Apartment Life hates me

[strangetomato]

So I was presented with the Apartment Life EP to cheer me up in my gloomy sickly state, and I decided to just jump in and install it (a sure sign of how much I just don't give a fuck right now), but it's not working for me. The game crashes during the loading screen, right around where it says "preparing pops and locks" or some such thing. I tried two different no-cd cracks, and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it again, and nothing changes. Why must I fail so badly?

If you have any idea what I'm doing wrong, please point out my stupidity. Maybe my brain is just too cloudy for this right now. I did remove the hacks, though. I got that much right.

*sigh*

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

What could be wrong with the saved sims folder? I've never done anything with that when installing a new EP before.

I hear deleting groups.cache helps.

I forgot about that. I usually delete it all the time anyway, but I'll check.

Thanks for the suggestions.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

Once, a sim in my saved sims folder was corrupted or something and it wouldn't let BodyShop/my game load.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, that's good to know. I notice that my saved sims folder is missing, actually. When I uninstalled, all my folders got deleted and reset, I think. I'll just add my backups in after I figure this out.