i downloaded the sims 2 off of bit torrent. it's an rar file so i downloaded win rar. it has 4 discs (not physical discs, but the files are listed as discs) when i go through win rar it shows the four discs being downloaded one at a time (takes about 15min), but after it does this nothing happens. how do i actually get to play the game? can anyone help? i would really appreciate it.
2006-10-27 04:55:09 · 7 answers · asked by one8swayze 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
One8swayz, There seems to be a process to working with .rar files and I'm going to include the entire instruction set in the event that you will need it along with the answer to your question.
Step 1) Install WinRAR Software
Download WinRar
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm...
Step 2) Install a CD/DVD Virtual Emulator
Daemon Tools
http://www.cdfreaks.com/software/45...
Step 3) Install three different movie player products.
VideoLan
http://www.videolan.org/
DivX
http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/...
Windows Media Player 9.0 - Don't upgrade to 10 - still buggy.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows...
Step 4) Extract the WinRAR primary archive into its .bin/.cue/.dat formats.
Find the one main .rar file, and extract (decompress) it using right click.
1. Using Windows File Explorer or My Computer, find the primary RAR file. It will have an icon shape of 3 tiny books, and will likely be the only file with a .rar extension at the end of its name.
Tip: use (Window button) - E on your keyboard to quick launch Windows File Explorer.
2. Right click on that single primary .rar file, and “extract to” a subfolder (This is usually the third choice in the R. click menu) Make a mental note of the name of the folder you are creating, as you will need to “mount” that folder later.
3. Confirm “yes” to the resulting dialog boxes, and give the WinRAR about 2 minutes to do its extracting job.
4. The software will decompress the primary RAR file, and it will also auto-link it to the dozens of its sister .r## supporting files.
Step 5) "Mount" the movie .cue file to act as a virtual optical drive.
Now you convince your computer that the extracted movie files are a virtual CD or DVD disc.
1. Launch the Daemon Tools software.
2. A red or green lightning bolt icon will appear at bottom right of your screen in the Windows clock tray.
3. Right click on this Daemon lightning bolt icon, and choose the first “virtual drive” letter you have available. Usually this is G:. Then choose “Mount Image”. Choose a drive letter of your choice… the letters themselves are arbitrary and are just a code pointer to name your virtual drive.
(tip: to view multiple movies, set your emulator to have 3 or 4 virtual optical drives. 1 drive can play 1 .bin/.cue file movie, 2 drives can play 2 .bin/.cue file movies, and so on.)
4. Browse using the resulting File dialog box to point to the .cue file you extracted a few minutes ago.
5. Within a few moments, another dialog will ask you what to do with that .cue file. Choose “Open folder to view files”.
6. Within another few moments, you are likely to see another dialog box named “G:”, and four folders with names like this: EXT, MPEG#, SEGMENT, and VCD2. This dialog box means that Windows sees the files as if they were a CD or DVD.
7. Open the MPEG# folder, and you will find the primary move file in .avi, .mpeg, or .dat format.
2006-10-29 12:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by maewestfan 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
What you need to do is extract the disks from the .rar file. The files in the .rar files I'm guessing are in a CD Image format. (Common ones are .img, .cue with a .bin, .iso, .cdi) If you do indeed have a CD image file then you need to download a mounting program. A good one is Daemon Tools. If you want to burn the image files to a disk so that you can play them off of a disk you need to download an image burner program. Alcohol 120% is a good one and so is Nero 6.
2006-10-27 08:06:02 · answer #2 · answered by Arekkusu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get the latest version of Winrar here: http://bit.ly/1o0M15D
I like Winrar because it's a very good program to compress/decompress files in many different formats. You could also use other programs like 7zip or winzip for the same purpose but I think Winrar is the best option avalable. The funcionalities are pretty much the same for each program (you basically do everything with a simple right-click of your mouse) but Winrar is by far the best option.
The things I like about winrar is that it opens a bunch of compressed formats: .zip, .rar, .7z / 7zip, .iso, .tar, .jar etc. (much more than the other programs) and that it's 100% (trial period never expired so you can use it for free with no limitations)
These are the reasons why I recommend Winrar.
2014-08-17 10:16:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
will renaming help? Or play a fun game?
2016-03-19 00:34:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
un zip the files and setup in a folder called sims
2006-10-27 04:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by cameron b 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is puzzling to me too
2016-07-27 23:15:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
extract the archive for it
2015-06-21 10:39:52 · answer #7 · answered by Rico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, downloading pirated games is illegal.
Second of all, posting all about how you did it is stupid.
You're just asking to get arrested.
2006-10-27 05:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 15⤋