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Can some one help! WARNING; game flashes
So I have The Sims + The Sims pack and this keeps happening 😭. I tried both repairing and uninstalling and reinstalling the game and it's still doing this. Can anyone please help me! ( Sorry for the talking in the background boyfriend is playing the new battlefield😅)
The Sims™ Legacy Collection is NOT Launching
The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam was working (launching>running) fine about a month ago, but now the game is not launching, despite trying several solutions that I found online. The game logo briefly appears in my taskbar and then disappears. The game doesn't run, and the Steam button just switches back to "Play." OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Version: 10.0.26100 Build 26100 Please fix and propose any solutions. Thank you.
The Sims™ Legacy Collection is NOT Launching
The Sims™ Legacy Collection on Steam was working (launching>running) fine about a month ago, but now the game is not launching, despite trying several solutions that I found online. The game logo briefly appears in my taskbar and then disappears. The game doesn't run, and the Steam button just switches back to "Play." OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Version: 10.0.26100 Build 26100 Please fix and propose any solutions. Thank you.Brand New PC... Game Won't Start
Hey, everyone. I've attached the specs of my new PC here. Any ideas on how to get the game to start? I just get a black screen and sometimes some sound. It messes my PC up so much that the task manager even crashes. The EA Error Reporter app just freezes when I try to submit a report. Insanely frustrating!
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]Stuttering after patch #6
As the title suggests. Stuttering all the time even with minimal sims in the lot. Cursor flashes when moving it through any interactable object before even starting to select interactions. My machine confortably passes min specs. Tried multiple solutions to no avail, including running as admin, changing graphics card to integrated, different resolutions, windowed mode. Gforce GTX1050, i5 2.50ghz, 16GB RAM. Fine before patch #6 on Steam.
Sims 1 Legacy - Can't run in background
I'm glad they have resolved the issue where the game pauses instead of minimizing when switching to another window. However, I would like to have the option to keep the game running seamlessly on any of my three screens without pausing. This way, I can multitask and continue working or doing other things while my Sim goes about their activities, whether that's working or sleeping.
Unblock the RU language code (0D / 13) (-lRussian) in The Sims Legacy
There is already a language code for Russian language and it was in-game since the version 1.0 of the Sims. Even more, it seems to be working in pre-release version of The Sims 1 (Edith) but it was disabled later when the text got translated to other languages (except Russian). There is no official translation to Russian, OK, but dear devs can you finally unblock our language code which was intended to be enabled so we could finally make a quality translation mod by ourselves. Right now if you edit the game files with IFF Pencil or other tool and save the string in Russian localization space (using HEX code 0D or 13) and then start the game with the Russian language attribute (like having RUSSIAN in SIMS_OTHERLANGUAGE in Registry or adding "-lRussian" at the shortcut) it just ignores it and run the game in standard USEnglish locale. The problem is that both USEnglish and UKEnglish use 12H clock system which is absolutely makes no sense in Russian language and is hard to get away with it, so when you making a translation just by replacing the English text, this thing just spoils the thing. As alternative I saw the attempts to place the translated text in the Spanish or French locales (which use standard 24H clock) - but that results the Frensh or Spanish text in any additional objects/content when you put it to your downloads folder. This annoys so much. All the game files seems to fully support the possibility of Russian localization support: there is a Russian localization space in all .iff files, there is a mention of Russian in UIGraphics/Res_Languages.h: const Sint32 kRes_LanguageDefault = 0; const Sint32 kRes_LanguageUSEnglish = 1; const Sint32 kRes_LanguageUKEnglish = 2; ... const Sint32 kRes_LanguageFinnish = 11; const Sint32 kRes_LanguageHebrew = 12; const Sint32 kRes_LanguageRussian = 13; const Sint32 kRes_LanguagePortuguese = 14; const Sint32 kRes_LanguageJapanese = 15; ... There is even a separate Russian font folder in UIGraphics.far archive (trough these fonts dosen't support Russian letters actually, but it's not a problem we'll mod them). I've run several tests and right now I'm absolutely 100% sure that the language has been disabled right in Sims.exe: I just put Sims.exe from Sims Edith edition in Sims Legacy folder with modified UIText.iff having