The Sims Pet Stories
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Developers | |
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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 |
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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\TSData\Res\Config[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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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
Widescreen resolution
- The game's maximum default resolution is 1600x1200. For higher resolutions you need to edit the following file:
Electronic Arts\The Sims Castaway Stories\TSData\Res\Config\Graphics Rules.sgr
Set maxResWidth and maxResHeight to your display's native width and height, or copy/paste the following:
option ScreenModeResolution setting $Low uintProp maxResWidth 2560 uintProp maxResHeight 1600 uintProp defaultResWidth 800 uintProp defaultResHeight 600 setting $Medium uintProp maxResWidth 2560 uintProp maxResHeight 1600 uintProp defaultResWidth 1024 uintProp defaultResHeight 768 setting $High uintProp maxResWidth 2560 uintProp maxResHeight 1600 uintProp defaultResWidth 1024 uintProp defaultResHeight 768 end
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Speech is fictional language called Simlish. Speech is subtitled with generic icons. |
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Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
French | ||||
Finnish | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Issues fixed
Black Square Under Sim
Download Sim Shadow Fix |
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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 |
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option ScreenModeResolution setting $Low uintProp maxResWidth 1280 uintProp maxResHeight 1024 uintProp defaultResWidth 800 uintProp defaultResHeight 600
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
Shader Model support | 2.0 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[1] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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) | ||
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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).