The Sims 1 & 2 re-release receives new update fixing recurring issues

The Sims 1 & 2 Legacy Collections have received a new patch, which includes bug fixes to a lot of issues players have experienced.

The Sims community was immensely excited whenEA started dropping teasershinting at the possible return of older games before thefranchise’s 25th birthday. After all, getting these games to run on newer hardware has been a pain for so long.

A screenshot featuring The Sims 1 re-release teaser.

So, when the Sims 1 and Sims 2 Legacy Collections were finally released, many were eager to take a trip down memory lane. Unfortunately, however, many players have since been reporting a plethora of issues when taking that nostalgic trip.

From bugs and crashes to theDirectX 9.0c error, the experience of playing these games wasn’t exactly the smoothest.EA respondedto the issue, and now they’ve rolled out fixes in a new update.

A screenshot featuring a Sims 2 character posing with their thumbs up.

The Sims 1 & 2 re-release February 4 patch notes

Some of the most recurring and frustrating issues players have experienced in the re-release were crashing after creating a family and being unable to launch the game withoutsetting it to windowed mode.

These have been included in the list of fixed issues in the game’snewest update, among other known problems, which you’re able to check out below:

The Sims 1

Fixed Issues:

General Notes:

The Sims 2

The team has also mentioned that some problems that may not be included in the list may still be “in the process of being addressed.”

“Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch,” they added.