Difference between revisions of "The Sims Pet Stories"

Revision as of 23:23, 1 March 2021

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

The Sims Stories
Subseries of The Sims
The Sims Life Stories	2007
The Sims Pet Stories	2007
The Sims Castaway Stories	2008

Key points

Runs well on low-end hardware, especially laptops and integrated graphic cards.

This game uses a slightly modified version of the The Sims 2: Bon Voyage engine and most fixes and some mods for it also work here.

General information

Official Website (OS X)

Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com

Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com (OS X)

The Sims Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Mac App Store

The Mac App Store includes native 4K support, bug fixes and improved performance.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\TSData\Res\Config^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Pet Stories\
macOS (OS X)

The final folder may have a localized name depending on which language you installed the game

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Speech is fictional language called Simlish. Speech is subtitled with generic icons.
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
Danish
French
Finnish
German
Hungarian
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Black Square Under Sim

Download Sim Shadow Fix

Go here and download the file that suits your preferences (0.2 shadows are more opaque, 0.4 more transparent and 0.3 are in between).
Extract the .package file inside the zip file you downloaded to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Pet Stories\Downloads\

If you're using an Intel HD Graphics card, the author recommends downloading the xReallyNotMisty versions of the fix.

If the Downloads folder is missing, create it.

If your installation is in an language other than English, the The Sims™ Pet Stories folder will probably have the localized name instead.

Game stuck in 800x600 resolution, or 4:3 aspect ratio

Occurs because the game fails to detect the video card correctly.

Edit Graphics Rules.sgr

Go to <path-to-game>\Fun with Pets\SP9\TSData\Res\Config.

If you don't have a Fun with Pets directory, the Mansion and Garden Stuff directory should have your game files if you're playing Ultimate Collection.

Open Graphics Rules.sgr with a text editor.

Search for:

option ScreenModeResolution
setting $Low
uintProp maxResWidth      800
uintProp maxResHeight     600
uintProp defaultResWidth  800
uintProp defaultResHeight 600

Replace

option ScreenModeResolution
setting $Low
uintProp maxResWidth      1280
uintProp maxResHeight     1024
uintProp defaultResWidth  800
uintProp defaultResHeight 600

Save and close.

To force widescreen resolutions change the values for the desired resolution.See Widescreen resolution.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2.0

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				32-bit only.^[1]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	1 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Mobility Radeon 7500/ATI Radeon 7500 Nvidia GeForce 2 Series/GeForce Go Series GeForce FX Series/Nvidia Quadro Series 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon 9700 128 MB of VRAM
Other	8x CD-ROM Drive

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum^[2]
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 series AMD Radeon HD 3870 Intel HD Graphics 3000 256 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

[gamedir-1] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[2] MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions – Aspyr Support

[3] The Sims™ 2 Pet Stories - Aspyr

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 302: / Line 302: @@
 uintProp defaultResHeight 600
 </pre></li>
-<li>Replace <code>uintProp maxResWidth</code> and <code>uintProp defaultResWidth</code> values with the new resolution width.</li>
+<li>Replace</li>
-<li>Replace <code>uintProp maxResHeight</code> and <code>uintProp defaultResHeight</code> values with the new resolution height.</li>
-<li>Save and close.</li>
-</ol>
-{{ii}} E.g., for a 1920x1080 resolution:
 <pre>
 option ScreenModeResolution
 setting $Low
-uintProp maxResWidth      1920
+uintProp maxResWidth      1280
-uintProp maxResHeight     1080
+uintProp maxResHeight     1024
-uintProp defaultResWidth  1920
+uintProp defaultResWidth  800
-uintProp defaultResHeight 1080
+uintProp defaultResHeight 600
 </pre>
-{{ii}} The new resolution will appear in the in-game menu.
+<li>Save and close.</li>
+</ol>
+{{ii}}To force widescreen resolutions change the values for the desired resolution.See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 }}
-{{Fixbox|description=Force resolution and texture memory via the Graphics Rules Maker|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
-# Download, install and run [[#Graphics Rule Maker|the Graphics Rules Maker]].
-# Set '''Force texture memory''' to <code>4000 Mb</code> (try lowering this value if the game crashes).
-# Change '''Default resolution:''' and '''Maximum resolution:''' to the desired resolution.
-# Click '''Save Files...'''.
-}}
 ==Other information==

Developers

	Maxis
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	The Sims 2 Engine
Release dates
Windows	June 19, 2007
macOS (OS X)	September 10, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	67