- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes #7 - 3 April 2025
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. March 14, 2025 patch notes are viewable 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 Various game tabs don’t use the full available window width Name selection for townies is not as random as it should be Animal Control can’t be called if the picture-in-picture window is open…
- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes #6 - 14 March 2025
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 Alt+Enter does not always scale the way players expect The Sims can crash if a Sim interacts with the shower while the Tragic Clown is on the lot If The Sims gets minimized while loading packs for the first time, the player can be prevent…
- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes #5 - 27 February 2025
Sul Sul, Simmers! Thank you for your support as we continue to improve PC compatibility issues and community reported issues. We appreciate your patience and hope you’ve seen some good improvements over the last few weeks. 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 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 Some players had difficulty setting/changing the game language Some players had problems with with their game save directories not being recreated and, in some cases, causing a crash on the Steam platform In some situations the game would not recreate missing Use…
- The Sims™ Trading Cards Are Here! - 21 February 2025
Bask in the nostalgia of The Sims™ by collecting five trading cards featuring characters you love. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314060/The_Sims_Legacy_Collection/
- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes #4 - 20 February 2025
Sul Sul, Simmers! We’ve loved seeing all the creative builds and memorable moments you're enjoying in these legacy titles! We’re continuing to address the major issues you've been reporting via the official EA Forums. - The Sims Team For the most current patch updates, please visit The Sims Game Info Hub 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 improvements Addressed video player issues Performance improvement with AMD GPUs On some systems, walls, floors and other items might not appear on screen The game could crash when zooming in/out of Calamity Forest Child Sims would sometimes show a “Missing Animation” error when interacting with mail On some computers set to 2k resolution, visual artifacts or tearing could be present on various game screens…
- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes #3 - 12 February 2025
Sul Sul, Simmers! We’re back with another update. Our team is working hard to resolve issues related to crashes and usability that have been reported in the community. Thank you for your continued reporting efforts via the official EA Forums! - The Sims Team For the most current patch updates, please visit The Sims Game Info Hub here. February 6, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. February 4, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. Fixed Issues: A memory issue could lead to various unexpected behaviors after playing for a period of time (random crashes, sluggish performance, missing objects, etc) A memory management issue could lead to random crashes when traveling between worlds The game could fail to launch on Snapdragon based computers in some situations The movie player is temporarily disabled while we address a stability issue. We will provide an update when we are able to restore it.…
- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes #2 - 6 February 2025
Sul Sul, Simmers! We hope you’ve been having a great time celebrating all of the Birthday festivities! We’re plugging away at reports of technical issues that some players have encountered in The Sims . Thank you for your support and continued reporting efforts via the official EA Forums, it really helps us identify and resolve issues. - The Sims Team For the most current bug updates, please visit The Sims Franchise forums here. February 4, 2025 patch notes are viewable here. Fixed Issues: A memory issue could lead to various unexpected behaviors after playing for a period of time (random crashes, sluggish performance, missing objects, etc) The mood level arrows and mood bars had visual artifacts in some cases The mouse scroll wheel could take a lot of clicks to zoom Some players were encountering a “Vulkan device” error at launch General Notes: There are some hardware configurations th…
- The Sims™ 25th Birthday Celebration - 4 February 2025
The Sims 25th Birthday 25 Hour Live Stream Watch The Sims 25 Hour Livestream, featuring your favorite Simmers and other special guests! Join talented builders & storytellers on YouTube, Twitch and TikTok. Tune in February 4th, 2025 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET!
- The Sims™ Legacy Patch Notes - 4 February 2025
Sul Sul, Simmers! We hope you’ve been enjoying revisiting The Sims! 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 Alt+Enter can sometimes cause the Windows title bar to be hidden Alt+Enter can sometimes not toggle between full screen and windowed modes On some systems, The Sims can appear to launch and then immediately exit (no splash screen displayed) The Sims should now launch in most situations In some cases…
- The Sims Release Notes - 31 January 2025
Sul Sul Simmers! We hope you’re in the mood to travel back to the year 2000 with us to celebrate the launch of The Sims! To celebrate with you, we’ve brought The Sims and all packs up to date to make it work more easily with Windows 10 and 11! Revisit your favorite packs or finally play that one you haven’t tried yet. This release does a lot under the hood to make this 25 year-old game work on your new computer. 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 cycle through the different scaling options. The bulk of the work was to make the first The Sims game compatible with Windows 10/11 from the moment you install it. There are things that you’ll immediately see: Game now supports the aspect ratio your monitor is set to (not restricted t…
- The Sims and The Sims 2 officially return with a Legacy Collection for each - 31 January 2025
The rumours were true, EA have re-released the classics. The Sims Legacy Collection and The Sims 2 Legacy Collection are live on Steam now. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-sims-and-the-sims-2-officially-return-with-a-legacy-collection-for-each/
