"FIXME: WMP" Red Screen in The Sims 1 – Stuck After EA Logo

Question

Hi. Unfortunately I am unable to play this version of the game.

The game launches but gets stuck on a red screen with a "FIXME: WMP" error. You can hear the EA logo sound, but nothing else happens. A similar issue occurs on the Steam Deck, but there, the game eventually loads past it. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen on Windows 10. The WMP fix utility didn't help, and installing Windows Media Player isn't possible.

My PC is on Windows 10, newest build. CPU i5, GPU GeForce GTX 3060.

adiik · Answer

Renaming the intro made it crash immediately haha. What did you rename it to?

It doesn’t technically crash; it stays "responsive," meaning I don’t get the usual Windows "Program is not responding" pop-up. It just stops doing anything. After the logo, it stays on a red screen with no sound.

I’ll upload the file later when I get home, if it got generated.

blayer98 · Answer

Oh interesting, I didn’t even realise this happened on Windows as well! On my laptop running Windows 10, I don’t get the pop-up and it just stays at a black screen unless I press the Windows key, but even then, I have to re-name the intro video of “eag_us” or the game crashes.

does it crash for you on that screen? If so can you upload your Sims_stkdump?

blayer98 · Answer

just changed it to eag_usa, I have to do that or the game crashes at startup lol

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