[WORKAROUND FOUND] Sims 2 Legacy Collection - "The application has crashed."

Good news everyone! 😀

I learned a workaround that allows me to play! I was able to load a household, and in my short testing the gameplay was working fine. Here's the steps you can try:

1. Open the game and go to any world.
2. Open the "Lots & Houses" mode (you can click on the button or press the F2 button).
3. Click on any unoccupied, empty lot and then click "Enter Lot."
4. Once you've loaded into the lot, click on the Options button (F5 button), then click "Graphics/Performance Options."
5. For the "Shadows" options (top left corner), click the "Off" setting.
6. Click "Apply Changes" at the bottom of this menu.
7. Click the button that returns you to the neighborhood view, then click "Yes" when you're asked if you want to save.
8. Try to play a household. At this point, I was able to load a family without crashing.
9. If you're able to load in to the family and everything appears to be working OK, save your game.
10. If you close and re-open the game, you shouldn't have to repeat these steps anymore.

(See attached images. The last one shows me playing a family, and I was able to keep all other graphics settings high as well as 2K resolution.)

In short, the issue seems to be something involving shadows. This is a bandaid solution rather than a proper fix, but at least it allows you to play the game! (Not the end of the world to be missing shadows 😁) I highly recommend saving very often as you play, just in case.

(Fix was originally found here.)

EA team / EA_Cade  - I hope a proper solution will be able to be implemented regarding shadows and whatever conflicts are causing this hard crash. In the meantime, hopefully the steps above will work for everyone experiencing this issue.

You can see below how I'm playing a family, and with the other graphics settings being on high.