Sims 2 Nightlife - Mini Images not working

[bigdikmcgee]

Ok, this one has me banging my head. I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, but I'm stumped.

I've got Sims 2 and Sims 2 Nightlife. Both are working fine with the discs, but I work/play on two different computers and try to apply all my games so I don't need the disc. Sims 2 works fine with the mini image, in both Daemon 4.0 and Alcohol 120%. The nightlife expansion pack however won't work at all, in either Daemon or Alcohol. I get the splash screen for about 2 seconds, then it just goes away and nothing happens . . . .or on subsequent tries I get the "Sims 2 Nightlife has encountered a problem and has to shut down" box.

If I unmount the image, and put the disc in, the game plays fine again, even with the No CD exe crack that someone (finally) put out for the original Sims 2 game.

I thought I caught on a forum somewhere that this was a Windows SP2 issue. If so, anyone have the answer as to how to fix it?

Oh, thought I would mention that the mini image for Nightlife works perfectly in both Daemon and Alcohol on one computer, but not on the other . . . and they are both running Windows XP Home SP2 with all current updates.

Anyone?

Thanks,

Big D

[yoeka]

I've the same error....

[temp]

Sim2 + add on UNI + add on Nitelife all work without dvds, using the mini images here, you can even update the Sims2 with the image instead of swapping to the real dvd and then you can add on the xmas pack.

[yoeka]

Originally Posted by temp

Sim2 + add on UNI + add on Nitelife all work without dvds, using the mini images here, you can even update the Sims2 with the image instead of swapping to the real dvd and then you can add on the xmas pack.

Sorry but it really doesn't work..
The error:

AppName: sims2ep2.exe AppVer: 1.2.0.312 ModName: ~df394b.tmp
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 000c486b

[temp]

Well it works for me, my cousin wont let my niece near the games as she is only 9yrs and sister is 2yrs let alone play with the rom tray i installed the games as new 1 at a time, and used daemon tools 3.47 with mini images for all 3 games, then i hide the drives using MS powertools tweaknow so the kids dont mess with them, then i bought her the xmas pack and i added that, it obv dont need cd to use the add on once installed as it detects the Sims2 and accepts, it accepted the mini image as the real dvd for the Sims2 update to add on UNI and Nitelife when both were new.

What im basically saying is, ive ran these games on or around release date without the need for the dvd's, i do however have 3 image drives with the images sitting in them at all times (although hidden) possibly thats the trick.

[caki]

If it crashes in ~df394b.tmp, then the mini image is bad.

Maybe you are using the wrong one?