The Sims™ 2 Legacy Patch Notes

Sul Sul, Simmers!

We hope you’ve been enjoying revisiting The Sims 2! It’s been super exciting seeing all the joy and enthusiasm from our community for this classic game. We’ve also been focused on the reports of technical issues that some players have had, and have been diligently working to address them. We wanted to say thank you to the community for sharing your detailed reports via the forum to help us improve these games.

• The Sims Legacy Team: – For the most current bug updates, please visit The Sims Franchise forums here.

Fixed Issues:

• Alt-Tab or Alt+Enter can sometimes cause a crash

• Some players on EA App received an error message indicating that certain needed files were corrupt

• The game would sometimes crash after creating a family

• The game sometimes launched at a small resolution (800x600) and then scaled that small format to fill the entire monitor

• In certain situations the game will launch and then immediately show a “DirectX” error, requiring use of the “-w” option to work around the problem

• Sometimes a Sim (or multiple Sims) would disappear after the player moves to another lot or neighborhood, or after leaving and rejoining the game despite saving

• Sometimes non-adult Sims (children, pets) would disappear

• Some interactions that result in a transferable reward (e.g. a dog returns from work) can cause the game to crash

• Addressed some infinite loading screen issues

General notes:

• Several players have had problems that are addressed by updating graphics drivers to the latest versions. Please make sure your drivers are up to date.

• Remember that the “boolProp testingCheatsEnabled” cheat will cause the game to periodically show various dialogue boxes with debugging information in them. The cheat is working as expected.

• We are investigating an issue where during certain cinematic events (such as Alien Abduction), the Sim can be reset and the event fails. While we are investigating this, you can work around the issue by making certain there are no other Sims on the lot to observe the event.

While some issues may not be listed here, they may still be in the process of being addressed. Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

Thank you for playing these games that are such a storied part of our history – starting 25 years ago! Please continue to share and report any issues on our forums, and join our official Discord community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag dag,

The Sims Team