Sims 1 LC - Windows Media Player possible bug?
I think there may be a bug with the intro video playing, as on my Laptop, I cannot get to the intro video at all and the game stays at a black screen. The only way I was able to fix this was to rename the intro video (this depends on your language, eag_us.avi is used for English) from eag_us.avi to eag_us_backup.avi.
After doing this change, when the game still got stuck at the black screen, I pressed the Windows key, or Alt-Tabbed out, and the game minimized itself. However, once you tab back into the game, or select the Sims icon on the taskbar, the game will maximise and should proceed to the loading screen, although the load loop will play, the game may still be a black screen, simply wait until the game loads and it should hopefully display the neighbourhood view.
If anyone tries this and it fixes the issue for them, please please please let me know! :D
On Steam Deck for instance, I get a “Fixme: WMP” red screen but goes over to the load screen pretty quickly. This is a bug I believe with either Proton or Wine since Windows Media Player isn’t actually used for obvious reasons, so either program just does a placeholder to prevent crashes. (I can only presume WMP means Windows Media Player lol)
I have however heard that installing it and using the codecs required will still cause a black screen, but the issue of the intro video not playing will most likely need a fix from the LC team, or possibly the user depending on what’s going on. I’m unsure as to what is causing the freeze atm. :)
