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Philip Newton ([personal profile] pne) wrote2005-10-08 09:34 pm

We have Nightlife

So, I was reading the gamefaqs.com FAQ on The Sims 2: Nightlife and mentioned a thing or two to Stella.

And she goes from previously "nah, don't need it" to "Wow, that's in? Let's go get it. Now." o.O

She goes out shopping with Amy and brings back a CD case and asks me to install it. Ooookay.

(I'm a bit worried that gameplay will be a bit harder because of the more complex social interactions—like with Hot Date where you suddenly couldn't queue up five or six "Tell Joke"s any more, for example.)

The main problem was with installing it: after installing TS2:N, it said "you've uninstalled TS2:University; your college sims will all be moved to the bin. If you don't want that, reinstall TS2:U". WTF?

...and it turned out the message was right: no more college neighbourhoods. Fortunately I had made a backup as the game advised. Uninstalled Nightlife, restored backup, reinstalled Nightlife: still no dice. (I had also renamed the "Divide and Conquer" room divider I had downloaded from TheSims2.com, which the program had complained about.) So I reinstalled TS2:U over the existing installation, then started TS2:N (without reinstalling): worked. Who knew.

So, seems to work decently. Haven't pulled all the stops yet but may play around with various new things over the next weeks. Or might not.

[identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com 2005-10-08 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Nightlife removes the college neighborhoods? What on earth is the point of an expansion pack if it removes previous expansion features?
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[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2005-10-08 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea why it thought I had de-installed University, but reinstalling University after installing Nightlife worked fine and I had my college neighbourhoods back (or had them still, whichever way you want to look at it).

So the play-it-safe method is probably something like: back up your own game data (just in case); install Nightlife; re-install University for good measure; start up Nightlife for the first time.
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[personal profile] asciident 2005-10-08 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I run [livejournal.com profile] thesims2 and this is the first I've seen of this particular problem... very weird. :\

I too!!

(Anonymous) 2005-10-31 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I have this problem, too!

I've been downloaded the game, and yours expansion on the internet (ehhehe) and this error occur.

On play the Nightlife, he dont know the Expansion Univesity.. because????

Bye,

Sharp..
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Re: I too!!

[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Re-install "University"; after you do so, you should be able to play Nightlife with University.

At least, that worked for me.

Re: I too!!

(Anonymous) 2005-11-01 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.. I had re-installed! LOGICOUS! hehehe

Hey.. Look! The path of the expansions:

C:\Arquivos de Programas\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Univesity
C:\Arquivos de Programas\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Vida Noturna

The path of expansion NigthLife (Vida Noturna) is in Portuguese and the expansion Univesity in English! Exists one path language conflict?

I'm installing now all game in English language.. Waiting.. :)

Thanks,

D. Sharp.

Obs.: Arquivos de Programas is the Program Files path.
Obs2: Yes, I'm from Brasil and my English language is poor.
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Re: I too!!

[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Exists one path language conflict?

I don't know.

But I remember reading in the documentation that if you don't use the same language settings everywhere (e.g. game language and Windows language), you might have problems.

But I have no experience with this; I have German Windows and installed the Sims in German.

Re: I too!!

(Anonymous) 2005-11-01 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey..

Im have downloaded all (TS2, TS2: U, TS2: N) the game from Internet and the game is not updated, he has closed on update. (and using Daemon Tools)

This is the problem?? Será? Será? :P

[]'s

Sharp
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Re: I too!!

[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know.

I'd suggest that you contact EA Games support but if you don't have the original CDs, they probably won't be able to help you.

Re: I too!!

(Anonymous) 2005-11-01 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
humm... hehehehe!

Thanks for all...

Sharp.