Difference between revisions of "The Sims Medieval"

Revision as of 11:42, 13 August 2018

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
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

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

Official Website (archived)

The Sims Medieval Official Forums

The Sims Wikia entry

The Sims Medieval Wikia entry

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 8 DRM.
Origin

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
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
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102820/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102820/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	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)
	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.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (102820) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

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 {{mm}} [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Medieval The Sims Wikia entry]
 {{mm}} [http://thesimsmedieval.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Medieval The Sims Medieval Wikia entry]
-{{mm}} [http://steamcommunity.com/app/102820/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
+{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/102820/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 ==Availability==
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 {{Game data/saves|Windows}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
+}}
+===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
+{{Save game cloud syncing
+|gog galaxy            =
+|gog galaxy notes      =
+|origin                =
+|origin notes          =
+|steam cloud           = unknown
+|steam cloud notes     =
+|uplay                 =
+|uplay notes           =
+|xbox cloud            =
+|xbox cloud notes      =
 }}
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 |invert mouse y-axis       = false
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
+|touchscreen               = unknown
+|touchscreen notes         =
 |controller support        = false
 |controller support notes  =
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 |steam input api           = unknown
 |steam input api notes     =
+|steam hook input          = unknown
+|steam hook input notes    =
 |steam input presets       = unknown
 |steam input presets notes =
 |steam controller prompts  = unknown
 |steam controller prompts notes =
+|steam cursor detection    = unknown
+|steam cursor detection notes =
 }}
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 |eax support notes        =
 }}
 {{L10n|content=
 {{L10n/switch
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 |minRAM   = 1 GB
 |minHD    = 5.3 GB
 |minGPU   = Nvidia GeForce FX 5900
 |minGPU2  = ATI Radeon 9500
 |minVRAM  = 128 MB
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 |minHD    = 5.3 GB
 |minVRAM  = 256 MB
 |recOS    = 10.8

Developers

	The Sims Studio
OS X	TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	The Sims 3 Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 22, 2011
macOS (OS X)	2011