sims?

[rdunn@knoware.nl]

I'm wondering if anyone knows how to use The Sims Deluxe Edition -for my daughers- with parallels. I get a notice to insert CD when I'm starting it up, and CD is sitting in the computer already!

Thanks

 

[murphy]

I'm wondering if anyone knows how to use The Sims Deluxe Edition -for my daughers- with parallels. I get a notice to insert CD when I'm starting it up, and CD is sitting in the computer already!

Thanks

Have you attached the CD drive to Parallels or is OS X still controlling it?
Check the CD icon at the lower right side of the window frame.

 

[rdunn@knoware.nl]

what i see

I see a cd icon when `i open up parallels. If I move the cursor over, it says: CD-DVDROM (IDE0:1)
Mode: real device Name: Default CDDVD-ROM Status: Connected

Does that tell you anything??

Thanks

 

[AlanH]

If you are running the release version - eg. build 1970 - then it doesn't do a good job of emulating the optical drive for games disks with copy protection. I suspect that is what is causing your problem. Civilization III would not run on my system until I loaded up a recent Release Candidate which seems to have cracked this problem.