 2.20 GHz Performance Rated at: 4.4 GHz

RAM [ok]
Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1 GB for Vista)
You Have: 1.9 GB

OS [ok]
Minimum: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 Operating System
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)

Video Card [missing TnL]
Minimum: 32 MB Hardware T&L video card (NVIDIA GeForce2 + [GeForce 6200 for Vista] / ATI Radeon 8500 + [Radeon 9600 for Vista]). Non-T&L capable video cards require a 2.4 GHz processor or better.
You Have: SiS Mirage Graphics 761
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
            Required    You Have
   Video RAM    32 MB    64.0 MB
   3D            Yes    Yes
   Hardware T&L    Yes    No

   
Sound Card [ok]
Minimum: Yes
You Have: Realtek AC'97 Audio

Free Disk Space [ok]
Minimum: At least 1.5 GB of additional hard drive space (5.0 GB total is required if installing both The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Parck at the same time.)

CD-ROM [ok]
Minimum: 8X or faster CD/DVD drive
You Have: ATAPI iHAP322 8

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And the Crash Log:

Exception time: 11/24/2010, at 20:24:00.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 1108 (0x00000454).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe
Application/module version name: The Sims 2 EP9
Application/module version: 1.17.0.66
System version: Windows NT 5.1
System memory: 1984 Megabytes total, 1040 Megabytes free.
Application/module configuration: ReleaseSRT


Extra Exception Data:

Shutdown: 0
HostName: MORRIGAN
MemoryUsage: 252988K
Neighborhood Name: Belladonna Cove
Neighborhood Prefix: E001
Lot Name:
Extra Exception Data End:

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe.
Exception address: 0x00ecf8b6. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x00ace8b6.

Registers
  EAX: 31545844
  EBX: 00000000
  ECX: 05ede5a8
  EDX: 4fdd32b8
  ESI: 05ede5a8
  EDI: 00000000
  CS:EIP: 001b:00ecf8b6
  SS:ESP: 0023:0351f320  EBP:00000001
  DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003b  GS:0000
  Flags: 00210206

Loaded Modules
  Address          Size Module             Path
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0x00400000   46208224 Sims2EP9.exe       C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe
  0x7c900000     729088 ntdll.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
  0x7c800000    1007616 kernel32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
  0x4fdd0000    1728512 d3d9.dll           C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
  0x6d990000      24576 d3d8thk.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
  0x77f10000     299008 GDI32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
  0x7e410000     593920 USER32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
  0x77c10000     360448 msvcrt.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
  0x77dd0000     634880 ADVAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
  0x77e70000     602112 RPCRT4.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
  0x77fe0000      69632 Secur32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
  0x77c00000      32768 VERSION.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
  0x76b40000     184320 WINMM.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
  0x76390000     118784 IMM32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
  0x75a70000     135168 MSVFW32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVFW32.dll
  0x7c9c0000    8482816 SHELL32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
  0x77f60000     483328 SHLWAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
  0x5d090000     630784 COMCTL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
  0x73b50000      94208 AVIFIL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\AVIFIL32.dll
  0x774e0000    1302528 ole32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
  0x77be0000      86016 MSACM32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
  0x77120000     569344 OLEAUT32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
  0x71ab0000      94208 WS2_32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
  0x71aa0000      32768 WS2HELP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
  0x73f10000     376832 DSOUND.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll
  0x773d0000    1060864 comctl32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.6028_x-ww_61e65202\comctl32.dll
  0x10000000      94208 hook_3DA.dll       C:\Program Files\3D Analyse\hook_3DA.dll
  0x03980000      65536 ForceDLL.dll       C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\ForceDLL.dll
  0x76c90000     163840 imagehlp.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\imagehlp.dll
  0x6d9a0000    1212416 d3d8.dll           C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8.dll
  0x59a60000     659456 DbgHelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\DbgHelp.dll
  0x76bf0000      45056 psapi.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
  0x74720000     311296 MSCTF.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
  0x76ee0000     245760 rasapi32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll
  0x76e90000      73728 rasman.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll
  0x5b860000     348160 NETAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll
  0x76eb0000     192512 TAPI32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll
  0x76e80000      57344 rtutils.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
  0x76c30000     188416 WINTRUST.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
  0x77a80000     610304 CRYPT32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
  0x77b20000      73728 MSASN1.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
  0x72d20000      36864 wdmaud.drv         C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
  0x72d10000      32768 msacm32.drv        C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
  0x77bd0000      28672 midimap.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
  0x73ee0000      16384 KsUser.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
  0x77b40000     139264 apphelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\apphelp.dll
  0x755c0000     188416 msctfime.ime       C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
  0x05dc0000    1093632 d3dg.dll           C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\d3dg.dll
  0x05ee0000    2904064 xpsp2res.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll
  0x68000000     221184 rsaenh.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
  0x769c0000     737280 userenv.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\userenv.dll
  0x75e60000      77824 cryptnet.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll
  0x722b0000      20480 SensApi.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll
  0x4d4f0000     364544 WINHTTP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll
  0x76f60000     180224 WLDAP32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
  0x76fd0000     520192 CLBCATQ.DLL        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
  0x77050000     806912 COMRes.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll
  0x4f680000    2125824 dxdiagn.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\dxdiagn.dll
  0x74ef0000      32768 wbemprox.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemprox.dll
  0x75290000     225280 wbemcomn.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemcomn.dll
  0x74ed0000      57344 wbemsvc.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemsvc.dll
  0x75690000     483328 fastprox.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\fastprox.dll
  0x76080000     413696 MSVCP60.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCP60.dll
  0x767a0000      77824 NTDSAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTDSAPI.dll
  0x76f20000     159744 DNSAPI.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
  0x73760000     307200 ddraw.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
  0x73bc0000      24576 DCIMAN32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
  0x6d910000     462848 D3DIM.DLL          C:\WINDOWS\system32\D3DIM.DLL
  0x60000000     360448 ijl15.dll          C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\ijl15.dll

