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kristinakks
Seasoned Novice
13 days ago

The sims 1 crashes

I got The Sims 1 (the legacy package, haven't tried ts 2 yet) re-release this weekend and I absolutely love it! But sadly the game crashes at random times while playing, usually around an hour of gameplay... I can save the game multiple times during gameplay, the game launches and I can travel without any issues. It just suddenly crash. 

I have tried to repair the game and restart my PC, I play on windows 11, Asus ZenBook UX393EA

Edit: after the update the game crashes and doesn't close, so I have to restart my whole computer. This time it happened in buildmode but again after around an hour of gameplay. Luckily I saved the game a few times before it crashed. 

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  • Gwyrdh's avatar
    Gwyrdh
    Rising Novice
    12 days ago

    Hey, fellow Sims 1 players! I wanted to share a solution I found for anyone experiencing constant crashes in The Sims 1.

    After some troubleshooting, I discovered the crashes are specifically occurring when:

    • The game is running at superspeed (3x)
    • Simlish speech is enabled (crash logs show the error happens during sound execution)

     

    The Fix: Sim-ply ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) disable Sim speech in the game options. The game should then run stable at superspeed without crashing. You can still keep other sound effects and music enabled - it's just the Simlish that needs to be turned off.

    To disable Sim speech:

    1. Click the Options button in the game and select Sound settings
    2. Adjust the Speech slider all the way down
    3. Keep Music and F/X at whatever level you prefer

    Hope this helps others who've run into these crashes!

    Note: I have only tested this on the Legacy version of the game, not the original release. I can't confirm if this issue exists or if this fix works for the original version.

  • hectorsjg's avatar
    hectorsjg
    Rising Novice
    8 days ago

    Thank you! Turning the voices off worked for me. The game crashed even at x1 speed and now it hasn't crashed since. Strange bug, hope it gets resolved.

  • kristinakks's avatar
    kristinakks
    Seasoned Novice
    7 days ago

    I'll try this, thanks! But also that's so sad, what's the sims without simlish 😟... 

     

  • BDavidRC's avatar
    BDavidRC
    Rising Newcomer
    16 hours ago

    This work for me: https://steamcommunity.com/app/3314060/discussions/0/783166115771636523/