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Custom AVI videos have a black screen in-game

Custom AVI videos have a black screen in-game

I added some new AVI files to my Doc/Movies/Broadcast folder, and the channels are working fine, but the custom videos are showing up black on the TV screen. I'm having the same issue with a default replacement for SSX. The sims can still play the game, but the video is showing up black on all screens.

The AVI files work outside of the game. I can play them just fine, but in the game they're not showing up. I tried installing/reinstalling different codec packs, and it's still not working...

Any ideas?

u/simexpat — 1 day ago
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Neighborhood disappeared

Hi I play a custom neighborhood that I built and made myself with no mods or cc on super collection for Mac and today my neighborhood is missing on the first screen , can you guys please tell me how to retrieve it back? I didn’t delete it or anything it’s just missing now for some reason

Edit: I did use boolprop and created a sim that might have corrupted my neighborhood because it disappeared after I sent him to college

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u/Aquariusdelight2 — 1 day ago

[Ultimate Collection] Would my YA sim's friends age up with him when he graduates?

I sent my teen sim to uni, but for some reason it didn't show an option for his friends to go with him, so now his friends are still teens. When he graduates, would they age up with him?

Additionally, is there a way to make his (townie) friends become YAs without having to move them into the household?

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u/yakisobasavorybeef_ — 2 days ago

Free will enabled yet Sims barely do anything?

I've been trying to be extra careful with mods, but something seems to have broken on my end. Even though I have Free Will enabled, sometimes my Sims will just stand around and do nothing for hours; even complain and do nothing to fix their own needs.

I also recently encountered a wave of Errors that kept popping up on a dog like "Motive number out of range or not an acceptable value".

https://preview.redd.it/qfwgpg4qvzjh1.png?width=397&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a85735ce587a37cbd84ea29dd02de5aed80c100

Could these cause any major issues? I'm genuinely at a loss here and don't know what the fuck to do.

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u/Maulclaw — 2 days ago
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3t2 Traits Mod is it safe to give NPCs traits?

I don’t see why it wouldn’t be, but I wasn’t sure if NPCs could hold inventory items the same as created sims and townies can, so I wanted to ask in case anyone has some insight. I’m making a completely custom hood and am trying to customise all my own NPCs/make them from scratch, and it would be great if I could give them all traits too.

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u/banana48100 — 3 days ago

HELP, please! The game freezes completely when my Sim is about to give birth!

Hi everyone—I'm using a translator for this, so I apologize if it reads a bit awkwardly. I just checked the solutions wiki; while it's great, I didn't find anything specific to my problem. I first noticed this a week ago when I tried to have one of the neighborhood couples have a baby. The pregnancy went normally right up until the labor animation was about to start; that’s when the game froze. I couldn't exit—even by pressing the Windows key—so I had to manually restart my PC. I thought it might be an issue with having too many Sims (since the game froze again that same day when I tried creating a new family), so I deleted several families I wasn't using. I thought everything was fine once I could create families without issues, but when I went back to the specific save file where I’d tried for the baby and repeated the process, everything went smoothly until the moment of labor—and then it froze again. I don't know what the problem is. I don't have any mods installed; my PC is a bit old, but I don't think there are compatibility issues, and I don't have an overpopulation of Sims either. I really don't know what to do—I really wanted to have that baby, haha.

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u/Valkyria777 — 3 days ago

Modding sims 2

I recently got sims 2 and i know there two sites for modding mod the sims and pleasentsims both i heard has malware so idk were to down load mods for the game.

Edit:fix my typo lol (modmysims to mod the sims)

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u/nerfpdf — 3 days ago

RPC crashes on trying to load the game. Any help with what could be causing it ( setting up for first time on new computer)

u/chubby-checker — 4 days ago
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Baby help

Heyyy, so...Don got Nina pregnant but moved out with Cassandra. So Nina gave birth in the Mortimer household without Don present. But when I logged into Don & Cassandra's household his baby showed up.

Is it because he's the father or something? Why is the baby not in the Mortimer household?

Btw baby showed up right at the edge of the lot

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u/randompersimon — 4 days ago

My pause and speed up time is messed up and I’m not sure what this means?

