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.

• 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 prevented from interacting with the game until it is restarted
  
• Lots whose families are on vacation do not have a Vacation icon
  
• Tiles around pools are rendered with original fidelity
  
• The Sims would minimize if it was not the foreground application
  
• Aggressively cycling through window zoom levels and full screen with Alt+Enter can lead to unresponsiveness or a crash
  
• The UI scaling at different levels can be too extreme
  
• In windowed mode, the bottom of the game window will sometimes default to being behind the Windows taskbar

• The Sims now has in-game options to control window size, game resolution and aspect ratio (derived from resolution) used at launch
  
• The Sims is now using an improved pixel scaling strategy that provides better looking sprites, UI, etc
  
• In windowed mode, the game window can be resized and the game palette (where The Sims is displayed) is scaled to match the window dimensions. The Sims will preserve the original launch aspect ratio

• The Sims requires a Vulkan compatible GPU. Please check on your GPU manufacturer’s website to see if your GPU is compatible with Vulkan and ensure you are updated to the latest driver version.

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[discord.com] community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag Dag,

The Sims Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314060/The_Sims_Legacy_Collection/

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.

• 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 UserData folders. The game is now more robust in replacing missing UserData folder in the game save directory
  
• The game could sometimes take a very long time to launch
  
• A crash would occur when queuing certain events at the Goth house
  
• The game would crash on some computers that were waking from sleep
  
• Text/caption added to a snapshot would not be saved
  
• Family friend counter would sometimes be grey

• Please note that The Sims (TS1) requires a Vulkan compatible GPU. Please check on your GPU manufacturer’s website to see if your GPU is compatible with Vulkan and ensure you are updated to the latest driver version.

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[discord.com] community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag Dag,

The Sims Team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3314060/The_Sims_Legacy_Collection/