The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection News

Sul Sul, Simmers!

We’ve loved seeing all the creative builds and memorable moments you're enjoying in these legacy titles! We’re continuing to address the major issues you've been reporting via the official EA Forums.

- The Sims Team

For the most current patch updates, please visit The Sims Game Info Hub 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.

[h2]Fixed Issues: [/h2]

• General Stability improvements
  
• In some situations, the game would show an error indicating “too many iterations”
  
• Modular staircases could not be deleted and could be a source of infinite money
  
• The dog Sim is missing from the household after moving to a lot
  
• The Design Tool palette chooser pop-up could go off screen and not be able to be dismissed or interacted with
  
• Music tracks by Depeche Mode and Natasha Bedingfield have been restored
  
• The mouse pointer, Sim names, and Info Panel tooltips in build/buy were sometimes not properly aligned
  
• Beach lots could sometimes have incorrect terrain paint
  

[h2]General notes: [/h2]

• In some cases, issues that have now been addressed might have corrupted game saves from before they were addressed (e.g. when Sims could disappear, Sims can’t eat cooked food, etc). In these cases, please try starting a fresh save as the game won’t be able to correct the corruption, and working with corrupted saves may lead to unexpected behavior.
  
• While the Alien Abduction scene now works, the scene is still missing the alien baby. We’ll continue working on that. In the meantime, you will have the alien baby in the game once the scene is done.
  
• Some players have tried using Windows shortcut keys to move the full-screen game to another monitor. When in full-screen mode, the game should not be moved to another monitor or this may cause issues.
  

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 community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag Dag,

The Sims Team

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Sul Sul, Simmers!

We’re back with another update. Our team is working hard to resolve issues related to crashes and usability that have been reported in the community. Thank you for your continued reporting efforts via the official EA Forums!

- The Sims Team

For the most current patch updates, please visit The Sims Game Info Hub here.

February 6, 2025 patch notes are viewable here.
February 4, 2025 patch notes are viewable here.

[h2]Fixed Issues: [/h2]

• The game could unexpectedly show a “D3D” error, then crash or quit. This should happen less with this update
  
• Improved error reporting
  

[h2]General notes: [/h2]

• In some cases, issues that have now been addressed might have corrupted game saves before they were addressed (e.g. when Sims could disappear, Sims can’t eat cooked food, etc). In these cases, please try starting a fresh save as the game won’t be able to correct the corruption, and working with corrupted saves may lead to unexpected behavior.
  
• While the Alien Abduction scene now works, the scene is still missing the alien baby. We’ll continue working on that. In the meantime, you will have the alien baby in the game once the scene is done.
  
• Some players have tried using Windows shortcut keys to move the full-screen game to another monitor. When in full-screen mode the game should not be moved to another monitor or this may cause issues.
  

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 community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag dag,

The Sims Team

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Sul Sul, Simmers!

We hope you’ve been having a great time celebrating all of the Birthday festivities! We’re plugging away at reports of technical issues that some players have encountered in The Sims 2. Thank you for your support and continued reporting efforts via the official EA Forums, it really helps us identify and resolve issues.

- The Sims Team

For the most current bug updates, please visit The Sims Franchise forums here.
February 4, 2025 patch notes are viewable here.

[h2]Fixed Issues: [/h2]

• Addressed some situations related to the error “Some needed files were corrupted during the installation”
  
• Addressed some situations where the game could terminate with a pop-up message when creating a family or when entering a pre-made lot
  
• The game could get stuck on the color swap tool
  
• The Sims’ voices could be of low quality
  
• The Sims’ voices could be very quiet
  
• The custom skin window couldn’t be closed in some cases
  
• The “Graphics Rules.sgr” file was missing a rule that could cause “D3D” error messages
  
• During the Alien Abduction cutscene, sometimes audio could drop out and a Sim could reset
  
• Sims could be unable to eat cooked food
  
• The game could sometimes present a loading screen that could not progress
  
• Sims could sometimes disappear
  

[h2]General notes: [/h2]

• In some cases, issues that have been addressed might have corrupted game saves before they were addressed (e.g. when Sims could disappear). In these cases you should try starting with a fresh save as the game won’t be able to correct the corruption, and working with corrupted saves can lead to unexpected behavior.
  
• While the Alien Abduction scene now works, the scene is still missing the alien baby. We’re working on that. In the meanwhile you will have the alien baby in the game once the scene is done.
  
• Some players have tried using Windows shortcut keys to move the full-screen game to another monitor. When in full screen mode the game should not be moved to another monitor or this may cause issues.
  

While some issues may not be listed here, they may still be in the process of being addressed. Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

Please continue to share and report any issues on our forums, and join our official Discord community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag dag,

The Sims Team

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Sul Sul, Simmers!

We hope you’ve been enjoying revisiting The Sims 2! It’s been super exciting seeing all the joy and enthusiasm from our community for this classic game. We’ve also been focused on the reports of technical issues that some players have had, and have been diligently working to address them. We wanted to say thank you to the community for sharing your detailed reports via the forum to help us improve these games.

- The Sims Legacy Team: – For the most current bug updates, please visit The Sims Franchise forums here.

[h2]Fixed Issues: [/h2]

• Alt-Tab or Alt+Enter can sometimes cause a crash
  
• Some players on EA App received an error message indicating that certain needed files were corrupt
  
• The game would sometimes crash after creating a family
  
• The game sometimes launched at a small resolution (800x600) and then scaled that small format to fill the entire monitor
  
• In certain situations the game will launch and then immediately show a “DirectX” error, requiring use of the “-w” option to work around the problem
  
• Sometimes a Sim (or multiple Sims) would disappear after the player moves to another lot or neighborhood, or after leaving and rejoining the game despite saving
  
• Sometimes non-adult Sims (children, pets) would disappear
  
• Some interactions that result in a transferable reward (e.g. a dog returns from work) can cause the game to crash
  
• Addressed some infinite loading screen issues
  

[h2]General notes: [/h2]

• Several players have had problems that are addressed by updating graphics drivers to the latest versions. Please make sure your drivers are up to date.
  
• Remember that the “boolProp testingCheatsEnabled” cheat will cause the game to periodically show various dialogue boxes with debugging information in them. The cheat is working as expected.
  
• We are investigating an issue where during certain cinematic events (such as Alien Abduction), the Sim can be reset and the event fails. While we are investigating this, you can work around the issue by making certain there are no other Sims on the lot to observe the event.
  

While some issues may not be listed here, they may still be in the process of being addressed. Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

Thank you for playing these games that are such a storied part of our history – starting 25 years ago! Please continue to share and report any issues on our forums, and join our official Discord community for tips, tricks, and news!

Dag dag,

The Sims Team