when i updated my sims game

Oh, I got House Party yesterday! It’s cool! Now, before I can dive into to talking about it, let me give you a brief run-down of my Sims experience.

-Get The Sims in Jan. Will not run on our GOOD computer, but will run on mine. Takes up lots of valuable space on mine.

-Get Living Large. Once again, neither will work on the GOOD computer, but will on mine. It runs like a turtle, but it runs.

-Sims is killing my computer. Call Tech Support to see why GOOD computer won’t play it. They can’t figure it out, either.

-2 weeks ago, dad gets new video drivers for GOOD computer.

-Get House Party yesterday. Will not run on my computer. Crashes back to desktop when trying to run. I uninstall it – which uninstalls Sims and Living Large as well, and I lost ALL my skins in the process ’cause I forgot to move ’em -and reinstall. It helps.

-Manage to get the opening screen of House Party. Locks up while trying to load. Can never get past “Balancing Domestic Coefficients.” After going thru all the old standbys and the tech support for Living Large, it’s still not working. Write to EA Tech Support since there is NO House Party tech support online. Get automated response in return.

-I remember the new video drivers. I test Sims on GOOD computer – runs. I install Living Large on GOOD computer – runs. I install House Party on GOOD computer – runs!! YAY!

-Have to start all over with no custom skins šŸ™ That’s ok, I make new SunDowner skins real quick.

-Play for a while. Laugh. Have fun. CRASH. Yes, it crashed. Didn’t lock up the computer, just shut off. It does this everytime. Sometimes I’ll be able to play for a good 30 minutes before it shuts off, sometimes not even for a minute. I tried all the old standbys again – moving the skins file to see if it’s a corrupted skin, same for objects, turn off background tasks & virus software, check drivers and DirectX stuff… I dunno. Ugh. Oh well.

Now that you’ve sat thru that, you get to sit thru this! YAY!

House Party is fun! I haven’t gotten to see everything yet… so far the 2 parties I’ve had haven’t been all bad. The Dance Cages are HILARIOUS. Ocha likes to get in one and dance for a long time. I love the Costume Trunk, too… Disco >D Right now I’m building up a neighborhood so I can have a good party – minus the Goths and the Newbies and that lot.