The promotion ended in late 2018 which you can read more about it here. You can find Captain Nikki’s guide here.Īgain, this guide is based on The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection that was released as a limited time promotion via Origin. If you are still having problems with improving your graphics or the random black shadow boxes, you can check out our handy guide here.Īnother helpful guide by Captain Nikki on Tumblr as has references to a selection of mods for The Sims 2 and cheat codes for the game.
While there is a chance you could run into a few glitches or technical issues once you have installed the game, the Fix Checklists will take you through how to troubleshoot different issues, including issues where the game will present you with purple/pink flashes and texture issues as well as how to get The Sims 2 working on modern hardware and Windows 10. Jenn also has a Fix Checklist that has all the links that you need and use alongside her video.
Only caveat is that, if you play the game in fullscreen mode, you cannot Alt+Tab away from the game, or it will freeze when you return to it (Had to power cycle my laptop after that).
This is also the same guide that I used myself when reinstalling The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection recently, and my game works brilliantly. I have successfully installed The Sims Complete Collection on my Windows 10 laptop, and have had no issues with it so far. In this video, Jenn talks about the different fixes that helped fix her game, as well as many players within the community. I can load the game fine, and get into Create-A-Sim, for maybe 5 minutes or so. I have been having this issue with my Sims 3 and figured it could be chalked up to not having a good enough graphics card, however, my card IS supported by the Sims Medieval, yet the problem persists. The Sims 2 was not designed to run on current generation technology, so it requires a few quick and easy tweaks to help fix and improve the graphics as well as the overall experience of the game.Ī video that you will find handy to walk you through the different fixes is one from XUbranSimsX. The Sims Medieval black screen crash, must hard reboot. The default path is C:/Program Files(x86)/Origin Games/The Sims Medieval/Game Data/Shared/Non Packaged/Ini then proceed to edit the Commands fil If successful, testing cheats will be enabled when the game is loaded. But if you wanna just dive in and start playing, I’ve organized this list of the absolute best mods for M2TW players. Windows 10- The file path to enable testingcheats is different. Ever wanted to play The Sims (TM) Medieval on steam, but the invalid CD Key kept hitting you This guide is for you In this guide, I will explain how to get the game on Origin and add it into your steam library in order to play with the overlay and be able. There’s dozens of great mods for this game. Playing The Sims (TM) Medieval Through Steam/Origin. And while it may be quite a few years old, modding is still alive and well. The game runs on The Sims 3 engine and is a spin-off similar to the way in which The Sims Stories games were a spin-off of The Sims 2. The Sims Medieval was released March 22, 2011.
Now that your game is installed, there’s a few things to keep in mind. Medieval 2 is a favorite among Total War fans. The Sims Medieval is a stand-alone game in The Sims series and it is the fifth game (excluding EPs/SPs and collections) released on Windows and Mac OS X.