The Sims 1 Complete

[Nicandro Aaronson]

RecentlyI've purchased The Sims 1 Complete Collection and I got really upset when I realized tha EA is being so neglect with the most successfull game that became this franchise so big.

I tried to register the game in my Origin Account, and as I imagined, the serial was not valid. So I started a chat in US Origin (I'm brazilian) and asked for help to register the game in my account.

In the begining I thought I would be successfull in this process, until the moment when the clerk said that the registration wouldn't be possible because the game is very old. I answered saying that Origin owns older games than The Sims 1 (SimCity 2000, Theme Hospital...), and the clerk was unable to explain the availablity of these games.

So then, I started observing my game and I realized that it was produced in 2008. I notified the clerk about this, about Sims 2 also. I got lots of criteria about the fact that "The Sims Complete Collection is too old", until the clerk guided me to create a topic in Origin forum about this question to call attention of the developers. Instantly I looked for it to find answers about my issue.

After I searched topics in forum, I thought about what the clerk has told me "all attention of the developers" e asked him about it. He said that a post in the forum could convince (or not) the developers to provide The Sims 1 in Origin.

He also offered me The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection (I already own this one), saying that it was better than TS1. I thought a little disrispect, once my first question was about how to register The Sims Complete Collection in my account.

After 3 hours chatting trying to understand why the game will not be available on Origin to date, I concluded what was mentioned at the beginning of the publication.

Since now... I'm a big fan of The Sims series and I am REALLY disapointed about the way EA treats this classic game that gave birth to everything we have today.

Hi this is the true EA they dont care of the fans to the big game titles ehy only care about money. I not fan of EA as company but they had made some create game but they dont care about the users the buyers.

@luvspsyche , as long as you have the CDs/DVDs of the any version of The Sims or Sims 2 and a disk drive, you have play the game. EA no longer sells the games, but does provide support in getting these games to work with the help of other players like you.

@luvspsyche , if you are running Windows 10 as your OS (Operating System), there are some additional steps you will need to take to get Sims 2 to install. Search YouTube for Sims 2 installation on Windows 10 and you will find several good step by step videos to help you.

@vctrmsqt , EA made the decision to sunset the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection in October 2018. -The-Sims-Games/Ending-code-support-for-The-Sims-2-Ultimate-Collectio.... I am simply passing along information for other players who may or may not know this information and helping people to install and run their games. Or troubleshoot issues.

I always make sure to advise people that both The Sims (original game) and The Sims 2 are only available for purchase in CD/DVD form and that to play the game requires an external disk drive which aren't that expensive in the long run. You can still find copies on Amazon, E-Bay, your local game store that sells used copies of the game and thrift stores. I do not advocate nor does EA pirating the game. Even if it a sunset game. And you can (once you install the game) create a disk image on your computer to play the game without lugging around the disk drive.

EA is aware of the Community wanting both the original and Sims 2 to be remastered and made digital on Origin. Not only myself, but the Community Managers who oversee all the forums here on AHQ and the Official Forums have passed on the concerns of the players to the Devs who are the ones who make the decisions. There are hundreds if not thousands of posts both here and on the Official Forums asking for the game to be digital.

I'm afraid we will have to agree to disagree as they say. You can purchase the external disk drive or not. That is your choice. That is the easiest and best solution at this time if you want to play the game.

To be honest, it is a lot more complicated than just reposting the game on Origin. To remaster the game (which is over 20 years old at this point), requires the devs to review the code, look at how Windows operates today as opposed to 20 years ago, see what has changed to get the game to run properly in Windows 10, and to update information on newer processors, video cards and other computer components which the game accesses. It requires a lot of time, money and effort to remaster a 20 year old game and EA has chosen to spend their manpower and resources elsewhere. If you'd like to see how complicated a remaster of an older game is, I suggest reading this post in the Mac section about the remaster of Sims 3 for the Mac. -Issues-Mac/the-sims-3-64-bit-amp-metal-release/td-p/8631090. With Covid-19 and having to work from home, it has become very difficult for many games (not only from EA) to meet original deadlines.

