The Sims Medieval
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Developers | |
---|---|
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 | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Life sim |
Themes | Medieval, Fantasy |
Series | The Sims |
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 |
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 Medieval is a singleplayer bird's-eye view life sim game in the The Sims series.
The game uses a slightly modified version of the The Sims 3 engine, with most fixes and some mods made for The Sims 3 being compatible.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | SecuROM 8 DRM. | |||
Origin | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [1] | |||
Steam (unavailable) |
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition' contains both the base game and the Pirates & Nobles DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Pirates & Nobles |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 2.0 is the latest patch available for the retail version.
- The patch notes can be found here.
- Origin copies are already up-to-date.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims Medieval |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims Medieval |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102820/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims Medieval\Saves |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims Medieval/Saves |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/102820/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA, labelled as Edge Smoothing. Off, Low (2x), Medium (4x), High (8x) options available.[2] |
||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Some physics effects are tied to the monitor's hertz setting. On ≥120 Hz monitors, elevator shafts are harder to snap in place, item previews spin faster (Compare[3] at 60 Hz, to[4] at 160 Hz), and Buy/Build Mode scrolling may be janky.[5] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|
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 | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Issues fixed
- Various fixes can be found in the Troubleshooting FAQ
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9.0c | |
Shader Model support | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/102820/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (102820) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-17
- Checked using Special K's Framebuffer Setup.
- ↑ Sims 3 2021 11 15 20 51 14 01 - last accessed on 2021-11-16
- ↑ Sims 3 160Hz monitor item spin - last accessed on 2021-11-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Dandelion Sprout on 2021-10-31