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Sims 1 Wont Launch: Crashes on Opening Screen
Hola! I had very few bugs with Sims 1 until the very last update. Ever since my game won't launch, only a few seconds after the opening screen appears it crashes so I was unable to access the game FOR MONTHS. I didn't pay for a game to have it as decor, I want to play it since my simming experience started with TS2 so I never had the chance to experience TS1. However, I repaired and reinstalled the game dozens of times and it still keeps crashing. I have tried everything and it just won't launch. If anyone has any suggestions, please don't hesitate. Thanks Kind regards
Maxis prepackaged cc
Have any of you managed to successfully download the prepackaged cc that Maxis gave us to this new Legacy edition? I'm talking about the McDonalds kiosk and the Pepsi machine. Anytime I try to open the prepackage files it tells me the game is installed incorrectly. Any work around?
solution to "unknown error..aborting installation" when installing/reinstalling sims 1
At least this worked for me, with the complete collection, I found it here- https://www.games4theworld.club/t22742-the-sims-1-installation-unknown-error-encountered-aborting-setup# Hello, When you attempt to (re-)install "The Sims 1" from Games4theworld, the installer might not come up at all, or you may be confronted with the error message that is in the topic title of this thread ("unknown error encountered - aborting setup"). The error seems to be caused by a previous (faulty) installation of the game. What you should do now is this. 1. Make sure to unhide all hidden files/folders. In Windows 8 & 10, you should be able to mark the option "hidden items", shown in the screenshot here. In Windows Vista and 7 go to the Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> Show hidden files and folders. Under the tab "View", scroll down a bit and tick the option named "Show hidden files, folders and drives". Click on Apply, then OK. 2. Navigate to the location C:\Program files (x86). You should see a folder named "InstallShield Installation Information". Go inside it. 3. In my case, there was an entry for The Sims 1, with the folder name {F2527115-B8BF-4FDB-B5DA-5AADFB7C13E1}. If you see such a folder in your case, delete it, and try the installation again. Pay close attention to the folder name, so that you don't delete anything wrong ! If you don't have such a folder, you should check all other existing folders instead, under InstallShield Installation Information. Navigate inside each subfolder and open the "Setup.ini" files. Keep looking under "AppName" until you find the folder that contains "The Sims Complete" under AppName. And that is the folder you will need to delete.
“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.
Sims and Sims 2 legacy collection
I bought the Sims and Sims 2 legacy collection and I didn't receive the bonus Sims 4 kits on either. The grunge revival or the throwback fitness kits. Amazon will not help me and EA won't help me. It has been a nightmare, Amazon says I have to contact ea the game developer and EA says I have to contact amazon the retailer I bought it from. I have tried to resolve this issue for days. Neither company is taking responsibility. They wont even try for a solution they just tell me to contact the other company there is nothing they can do.
Click and censorship visual glitch
Hi, how are you? I recently purchased The Sims Legacy and noticed that when I open the interactions menu in Live Mode (to click on the ground, an object, a Sim, etc.), I get a visual glitch. This also appears in the censorship when my Sim takes a shower or goes to the bathroom. I don't know how to fix it, and while it doesn't prevent me from playing, it's quite annoying. I've attached photos of what I'm dealing with. Thanks in advance for any help!
Sims 1 Legacy - Bad UI scaling on 4K/high DPI screen
I have a 3840x2160 (4K) screen. When I launch Sims 1 Legacy Collection (Windows 11, Steam) the UI is oversized and pixelated, as if it were set to 800x600. Only when I manually set Windows to 1920x1080 resolution does the Legacy Collection's updated UI scaling take effect, where text is not pixelated, is much more readable, and the UI takes up less screen space. EA documentation says the release contains "updates for more versatile pixel resolution scaling on large monitors". It seems to only be working for 1920x1080, no larger. [It's scaling for large monitors but has been implemented in a way that is uncomfortable to view.] I am in no way expecting a 25 year old game to be pixel perfect native 4K, but it seems to be a bug that unless the screen resolution is set to exactly 1920x1080, the UI is scaled back up and difficult to view on high DPI screens. For a 2025 release I have freshly paid for, I should not have to manually set and unset my screen resolution in Windows to view it properly. See examples below. Here it doesn't seem like much difference but view them full screen on a 4K monitor to see what I'm talking about. EDIT: To clarify, I’m not talking about the Alt + Enter “scaling” which toggles through windowed view sizes. I’m talking specifically about the size of the UI itself in the game window, viewed in full screen, which greatly varies between 1080p and other resolutions. EDIT 2: The UI size itself isn't necessarily as much of the issue, but more that it's blurry, glitchy and uncomfortable to view and read in 4K. 'Oversized' was a subjective way for me to describe it, but it appeared that way to me on a large monitor due to how pixelated it looked in comparison to the smaller UI in 1080p (which has its own issues as described here, here and elsewhere). Windows natively to 3840x2160 scale Bad - oversized UI, blurry text, pixelated object sprites Windows manually set to 1920x1080 Good - UI as optimised for new release, legible text, better pixel scaling for sprites. But I had to manually set this before launching the game
Wish List Item: Please give us a choice with add-on packs!
