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5 years ago

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Can I run the Sims 2 on my virtual machine?

Hi guys! This is farfetched so please bare with me! I just bought a 2020 MacBook Pro Running Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 1,4 Ghz Intel Core i5 quad-core 16 Go of RAM Intel Iris Plus Graphics I on...

ScreenName00000
5 years ago
I've installed Windows 10 in dual booth instead. The graphics are ok. I've change the default settings and I'm able so play in 1440 X 900.
pdp10 from Redit explained it well enough for me to understand that the Virtual Machines can not run the graphics like I thought they could.(https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/hdaj63/virtual_machine_for_gaming/)
Anyway, now the issue is that now there is a HUGE world that just open to me and I don't have the courage to invest so much time in this game. It look so fun! I don't have enough of this life to play all the Sims I wish to play.

mate54

Hero+

5 years ago

@ScreenName000001 While I cannot help much with running The Sims 2 on the virtual machine, I can suggest two other options to play it on Mac:

1. The Sims 2 Super Collection, which is available on Mac App Store and is natively supported on Mac, but it is missing FreeTime and Apartment Life EPs, as well as SPs released after Happy Holiday Stuff.

2. Installing Windows 10 with Bootcamp (if you have enough space) and downloading The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection from Origin. If you choose this option, please be aware that you will have to use Graphics Rules Maker to fix the resolution and other graphics issues that might arise from incompatible hardware, as well as 4GB Patch which should allow the game to use >2GB RAM (do not use Compatibility mode as it undoes 4GB Patch). Both are described on Pleasant Sims website. I suggest that you do not try any other compatibility fixes except those two, unless absolutely necessary.

EDIT: took me a while to type this and the solution has been found xD

ScreenName00000
5 years ago
@mate54 Thanks! Yes, I did installed to 4GB patch on the virtual machine but not the on the dual booth. I'll give this a try. Maybe I will pass all night playing. I'll keep you posted!
- Tremayne4260
  Hero
  5 years ago
  @ScreenName000001 , just to let you know, as long as you have a copy of Windows, you can run Sims 2 Ultimate Collection on a Virtual Machine on a Mac. I do it and have no problems. I use Parallels to run Windows and the game runs fine.