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{{Stub}}
 
 
{{Infobox game
 
{{Infobox game
 
|cover        = The Sims Pet Stories cover.jpg
 
|cover        = The Sims Pet Stories cover.jpg
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 19, 2007}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|June 19, 2007}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 10, 2007}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 10, 2007}}
 +
|reception    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|the-sims-pet-stories|67}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|the-sims-pet-stories|rating}}
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|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Bird's-eye view }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Point and select }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Life sim }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | The Sims Stories }}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
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|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =  
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|strategywiki = The Sims Pet Stories
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|hltb        = 45309
 +
|strategywiki = The Sims: Pet Stories
 +
|mobygames    = sims-pet-stories
 
|wikipedia    = The Sims Pet Stories
 
|wikipedia    = The Sims Pet Stories
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Series|The Sims Stories}}
 
  
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'''Key points'''
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{{Introduction
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{{++}} Runs well on low-end hardware, especially laptops and integrated graphic cards.
+
|introduction      =
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{{++}} This game uses a slightly modified version of the [[The Sims 2|The Sims 2: Bon Voyage]] engine and most fixes and some mods for it also work here.
+
 
 +
|release history  = This game uses a slightly modified version of the ''[[The Sims 2|The Sims 2: Bon Voyage]]'' engine and most fixes and some mods for it also work here.
 +
 
 +
|current state    =
 +
}}
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [http://www.aspyr.com/games/the-sims-2-pet-stories Official Website] (OS X)
+
{{mm}} [https://www.aspyr.com/games/the-sims-2-pet-stories Official Website] (OS X)
 
{{mm}} [https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-The-Sims-Games/bd-p/other-sims-games-en Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com]
 
{{mm}} [https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-The-Sims-Games/bd-p/other-sims-games-en Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com]
 
{{mm}} [https://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-Mac/bd-p/The-Sims-Mac Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com] (OS X)
 
{{mm}} [https://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-Mac/bd-p/The-Sims-Mac Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com] (OS X)
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{{mm}} [http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sims_Pets_Stories The Sims Wiki]
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows, OS X }}
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc, key | {{DRM|SecuROM|7}} | | Windows, OS X }}
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{{Availability/row| MacApp | id1048232498 | MacApp | | | OS X }}
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{{Availability/row| MacApp | id1048232498 | MacApp | | | OS X | unavailable }}
 +
{{Availability/row| Origin  | | Origin | | | Windows | unavailable }}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{++}} The Mac App Store includes native 4K support, bug fixes and improved performance.
 
{{++}} The Mac App Store includes native 4K support, bug fixes and improved performance.
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===Configuration file(s) location===
 
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
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{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\TSData\Res\Config}}
 
{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 
}}
 
}}
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===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Pet Stories\}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
{{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Video settings==
+
{{ii}} The final folder may have a localized name depending on which language you installed the game
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{{Video settings
+
 
 +
===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 +
{{Save game cloud syncing
 +
|discord                  =
 +
|discord notes            =
 +
|epic games launcher      =
 +
|epic games launcher notes =
 +
|gog galaxy                =
 +
|gog galaxy notes          =
 +
|origin                    = unknown
 +
|origin notes              =
 +
|steam cloud              =
 +
|steam cloud notes        =
 +
|ubisoft connect          =
 +
|ubisoft connect notes    =
 +
|xbox cloud                =
 +
|xbox cloud notes          =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Video==
 +
{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|ultrawidescreen wsgf award =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
 
|4k ultra hd wsgf award    =  
−
|widescreen resolution      = unknown
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|widescreen resolution      = true
−
|widescreen resolution notes=  
+
|widescreen resolution notes= By default, resolutions up to 1280x720 can be selected. For more widescreen resolutions, see [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor              = false
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
 
|multimonitor notes        =  
−
|ultrawidescreen            = unknown
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|ultrawidescreen            = hackable
−
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
+
|ultrawidescreen notes      = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
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|4k ultra hd                = true
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|4k ultra hd                = hackable
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|4k ultra hd notes          = Only in the OS X version
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|4k ultra hd notes          = See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
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|fov                        = unknown
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|fov                        = hackable
−
|fov notes                  =  
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|fov notes                  = See [[#Field of view (FOV)|Field of view (FOV)]].
 
