The Sims™ 2 Legacy Patch Notes #6

Sul Sul, Simmers!

We hope you’ve been enjoying these games as much as we have! In this patch you’ll see some stability improvements as well as some more options for windows management in both games. Please continue to report any issues on the official EA Forums.

• The Sims Team

For the most current patch updates, please visit The Sims Game Info Hub here.

February 27, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. February 20, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. February 12, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. February 6, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. February 4, 2025 patch notes are viewable here.

Fixed Issues:

• General stability and performance improvements

• There are significant frames per second (FPS) drops in various scenarios including multiple Sims in Ultra Speed, various complex lots, camera panning, etc.

• If Windows shortcuts (Win+Shift+ArrowKey, etc) was used to move the game window from one monitor to another, the player could end up with a plain blue window in the new location

• The Sims 2 might crash if a custom beach lot is placed in Belladonna Cove

• The Sims 2 minimizes if it is not the foreground application

• Pets can not be scolded or encouraged (e.g. to train a dog not to urinate indoors, or to discourage cats from sitting on counters)

• A Sim returning from work as an Eco Guru sometimes became invisible

• On screens with resolution higher than 1080p, the pie wheel options sometimes went off screen

• Sometimes when a family tries to travel to a community lot, only the family dog will travel

• On 2k and 4k monitors, selecting the “More” option sometimes resulted in the mouse pointer jumping off the screen

• After running for long periods of time (generally 2 hours or more), the player is sometimes prevented from interacting with the game

• Multiple uses of Alt+Enter could cause the game screen to eventually move off the bottom of the screen

• Multiple uses of Alt+Enter could sometimes cause the game to scale the window incorrectly

• The CAS UI does not scale/arrange well on displays with extreme aspect ratios (e.g. ultra-wide displays)

• If the computer has two displays of varied resolution capabilities (e.g. 4k + 1080p) the game window could jump from one screen to the other when making Resolution selections

Improved Functionality:

• The Sims 2 now uses a borderless window to provide the fullscreen experience

General Notes:

• There are recurring problems being reported on Intel Arc systems. Please see previous patch notes for more information

• Due to the way the underlying graphics layer that The Sims 2 depends on works, when switching between Full Screen and Windowed mode with Alt+Enter, there can sometimes be a substantial delay (many seconds) while the scene is recalculated and rendered

There may be issues not listed here that are in the process of being addressed as certain issues require an extended investigation on our end. Even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in an upcoming patch.

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

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