# I need Sims help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236 "2001-02-28T17:18:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DarbyV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@DarbyV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarbyV)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236/1 "2001-02-28T17:18:17Z")

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My Sims Livin Large game continues to freeze everytime I try to play! I have re-installed. I have run scan disk and defragmented several times. I have closed every running windows operation except explorer and systray. I really, really, really want to play and this is driving me crazy!!! Are there any other Sims fans out there with any ideas? I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236/2 "2001-02-28T17:30:29Z")

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How odd, because my game “The Sims” does the same thing, sort of. Mine just closes at random times.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236/3 "2001-02-28T20:24:39Z")

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The Sims and Livin’ Large required a sound card that supports direct sound. I had the freezing problem when I first bought the game; I solved by problem by adding a command to the shortcut which executed the game with no sound. The Sims manual says how to do this. So far, Livin’ Large has only froze once, which was before I updated my sound drivers.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236/4 "2001-02-28T20:28:55Z")

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Forgot to mention that I do have sound now.

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**Author:** ![Sysop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Sysop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sysop)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236/5 "2001-03-02T07:34:37Z")

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Here you go: [http://www.thesims.com](http://www.thesims.com)  
There’s a forum at this site to answer every question you can think of. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-sims-help/56236/6 "2001-03-02T07:51:42Z")

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Have you downloaded any custom skins, objects, or textures? Some of those can make the game crash, I had that problem. There is a program available at [thesims.com](http://thesims.com) called FileCop which will find and remove the bad skins, objects, etc.