Click “OK” and you’re done! Now, when you launch the game you’ll be playing The Sims 1 in both widescreen and windowed mode.Make sure to put a space between the end of the text and the -w. In the shortcut properties box, at the end of the “Target,” type in “-w -r1920x1080” without the quotation marks.After you’ve sent the Sims shortcut to your desktop using the instructions above, right-click the shortcut and choose “Properties.”.If you also want to play in windowed mode, follow the instructions below. Now you’ll have an icon on your desktop called “Sims – Shortcut.” Double-click to play in widescreen mode.Now, you’ll have two applications in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\The Sims folder – one called “Sims” and one called “Sims Backup.” Right-click on the one called “Sims” and choose “Send To > Desktop (create shortcut).”.When it’s complete, you’ll get a message that confirms the game was patched. Check the box next to “dgVoodoo2.” Click “Patch.” The progress bar will start moving, letting you know the patch is doing it’s job.
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It’s possible the fix might work if you are using a No CD crack with the disc version, but I don’t know for sure. This is the version I use, and I’m not sure if this will work if you have the disc version. NOTE: This guide assumes you are using the Complete Collection download found here.
In this guide, I’ll show you how to run Sims 1 in widescreen and windowed mode. As a content creator, this made it very hard for me to create Sims 1 content.Īfter trying a number of different things, I finally found a relatively easy solution that worked. To fix common issues, refer to this guide (such as shadow boxes and resolution.I’ve had The Sims 1 installed on my computer (Windows 10) for a while, and I’ve always been annoyed that I couldn’t play it widescreen and/or in windowed mode. There will now be a Sims 2 icon on your desktop! Right click it and select run as administrator to run the game (always run the game as an administrator). Go into the Redist folder and install “ dxwebsetup.exe” by double clicking on it and going through the setup. Click on install and wait for the game to finish installing.Ĥ. Open the folder called “Game Files” found inside of the extracted folder and double click on the Setup.exe file. If you don’t know how to extract files, see this article: ģ.
Extract the “The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection” folder to your desktop. Also make sure that you disable your antivirus before installing the game.Ģ. Make sure you have uninstalled all older versions of The Sims 2 games, including registry entries, and make sure there is no “EA Games” folder in your Documents folder (if you do then delete it). As the website which the instructions are located has been removed, here they are.ġ.