|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed                  = true
 
|windowed notes            =  
 
|windowed notes            =  
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|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|anisotropic notes          =  
 
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing              = true
−
|antialiasing notes        = Smooth Edges slider
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|antialiasing notes        = Smooth Edges slider. See [[#Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]] for modern system compatibility.
−
|vsync                      = true
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|upscaling                  = unknown
 +
|upscaling tech            =
 +
|upscaling notes            =
 +
|vsync                      = always on
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps                    = true
 
|60 fps notes              =  
 
|60 fps notes              =  
−
|120 fps                    = unknown
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|120 fps                    = true
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|120 fps notes              =  
 
|hdr                        = unknown
 
|hdr                        = unknown
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}}
 
}}
  
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==Input settings==
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===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]===
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{{Input settings
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{{ii}} The game's maximum default resolution is 1600x1200. For higher resolutions, do the following.
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Manual resolution fix|ref=|fix=
 +
* Navigate to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]] and open {{file|Graphics Rules.sgr}}.
 +
* Set '''maxResWidth''' and '''maxResHeight''' to the display's native width and height, and edit the following lines accordingly:
 +
 
 +
<pre>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</pre>
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
===[[Glossary:Field of view (FOV)|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 {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Castaway Stories\Cameras}}
 +
 
 +
===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]===
 +
{{ii}} If the "Edge Smoothing" slider is greyed out in-game, then it is likely that the game cannot determine how much VRAM the GPU has and is defaulting to its failsafe of 32 MB.
 +
 
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Raise amount of fallback value|ref={{cn|date=July 2016}}|fix=
 +
<ol>
 +
<li>Navigate to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]].</li>
 +
<li>Open {{file|Graphics Rules.sgr}}.</li>
 +
<li>Find the following section:
 +
<pre>if (not $useSoftwareRasterizer)
 +
  # failed to obtain device texture memory size, force to 32 MB
 +
  if ($textureMemory = 0)
 +
      seti textureMemory      32
 +
  endif</pre>
 +
and change <code>seti textureMemory</code> to the value of your GPU's VRAM in megabytes.</li>
 +
</ol>
 +
 
 +
'''Notes'''
 +
{{ii}} This makes game use your VRAM amount as fallback value. Do not put value higher than actual VRAM amount is!
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Alternative fix|fix=
 +
<ol>
 +
<li>Navigate to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]].</li>
 +
<li>Open {{file|Graphics Rules.sgr}}.</li>
 +
<li>Search for <code>enumerateMultisampleLevels</code>
 +
<pre>
 +
  boolProp enumerateMultisampleLevels false
 +
</pre>
 +
and wherever it says <code>false</code> next to it, correct it with <code>true</code>. There are multiple lines with the <code>enumerateMultisampleLevels</code> so keep changing to true until there are no more results.</li>
 +
</ol>
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
===[[Glossary:Vertical sync (Vsync)|Vertical sync (Vsync)]]===
 +
{{--}} Toggling Vsync can cause the game to hang.{{cn|date=August 2018}}
 +
Vsync can only be toggled using the cheat console ({{key|Ctrl|Shift|C}}) and using either the 'vsync off' or 'vsync on' command.
 +
 
 +
==Input==
 +
{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
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}}
 
}}
  
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==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
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{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    = Voices, Sound Effects, Music, Ambient and Audio Quality sliders
 
|separate volume notes    = Voices, Sound Effects, Music, Ambient and Audio Quality sliders
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|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 +
|royalty free audio      = always on
 +
|royalty free audio notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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  |notes    = Speech is fictional language called [[wikipedia:Simlish|Simlish]].<br/>Speech is subtitled with generic icons.
 
