
This goes away once you load a lot to play.

In the shortcut properties box, at the end of the “Target,” type in “-w -r1920x1080” without the quotation marks.After you’ve sent the Sims shortcut to your desktop using the instructions above, right-click the shortcut and choose “Properties.”.If you also want to play in windowed mode, follow the instructions below. Now you’ll have an icon on your desktop called “Sims – Shortcut.” Double-click to play in widescreen mode.Now, you’ll have two applications in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\The Sims folder – one called “Sims” and one called “Sims Backup.” Right-click on the one called “Sims” and choose “Send To > Desktop (create shortcut).”.When it’s complete, you’ll get a message that confirms the game was patched. Check the box next to “dgVoodoo2.” Click “Patch.” The progress bar will start moving, letting you know the patch is doing it’s job.

exe file will be at the very bottom of the folder. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Maxis\The Sims\Sims.exe.If you get a message asking “Do you want to allow this app from an unknown publisher to make changes on your device?” Click “YES.”.Open the folder, right-click on the Sims1WidescreenPatcher application and choose “Run as Administrator.”.Then click on the zip file that appears at the bottom to download.

Click on the blue letters for the most recent release.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to run Sims 1 in widescreen and windowed mode. As a content creator, this made it very hard for me to create Sims 1 content.Īfter trying a number of different things, I finally found a relatively easy solution that worked. I’ve had The Sims 1 installed on my computer (Windows 10) for a while, and I’ve always been annoyed that I couldn’t play it widescreen and/or in windowed mode.
