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The Sims 1 Crashes on Launch
I've just finished installing The Sims Legacy Edition and as you can imagine I was excited to fire up the game and dive into the nostalgia. The game won't even open. The Sims icon flashes up along the taskbar as if the game's about to launch, then disappears and immediately takes me back to the EA App. Is anyone else having this issue? Somehow it seems EA have even managed to break the older games now. :(Solvedalexspoom1311 days agoSeasoned Ace35KViews180likes454Commentsthe sims + the sims packs will not run
I've bought and downloaded The Sims + The Sims Packs but it will not run the game. It acts like it's going to, but nothing happens. I've restarted, run as admin, repaired the game files, and uninstalled/reinstalled the game. EDIT: I am on Windows 11. EDIT: This is about THE SIMS, not The Sims 2. If you are having issues with The Sims 2, please go to another thread so that EA staff and other people with this issue do not get confused about the solution.Solvedvampirejpg11 days agoSeasoned Traveler11KViews84likes159CommentsSims 1 and 2 rerelease on Mac?
Why couldn’t they have released Sims 1 and 2 for Mac users? And are they planning to at all? That’s so unfair :(Solvedsadiecollins1311 days agoSeasoned Newcomer8.4KViews44likes31CommentsSims 1 Legacy Crashing
Just bought the birthday bundle to get both the original Sims and Sims 2. I started playing the original Sims and only got maybe an hour in before the game crashed. Booted it up again and had the same issue. My computer is on Windows 11. The first time it crashed while I was creating a family. The second time was while I was in buy mode.vitreallis11 days agoNew Traveler6.8KViews22likes46CommentsThe sims 1 wont launch.
I just finished downloading Sims 1 and it wont launch. EA app just close for a sec and nothing happens. Im so dissapointed rn. My laptop is not gaming one but sims 4 works fine. I have Ryzen 7 4700U with integrated graphics. 16gb ram. Still waiting for Sims 2 to finish downloading i wonder if the same issue will happen there..Arvie12811 days agoSeasoned Rookie1.9KViews20likes6CommentsThe Sims Legacy Collection: Will not launch
Hey all! I just purchased The Sims Birthday Bundle on Steam, and I cannot get the Sims (1) to launch. I'm on Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2. In the #the-sims1 channel of The Sims Discord server, other users mention the same behavior when the app was purchased from the EA App.mattygroch11 days agoSeasoned Novice4.2KViews19likes8CommentsSims 1 Legacy - Relationship panel shows only 5 Sims
As the title says, relationship panel shows max 5 Sims and there is no arrow to scroll and show other relationships. Probably relevant that this happens on 1440p screen. Example: The sim does know more sims:Rakeeya10 days agoSeasoned Rookie515Views17likes17CommentsSims 1 crash on launch, post Feb 4 update
This thread is for Sims 1 crashing on launch after the February 4 patch. If you're affected, please provide the a dxdiag, a vulkaninfo report, and an EA App error report ID. Please also post a screenshot of any error message you see, or note that you don't see an error. See below. For the dxdiag, click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop. From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons. For the vulkaninfo, click Windows key-R, enter vulkaninfo in the run box, and wait for the scan to finish (the scroll bar should stop moving). Click anywhere in the window and click ctrl-A to highlight all the text. Click ctrl-C to copy. Open Notepad and ctrl-V to paste. Save the file as vulkaninfo [your username] , upload it to a third-party filesharing site, and send a private message to EA_Solaire with the link. If you have a gmail account, you have Google Drive too and some free storage. Otherwise, Dropbox and Pastebin are good options. Here's how to create an EA App error report: https://help.ea.com/en/help/ea/ea-app/run-ea-error-report/ Please post the report ID in this thread along with your dxdiag. For the error message, if you have one, you can use Windows key-shift-S to take a screenshot. Attach it to your reply using the camera (Insert Media) icon included with the other formatting buttons.Solved7.2KViews12likes174CommentsThe 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 game177Views11likes3CommentsSims 1 Legacy - Vulcan Device Not Found
Before the patch today, I was having the issue of the game just not launching and tried all of the posted suggestions including starting in compatibility mode with Windows XP, reinstalling the VC++ x86 and x 64, adjusting the NVidia settings and nothing worked. With the patch today, it starts to launch but then says Vulcan Device Not Found. I have reinstalled my drivers to the latest and have no issue playing other games that also use Vulcan My graphics card is: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU with the Game Ready Driver - 572.16 from Thursday Jan 30, 2025. My CPU is: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620H The computer is running on Windows 11.Twi9247 days agoSeasoned Newcomer1.7KViews11likes6CommentsThe Sims: Legacy Collection – Bug Reports & Suggested Improvements