I typed in a command and im not sure what any of this means?

u/SnappleGrapplir — 3 days ago

Portrait of glitched/invisible Sims

Can someone explain to me why this happens with most Sims photos?

For a while now, their photos haven't disappeared or glitched, and now it's happening. But I discovered that to get them back to normal, they have to change their clothes to casual. Does anyone have a solution to prevent this from happening again?

u/YoungDramatic5346 — 3 days ago

Problem with the graphic card

Everytime I try to open the game this pops up whenever I start the program. Does it mean I need to upgrade my pc if I want to play it like this? Does anyone have any tips? Thanks in advance

u/Popular_Guarantee_80 — 4 days ago
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UPDATE: Malware on PleasantSims website has been removed!

I got an email from the site's hosts letting me know that they have found the malware and removed it. I have gone on the website and tested it myself and can confirm that it appears to be gone.

Please be careful out there guys. If anything feels remotely off, it's always best just to close the tab and steer clear!

https://preview.redd.it/olmvrwznebjh1.png?width=623&format=png&auto=webp&s=670966f075218a72a52eb2e4767442200ae8c173

Edited pic to remove names

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u/ProperSpeak — 6 days ago

Is there a mod that adds Neurodivergence to the game?

I came from The Sims 4 and am fairly new to The Sims 2. I really miss the Divergent Sims mod that adds Autism, ADHD, PTSD, and mental health to the game. It adds more depth to my sims.

I've always played rotationally, even in Sims 4. But I really love angsty storylines and I want to replicate that in The Sims 2 too.

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u/OatmealKun — 5 days ago
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Do not use Pleasant Sims website - it is infected with Malware

Please do not use Pleasant Sim's website as it has been compromised. It is using a fake CloudFlare verification that will install malware onto your PC!

We know the initial reaction is to go and have a look for yourself out of curiosity but please do not do it. If you follow the instructions on the page you will install malware onto your PC.

If you ever see the below picture, do not do it

https://preview.redd.it/btrrjc34d0jh1.png?width=774&format=png&auto=webp&s=2135b0d40e0d10c4df0cc197c8682e2fa7058262

We know this isn't the usual post from us, but since the website is so widely used as a resource for Sims 2 content, we thought it was important to share.

If you have a free moment, you can help try to get this sorted by reporting it to Google here and, not that they can do much about it really, but CloudFlare here.

Thanks to u/MediocrePear6628 for the heads up!

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u/ProperSpeak — 7 days ago

What causes a sim to T-pose in the cas menu?

I’m on Super Collection on Macbook Air 2020. I was just finding a sim as a base, spamming a bit admittedly when I saw one T-posing and more as I go through them quickly. This seems to happen more on the undo button though.

I’m not overwhelmingly concerned about this glitch? But has this ever happened to anyone else and what causes this? Spamming the randomizer? I don’t really have any cas mods (besides the wider cas menu) so this is kind of perplexing me. Hope it isn’t anything serious.

u/Anonymouschickok — 6 days ago

Ctrl + Shift + C takes in game screenshot

I’m very lost on what to do. I play with the EA app Legacy edition of the game. All of a sudden when I try to use ctrl + shift + c, it no longer brings up the white cheat bar, but takes an in game screenshot instead. I am 100% sure I’m entering the keys in the correct order. This is a sudden problem and I haven’t added any new mods to the game or programs on my computer. Any advice is greatly appreciated 🥲

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u/tinyspork — 8 days ago

Sims 2 Legacy

Hey! How do i get my sims 2 from crashing?! Like ill be in the middle of playing and the game will just close out and i have to remind myself(set a timer) to leave and save and come back before it closes on me without saving

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u/Temporary-Relative83 — 7 days ago

[ and ] not working for posters

Hi I'm just trying to make my sims 2 how kinda fly but the [ and ] button are just turning pages in build and buy mode, not changing the posters height. I've tried any buttons I've found online but it's not working. I don't know what else to try.

I've tried what's beside my enter ; " and >? Beside my shift. P and o. I'm not sure. Any ideas?

This is my keyboard

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u/Cherrybomber7777 — 7 days ago