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2011, March 20 - 10:05pm

Scottie Watson

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The Sims Help.

Hey guys! I've recently found this site, and I have to hand it too you guys! I've never seen something like this place. Easy to use, and easy to comprehend how the techonology behind it all works. But to get back on subject,

I'm aware of EA's complaints of rights infringement. Regardless of this, whilst I was creeping around, I found a link to megaload.com of The Sims. Initially I was excited of this rare treat, but I've become discouraged. I've loaded, installed it, and I have everything neccesary to play The Sims. But whenever I attempt too play it, it tells me to put in the CD of The Sims into the computer. Obviously this is a problem.

Is there any way of bypassing this problem?

Cheeeers! -Scottie

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2011, March 21 - 12:05am

kalvin

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Tell me what os you are using, Windows or Macintosh? What are the system requirements for the sims? What is the specs of your computer? Some Games might have data in the cd, which means the sim is telling you to put a cd containing data of the game. I don't know what version of the sims you are using, just tell me what version of which os the sims support. I have no Idea but try this: Put back the cd in (If it's macintosh, put it in the cd drive, same thing for pc), then load the game. If it doesn't work, then tell me what error message it shows.

2011, March 21 - 12:15am

kalvin

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One more note: What kind of 'the sims' are you playing? Is it compatible with PC/MAC? What version of Windows/Macintosh is supported? If you are an expert, (I don't think you will know that) try verifying the checksum of ths cd image(the image might be corrupted). Tell me how you installed it.

2011, March 21 - 3:28am

Scottie Watson

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I'll try to provide you with as much information as possible, but please keep in mind that I'm very uneducated when it comes to computer lingo. xD

I'm running on a Macintosh,
-Mac OS X Version 10.4.11
-Processor: 800 MHz PowerPC G4
-Memory: 512 MB SDRAM

Now for The Sims program itself. The game is the ORIGINAL Sims (shitty graphics and all). From what I've read in your first message, I'm picking up that you think I have a physical CD of The Sims. I downloaded it from megaupload.com, as in it's a file entitled "TheSims.toast.sit". I've downloaded multiple games from Macintosh Garden, however very few have asked me to put in an actual CD.

Here are the steps of how I installed it.
1.) Found the link to the download on a thread in these forums.
2.) Said link took me to megaupload.com, after 45 seconds I clicked the download button. Here's the description,
File name: TheSims.toast.sit
File description: ts1
File size: 402.33 MB
3.) The download commences, and once all of the 402 MBs are downloaded, it appears on my computer as a stuffit box.
4.) I click on the stuffit box, and it unstuffs TheSims.toast as a hard-drive page thingy.
5.) Clicking on the Hard-drive page makes a white 3-D rectangle symbol entitled The Sims appear. (Perhaps this is meant to be the CD? This was how Tie Fighter worked when I downloaded it I believe.)
6.) Clicking this sends me to a folder with a few files in it, including "The Sims Installer."
7.) Clicking this sends me through a normal installation process, including agreeing with EA's policies, and eventually installing all that I need for it to run on my Mac.
8.) This makes a folder entitled The Sims which holds all the game's information, including the icon which begins the game itself.

When I click on the game icon, it says,
"The Sims game CD-ROM was not found.
Make sure the original game CD is in your Mac's CD-ROM drive and try again."

This makes me wonder if there's a way around this, obviously I never had a CD in the first place, and I got the copy of the game from megaupload. So what's the problem here?

2011, March 21 - 9:34am

bertyboy

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Mmm, do you have Toast installed ?

The download is a Toast image file and it looks like it's not fooled the software into thinking that it's the real CD inserted.

Get Toast (from here if you don't already have it), lock the "The Sims" disk image file you downloaded (after it's be uncompressed) and open the file in Toast and Mount it. Then try running again.
If this fails, you may need a no-cd patch from the internet, or actually burn a physical disc.

2011, March 21 - 2:24pm

kalvin

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bertyboy is right. You will need a no-cd patch file to run the game. This applies to games like flight simulator. I needed a no-cd patch file to run the game. I would try to rename the file from TheSims.toast to TheSims.iso(Try it as a last resort, it doesn't work all the time, but it could.) First, try getting a no-cd patch file, maybe a game expert can help you, then, if all else fails, then, there is nothing much else I can do. Have bertyboy help you.

2011, March 21 - 2:50pm

IIGS_User

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You will need a no-cd patch file to run the game. This applies to games like flight simulator,

..., Settlers 2,

btw, I found the Sims d/l link and removed it.

2011, March 21 - 7:57pm

Scottie Watson

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I've download a little over a dozen .toast games over the past few days, so does that mean I still need to download a toast application from here?

Regardless, I've downloaded Toast Titanium 5.
http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/toast-5-titanium

Forgive my stupidity, but I don't quite understand what to lock. I locked the game icon itself, and the hard-drive symbol of the Sims.

Also, when ever I click on the .toast files to mount the Sims, Toast 5 gives me this message,
"Couldn't complete the last command because there an I/0 error."

2011, March 21 - 7:58pm

Scottie Watson

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And can someone briefly explain to me how I could obtain a no-cd patch for The Sims?
Thanks for helping me out with this, it's really appreciated.

2011, March 21 - 9:33pm

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bertyboy

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A quick step-by-step:

The download called "TheSims.toast.sit" should be uncompressed with Stuffit Expander, any version handy in OSX 10.4 will do.
This will produce a file called "TheSims.toast" in the same directory as the .sit file. Perform a Get Info on this .toast file and mark it as locked.
Right click the locked .toast file and choose to "Open With..." Toast Titanium. Toast will start and open the file - ready for burning.
In the middle of the Toast window will be a "Mount" button, click it. A CD image should mount on the Desktop, just like when a real CD is inserted
Run the game again. No promises. If it doesn't work, skip back into Toast and burn a CD - don't be too cheap to burn a CD, nobody likes helping someone that lazy.
Try again.

If you really need a no-cd patch, don't ask here, GIYF.

2011, March 21 - 10:17pm

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Scottie Watson

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I'm able to follow practically all of your steps, but there's a problem. Whenever I go onto Toast to mount the Sims file and to make a CD image, I ALWAYS get an error message,

"Couldn't complete the last command because there is an I/0 error.
Error Result: -36"

I'm pretty sure this is an error within my Mac, and not Toast. Any advice?

2011, March 22 - 12:04am

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kalvin

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Probably, I have a feeling the cd image is corrupted. Give me the download link to the file and have me check it out for my self. I will sent you the fixed version of the image when I have a chance.

2011, March 22 - 12:20am

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kalvin

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There is one Idea I have, Undo the lock, and try to rename it to TheSims.iso Have a blank cd ready, and burn the image by opening diskutility.app, select the image TheSims.iso from the location of where it's at, and click burn image, select cd. After the burning process is done, eject cd and put it in, try to install from there and after install is done, keep the cd in, and start the sims. If it still doesn't work, I would need to try the image file myself, while you get the no-cd patch.

2011, March 22 - 7:26am

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bertyboy

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So the error is when youstart Toast ?

Or when you try to mount the .toast file from within Toast ?

2011, March 22 - 11:52am

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Scottie Watson

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The -36 error occurs when I try to mount the .toast file from within Toast. When ever I click on the file, Toast pops up and displays all the information about it. But when I click mount, it doesn't do so and displays the error.

2011, April 7 - 7:33pm

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Temporary Joe

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Had the same error, tried to fix it, never did. Eventually I found that it loaded perfectly in 9, but not X.