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The Sims 2 (PC)


Question Posted Saturday September 23 2006, 11:28 am

Hi,
I have the Sims 2 for PC installed on my computer. My problem is that whenever I try to run the Sims 2 Body shop, it starts to open, but then a little prompt that says this pops up:

"Direct 3D returned an error: D3DERR_INVALIDCALL!

This application will now terminate."
And when I click "OK" the whole program closes.

Is there anyway to fix this without reinstalling my game?


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Erronius answered Saturday September 23 2006, 3:38 pm:
Yes and no. From what I've seen its a conflict between hardware and software (some say its the graphics card, others say its your chipset, etc etc). One answer I saw that seemed to be a fix for people was to download the pre-release version of Body-shop. I got my info (thanx Google) from:

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The three links to the pre-release version they gave (I did NOT check to see if they are current sorry), and you will need to register for Fileshack/Fileplanet BTW:

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For Mac: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)

This looks like the most likely fix to me. GL hope this helps (I would think it would considering it is on a Sims forum).

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Geneva answered Saturday September 23 2006, 3:14 pm:
it might be something wrong with the game. try taking it back and getting a new game. or maybe your computer can't handle pc games. when I bought sims the movies game my computer messed up. so maybe I would stick with video games instead

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