the sims 1 complete collection wont start

This zip file once extracted contains folders for The Sims Base Game,Complete Collection,Deluxe (What you want if you have the deluxe version of the game on 2 discs),House Party,Livin It Up etc etc.,Which all each contain a specific. The patched file from the YouTube video comes from a zip download which contains almost all versions of the game aptly named- 'TheSims1 Patches!'. (Let me know if anyone has any problems, hope this works for everyone) EXE file in compatibility mode and as administrator.

(Default is Program files x86/Maxis/TheSims.) Copy and replace the Sims.EXE file from the downloaded patch file, with the original one installed from the Discs.įinally, I run the. Once downloaded, unzip in a seperate folder of your choice, within you should find the folder named Deluxe, inside here is the sims.EXE file you need to finally run this specific version of the game.Īnd within your chosen game install location. zip' (the 1st one listed in the description) Now, in the description of this Youtube vid- you want to download the 'The Sims 1 almost all no-CD Patches in one. Insert disc 2 then disc 1 and finish install. Run the setup and install using the serial code found on the back of the manual (For some reason for me, once the menu opened up after 5 mins the install bar was froze at 0%, clicking cancel once under the small bar then brought up a confirmation box to cancel out, the disc then began spinning up and installing (Just click no to the cancel now and let it install.It could have just been really slow to start idk) The only setting that worked for me was to run as administrator and in Windows 8 mode!

Instead, open up the folders within the disc, go to setup and find setup.exeĪfter trial and error numerous times, right-click on setup.exe, go to properties, then onto the compatibility tab. Insert disc 1, do not use the autorun program. Hi all, this is my first post and whilst trying to install TS1 Deluxe Edition on my laptop I could not find a specific post walking through how to both install from the discs AND play in one place, I got it working today without using a Virtual machine but just by following these steps:

The sims 1 complete collection wont start