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Revision as of 13:32, 9 December 2017
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| Developers | |
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| Maxis | |
| Publishers | |
| Electronic Arts | |
| OS X | Aspyr Media |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | January 29, 2008 |
| macOS (OS X) | March 17, 2008 |
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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 | |
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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 |
Key points
- Runs well on low-end hardware, especially laptops.
- 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.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| Mac App Store | |
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Game data
In-game General settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
In-Game Graphics 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
Field of view (FOV)
Each of the game's cameras can have their FOV set independently using the fov parameter in their Camera Settings files, which are contained in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Castaway Stories\Cameras
Vertical sync (Vsync)
- Toggling Vsync can cause the game to hang.
Vsync can only be toggled using the Cheat Console (Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C) and using either the 'vsync off' or 'vsync on' command.
Input settings
Audio settings
In-Game Audio settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB (XP) / 1 GB (Vista) | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2.9 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 7500 / Mobility Radeon 7500 nVidia GeForce 2 Series / GeForce Go Series Supported Non-T&L Cards (e.g. Radeon VE Series and Intel Extreme 82845) require an additional 256 MB of System Memory 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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