  |notes    = Speech is fictional language called [[wikipedia:Simlish|Simlish]].<br/>Speech is subtitled with generic icons.
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
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  |language  = Czech
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Czech
+
  |language  = Danish
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Danish
+
  |language  = Finnish
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
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|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Finnish
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  |language  = German
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = German
+
  |language  = Hungarian
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Hungarian
+
  |language  = Norwegian
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Norwegian
+
  |language  = Polish
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
−
  |language  = Polish
+
  |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
 
  |interface = true
 
  |interface = true
 
  |audio    = n/a
 
  |audio    = n/a
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{L10n/switch
 
{{L10n/switch
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
−
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 +
}}
 +
 +
==Issues fixed==
 +
===Black square under Sim===
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Download Sim Shadow Fix|ref=|fix=
 +
# Go [http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=569585 here] and download the file that suits your preferences (0.2 shadows are more opaque, 0.4 more transparent and 0.3 are in between).
 +
# Extract the {{file|.package}} file to {{folder|{{p|userprofile\Documents}}\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Pet Stories\Downloads}}.
 +
{{ii}} If using an Intel HD Graphics card, the author recommends downloading the <code>xReallyNotMisty</code> versions of the fix.
 +
{{ii}} If the {{folder|Downloads}} folder is missing, create it.
 +
{{ii}} If the installation is in an language other than English, the {{folder|The Sims™ Pet Stories}} folder will probably have the localized name instead.
 +
}}
 +
 +
===Game stuck in 800x600 resolution===
 +
{{ii}} Occurs because the game fails to detect the video card correctly.
 +
{{Fixbox|description=Edit Graphics Rules.sgr|fix=
 +
<ol>
 +
<li>Navigate to the [[#Game data|configuration file location]].</li>
 +
<li>Open {{file|Graphics Rules.sgr}} with a text editor.</li>
 +
<li>Search for:
 +
<pre>option ScreenModeResolution
 +
setting $Low
 +
uintProp maxResWidth      800
 +
uintProp maxResHeight    600
 +
uintProp defaultResWidth  800
 +
uintProp defaultResHeight 600
 +
</pre></li>
 +
<li>Replace</li>
 +
<pre>
 +
option ScreenModeResolution
 +
setting $Low
 +
uintProp maxResWidth      1280
 +
uintProp maxResHeight    1024
 +
uintProp defaultResWidth  800
 +
uintProp defaultResHeight 600
 +
</pre>
 +
 +
<li>Save and close.</li>
 +
</ol>
 +
{{ii}} By default, widescreen resolutions up to 1280x720 can be selected. To force more widescreen resolutions, change the values for the desired resolution. See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]].
 
}}
 
}}
  
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===API===
 
===API===
 
{{API
 
{{API
−
|direct3d versions      = 9
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|direct3d versions      = 9.0c
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|direct3d notes        =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
 
|directdraw versions    =  
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|shader model versions  = 2.0
 
|shader model versions  = 2.0
 
|shader model notes    =  
 
|shader model notes    =  
−
|64-bit executable     = false
+
|windows 32-bit exe    = true
−
|64-bit executable notes=  
+
|windows 64-bit exe    = false
 +
|windows arm app        = unknown
 +
|windows exe notes     =
 +
|mac os x powerpc app  = true
 +
|macos intel 32-bit app = true
 +
|macos intel 64-bit app = false
 +
|macos arm app          = unknown
 +
|macos app notes        = 32-bit only.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000214186|title=MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions – Aspyr Support|date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
 +
|linux 32-bit executable=
 +
|linux 64-bit executable=
 +
|linux arm app          = unknown
 +
|linux executable notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{System requirements
 
{{System requirements
 
|OSfamily = OS X
 
|OSfamily = OS X
−
|ref      = <ref>[http://www.aspyr.com/games/the-sims-2-pet-stories The Sims™ 2 Pet Stories - Aspyr]</ref>
+
|ref      = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.aspyr.com/games/the-sims-2-pet-stories|title=The Sims™ 2 Pet Stories - Aspyr|date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
  
 
|minOS    = 10.9.5
 
|minOS    = 10.9.5

Latest revision as of 13:07, 9 April 2024

The Sims Pet Stories
The Sims Pet Stories cover
Developers
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
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres Life sim
Themes Contemporary
Series The Sims Stories
The Sims Pet Stories on HowLongToBeat
The Sims Pet Stories on IGDB
The Sims Pet Stories guide on StrategyWiki
The Sims Pet Stories on MobyGames
The Sims Pet Stories on Wikipedia
The Sims Stories
Subseries of The Sims
The Sims Life Stories 2007
The Sims Pet Stories 2007
The Sims Castaway Stories 2008

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 Pet Stories is a singleplayer bird's-eye view life sim game in the The Sims Stories series.

