The Sims 2 insight

[Neopatra]

How's this game running is it as bad as the first one?

I am thinking of buying this over the first game because thats more of a broken mess more then anything

[Inkie]

Some people seem to have zero issues with it, meanwhile I can't even get it to start lol
It's a complete toss-up tbh

[NeoJ4K3]

It runs pretty good. When there is a ton of sims and you go fastest speed it can chug hard. I've been having some glitches with the buildable stairs and railings so bad that I could not delete them. Happened to both me and my mother on different occassions. That is the worst bug so far.

I had to get the mod "stuckobjremover" in addition to the cheat "moveObjects on" to removed the stairs and rails. That has been the worst most annoying bug I've encountered so far. SO bad i had to mode and cheatmode my way to fixing it


SHe did have a glitch where she got stuck in a car (invisible car mind you) coming back from a community lot (personal car), To fix that we had to wait a few in game hours and it unstuck, BUT it changed her eye color, and her car color for some reason.


That's been the bad experiences for me thus far about 30-45 hours in. Sims 1 and near the same time I haven't had any issues that i can recall. You do get a slight discount if you buy them together, i think you save 10 bucks, but still

There is some jank in 2 for dang sure. Ive been lucky with 1

[Neopatra]

Originally posted by NeoJ4K3:

It runs pretty good. When there is a ton of sims and you go fastest speed it can chug hard. I've been having some glitches with the buildable stairs and railings so bad that I could not delete them. Happened to both me and my mother on different occassions. That is the worst bug so far.

I had to get the mod "stuckobjremover" in addition to the cheat "moveObjects on" to removed the stairs and rails. That has been the worst most annoying bug I've encountered so far. SO bad i had to mode and cheatmode my way to fixing it


SHe did have a glitch where she got stuck in a car (invisible car mind you) coming back from a community lot (personal car), To fix that we had to wait a few in game hours and it unstuck, BUT it changed her eye color, and her car color for some reason.


That's been the bad experiences for me thus far about 30-45 hours in. Sims 1 and near the same time I haven't had any issues that i can recall. You do get a slight discount if you buy them together, i think you save 10 bucks, but still

There is some jank in 2 for dang sure. Ive been lucky with 1

Haha I get the bundle until sims one fix I would probably be just getting this but thanks

Originally posted by Inkie:

Some people seem to have zero issues with it, meanwhile I can't even get it to start lol
It's a complete toss-up tbh

Oof

[Rainbow Jeremy]

It runs really well for me on proton on linux.

[Neopatra]

Originally posted by Rainbow Jeremy:

It runs really well for me on proton on linux.

I be playing this on PC windows. But good to know it runs swell on the steam deck :3

[josephsmiths]

runs alright but you need to have these things in mind:
1- if you want to use custom content you'll have to download the Ikea Stuff pack files (just google it in youtube and it should appear how).
2-custom skintones cc and imported/exported sims won't show or work since EA forgot (or decided not) to add TS2Bodyshop so even installing them with sims 2 pack clean installer won't install them like it used to with ultimate collection
so If you're planinng on pplaying vanilla you're good to go, but if you plan to play modded you either need to search undearneat the rocks and have a lot of patience following workarounds for now

[Inkyubeytor]

Originally posted by josephsmiths:

runs alright but you need to have these things in mind:
1- if you want to use custom content you'll have to download the Ikea Stuff pack files (just google it in youtube and it should appear how).
2-custom skintones cc and imported/exported sims won't show or work since EA forgot (or decided not) to add TS2Bodyshop so even installing them with sims 2 pack clean installer won't install them like it used to with ultimate collection
so If you're planinng on pplaying vanilla you're good to go, but if you plan to play modded you either need to search undearneat the rocks and have a lot of patience following workarounds for now

I just dragged the mods folder from the non-steam version and it works. I didn't even know I needed the Ikea pack
What problems might I encounter because of this?

[josephsmiths]

Originally posted by Inkyubeytor:

Originally posted by josephsmiths:

runs alright but you need to have these things in mind:
1- if you want to use custom content you'll have to download the Ikea Stuff pack files (just google it in youtube and it should appear how).
2-custom skintones cc and imported/exported sims won't show or work since EA forgot (or decided not) to add TS2Bodyshop so even installing them with sims 2 pack clean installer won't install them like it used to with ultimate collection
so If you're planinng on pplaying vanilla you're good to go, but if you plan to play modded you either need to search undearneat the rocks and have a lot of patience following workarounds for now

I just dragged the mods folder from the non-steam version and it works. I didn't even know I needed the Ikea pack
What problems might I encounter because of this?

furniture not apearing regarding beds and seats and when trying to access them instant CTD (cras to desktop) learned the hard way it was due to Ikea furniture missing

[skl44]

The game is working fine, but it has some bugs:
1 - I can't use the beach lots, the game closes
2 - You can't travel, it's an infinite loading screen (going to community lots is ok)
3 - The way to create a sim is kind of covering part of the sim, it's annoying but you can play
4 - The stairs are bugged, sometimes the game doesn't let you delete them or add handrails, but you can kind of play
5 - The texture of the snow on top of the floor is UGLY, it looks broken and strange
6 - I can't set my mod to have more than 8 sims in the house and this is driving me crazy because I like large families
7 - If I have twins, I can't throw a birthday party for both of them, one of them simply won't grow when taken to blow out the candles (when they are babies, I haven't tried children or older ones)
8 - I don't receive my sims' tombstones when they die, regardless of whether it's due to age or something else (like drowning)
9 - I believe this bug happens because of bug 8, but my sims who have already died old (the child who died doesn't appear) are appearing with the family when I'm in town, even though they are already dead, so I can't add sims to the house because it says there is already a limit (which wouldn't be a problem if my mod to have more than 8 sims was working)

[Neopatra]

Originally posted by skl44:

The game is working fine, but it has some bugs:
1 - I can't use the beach lots, the game closes
2 - You can't travel, it's an infinite loading screen (going to community lots is ok)
3 - The way to create a sim is kind of covering part of the sim, it's annoying but you can play
4 - The stairs are bugged, sometimes the game doesn't let you delete them or add handrails, but you can kind of play
5 - The texture of the snow on top of the floor is UGLY, it looks broken and strange
6 - I can't set my mod to have more than 8 sims in the house and this is driving me crazy because I like large families
7 - If I have twins, I can't throw a birthday party for both of them, one of them simply won't grow when taken to blow out the candles (when they are babies, I haven't tried children or older ones)
8 - I don't receive my sims' tombstones when they die, regardless of whether it's due to age or something else (like drowning)
9 - I believe this bug happens because of bug 8, but my sims who have already died old (the child who died doesn't appear) are appearing with the family when I'm in town, even though they are already dead, so I can't add sims to the house because it says there is already a limit (which wouldn't be a problem if my mod to have more than 8 sims was working)

Meaning I have to wait a bit longer for some of those issue to be resolve thanks

Originally posted by josephsmiths:

runs alright but you need to have these things in mind:
1- if you want to use custom content you'll have to download the Ikea Stuff pack files (just google it in youtube and it should appear how).
2-custom skintones cc and imported/exported sims won't show or work since EA forgot (or decided not) to add TS2Bodyshop so even installing them with sims 2 pack clean installer won't install them like it used to with ultimate collection
so If you're planinng on pplaying vanilla you're good to go, but if you plan to play modded you either need to search undearneat the rocks and have a lot of patience following workarounds for now

properly plan to play the vanilla version for now and get use to the game before i install mods but thanks for the heads-up