Like the title says: I have the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, and it crashes before it even finishes the initial loading. I've exhausted all my options, and even gone so far as to completely uninstall and reinstall the game. It crashes at the same point every time- when a little over half of the loading bar is filled. I've noticed that the Sims 2 intro and EA's little icon scene do not load beforehand, either.

Because of this, I assume it must be something wrong with my computer. I'd just like some help in figuring out what exactly it might be.

The game was working completely only a few minutes before this started. I was in a Skype call with a friend and sharing screens so we could sort of play together. We made a couple of characters, and then we decided we wanted a mod to give a sim one blind eye. The mod we chose was pretty benign- it just added a mesh under the glasses category that covered one eye and gave it a filmed over look.

http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=301346

That's the mod- or at least, the recolor. It links the original mod, which we also grabbed.

Once we unpacked the mods and added them to the Downloads folder, we started the game again- no intro, and then it crashed. We quit the call so my friend could take a shower while I tried to fix the problem.

I figured that somehow this little mod had conflicted with something, so I went ahead and removed it, but... It crashed again. So I removed my whole CC folder. Continued crashing. Removed all my user files. Same crashes kept happening. I restarted the computer, reinstalled the game, and pretty much did everything I could. You probably get the idea.

I checked on the wiki, but I couldn't find what I needed- I realize that I can sometimes be pretty bad at navigating wikis, so I may have missed something. If so, please do link me! I think I have the needed system specs here, too, but I'm not great with computers and mostly just copied that stuff from my computer's info. Lemme know if I missed something important!

System Specs:

Time of this report: 2/10/2016, 03:01:16
Machine name: PALAPPADALAPTOP
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.160121-1718)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version CCB.03.61.17F.46
Processor: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (4 CPUs), ~1.5GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3562MB RAM
Page File: 3972MB used, 3151MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode


Card name: AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9647)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9647&SUBSYS_169B103C&REV_00
Display Memory: 2022 MB
Dedicated Memory: 497 MB
Shared Memory: 1525 MB
Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: LGD02F2
Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.031Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1099 (English)
Driver Version: 8.900.7.0
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/16/2011 02:14:44, 867328 bytes


Description: Communications Headphones (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_7605&SUBSYS_103C169B&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: stwrt64.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.6423.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 11/1/2012 18:22:26, 542208 bytes


Drive: C:
Free Space: 112.4 GB
Total Space: 452.3 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 SATA Disk Device


Thanks for reading- I'd appreciate any help you can give me. :>

@Mikomikokoro sorry you've havin difficulties. I can totally relate as I also had some UC troubles. Check out the here and see if my experience isn't helpful to you. May or may not be the same problem, but the cc item may have corrupted your download.

Do you have any cc lurking in your Saved Sims folder? if so remove that.

Did you try renaming the Sims 2 folder eg The Sims 2 Crash' and letting the game make a new one.

Did you try going into Origin, right clicking and see if heal or fix is an option.

Did you delete your cache files?

@CaliBrat
Thank you, I'll check it out!

@joandsarah77
Yes, I've done all of that. The user files are completely fresh and newly-generated, so there are no cache files or Saved Sims. Having Origin 'repair' the game also did nothing, sadly. Thank you for your help, though!