Call stack:
0x0001:0x00ace8b6 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAudioCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 3126662

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0351f320)
0x0351f1a0   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000080 ff3f0000 00000000
0x0351f1c0   00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43
0x0351f1e0   00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43
0x0351f200   fd3fcc43 0140e743 fd3fcc43 0140dc43 fd3fcc43 0140dc43 ffffff3e ffff7f3f
0x0351f220   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43 00007f43
0x0351f240   af42917c 9c1e2500 d4b21300 00000000 02000000 22000000 00000000 00000000
0x0351f260   00000000 08000a00 7c40917c 1a020000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0351f280   3c000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 3c003e00 d4b21300 f8af1300 02000000
0x0351f2a0   386f1500 00000001 43003a00 5c005700 49004e00 44004f00 57005300 5c007300
0x0351f2c0   79007300 74006500 6d003300 32005c00 4d007300 69006d00 74006600 2e006400
0x0351f2e0   6c006c00 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0351f300   00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0351f320   16000000 00000200 03000000 44585431 70f45103 3842b304 54f45103 00000000
0x0351f340   00000000 00000000 3049e419 00000000 00000000 01000000 fc020900 20010000
0x0351f360   20030000 58020000 3c000000 16000000 44585431 01000000 00000000 01000000
0x0351f380   00000000 00000000 01000000 20000000 b4f35103 d0941a01 ffffffff 69faec00
0x0351f3a0   a8e5ed05 e01bb819 00000000 a8e5ed05 6c274a1c b4f45103 e8941a01 ffffffff
0x0351f3c0   8206fc00 54f45103 70f45103 3842b304 78244b01 902b2105 60ec2c01 00000000
0x0351f3e0   78244b01 36a4fc00 54f45103 70f45103 e01bb819 f439bd03 60f55103 902b2105
0x0351f400   d0a21f05 00000000 a840761d 49e94000 b8f45103 00000000 a040761d 07000000
0x0351f420   00000000 00000000 07000000 00000000 4ccfe500 ffffffff 00000000 e4f1e500
0x0351f440   9a06d300 00000000 c040761d c06b6710 0040761d 68501f01 1e001400 00000000
0x0351f460   02025103 e7030000 00000000 00000000 68501f01 1fde1400 00000000 02000000
0x0351f480   cdcc4cbe 00000000 00000000 f0462f01 081d9a1d 081d9a1d 101d9a1d 00000000

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x00ecf8b6)
0x00ecf836   24 18 30 63 20 01 e8 b6 02 f9 ff 8b 4c 24 38 8b 44 24 0c 8b 16 55 8b 28 57 51 56 8b f8 ff 52 28
0x00ecf856   8b 4c 24 40 8b 54 24 28 50 8b 44 24 50 0d 00 00 02 00 50 8b 44 24 2c 51 52 50 57 ff 55 28 3b c3
0x00ecf876   5f 5d 74 26 3d 6a 08 76 88 74 24 3b c3 7d 1b 68 e0 2b 33 01 8d 4c 24 14 51 c7 44 24 18 30 63 20
0x00ecf896   01 89 44 24 1c e8 57 02 f9 ff 3d 6a 08 76 88 8b 44 24 0c 0f 95 44 24 68 3b c3 88 5c 24 60 74 0a
0x00ecf8b6   8b 10 50 ff 52 08 89 5c 24 0c 8b 44 24 08 3b c3 c7 44 24 60 ff ff ff ff 74 06 8b 08 50 ff 51 08
0x00ecf8d6   8b 4c 24 58 8a 44 24 68 5e 5b 64 89 0d 00 00 00 00 83 c4 5c c3 cc cc cc cc cc 56 8b f1 e8 88 fd
0x00ecf8f6   ff ff f6 44 24 08 01 74 09 56 e8 67 58 03 00 83 c4 04 8b c6 5e c2 04 00 cc cc 8b 41 08 8b 48 08
0x00ecf916   8b 11 8b 42 08 8b 40 1c c2 04 00 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 8b 41 08 8b 48 08

