Help!!! Good morning all - A colleague recently updated my computer for my daughter. I tried to re load her sims but got a message "A problem occurred when trying to transfer the file 'D;\Support\sv\l?smig.txt from the media' I tried and tried again, I thought that maybe the software was faulty so went and bought a new copy. Unfortunately, when I tried to load the new copy, I got the same message! She is really upset that she can't use them so I'm reaching out for help. Windows XP pro 5.1, build 2600 - amd athlon 64 processor,3400+,MMX, 3d now 2.2Ghz, 958 meg ram,page file 334mb used, 1210mb available. DirectX 9.0c(4.09.0000.0904. ATI Radion Express series 200,appx total mem 256,1024 x 768 My daughter has had no problems in the past with the gams and has all of the expansions but of course cannot play again until I can load the Sims 2 . I do hope that you can help!
Oh my! What a fabulous Dad! So sorry to hear that you are out of pocket on a new copy. That must be painful, coming on top of an expensive upgrade. Believe me, I'm there and feel the pain with you. That said, I am slightly puzzled. The file appears to be a Swedish "Read Me", which on my computer is name ReadMe.txt but whose contents are in Swedish. Swedish translation is not my strong point but lsa Mig comes close (and suggest what that ? was.) Are you in Sweden? What language is your Windows installation? It appears that the game is trying to install in Swedish. The two would trip over each other causing the game to wonder what l?smig is when it wants to see lsmig .... Let us know if this helps.
Good morning Mirelly and may I thank you for such a prompt response. I did have a feeling that the sv in the message did relate the sweden! I am however in the UK and we are ticking the box for English instillation so I am still really lost!
LOL ... it wasn't much of a theory but that ? mark puzzles me. We moderators have access to visitors IP addresses (so we can spot rogues and vagabonds) and I can see you aren't in Sweden ... but you might've been a migrant. Whatever, you are still an awesome Dad! Assuming you have the DVD edition ... you might try the install from disc image method of installation. http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cf...3NlYXJjaF90ZXh0PWRpc2MgMg**&p_li=&p_topview=1
Hi Mirelly I am indeed a great Dad (and very hansome too phnarr phnarr!) You have just made me an even better one! OK< I followed the installation guide and loaded it onto a file on the desktop - I then tried to reload but had the same message problem. What I did was to go into the folder on the desktop and simply delete the "SV" part of the file and tried again - hey presto!! Thanks for your inspiration and help! Are you from Northern Englad - just noticed in one of your threads that you said "Flamin Nora" which I think originates there? Thanks again, you are truly wonderful!
LOL ... glad it helped. Inspired idea to delete the offending file. Always think outside the box, eh? Moi, from t' north? Nah, me Dad wuz a comedy semi-cockernee from Walworth, sarf uv the Elephant 'n Carssel, wunnee? I just use vernacular because formality is too stilted outside of job applications.
Well Thanks again for your help and guidance. Sunday dinner today or a you simply sticking with jellied eels, pie, mash & liquer? Knees up mother brown! Off up the old frog and toad now, gonna spend some jack flash on a bit of new clobber and some bells and whistles. Need some new wish woos for my plates 'o meat and perhaps a new rowing boat as it's getting a bit george (and zippy) outside. Then off down to the rub a dub dub for a couple of pints of pigs ear, then back home,. up the apples and pears, a quick Wilson (wilson picket - midnight hour, shower) and then to my uncle fred to get some well earned z's Have a great day Large roast (Large roast potata, see you lata)
george and zippy ... :rotfl: Nice one! Please post again. You're a star. PS I'm 'avin' a Ruby for me dinner.
LOL guys, this thread made me chuckle. I'm with Mirelly, please stay, Philip, I like your style! :bitelip:
Good morning and thank for for your kind replies! Hope the Ruby was good - My daughter is so pleased - she's loaded everything and playing away. I have to say that I do not wholly approve of many computer gams but I do approve particulary of the Sims as it does promote creativity and also the value of money. Glad you liked the cockney rythming slang - I did start working on a version of this that I called "2nd generation" cockney rhytming slang which is a little less obvious than the ususal slang. I did use some yesterday but I will elaborate:- I used "I'm going to have a Wilson" The first generation would be I'm going for a midnight "Midnight Hour, Shower" In order to create second generation you must go back a stage and say "I'm going for a Wilson (Wilson Picket sang Midnight hour = shower) Another use is "LArge roast" as in Large roast potata, see you later" Large Roast has 2 interpretations, when saying goodbye you can say "Large" Another use is, for example, sacking somebody. When "Giving somebody the large" you must point your elbow out in a "giving somebody the elbow" style. In doing this movement you can say that "You gave him the large" for maximum effect this terminology and the elbow action must be used together. This is also applicable for finishing with a girl/boyfriend. | also spent a lot of time making up cockney rhythming sland nicknames in the first generation - a few are listed below:- Stainless = Stainless steel, Neil Biscuit = Biscuit Barrell, Carol Noahs = Noahs ark, Mark Beechams = Beechams Pill, Phil I won't go on as I have many but feel free to get involved and creat some lingo between yourselves. Phil
I remember that the writers of Minder used to come up with some convoluted ones ... I seem to remember Russell for watch confused a good many at the time. But for absolute perfection of pure Cockney we must all take off ar 'ats to dat marster of voices: de unparallelled mister Van Dyke, whose Bert in Mary Poppins shamed many a na'ive speaka for its uncannily accurate rendition of vowels and dropped consonants. So many would-be comedy cockneys fail to appreciate that mastery of dark "L" is crucial to the dialect. If you can't say Millwall properly then you shouldn't bother. Since I have been living in the midlands region known as the Black Country (the land of the yam-yams) for the last 25 years, my lazy Londoner consonsants have been forced to undergo a slight change the better to be understood by the locals. The dialect around here is utterly fabulous, although, sadly, like everywhere else it has averaged out over the years. I've noticed a distinct change since I've been here. These days fewer younger people speak using the dialect words, and the dialect sounds are softening (getting less pronounced) over time.
When I was visiting the UK over summer, we drove by car from the very south of England to London, then Manchester and then Wales. I was really enjoying myself with all the different accents going on around me. So different from my own teenager Southampton accent. Quote me: "Bri'ish potayos."
