These are the directories you change, if you hate townies and excess NPCs, and prefer to install clean templates. These are meant to be attached to MAIN neighborhoods. You can directly Copy/Paste (NOT “cut”) these MAIN neighborhoods to your saved games folder. Seasons \ TSData \ Res \ Userdata \ Neighborhoodsįree Time \ TSData \ Res \ Userdata \ NeighborhoodsĪpartment Life \ TSData \ Res \ Userdata \ Neighborhoods (N001 Pleasantview, N002 Strangetown, N003 Veronaville)ĭouble Deluxe \ Base \ TSData \ Res \ Userdata \ Neighborhoods In your File Explorer, first, go to this main directory:Ĭ: \ Program Files (x86) \ Origin Games \ The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection \ Even though it is not treated as a real Stuff Pack since it’s installer was treated like a patch + it’s icon was never included in The Sims 2 Launcher, they still decided to add it to this Collection.
How to get fresh copies of default neighborhoods that shipped with the game: The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection includes The Sims 2 Holiday Stuff Pack. In the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection, your SAVED GAMES can be found in:ĭocuments \ EA Games \ The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection \ Neighborhoods \ Sims 2 - Ultimate Collection brings you the classic game, The Sims 2, but it is offering way more than that You also get all of the awesome expansions. All the Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs soon followed, and I was back to my usual game configuration.
Im still bugging them to put it back on sale since I lost the discs. But I found a brand new Sims 2 Double Deluxe in a retail store in 2014, and it installed correctly. EA gave away Sims 2 complete just before they took it down and it was only available for 30 days. But beware, the Sims 2 Ultimate Collection has Securom in it…įrom personal experience, the four CD set from 2004 couldn’t install properly on Windows 8.1. If you have redeemed your Origin game code for the free “Sims 2 Ultimate Collection”, you shouldn’t have many significant problems running Sims 2 via Origin - assuming your graphics card and other hardware are compatible. How to get Sims 2 to work on Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10