The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection Steam news

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• Release dateJan 31, 2025
• DeveloperMAXIS
• PublisherElectronic Arts

Genres: Simulation

Company pages: Developer: MAXISPublisher: Electronic Arts

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The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection Steam news

The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

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• The Sims™ 2 Legacy Patch Notes #8 - 10 April 2025

  Sul Sul, Simmers! There were some issues in The Sims 2 we couldn’t let stand. Please enjoy this very targeted patch. 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. April 4, 2025 patch notes are viewable 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: CAS UI is incorrectly laid out on 1280x800 resolutions Unable to enter text into fields (e.g. when naming a family) General Notes: See prior patch notes Please continue to share and report any issues on our forums, and join our official Discord community for tips, tricks, and news!…

• The Sims™ 2 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 CAS Sims are clipped on ultra-wide screens Alien Baby Sim is missing from Alien Abduction A member of the Curious family would sometimes not appear in the Alien Abduction It is possible to que…

• The Sims™ 2 Trading Cards Are Here! - 26 March 2025

  Bask in the nostalgia of The Sims™ 2 by collecting five trading cards featuring characters you love. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314070/The_Sims_2_Legacy_Collection/

• The Sims™ 2 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 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 fr…

• The Sims™ 2 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 improvements Some players had difficulty setting/changing the game language Several game issues occurred when a University-lot pre-made Sim graduates and relocates to the home neighborhood The game could sometimes take a very long time to launch Restored music tracks from Acceptance and Anni…

• The Sims™ 2 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 In some situations, the game would show an error indicating “too many iterations” Modular staircases could not be deleted and could be a source of infinite money The dog Sim is missing from the household after moving to a lot The Design Tool palette chooser pop-up could go off screen and not be able to be dismissed or interacted with Music tracks by Depeche Mode and Natasha Bedingfield have bee…

• The Sims™ 2 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: The game could unexpectedly show a “D3D” error, then crash or quit. This should happen less with this update Improved error reporting General notes: In some cases, issues that have now been addressed might have corrupted game saves before they were addressed (e.g. when Sims could disappear, Sims can’t eat cooked food, etc). In these cases, please try starting a fresh save as the game won’t be able to correct the corruption, and working with corrupt…

• The Sims™ 2 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 2. 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: Addressed some situations related to the error “Some needed files were corrupted during the installation” Addressed some situations where the game could terminate with a pop-up message when creating a family or when entering a pre-made lot The game could get stuck on the color swap tool The Sims’ voices could be of low quality The Sims’ voices could be very quiet The custom skin window couldn’t be cl…

• 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™ 2 Legacy Patch Notes - 4 February 2025

  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 th…

• The Sims 2 Release Notes - 31 January 2025

  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 high…

• 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/

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