Who's still playing the Sims 1 from time to time?

yeah but sims 3 is really nothing like the other games (technology-wise) :D the only other game where i'd worry about heat or anything like that is ts4, but with 2 and 1 you're pretty much safe no matter how long you play :smiley:
(the sims 1 literally has lower specs than origin itself.. :D)
but yeah it's always good when you're going for more than recommended :)

@SPARKY1922 I agree with @Sel about that, pretty much anything you buy laptop-wise now should be okay with Sims 1. I'm using one of these and it works just fine with no excessive heat and no lag:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BLJ2S6M/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=
And that has a Celeron, which is about the worse CPU you can get! :D I'm running Windows 10 on that but I run the game through DXWnd, which has come in very handy for a number of older games I play (helps me to run them in the resolution and format that I like):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/

@Sel and @simsample

LOL because I come from 3 with a world of hurt and learning experience please forgive me for being overly cautious :)

I have e-mailed those links to my tech in an attempt to try and make him understand-) I am still testing all my mods and CC in 2 and earlier today I was just enjoying 2 game-play so much in its natural state I got sidelined from what I was doing and then laughed because playing and enjoying the game is what I am supposed to be doing rather then fixing something all the time :)

"SPARKY1922;15148934" wrote:

LOL because I come from 3 with a world of hurt and learning experience

"SPARKY1922;15148934" wrote:

I am still testing all my mods and CC in 2 and earlier today I was just enjoying 2 game-play so much in its natural state I got sidelined from what I was doing and then laughed because playing and enjoying the game is what I am supposed to be doing rather then fixing something all the time :)

Omg yes, I totally understand that's how it used to be for me! :D Now I've just always kept a really close eye on all my CC and sorted my folders a billion times, now everything works and I can just enjoy the games! :D

I love the original sims! I still play, usually once a week!

Playing right now. I FINALLY got the rest of the EPs for it. Back when I got it in 2001. I didn't even know about expansions and only ever played it for what I got with it. ( Hot Date/HouseParty/Livin Large) Now I have the complete set. Just made a sim and put her in her house. Off to explore everything I never had back then!

I want to soooo badly. Maybe in the future I'll get the game again :)

haha. I have to remember how to get pics in S1. They are all very small! This is about the best one so far. I littered her front lawn with things to care for all the strays.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f189/fiddlewit/Sims/Baron_1_0003_zpsysjtzgzi.jpg

just take screenshots with prntscreen... you have to paste them in paint (or a similar program) manually but it's the "biggest" they get i think :D

@fullspiral

small pic or not your graphics look fine I am crossing my fingers and hoping the problem I had with sim detail last time I tried to play will have gone away.. is caring for strays a job in 1 then?

I felt my graphics were okay when I first installed the game but not the sims

https://s12.postimg.org/3zqtqno9p/richmond_6_0004.jpgtemporary image hosting

could you take a pic of your sim and post it if you don't mind so I can make a comparison

@sel

could you recommend a screenshot program that will work with all series of sims in game pics and does not require windowed mode to take the screenshot as I have been looking for something to avoid only being able to take 1 pic at a time but online research re this is quite confusing.. especially as I have not used on before..

there are some great sims 1 pics on the following thread as well if your interested some of them are really funny..

http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=481212&c=1&ht=&page=1&pp=25#startcomment