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)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 SecuROM 7 DRM
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
The Mac App Store includes native 4K support, bug fixes and improved performance.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\TSData\Res\Config[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System Location
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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
By default, resolutions up to 1280x720 can be selected. For more widescreen resolutions, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
See 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)
Smooth Edges slider. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for modern system compatibility.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

The game's maximum default resolution is 1600x1200. For higher resolutions, do the following.
Manual resolution fix
  • Navigate to the configuration file location and open Graphics Rules.sgr.
  • Set maxResWidth and maxResHeight to the display's native width and height, and edit the following lines accordingly:
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

Anti-aliasing (AA)

If the "Edge Smoothing" slider is greyed out in-game, then it is likely that the game cannot determine how much VRAM the GPU has and is defaulting to its failsafe of 32 MB.
Raise amount of fallback value[citation needed]
  1. Navigate to the configuration file location.
  2. Open Graphics Rules.sgr.
  3. Find the following section: 
    if (not $useSoftwareRasterizer)
   # failed to obtain device texture memory size, force to 32 MB
   if ($textureMemory = 0)
      seti textureMemory       32
   endif
    and change seti textureMemory to the value of your GPU's VRAM in megabytes.

Notes

This makes game use your VRAM amount as fallback value. Do not put value higher than actual VRAM amount is!
Alternative fix
  1. Navigate to the configuration file location.
  2. Open Graphics Rules.sgr.
  3. Search for enumerateMultisampleLevels 
       boolProp enumerateMultisampleLevels false
    and wherever it says false next to it, correct it with true. There are multiple lines with the enumerateMultisampleLevels so keep changing to true until there are no more results.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Toggling Vsync can cause the game to hang.[citation needed]

Vsync can only be toggled using the cheat console (Ctrl+⇧ Shift+C) and using either the 'vsync off' or 'vsync on' command.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
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

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Voices, Sound Effects, Music, Ambient and Audio Quality sliders
Surround sound
4.0 and 5.1
Subtitles
No intelligible dialog. All in-game dialog uses the fictional Simlish language.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Game 'forgets' it does not have the focus when leaving loading screens
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Speech is fictional language called Simlish.
Speech is subtitled with generic icons.
Czech
Danish
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Black square under Sim

Download Sim Shadow Fix
  1. Go here and download the file that suits your preferences (0.2 shadows are more opaque, 0.4 more transparent and 0.3 are in between).
  2. Extract the .package file to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims™ Pet Stories\Downloads.
If using an Intel HD Graphics card, the author recommends downloading the xReallyNotMisty versions of the fix.
If the Downloads folder is missing, create it.
If the installation is in an language other than English, the The Sims™ Pet Stories folder will probably have the localized name instead.

Game stuck in 800x600 resolution

Occurs because the game fails to detect the video card correctly.
Edit Graphics Rules.sgr
  1. Navigate to the configuration file location.
  2. Open Graphics Rules.sgr with a text editor.
  3. Search for: 
    option ScreenModeResolution
setting $Low
uintProp maxResWidth      800
uintProp maxResHeight     600
uintProp defaultResWidth  800
uintProp defaultResHeight 600
  4. Replace
    5. option ScreenModeResolution
setting $Low
uintProp maxResWidth      1280
uintProp maxResHeight     1024
uintProp defaultResWidth  800
uintProp defaultResHeight 600
  5. Save and close.
By default, widescreen resolutions up to 1280x720 can be selected. To force more widescreen resolutions, change the values for the desired resolution. See Widescreen resolution.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 2.0
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
32-bit only.[1]

System requirements

Windows
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)
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

  1. ↑ 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).

References