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Latest revision as of 19:09, 4 May 2024
Developers | |
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EA Redwood Shores | |
Windows | EA UK |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 28, 2008 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Genres | Life sim |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Contemporary |
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 |
General information
- Contains exclusive content not present in the console version.
- Official website (archived)
- EA Answer HQ
- EA Answer HQ (OS X)
- MySims forum (NeoSeeker)
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM DRM disc check and activation. A De-Authorization Tool is available. | |||
Retail | Full version distributed by Taco Bell in their kids' meals in 2010 as a promotion.[1] | |||
Origin | Game no longer has a purchase page, but is still available to buy and play directly through the EA App if searched for. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\MySims\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\MySims\ |
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. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Windowed Borderless Gaming | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is tied to monitor refresh rate, frame rates higher than 60 fps cause the camera sway and other effects to be extremely fast. | ||
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 | ||
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 | VOX, Ambient, SFX & Music sliders. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All dialog is delivered only through subtitles. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Audio dialog is in a non-english "Sim Language". | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail (DVD-ROM) & Origin releases. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | Online servers were shut down on November 26, 2011. |
Issues fixed
High FPS Issues
Limit the Framerate to 60FPS[citation needed] |
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Set monitor on 60hz.[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista SP1 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce4 MX ATI Radeon 8500 Intel i945 DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 7 ATI Radeon X1600 Intel GMA X3000 |
References
- ↑ Get MySims free with Kid's Meal purchase at Taco Bell - last accessed on 2010-09-25