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Revision as of 09:53, 27 September 2021
Developers | |
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The Sims Studio | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc. |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
The Sims 3 Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 22, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) (Cider) | March 22, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
IGDB | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Life sim |
Series | The Sims |
The Sims | |
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Subseries of Sim | |
The Sims | 2000 |
The Sims Online | 2002 |
The Sims 2 | 2004 |
The Sims Stories (series) | |
MySims | 2008 |
The Sims 3 | 2009 |
The Sims Medieval | 2011 |
The Sims 4 | 2014 |
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.
Key points
- This game uses a slightly modified version of the The Sims 3 engine and most fixes and some mods for it also work here.
General information
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Pirates & Nobles |
Version differences
- The Sims Medieval Deluxe edition contains both the base game and the Pirates & Nobles DLC.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 2.0 is the latest patch available.
- The patch notes can be found here here.
- Patch 2.0 doesn't work on Windows 8
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims Medieval |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims Medieval |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102820/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims Medieval\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims Medieval/Saves |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102820/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | UI does not scale with resolution and is extremely small in 4K. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Can be forced in driver control panel | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Can be forced through graphics card control panel. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | No mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 5.1 when zoomed in. | |
Subtitles | No intelligible dialog. All in-game dialog uses the fictional Simlish language. | |
Closed captions | Sound effects accompanied by visual effects. | |
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
- You can find various fixes in this Troubleshooting FAQ
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+ |
Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 4000+ |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 1.5 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5.3 GB | 6.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 ATI Radeon 9500 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 2.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.5.8 | 10.8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 1.5 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5.3 GB | 6.3 GB |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (102820) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.