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The Sims 1 Legacy: Resolution Issue
Hello everyone, I'm facing a resolution issue with The Sims 1 Legacy. Everything is working perfectly; the game starts normally with no errors or other anomalies. However, it starts in a very small resolution in the upper corner of the screen, while the rest is all black. The clickable area is as if the game is in full screen, making it impossible to play as I have to "guess" which black part of the screen I need to click to access the game functions. Before posting on this forum, I tried several solutions and found some temporary fixes. The issue seems to be related to Windows window scaling. For some reason, the game is conflicting with the recommended Windows scaling (in my case, 150% due to my 4K monitor with a resolution of 3840x2160). A temporary fix I found is that if I opt for a custom scaling (any value between 100-500), the issue is resolved, and I can play without any resolution problems. However, this scaling is applied equally to all connected monitors (yes, I have 2, one 4K and one Full HD), causing one or the other to have a huge or extremely small Windows interface. Additionally, my computer has been recently formatted. I've reinstalled the driver for my graphics card (Nvidia RTX 3070) multiple times and tried adjusting the game's individual settings to no avail. The only way I can play is by setting a custom scaling. Could anyone provide a more permanent solution to this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
questions regarding a slur in the sims 1 and 2
hello, this post is more aimed at the actual sims team, but i want to confirm something as you have started reselling the sims 1 and 2 for modern devices. In both of these games, they have the g word ( a word used against roma people). Has this been removed from the games before them being republished?
Screen resolution issue still persists even after latest update.
Unfortunately this update has not helped my situation at all. The UI is STILL too tiny and the game does not zoom in far enough. Yes the picture is really clear and all but this is really straining my eyes. Even with glasses. Nothing has changed with this update. I can see there has been an option added in settings to choose the resolution but this does not fix my issue at all. It just remains the same. I've tested out the other resolution settings and it just gets worse and then half my screen is black. I am now also experiencing this with sims 2 and I'm and quite annoyed as that game was actually running pretty perfect before this update. EA...seriously...this is frustrating and no...the whole Alt+Enter thing does not work and hasn't worked the whole time since day 1. I'm pretty frustrated now.
Wrong Build/Buy mode music
Hi, the game is working pretty well for me. But a few weeks ago I noticed that the original sims build and buy mode music isn't the same as the old 50s shopping/piano music that it was on launch in February. I can't find anyone else with this problem. Most of the time the game will play this jazz-type music which I really don't like and had never heard before 🤔 ... occasionally it will go back to the original music, but most of the time it's the strange jazz music that plays during build/buy mode. It's very odd. This is just in the normal neighborhoods, the music in Studio town, etc are as they have always been. I wonder if it's music from another expansion.
The Sims: Legacy Collection – UI and Map Background Issues
The 1920x1080 resolution differs from all others with a smaller UI and a more zoomed-out camera, also at resolutions higher than 1920x1080, the blue background in map mode is missing, and there is just blackness around the map I don't use any mods or CC in my gameExperiencing frequent lagging and shuddering after recent update for Sims 1.
I don't like having to complain on these forums but I'm not seeing any solution to the issues after these updates. My last post was about the UI scaling being too small and really difficult to see. This was the only issue that I really had apart from the game crashing whenever the burglar turned up. However, the burglar thing was resolved. After the last update I saw no improvement to the UI size but only more issues. Even when i changed the settings in the game. Since the update, my game is now lagging quite a lot and shuddering. It's jerky as and it was working completely fine before this update so its NOT my PC and I'm getting annoyed with EA assuming it is. It's not just me experiencing that. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game 3 times, I've removed custom content and nothing has fixed the issue. I'm disappointed because the sims 1 is one of my favourites and now I can't even play it because of this shuddering. Its just too frustrating. Edge scrolling still doesn't work now either when it did before the update. Can you please just figure it out and fix it already. Here's a tip. Before you release a game, get a whole heap of people from the general public to test the game on their personal PCs so you can see how it goes for all different systems/set ups. In fact, I'd be happy to test it for free myself with my friends. It's not hard and then you could release the games confidently so you don't have to be harassed from us gamers lol. I'm sorry but I don't understand how such a massive company doesn't consider this. If it's about the money, people will be happy to spend more if you give the people what they want. Simple.
Sims - The Legacy Update Problem
Hi, I got on this morning to have a bit of play time and was forced to update, since I have done this, I can't play the game, it just flashes & flashes, if I'm fast, I can close it. I have uninstalled the game and EA games app, then reinstalled, btw I can play Sims 4 (which I hate) without any graphic issues. I have searched for someone else with this problem, nothing :( Any assistance would be appreciated as it appears nigh on impossible to get an answer from EA games themselves. Help!
