The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection

[Primadxnna]

I'm surprised none of the fellow Sims lover have posted this! But EA is giving away The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection (all the expansions and stuff packs) for free until July 31st.

The full list of eight expansions:

Apartment Life
Bon Voyage
FreeTime
Nightlife
Open for Business
Pets
Seasons
University
And all ten stuff packs:

Celebration Stuff
Family Fun Stuff
Glamour Life Stuff
H&M Fashion Stuff
Happy Holiday Stuff
Holiday Party Pack
IKEA Home Stuff
Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff
Mansion & Garden Stuff
Teen Style Stuff


http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-ge ... ollection/

[Forever Eccentric]

It wouldn't work on my windows 8 laptop

[CoralCat]

Ooooh yay, I'm downloading Origin now so that I can download these
Thanks for the info!

[Ariadne]

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing. I love the sims, but for some reason never bothered with sims 2. Considering I most likely won't be able to get sims 4 since EA hates mac, I'm totally going to download this.

Thanks x1000

Edit.. of course its windows only. EA I STILL HATE YOU

[Caravangho1]

Thanks for this, I will not see daylight for quite some time if this does work hahahaha

[CoralCat]

Ooooh yay, I'm downloading Origin now so that I can download these
Thanks for the info!

For a bit of reassurance for anyone a bit skeptical, it downloaded fine and runs fine, no bugs, freezing, add ons or anything and everything's there

[Kleineganz]

I installed it and I'm disappointed that I can't change the resolution. 800x600 on my 21" wide screen monitor looks like crap.

[sapage89]

I downloaded it but I haven't started playing it yet! I probably should though

[MakeupGirly]

Hmmm, worked for me once. I saved it and now when I try and load any family it just stays loading forever.

[Chappi]

I installed it and I'm disappointed that I can't change the resolution. 800x600 on my 21" wide screen monitor looks like crap. :(

Hi! Sorry to pull up this old thread, but I remembered reading your comment and wanted to tell you that there is a solution :)
Maybe you've found out about it by now, but you can actually fix this by editing the config file. You just have to go to program (or in my case Programme (x86))/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Fun with Pets/SP9/TSData/Res/Config
then you have to edit the Graphic Rules file, but be sure to back it up beforehand. Open it up in an editor and look for the line "option ScreenModeResolution" (it's line 776, by the way).
Change the settings to this:

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option ScreenModeResolution
   setting $Low
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  800
      uintProp defaultResHeight 600

   setting $MediumButDefaultLow
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  800
      uintProp defaultResHeight 600

   setting $Medium
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  1024
      uintProp defaultResHeight 768

   setting $High
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  1024
      uintProp defaultResHeight 768
end

but make sure to replace the maxResWidth and maxResHeight for each one to your resolution. Voila, you can now change the resolution in the game!

[Kleineganz]

I installed it and I'm disappointed that I can't change the resolution. 800x600 on my 21" wide screen monitor looks like crap.

Hi! Sorry to pull up this old thread, but I remembered reading your comment and wanted to tell you that there is a solution
Maybe you've found out about it by now, but you can actually fix this by editing the config file. You just have to go to program (or in my case Programme (x86))/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Fun with Pets/SP9/TSData/Res/Config
then you have to edit the Graphic Rules file, but be sure to back it up beforehand. Open it up in an editor and look for the line "option ScreenModeResolution" (it's line 776, by the way).
Change the settings to this:

Code: Select all

option ScreenModeResolution
   setting $Low
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  800
      uintProp defaultResHeight 600

   setting $MediumButDefaultLow
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  800
      uintProp defaultResHeight 600

   setting $Medium
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  1024
      uintProp defaultResHeight 768

   setting $High
      uintProp maxResWidth      1600
      uintProp maxResHeight     900
      uintProp defaultResWidth  1024
      uintProp defaultResHeight 768
end

but make sure to replace the maxResWidth and maxResHeight for each one to your resolution. Voila, you can now change the resolution in the game!

Actually, my problem turns out to be my graphics card, which is in the process of dying. I did some research and the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection supports multiple screen resolutions out-of-the-box. I tested it on my laptop and have no problems there at all.

[Thesimsgallery]

I miss playing the sims 2!