[ps47]

have you tried updating your graphics card drivers? btw,if your pc has an agp slot (sis761 chipset is agp based,if I remember correctly),you should really consider investing around 15$ and getting a dedicated graphics card-a passive radeon9550 would be my recommendation.it will run your game(s) without errors and many times faster than your current integrated sis761.

[Misha]

All my drivers are up to date. I've tried the modified graphics rules from the other Sims 2 thread as well. My Mobo is PCI. I've been considering getting a new graphics card but that would require a new psu as well and I can't afford it right now. That's the whole point of attempting to use 3D-Analyze lol.

[ps47]

well,as I have said many times,3da is an experimental tool,not meant as a graphics card replacement or as an universal fix for buggy drivers.it may,or may not help..

anyway,if you are 100% sure that you do not have an agp slot (what motherboard do you have,btw?),you can still buy a pci graphics card that will help you run the game(s) better-even an ancient radeon7000 would be a huge improvement (in compatibility,if not speed),and a geforce6200 would be even better,if you don't mind the higher price..I mean,they are certainly not going to magically turn your pc into a gaming beast,but they will allow you to play many games decently and without graphical corruption.

oh btw,no need to buy a new psu,power consumption of those cards is realy low-they do not even have an additional power connector.

[Misha]

I'm still trying to figure out how exactly the settings on it work, or how it works for that matter XD

My mobo setup is p4 2.2ghz dual core [4.4ghz overall]

I'm not sure if I should be trying to run just to cover what my graphics card lacks, which is just TnL hardware, or if I should be setting it up as it's own separate card.

I read through all error logs this morning and it looks like when it crashes, it's because it's trying to run both the onboard SiS card and the 3D emulated card at once:
ERROR TSAudio: Segment at %DataDirectory%Res\Sound\Locale\%Language%\Sfx\Samples\Karaoke\ has no extensions defined in section DBSegmentDirectoryFiles
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(944)
ERROR TSAudio: Segment at %DataDirectory%Res\Sound\Locale\%Language%\Sfx\Tracks\Karaoke\ has no extensions defined in section DBSegmentDirectoryFiles
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(944)
ERROR TSAudio: Segment at %DataDirectory%Res\Sound\Locale\%Language%\Sfx\Samples\DJBooth\ has no extensions defined in section DBSegmentDirectoryFiles
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(944)
ERROR TSAudio: Segment at %DataDirectory%Res\Sound\Locale\%Language%\Sfx\Tracks\DJBooth\ has no extensions defined in section DBSegmentDirectoryFiles
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(944)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (Buy) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (Build) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (CAS) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (NHood) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (CAS) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (Buy) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (Build) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (NHood) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (NHood) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (Buy) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (Build) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudioMusic     : Music category (CAS) listed twice in category property set.
.\source\TSAudioMusicManager.cpp(1667)
ERROR TSAudio: Failed to cache resource. 0b9eb87e:0da1f2ca:ff99e0de
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(1220)
ERROR TSAudio: Failed to cache resource. 0b9eb87e:eb8ab356:ff8bceb2
.\source\TSAudioResourceManager.cpp(1220)


Worst case scenario I play it with the ****ed up walls for now, it's not like the game doesn't run at all. A guy here did offer me an nVidea Geforce 8500 or something like that with a matching psu for $60 so I'll probably have to get that when I can afford it.

[ps47]

Originally posted by Misha

My mobo setup is p4 2.2ghz dual core [4.4ghz overall]

this is your cpu speed.your motherboard should have a brand (like asus,microstar etc) and a model number (something like k8n4-e).or perhaps the entire pc has a model number (if it was made by some big company),like HP Pavilion - Slimline s5503w-b or something like that..

don't be too hasty with buying new hardware for your pc,if you cannot identify the motherboard properly,you might end up with incompatible parts-I'm pretty sure that geforce8500 is going to be pci-express,not pci,and that means you won't be able to use it.

[Misha]

The card is from the same guy who built the computer so I know he'll put in something that works.

If I read it right, I've got an AMD Athlon 6400 mobo.

[ps47]

Originally posted by Misha

The card is from the same guy who built the computer so I know he'll put in something that works.

ok,sounds fine.