The Sims 2 Release Notes

Sul Sul Simmers!

Put down that grilled cheese sandwich and get ready for a trip down memory lane to 2004 with us! We’ve revived The Sims 2 and most of its packs to work easily with Windows 10 and 11! Please note that modern licensing restrictions have required the removal of 1 pack and some of the original songs, but we have included as many as possible.

We thought we’d also make it easier to see all those classic pixels on your monitor! To scale the game to make better use of the screen space available, try using the Alt + Enter key combination to enter and leave full-screen mode. Enjoy that glorious widescreen The Sims 2 view!

There are a few more updates as well to look out for:

• GraphicsRules.sgr now supports modern hardware configurations

• Fixed a shadow bug that surrounded Sims with a big black square

• Wide screen and higher game resolutions are now supported

• UI scales better to higher resolutions

• Texture memory corruption and “pink soup” are fixed

• Dragging The Sims 2 window from one monitor to another works more smoothly

• If your computer has a lot of RAM, The Sims 2 is able to use it

• Fixed several crashes

• Improvements and fixes

We hope you’ll enjoy returning to the Belladonna Cove, Desiderata Valley, Riverblossom Hills, Pleasant View, Strangetown, & Veronaville! Spend time with all the classic Sims and Sim families. The Goths, Greenmans, Smiths, Monty/Capps and more are ready to come back to your screen from 21 years ago.

Dag dag!

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