#the sims re-release

[viddfork]

happy (late) nostalgia now season!

[reunitedinterlude]

phil finally getting his midriff out <3

[softplumbs]

I'm sorry but I'm genuinely CACKLING.

CACKLINGGGGG

EA took games considered abandonware, thought 'how can we resell this?'

Did minimal, and when I say minimal work I mean googled the most common issue, found a mod and took credit for it, and there's stilllll people reaching into their pockets. Baby, what do you mean 'is this limited time / edition or can I wait for my payday?'. Baby, what the fuck?

No honey. Keep your 40 buckies, on me.

Installer / Downloader all in one, their discord has bug fixes. You have all the mods necessary (most likely the exact same ones that EA's intern stole to put into the 're-release') linked.

You want to cry as you google how the fuck to get rid of that clown making your sim go insane in Sims 1?

Here you go baby. ABANDONWARE, because that's what these games have been for the past 15 years. Free for anyone to grab as they are no longer supported.

OH and reminder, you do not have to pay 1k+ for the Sims 4 either.

[kazuaru]

LOOP

[simm-mouse]

Since there's no mention of Strangetown, or Veronaville in the trailer. I edited a mention of a certain strangetown resident

[cindysimblr]

So...who's going to take one for the team and test if it works without pink flashing?

What’s different about the relaunched version of The Sims 2?The Sims 2 was re-released to celebrate 25 years of The Sims. This version of The Sims 2 has the same gameplay, but has been updated to run on modern computers and operating systems: it can now run on Windows 10 and Windows 11 it has an updated rendering engine it has a more versatile pixel resolution scaling on large monitors some legacy and community-reported bugs are fixed.

No ikea though...I might actually download it and test it out later today or tomorrow, curiosity always gets the best of me.

[captainnikki]

I bought it because I like pain I guess

TS2:

Initial load up was fast

Intro video still loud as fuck

Shadows are permanently off

Graphics can be scaled up to highest screen resolution, smooth edges etc

Refresh rate 48 the only option available, animations smooth without stuttering

Seemed only fitting to start out with the Goths. A slight hang on the 4th column of icons like always when loading but otherwise fast

Tool tips, neighbourhood stories, sim bio etc all unchanged. Graphics and assets unchanged (except Ikea stuff is missing - RIP)

Zoom levels, camera, lighting no visible change

I have a migraine so may not be coherent

Uh oh, stuttering during a scripted event

Worth noting that my laptop is old and has been on for over 24 hours with another game loaded up - my other version of the game would 100% have not worked until I restarted my entire laptop

On that note my laptop is not searing me alive like it did previously

I can't seem to use the middle mouse button to rotate the camera. Was that a mod?

Shadows have automatically turned on now? And the option is no longer grayed out. Weird

Cassandra and Don just got married

I minimised the game from full screen and reopened the window, it took a couple of seconds to load but didn't crash

My husband has asked what snacks I want for our gaming night, this is very important

Stress testing minimise and reopen. This is hurting my head. The game hasn't crashed at all

My kids are watching in interest. "Good job" says the youngest. We shall see

Cheats still work and all of the same options seem to be there

I've chosen 'invite all neighbours'. It stuttered as they loaded in but did not freeze as my previous game would have

Darren is NOT amused that Cassandra is married

Sorry my husband came home and I had to rip myself away temporarily

Middle button rotate is back? Not sure why this stuff is kicking in as I play

My husband said "holy shit it's not crashed yet"

Could be because I don't have 50GB of CC... yet

Running smooth as butter with 20+ sims

Don set fire to the kitchen - no lag loading in the fire engine etc

The documents folder is called The Sims 2 Legacy

Layout inside the documents is the same

Programme files are categorised TS4 style but the contents seem similar? I'm not a modder but there's still neighbourhood templates etc

Loading the bin families up took 2 seconds

CAS loaded up quick

Swapping heads really fast and overloading it with clicks - it lagged but didn't crash

Hair and outfits loading notably faster, moving through catalogues quicker

Still not stutter or lag free though, definitely still waiting for those cache and thumbnail files to fill and load up

So far it does seem to run better vs my old vanilla game. There might genuinely have been some work done on it.

Store CAS stuff isn't included

Loaded in to a new lot quickly

I've filled a 64x64 lot with chairs as homage to LGR. It hasn't crashed

I've made a gigantic household using the tombstone of life and death - the frame rate has dropped a bit, but it's handling it pretty well. I definitely would have had pink soup by now usually. Lots of audio didn't play errors in the cheat console but I think that's because of how many sims there are.

Gun's camera mod is working, also it let me replace the files without closing down the game? And the new cameras worked instantly without restarting. Could you always do that?

My eye and skin defaults still work

Put a few hacks in and they didnt immediately crash everything

I've closed and reloaded the game several times in a row and no crashes, it loads into the neighbourhood faster now that it's gotten past the first load lag

CC required a restart to load in

Overall I played mostly vanilla for 5 hours with no crashes or pink soup. This was while the Sims 1 amd Dragon age installed in the background and I had a few web pages open. My previous game with no CC wouldn't have even loaded up under those conditions in the past so to play for so long was incredible.

I'm sure as I add CC back in it will slow down again and the pink soup will return but all in all I feel there is a definite improvement in this version on my setup specifically (beat up old gaming laptop with shit ram).

[anadius2]

aMm7jNW3

The Sims and The Sims 2 re-release for Windows 10/11 on January 31st at 16:00 UTC. 25th Birthday Bundle releases at the same time (contents not listed).

[familyfunds]

Restoring Ikea Stuff Pack on Sims 2 Legacy

Had I not found this, I would've refunded my purchase, so I figured you might be in the same position 😆

[maco-sims]

[daman19942]

Hats off to anyone who is purchasing and testing the TS1 and TS2 re-releases and reporting their findings here. I don't plan to touch the TS2 re-release unless there is proof that it is superior functional - like so many other players in 2025, my game is tuned to my stability, graphical, and modding specifications, and I highly doubt an EA re-release would play nicely with that. But the reports I'm seeing are extremely helpful and I think will get more detailed over the next few days and weeks. Thank you for your work!

[y2sims]

hi all! i've been getting a lot of new followers and notes lately, even if i haven't been posting anything for over a month (sorry about that!). just wanted to let everyone know that i'm still alive and well, and that i'm still taking requests through ko-fi 💜 thank you to everyone who has supported me and requested stuff so far!

perhaps i shall also take a look at what new hairs have been converted lately and try to catch up with some new hair system retextures on my own, too 😄

[treefish]

[amtrak12]

TIME TO PLAY SIMS 2 AGAIN IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025! LET'S FUCKING GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[youredreamingofroo]

anyways. helloing to all 200 of you. I had an offering idea for you guys earlier but naturally, i forgot to write it down, so you all are just gonna have to wallow in your sorrows or whatever 🤷‍♂️😭