[Request] Sims 1 Install Directory

[ben132]

It would be useful to have Simitone be able to either Select a Directory or Install off of Disc. My Win10 PC will not install Sims but I set up a WinXP VM, and installed Sims and copied it over to Win10, but Simitone cannot see it. Either that or does anyone know a way to make Simitone see the Directory.

[Ryder17z]

This might clash with "REQUIRES a legitimate copy of The Sims: Complete Collection"

You can try installing Sims 1 using compatibility mode and see if that helps

[mrpenguinb]

It should be just a matter of creating the required registry entries and changing the path to where TS1 is located. Simitone can be in it's own folder, it doesn't have to be anywhere specific.

Navigate on your XP VM to the registry path (below) and export the Maxis branch, and then modify the output .reg file with Notepad and add WOW6432Node to each reference that points to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE (find and replace helps).
Windows XP: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Maxis\The Sims]
Windows 10 64-bit places the registry entires at: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Maxis\The Sims]
(InstallPath being the entry pointing to where the game is installed.)

A much easier way is to get the setup program for TS1 to work on Windows 10. Make sure you start the Setup.exe in the setup folder on the disc. It will likely get stuck with another process preventing it from starting. If so, you'll need to Analyze wait chain in taskmanager on the installer process (expand the setup processes; drop down arrow, then Go to details when right-clicking the process).

[ben132]

For some reason the install just worked now. But thanks for the help.