Russian strings for splashing messages in Russian localization space (0D or 13). It worked, trough game expectedly crashed soon after the launch, but the strings were in Russian from RU space (not the US one). Can you please just enable this language code again and make the life easier for such a big Russian speaking game community? Just enable the Russian / 0D lang code, we'll handle the perfect translation by our hands! It takes nothing from you, it's literally 1-word code change! Please EA, at the 25th anniversary of the game, can you finally bring us that possibility to have separate Russian line working? If anybody will ever create more objects for The Sims 1 they could finally place Russian translation in Russian line and English in English. I think this is a simple edit manupilation by just adding line 'Russian' next to 'Finnish' and before 'Portuguese' in the game code for Sims.exe so the game can finally load the text from 0D/13 locale. P.S. 'Hebrew' lang code was disabled the same way, maybe you'll have to enable it as well so Russian loc space could work fine, but I'm not sure about it
Photo Album Text/Captions Still Not Saving
The February 27, 2025 patch notes provide a list of "fixed issues" and among them is "text/caption added to a snapshot would not be saved." However, I am still finding that every single time I load the game--both before and after yesterday's patch and the February 27 patch--I invariably lose the text/captions on dozens of photos. This problem persists across multiple families/households/etc. Last night, I had a photo album with 38 photos, all of which included captions. This morning, only 5 of them still include captions. The rest are blank. This is an extremely frustrating, recurring problem. I hope that this is something the team can try to prioritize fixing immediately.
Aqua-Fluium Shower-Tub
Hello, First of all, the game is constantly being developed and I would like to thank you very much for this. My problem is the "bathtub cleaning" problem that has been going on for a long time. The shower-integrated bathtub called "Aqua-Fluium Shower-Tub" gets dirty. But when it is wanted to be cleaned, it cannot be cleaned. For example, when it is dirty, it does not look dirty, when any character cleans it, it looks dirty, then the character continues cleaning after a short break, and although it looks clean, it always remains dirty with the "clean" command. In other words, the process works in reverse. I guess the problem is also in other bathtub models.. This deep-rooted problem has existed since The Sims Complete Collection. I do not know if it will be fixed in this version, but I wanted to report it anyway. With my love..
Old town chess table placement
So when I start the game I have to go into the lot in old town and just move the two chairs and chess table to the left more cause if you visit there. A sim will sit in the chair backwards facing the stairs and when they get up they get stuck behind the stairs. Picture for reference
When Sims 1 Legacy Becomes Sims 1…Frustration?
Hey everyone, So, I thought I’d treat myself to a blast from the past by diving into some Sims 1 Legacy goodness. Little did I know the download gods had other plans. After countless failed attempts and enough tears to fill a Sims pool I reluctantly sought help from EA’s support— I was a bit nervous on how the customer experience would be as I've seen MANY forum posts of customers receiving subpar assistance with no refund options. The issue I've been dealing with is when I click the app to start the game, it launches but then the screen freezes to white and the app ends and is unable to be started. The EA representative had me try a few steps which I'd either done prior, or did during the chat, and none worked with the game to load. Finally, the EA rep threw in the towel and hit me with "its my devices issue (MSFT Surface Pro 11 with Windows 11), and then proceeded to say sorry for my issues with Sims 2. I clearly stated in the beginning of our chat and the subject matter was Sims 1. It was annoying to say the least they didn't even say the right product I was having an issue with! I pointed out the name error, hoping for a hint of empathy or, dare I say, a solution. The grand finale? They hung up on me (equivalent to ending the chat). Poof! My nostalgic dreams shattered quicker than you can say “plumbob.” My last glimpse of hope of the chat reopening was crushed quickly again as the notification was a request from the EA rep asking for a survey on service :/ So now, here I am, appealing to you, my fellow Simmers, for a dose of wisdom or at least some shared frustration. Have any of you managed to wrestle the Sims 1 Legacy download into submission? Any secret spells, dance rituals, or tech tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for indulging my rant, and may your Sims lives be as drama-free as a vanilla expansion pack. P.S. To any EA staff reading this, I swear I’m a friendly simmer who just wants to build dream homes in peace.
