I won't link it here as we are not supposed to link mods, but I would suggest to search for "The Sims Medieval: Ultimate Fix" and install this. You should be able to run "Pirates & Nobles" with that on Windows 8.
To the person who posted on googling "Sims Medieval Ultimate Fix" GOD BLESS YOU.
I absolutely love you for posting this!
This my friend worked.
I didn't have to uninstall it either. I followed the instructions included and now it launches and I have Pirates and Nobles and everything patched up to date.
This also tell me its a DRM issue on Windows 8 that EA has failed to fix.
Shame on them!!!
SHAME SHAME SHAME
But this worked fine running Windows 8 Pro 64 bit. I thought I was going to have to intall Windows 7. But not now!
I highly recommend anyone running Windows 8 they install this. Patch away the game then get this fix! Your problems are gone.
How do you install mods on Sims Medieval or how do you install it.
☹️ I never really used mods or CC much, do I need to download a mod folder and get WinRAR back? I really would hate to go through all of this but I LOVED Sims Medieval, I've never had the Pirates and Nobles Expansion.
But I've had the game for 2 years, got a new laptop with windows 8 because my old Laptop was a piece of junk...
Figure I should install this game because I've never finished it, and BAM it doesn't work...
Currently The Sims Medieval is only compatible with Windows XP through Windows 7. Due to the way Windows 8 runs and dependencies on incompatible files, The Sims Medieval will likely not be able to run on the Windows 8 OS. Also, since the last update/news about the game was two years ago, there is a good chance that all development has stopped on this game. This means that it will be highly unlikely that TSM will ever be compatible with Windows 8.
Sorry,
Nathan Maltba
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Hi guys, I'm having the same problem as most people here.
New laptop with Windows 8, just installed Sims Medieval, the launcher comes up but when I press the green arrow nothing happens. If I try again it just says 'The Sims Medieval is already running.' Not helpful.
I've tried downloading the Ultimate Fix, but it hasn't worked. I'm basically sure I copied it into the right part of the game file (the video guide I saw was on W7 though, so partly guesswork). It hasn't helped though, so I'm not sure what to do next. If you reinstall without updating are there any major problems?
Any help would be appreciated. Or EA Games actually helping their customers out for a change...
I just wanted to update since we are now in October. I just used the "Ultimate Fix" to patch up my problem and the game is working beautifully! If you do exactly as the guide says, it should work! Happy me is happy. ^^
And to help, when using the Ultimate Fix you have to go into your Program Files (x86) folder. If you got the game digitally from Origin you have to go find the Origin Games folder, search for the Medieval folder and click it. There should then be quite a few other folders. Click the one that says game and then the one that says bin. From there just copy and paste the files from the ultimate fix there and replace the files. And tadahhhh! You have a working Deluxe Medieval game.
@lady8jane wrote:I won't link it here as we are not supposed to link mods, but I would suggest to search for "The Sims Medieval: Ultimate Fix" and install this. You should be able to run "Pirates & Nobles" with that on Windows 8.
I think the link you asked us to search for is a license hack. I wouldn't want to do that on a version that I have bought and paid for.
@bigalstanley wrote:
@lady8jane wrote:I won't link it here as we are not supposed to link mods, but I would suggest to search for "The Sims Medieval: Ultimate Fix" and install this. You should be able to run "Pirates & Nobles" with that on Windows 8.
I think the link you asked us to search for is a license hack. I wouldn't want to do that on a version that I have bought and paid for.
What's the point of worrying whether it is a license hack because it's a version that you "bought and paid for" (which by the way means the same thing) if you can't play the game? Then it's just a waste of money, sitting there on your computer while being unplayable due to EA being **bleep** about this.
Agreed.
EA, would be nice if you fixed this yourself instead of us looking to Mods to get it done. My Microsoft was NOT happy to do this.....
