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[knirk]

why is this locked at 800x600 for me even after doing the widescreen stuff in the config

You need to enter a neighborhood and once there click the three "..." and change the resolution, took me a while to figure that out myself.

 

[kamakazi5]

I dunno, if players are satisfied with their free version of 2 with a ton of content and then they catch wind that there's a Sims 4 with elements from the base version of the game they already have removed, would they really want to upgrade?

EA is probably betting on people who play this to get excited and buy/pre-order without doing a bunch of research on 4.

 

[NoSkillz187]

So is Sims 2 better than Sims 3? I played Sims 3 was the only one I played and enjoyed it surprisingly.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

Was on board until Origin.

 

[HalfwayOrb]

Was on on board until Origin.

You can play the game without Origin running.
Or so someone told me, haven't tried it yet.

 

[Buft]

This almost makes up for the fact that the copy of the sims 3 I own had its code registered by someone else. of course by the time I tried to register it on Origin I had threw away the receipt and no amount of owning the box disk and manual will get you back ownership.

 

[elelunicy]

For those who might be interested, EA also released a free DLC set for the Sims 3 today. Pretty amazing they still make new content for a 5 year old single player game.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

You can play the game without Origin running.
Or so someone told me, haven't tried it yet.

Awesome, will check it out then.

 

[iosefe]

Doing my first boot up, and the loading screen us Fun with Pets collection. Is that normal?

 

[DarkFlow]

Was on board until Origin.

Is there a problem with Origin? It runs better then steam most the time.

 

[ghostlyspice]

Doing my first boot up, and the loading screen us Fun with Pets collection. Is that normal?

The game boots the last installed EP/Stuff pack. In the Ultimate Collection that pack happens to be Fun with Pets.

 

[DOWN]

This PC only?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

This PC only?

It could only be, in this form. But there were ports.

 

[iosefe]

The game boots the last installed EP/Stuff pack. In the Ultimate Collection that pack happens to be Fun with Pets.

Fair enough.

Half expected an ultimate collection titld

 

[Dr.brain64]

Wow nice of EA. Might give it a go one of these days.

The game boots the last installed EP/Stuff pack. In the Ultimate Collection that pack happens to be Fun with Pets.

Good to know!!

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Your password must be 8 - 16 characters, and include at least one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, and a number.

Why do businesses think this yields stronger passwords in 2014.

 

[Chiramii]

So is Sims 2 better than Sims 3? I played Sims 3 was the only one I played and enjoyed it surprisingly.

I have fond memories of playing The Sims 2 with my sister and my friends. But nostalgia aside, I enjoyed The Sims 3 more. No agonizing loading screens iirc, and I found the house building much more enjoyable.

Spoiler

Yes, I spend most of my time building and decorating.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Email Verification

Ah, it seems something went wrong, and we could not verify your email. Please try again!

Ok...

 

[DOWN]

It could only be, in this form. But there were ports.

Were there any of these packs that didn't release as Mac/PC hybrids?

 

[Nudull]

Is there a how-to on modding Origin games somewhere?

 

[Berordn]

Is there a how-to on modding Origin games somewhere?

There's nothing specific about Origin with this release, you can mod it the same way you would any other copy of the Sims 2. The only difference is Origin installing it to an Origin Games folder by default.

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

I never really played a sims game very long, honestly I never understood them. I click on things, my guy keeps peeing himself and cries. But hey it's worth another shot...... now to download origin for the first time. *sigh*

 

[TheAbsolution]

Is there a how-to on modding Origin games somewhere?

Its just the standard Sims 2 modding procedure which is really easy.

 

[MCN]

OK EA, you got me to install Origin again. Happy?

 

[XaeonBE]

Free is free! Thanks EA I guess.

 

[Phaethon0017]

Doesn't seem to work for me. Keeps giving me an error. Probably just as well. I got Sims 3 in a Humble Bundle and never played it. Should probably start there.

 

[Shadey Snipez]

thank you Op my wife is gonna flip out on this.... she loves her Sims.

 

[McNum]

I'll just scratch another entry from my "Games that are fun to play, but have a horrendous installation process" now. Just click Download and install it all without worrying about install orders, including patching everything in the right order, will be amazing.