Running Sims 1 & 2 Legacy Editions on Mac M1/M2: Issues and Solutions
Hi everyone, I’ve been testing out the new Sims 1 and Sims 2 Legacy Editions on my M1 MacBook Pro (2021) and wanted to share my experience. These games are designed for Windows 10/11, but running them on a Mac comes with challenges due to the ARM architecture. Here’s what I’ve tried: What Didn’t Work: Parallels Desktop (Windows 11): Sims 1: The game wouldn’t launch at all. Sims 2: Showed a DirectX 9 error: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters." Despite adjusting Parallels settings (e.g., allocating 4–6 CPU cores, 8 GB RAM, and enabling DirectX), the VM didn’t emulate the required DirectX features correctly. Running dxdiag revealed that Direct3D Acceleration was disabled, and DirectX 12 Ultimate was marked as unavailable. Parallels Desktop (Windows 10): Couldn’t test this because Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 ARM, and Parallels doesn’t allow it to be installed on M1/M2 Macs. Other Tools: I haven't tried any other tools, as honestly, I was antsy to play. Once I found Shadow PC, I decided to try it. What Worked: Shadow PC: A cloud-based x86 Windows PC solved all compatibility issues. Full DirectX 9 support, high-end GPU (equivalent to RTX 3070), and native Windows gaming. Both Sims 1 and Sims 2 ran smoothly without errors or tweaks. Next Steps: I plan to keep an eye on EA release notes and updates to see if future patches improve compatibility with virtualization tools like Parallels or Wine/Crossover. I'll update on this discussion as I find out anything new.
Microstuttering in the Sims 1
I've been playing Sims 1 from the EA app since the day it dropped just fine. But sometime in one of last month's updates it has started to stutter every few seconds during gameplay. I've gotten the latest update but it's still not fixed. I also own the game on Steam and that version has the same problem. It's only stuttering on my laptop though and runs perfectly fine on my Steam Deck. My laptop meets the minimum specs. Windows 10 with a Nvidia GTX 1650 GPU. I asked about this in the official discord and was asked to report the problem here. Hopefully I can give you guys any info needed to track down the problem. Thanks in advance.
The sims 1 crashes
I got The Sims 1 (the legacy package, haven't tried ts 2 yet) re-release this weekend and I absolutely love it! But sadly the game crashes at random times while playing, usually around an hour of gameplay... I can save the game multiple times during gameplay, the game launches and I can travel without any issues. It just suddenly crash. I have tried to repair the game and restart my PC, I play on windows 11, Asus ZenBook UX393EA Edit: after the update the game crashes and doesn't close, so I have to restart my whole computer. This time it happened in buildmode but again after around an hour of gameplay. Luckily I saved the game a few times before it crashed.
The Sims 1 All Neighborhood music not working.
Hello, I've been playing The Sims Legacy collection, and the neighborhood music is not playing at all nor is the vacation, downtown and superstar etc is not playing when going to each in the Neighborhood menu. I checked the files there is Nhood and Nhood US. All music clicked worked fine, but not in game. I'm a player coming from KSA and please, would wish it would be fixed, Very glad the collection rereleased to have bought and owned The Sims 1 and the Sims 2.
Plants are going invisible when they die.
As the title suggests if my plants die in the garden, they go invisible. Not all plants do this, but it does do this often and it's very annoying as demonstrated in the screenshot below. Only way to get the plant to come back is for the gardener to come bring out Servo, but the gardener has an issue where she stops showing up altogether.
“map_edit” cheat graphics not displaying (Sims 1 Legacy Collection)
Hi there, I’ve noticed that the graphics that used to be there when using the map_edit cheat in Sims 1 are now missing, and it’s extremely difficult to edit what tiles of the lot have placement permission or not, it would be nice to get this fixed.
23 Wright Way is Bugged (Sims Hot Date lot)
If you tried to build anything on the lot addressed as 23 Wright Way, you cannot take your sims there with the cab. If you try to take your sims downtown and select that lot, it gets stuck on the loading screen and freezes. Please fix this. I've lost community lots this way that I spent hours working on!
Odd spawn point when Sim comes home from work or school (Sims 1 Legacy)
I noticed a minor bug, nothing game breaking, but when my Sim comes home from work or a kid comes home from school, they don't automatically spawn. I have to click their faces in the family and then they spawn by the mailbox rather than by the vehicle they exited. Happy to create a screen recording. Cheers, [Purchased via Steam]