You only have until July 31 at 10AM Pacific to redeem the code for your free game to your Origin account – after which The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection will return to its regular price. The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection includes the base Sims 2 game along with “every single The Sims 2 expansion pack and stuff pack.” The long list of included content includes 8 expansion packs and 10 “stuff packs” – which simply include new items (such as furniture).įor those of you who booted up the game and are looking for away around its minuscule 800×600 resolution, the folks over at Sims VIP have put together a guide for unlocking higher resolutions. It will, however, continue to offer for support to those who contact the company for help, but the game as it exists today will remain unchanged going forward (with the exception of user-created mods). When support for the title ends, players will, of course, still be able to play it (and new players will still be able to purchase it), but EA will no longer release content or technical fixes for the game. Origin users simply need to click on the “redeem a product code” in their Origin client, and enter the code “I-LOVE-THE-SIMS” to receive their free game. It’s been ten years since The Sims 2 first launched, and though EA is pulling the plug on official support for the title, it’s sending it out with one last hurrah, giving away the “ Ultimate Collection” version of the game, which contains all 18 expansion packs, absolutely free on Origin.
Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection is absolutely free on Origin right now, and contains 8 expansions and 10 “stuff packs”.For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.Get S2PCI here: Clean Installer Official Site. Do NOT use Clean Installer to get around this error with lots and houses as that can cause your game to crash when attempting to use that lot. It also lets you choose what included content to install. You may want to use the Sims2Pack Clean Installer instead of the game's installer, which will let you install sims and pets which may otherwise give errors about needing expansion packs.The files will automatically be installed to the proper location(s). sims2pack file to install its contents to your game. Download: Click the download link to save the. (If I would have known this before I started I probably would have just built these in my full game but it is what it is.)ġ. But if you pick up the trim pieces with the hand tool and let them re-attach the trims will go down with the roof like they should instead of just the walls.
They'll still be positioned properly and will hide in cutaway view so nothing needs to be done. Note: If your last expansion pack is higher than Seasons the roof trims won't be attached to the roof. You can swap out the doors and windows and slap on some paint and get a nice enough looking house (in my opinion) with Maxis content or your favorite cc in a few minutes. There's no mess of random objects to clean up. The lots are covered in Bespoke Build Set deco ('cause that was the point) but if you don't have the cc installed the only things that get replaced with a Maxis object are the doors and windows. You don't need the CC if you just want the houses. And that was one of the reasons for uploading - so they can be used as a mini guide for the Bespoke Build Set and to give people a quick way to play around with the set without having to build anything. But you can recolor these to your hearts content. I tried to use different combinations/colors from the Bespoke Build set on these - even the ones I don't particularly like - for varieties sake but I don't know that that was the best decision looking at the collage of houses together. If you want the houses to look exactly as pictured you need the cc. CUSTOM CONTENT REQUIRED/NOT INCLUDED: Bespoke Build SetCUSTOM CONTENT INCLUDED (3 walls in a separate file): Quiet Comfort Collection One Exception: House 13, Flagstone Cloverdale, was packaged in my full game & requires all expansion & stuff packs. The lots were built in AGS (BG, NL, OFB, SSN) and have never been occupied but were compressed/cleaned of Sim references anyway (as that seems to be the new best practice)? I'm not sure but I did it anyway. But care and attention was paid to the builds, the layouts, how they look in neighborhood view and there's a nice mix of prices. There are no skill builders or decorations and next to no landscaping - these are not decked out dream houses. They have some starter furnishings, lights, alarms and a phone. Here's 15 houses that use the Bespoke Build Set.