So, nice freebie. I'll take it.

 

[AbandonedTrolley]

Cheers OP redeemed

 

[Yoshi]

Why do businesses think this yields stronger passwords in 2014.

You can't just use your name, your birthday or a single word this way, so while it is not necessarily resulting in stronger passwords, it rules out some particularly weak passwords.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Tried typing i-hate-the-sims as the code. Didn't work.

 

[Frologic]

Was on board until Origin.

I'd love to know why you dislike Origin. It really isn't that bad

 

[JehutyRunner]

Didn't even notice the thread title change.

That's always been the thread title!

 

[Pakoe]

Yay for free stuff.

 

[Jon Armdog]

So...anyone know how to tell if a game has controller support in Origins? I'm sure Sims 2 doesn't, but I don't see any feature detail area like Steam has.

 

[Yrael]

Well, it's been downloading for nine hours now. Let's check the status...

*sees 71% completed*

...huh. That's actually better than I was expecting with my craptastic Internet.

 

[RayMaker]

So I installed origin and install the sims 2, but when I click play, it asks me for re enter and verify my registration code, there is already a code in the text box, so I click done the same box keeps coming back up and so I continue to click done until a window pop ups saying its an invalid code

WTF

fucking PC gaming.

 

[Isomac]

The game wont accept my cdkey when I try to run it.

 

[Vargavinter]

So I installed origin and install the sims 2, but when I click play, it asks me for re enter and verify my registration code, there is already a code in the text box, so I click done the same box keeps coming back up and so I continue to click done until a window pop ups saying its an invalid code

WTF

fucking PC gaming.

The game wont accept my cdkey when I try to run it.

Same here.

 

[Doncortez]

The game wont accept my cdkey when I try to run it.

Im having the same issues

 

[TheGamer]

Awesome! Thanks for the heads-up. I love the Sims and only had the basic Sims 2. I hope I don't get the error code some users are getting. It's downloading now and probably won't find out until I come back from work.

 

[CHusson91]

I live in Japan but want to create an Origin account in English, however every time I go to the website, there's no option to change the region to America. Does anyone know if there's anything I can do?

 

[enoki]

Despite my earlier post, I caved and downloaded Origin + the collection.

I'm having the same issue, the product code doesn't seem to work for Fun with Pets.

 

[massoluk]

Haha, holy shit wow. I tried to play it on my Win 8 tablet (Asus Transformer), the game had a hilariously long load time. I'm guessing it's due to so many expansions, loading pet, loading magic, loading this, loading that. Must have taken like 10 minutes to get into select region screen.

 

[Berordn]

Haha, holy shit wow. I tried to play it on my Win 8 tablet (asus transformer), the game has a hilariously long load times. I'm guessing it's due to so many expansion, loading pet, loading magic, loading this, loading that. Must have taken like 10 minutes to get into select region screen.

The first time you play a neighborhood it has to create the relevant townies and lots for everything added in expansions. It's pretty awful, but it's only done once.

 

[jesu]

I see people couldn't get the game to run so I just tried.
If you run it through Windows Start and not Origin you don't get asked for a CD Key.
Well I didn't anyway, worked fine, long load times though...

 

[enoki]

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/Sim...ng-Temp-Fix/m-p/3187774/highlight/true#M66330

Looks like EA is aware of the issue, at least.

 

[Steto96]

I'm guessing the logic behind it is:

*Get people who otherwise wouldn't to download Origin
*Get people interested in The Sims again
* People get frustrated butting their heads against the game's limitations
*"There just happens to be a new Sims game that solves all your issues!"
*Sims 4 bewcomes the first Trillion seller.

Step 1 worked on me; the jury is out on the rest.

Step 1 and 2 worked on me, guess you're right
I can't even for the life of me remember what TS did I played last, I was just a kid

 

[anotherVegan]

My wife loves The Sims 2, but hated The Sims 3. She'll be thrilled!

 

[Isomac]

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin/Sim...ng-Temp-Fix/m-p/3187774/highlight/true#M66330

Looks like EA is aware of the issue, at least.

Thanks for the info! I'll keep waiting then.