With The Sims recently celebrating its 21st anniversary at the time of originally writing this tutorial, I have been in a nostalgic mood and re-discovering older Sims titles. And that has included going back to where it all started!

This guide should help you overcome common problems when installing the game and help you get The Sims 1 working as well as possible on newer computers running Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8 and even Windows 7.

This step is completely optional and we are not responsible for monitoring content on third-party websites or downloads. We will not be held responsible for corrupted or inoperable gameplay caused by the installation, use, or modification.

In the unlikely event you encounter any problems, you can delete the new Sims.exe file from your Sims installation directory, and rename Sims.old file back to Sims.exe if needed.

Congratulations! You should now be able to launch and play The Sims 1 on Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7 machines. All you have to do now is click on the shortcut on your desktop to get started!

You only need to follow this step if you are experiencing problems with The Sims game launcher, which traditionally opens automatically every time you insert a disc to help you get the game installed or launch it.

On some newer devices, this can cause a problem where nothing happens or you get an error message from windows saying something needs to close. If you are unable to get the launcher working, try the following steps.

this was happening for me when i first downloaded the game. it seems like anything i tried in this post just prevented the launch screen from showing up too. no errors. no nothing just silence whenever i try to start the game.

Recieving Fatal Error: could not find sims data directory message no matter what I try. I have gotten this exact file of the game to work before on windows 10. not sure what to do as the answers online are from 2003.

I am having major issues just installing the game. I have the original CD and when I try to run the setup.exe in compatibility mode on windows 11 it just does not open anything. I tried all of your instructions to no avail. Can you please help?

Game 2 brought in 2 additional neighbourhoods, which allowed some customisation, but crucially entire neighbourhoods could be built from scratch and added to the menu screen. This carried on into the third game with a pre-designed world, but also, the ability to add new worlds rather than neighbourhoods, as and when you wanted. We also had greater flexibility to travel around these worlds, and a more expansive feel.

The fourth game is kind of a back step. The customisation ability is absent, but instead of openness, we get 3 pre-designed worlds and a more restrictive method of navigating them. The game has shifted more to focus on the individual rather than the larger perspective.

When it comes to building customisation, 1 limits you to just 2 floors with no scope for loft space nor basements. 2 brought an incredible 5 floors or 15 via the University pack and a cheat code. Roof types, such as pagoda were also available with expansion packs. Sims 3 added basements with the World Adventures expansion and then 4 went and spoilt our 15 floor fun with just a 4 floor maximum. Also, what happened to the auto roof function?

So what about interactions with other sims? Well, all the games featured the home phone, with a mobile introduced in 3. Phone calls in 1 were usually either prank or for baby adoption. 2 allowed other sim friends to phone, 3 allowed richer experiences with sims via the phone and 4 included interactivity for children to phone and ask for playdates with other sim kids.

As for NPCs, most were not interactive in 1, including maids and social workers. This opened up for the second game, further with the 3rd and finally all NPCs allow interaction in the 4th, even the drivers!

The mundane task of bills went from delivery every 3 days, to Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 and 3 and a more acceptable weekly in the 4th. One thing missing from all sequels is the household accounts screen depicting income and expenditure over the past 3 days. I think this probably reminded people of reality too much. After all the Sims is a great tool for escapism, not accountancy.

In 1, the last name is the same for all Sims in the household, same in 2 unless you have University, but 3 allowed you to have different last names and the ability to change the household name! Getting with the times.

Body type in 1 is dependent on clothing worn by the sim. This changed in 2 with thin thin, fit and fat body types. 3 brought sliders into play and allowed much more controlled adjustments and this was expanded even further in 4 allowing all parts of the body to be stretched and resized independently from each other.

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