The Legacy Edition came with the edition of certain "Packs" that were never a part of any of my disk games. Never. You could download the characters from the commercials, if you chose. I chose not to. I've never heard of this massive group of mutant/army/futuristic skins that fill my skin data folder. I would rather not a) have NPC Sims randomly spawn looking like that in any of my places (Downtown, Magic Town, Studio Town) nor b) have to scroll through endless amounts of non-desirable faces and outfits that are better suited to a war game than the Sims. Choice is a wonderful thing. It's much of the appeal of The Sims: You tell your story your way, you choose how to play, you even choose which custom content to include. Frankly, having these packs automatically included limits my choice. I pull them out of the folder and then the program "nags" me about needing file repairs. Not being able to trust that my files have not become corrupted, I need to periodically "repair" them, which means the EA app will reinstall them. It's time consuming, bothersome, and limits my enjoyment of the game. Please, please, please, EA, consider making this a choice - a tick box even, for installing the game. Sincerely, A long time fan since 2000
Unable to perform any social interactions between household sims
In the Sims 1 i played normally for a few in game days but suddenly I am no longer able to have the two sims interact with each other at all. controlling one and clicking on the other just brings up the message that there are no interactions available. i have tried restarting the game to no luck.
Z-Sprites clipping through walls (in cases they don't in Complete Collection)
While some Maxis/EA objects do clip in Complete Collection (the Livin' Large doors come to mind) many objects which do not clip in Complete Collection do clip in Legacy edition. "The Elegant Chef Buffet Table" from house party is a pretty bad offender. As do the backs of "The Oval Glass Wall Sconce". In fact, quite a few wall lamps have backs that clip when the front of the lamp is facing North West.
The Sims Legacy Collection launching problem
I usually get when trying to launch the Sims + packs a message saying that the ea app cannot launch the Sims + packs. I have all the other Sims games through ea app (that I own and no problem till now). I only bought the Sims Legacy Collection because I have the Sims 2 Ultimate.
Community lots not loading in Sims 1 Legacy edition.
I bought the legacy edition off of EA but none of the community or DLC lots have anything in them. I can load into them just fine, but there aren't any houses/ buildings and there aren't any sims. I've tried uninstalling the game multiple times and even "repairing" the game. I've even tried to moves some of the files around but haven't had any luck at all. Any help is greatly appreciated!!
The Sims™ Legacy Collection won't Launch - Crashes without error
Hello! I recently updated my PC to have a RTX 5080 graphics card and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D processor. It runs Windows 11 Pro. After reinstalling The Sims™ Legacy Collection, it fails to launch. Crashing immediately, without any error messages. The icon just flashes in the task bar. I have been looking through the forums and none of the suggestions have been able to help me resolve this issue. I have tried the following: Have the latest version of the game installed Installed the latest windows updates Updated my graphics card drivers Configured windows to launch the game in low power mode Tried launching the game in Windows XP compatibility mode - as administrator Tried reinstalling the Microsoft redistributables from 2015 and newer. Collected my DxDiag and Vulkan info logs Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
The Sims Legacy (Steam version) won't launch
The game won't launch at all. When I try to run it, the Sims icon briefly flashes in the taskbar for a millisecond and then disappears. Steam acts like it's launching the game, but then the Play button just resets. I’ve already tried the suggested fixes from the official EA forum including updating my drivers, but nothing works. I’ve also seen other users mention that the issue might be related to the latest NVIDIA drivers. Please investigate and release a fix.
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😅)
Experiencing 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.
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