sims 1 legacy cant click on anything in neighborhood

Sul Sul! I finally got my sims 1 working, but the neighborhood is untouchable. my "mouse hand" works and the music, but nothing else. anyone else have this issue and can help me. I feel stuck after a few hours trying to get it this far. I feel its something so little and probably right in front on me, but my brain "hurts". I have uninstalled, restated my computer, made a few changes in properties (let me know if there is one I might have missed).