BUG 1 Thumbnails missing job/focus/school icons BUG 2 The Picture-in-Picture window is missing a close button, and a sim pie menu head may appear on it when clicking on something in-game, check out the video in the attachments named PIP BUG 3 The relationship panel lacks a button to scroll through sims, and the friend counter is grayed out, which differs from the original game BUG 4 In the official "Maximus" family by Maxis, there is a graphical bug - a gray void in various places. I guess it's a pool/landscape bug? It looks okay in Build mode but breaks again in Live mode, check out the video in the attachments named MAXIMUS BUG 5 Pools appear pixelated when zoomed out to 2x and 3x BUG 6 There are graphical artifacts at the seams and walls of two-story buildings at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160 resolutions. Additionally, wall-mounted objects clip through walls at all resolutions BUG 7 After the latest update, there seems to be a bug with the new UI background stretching - it doesn’t apply to the panel that appears when you grab an object, causing the tiles behind it to be partially visible BUG 8 At resolutions higher than 1920x1080, the grass starts to resemble green linoleum, and the grid gains extra dots. Please keep both consistent across all resolutions, matching their appearance at 1920x1080, just like in the original game BUG 9 Please restore the original sim thumbnails. Families from the base game have an original thumbnail style, while families from The Sims: Unleashed and new generated sims have different ones. Make the thumbnails consistent for all families, like in the original game, focusing on faces rather than hats and accessories. It's confusing when sims with hats have smaller heads in thumbnails compared to others BUG 10 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 BUG 11 Unlike the original game, in The Sims: Legacy Collection, when a child uses the Age of Instant Charm, their thumbnail does not update even after re-entering the household. To fix it, you need to change the outfit in the wardrobe, check out the video in the attachments named AGE OF INSTANT to compare with The Sims: Complete Collection475Views9likes3CommentsRelationship Panel GAMEPLAY BUG - The Sims 1 Legacy Collection
Hi there, Here to report another Gameplay glitch with The Sims 1 Legacy Collection. In the UI Sim panel, my sim should be able to see all Sims they have a relationship with, whether it's romantic, friends, or just acquaintances. This re-release has a bug where it will only show me the top 5 friends a Sim has based on relationship points. This is a bug and not intended. This makes it GAME BREAKING as for your Sim to progress the career ladder, they will need to make friends and the UI panel will not show me all the sims relationships. This needs to be fixed in a patch as it is game breaking for any Sim that wants to get a job. See screenshots attached. EDIT: I should mention I can see all my Sims personality interests and an arrow is showing in that part of the UI panel. This is SPECIFICALLY for the Relationship Panel that the "Scroll arrow" is missing.lcinsightsie10 days agoRising Scout752Views9likes9CommentsSims 1 keeps crashing when I have a Burglar?
Hello, I wanted to report a bug crash where my game keeps crashing whenever a Burglar comes to my house. The second instance of crashing I have is constantly in the vacation area when cooking Burgers for some reason when I have the speed set to 3? The game seems to be crashing constantly whenever I use speed 3 in the vacation expansion pack . I had a few random crashes here and there but it seems very constant in the vacation part of the game. I was wondering if there was some way to fix this or report it as a bug. PC Specs: RTX 4090 Ryzen 9 5900x 32 GB of ram. The game didn't give me an error code, what I've tried so far is disabling the Discord overlay, Steam Overlay, I tried changing the refresh rate on my monitor from 144 HZ to 120 HZ and still crash. I went down to 60 HZ and I'm still having constant crashes. I do have a video footage exactly when the game crashes using the Steam recording feature if this helps any.KeeperOfWind11 days agoSeasoned Novice518Views9likes16CommentsThe Sims 1 Legacy fails to work properly on AMD graphics cards
Me and a lot of people who have AMD GPU's are reporting MAJOR performance drops into the low 10's in frames when more than 3 Sims are on a lot, or more apparent in a Community lot, I hope this issue can get fixed because the game is unplayable in this state.FFluffyNoodles11 days agoSeasoned Rookie500Views9likes6CommentsSims 1 won't start :/
I went to launch the game, and it didn't even start. It popped up the icon, and nothing happened. it only brought me back to the EA page, I know there is a fix for when the game crashes, but is there a fix for when the game doesn't even open?chattiekathey11 days agoSeasoned Newcomer763Views9likes8CommentsAlt-Enter scaling options not working on The Sims 1?
I saw the patch notes for the re-releases of sims 1 and 2, and it says that you can cycle through scaling options on the sims 1 by pressing alt+enter, but for me, that just seems to toggle the game in/out of full-screen. No scaling changes at all. I really wish the game had some options in the graphics settings.JamesMPC0111 days agoRising Traveler575Views9likes14CommentsBring back The Sims & The Sims 2!
I have lots of great memories playing The Sims and The Sims 2. It would be great to see them made available on the EA App so we don't have to worry about old discs and compatibility mods. Please release the legacy titles once again! 🙏ViscountKirkwall7 months agoNew Adventurer230Views8likes22CommentsThe Sims™ Legacy Collection scaling issue (tiny UI) with 1080p displays only
UI scaling is broken on The Sims™ Legacy Collection when running a native 1920x1080 desktop resolution. Running at higher resolutions makes the UI scale up so it's not tiny, but running at a native 1080p desktop makes the UI tiny compared to all other resolutions. Screenshots clearly showing the 1080p UI scaling issue: https://imgur.com/gallery/sims-1-legacy-collection-25-years-good-resolution-scaling-vs-1080p-dIwm1f2 Changing the desktop resolution to anything other than 1080p solves the issue, however this is not a reasonable solution. EA can you please fix the faulty UI scaling @ 1080p, for The Sims™ Legacy Collection? Or at the very least include a setting for changing either the resolution of the game, or the scale of the UI, in the game's options as is the case with pretty much every other game released ever? Screenshots: 1 - 1080p | 2 - 720p | 3 - 1440psambonz2 days agoRising Scout120Views7likes1Comment