The Sims Complete Collection Code
Olympia Brackin
Recently I'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.
i purchased a box/disc copy of the The Sims complete collection - there is a product code inside, but i can redeem this anywhere, it says the code is invaild - i have tried on steam and on the new ea app on my pc. i dont have a disk drive yet - so my question is, can i even play this game at all? do i need the disk drive to install all the disks and then redeem the product codes?
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In The Sims 4, Frogs can be caught and bred to make new types. Finding these little guys is guaranteed when you search a log or water pump (as in Forgotten Grotto). However, they can also be found in ponds, but this requires you to queue up multiple actions in order to catch the slippery critters. I'd do it with the game speed on at least 2, and continually click to add new Search for Frogs interactions with the Pond.
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Where to find Frogs
Skip the logs. You may have some luck here and there, but overall scouring each neighborhood for logs is just too time consuming. The best way to do it is to use the three ponds in the game. I first hit up the park in Willow Creek and got a good portion of my collection, probably about half. Afteward, a trip to Sylvan Glade provided some new types of Frogs. After several runs, my Frog collection was missing Spotted Heart, Heartsurfer, Dirtwhirl, Whirlyflower, and the Bullseye frog. Since I hadn't been there, I headed to Oasis Springs park and found all the missing ones.
To me, this provided proof that there are frogs common to all ponds, but different types may be found in each. If you are missing a particular frog, you can breed them to complete your collection. Read more on that below the list of Frogs.
Mechanics of Combining Frogs
As mentioned before, the following information comes from Forum Member Kresh. I'm grateful for this, as it may have taken me some time to figure out myself. As Kresh explained, each Frog has two genes. One type, and one attribute. The table below shows what a frog's type will be when its type has a particular attribute.
Types are like the frog's basic type - they may be Leaf, Dirt, Eggplant, Heart, or Sunflower. An attribute of 'None' produces a frog of that generic type, ("Sunflower Frog", or "Dirt Frog") while spotted, striped, surf, and whirl are other attributes. Since each frog has two variables, you have a 25% chance of getting the desired Frog when combining them. So, take the following example:
A regular Dirt Frog has the 'Type' Dirt and the Attribute 'None'. Combining this with a Spotted Eggplant frog, Eggplant 'Type' and Spotted 'Attribute' may give you either A regular Eggplant Frog, a regular Dirt Frog, a Spotted Dirt Frog or a Spotted Eggplant frog. Gathering numerous frogs and combining intelligently can help you to finish your Frog Collection and get a decorative plaque in the mail. So, if you are missing a Spotted Eggplant Frog, get any kind of Spotted Frog and any type of Eggplant frog and combine them until you get lucky!
Why not spend time at the pond to catch frogs? Your sim may not catch a frog every time but they can try endlessly as the pond ALWAYS have frogs! I got all but three rare frogs in less than two sim days!
You really have to spend the entire day at a pond and constantly and continuously spam queue the action. It seems to go better if your sim is focused so 'Study Moves' on a chess table for a quick way to get focused. Different parks seem to give different frogs too, so move between Oasis Creek and Willow Creek parks as the day progresses. Don't be surprised if it takes you 2-3 days of constant frog catching spam-grind to complete collection. And remember you can also breed frogs together as you do this to try to get the types you are missing.
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