I didn't even install the mod in the end, I just updated my C++ and such, now my Sims game won't play... guess I should try reinstalling and see if it works...

Edit: Ah, thank god. The fix turned out to be simple, just deleted the accessory and group caches. Don't know why things went funny, but now I'm doubtful it had anything to do with the updates. Or maybe it did, who knows. Just glad it's fixed. Oh yeah, so the reason I didn't install this in the end despite badly wanting that firstborn fix is I have The Sims 2 T&A installed. Somehow I doubt this is gonna work with that, so~ rather than risk messing up my install, I'm gonna have to content myself with the annoying workarounds. Been living with them this long. Still, I wanna thank you for making this. I thought nobody would ever fix that bug! :D

About Discord not picking it up, you're gonna have to manually add it in the game activity tab. Preferably do this when the game is already running so you're sure that you have the right executable added. Once that's done, it should be recognized automatically and rich presence will work! :p

Unfortunately, I've already done that and rich presence isn't working. I just get a ? for an icon and a notification that I'm playing the sims 2 mansion and garden stuff.

Still having this issue even with a cache clean and reinstall. Any ideas? Idk why it stopped working in March. Thought it might be related to EA Desktop but I can't get it to work with even Origin running. I also can't even use my non RPC exe so I can't play at all.

EDIT: So I uninstalled EA Desktop beta since that thing was so buggy and repaired the game in Origin. And I think it's fixed!

I'm having an issue getting this launcher to use my NVIDIA graphics card. I have the Ultimate Collection on Windows 10, and I am using the light version of your launcher. I already went through the steps to fix the graphics a while ago, and it looks perfect when launching via the original Sims2EP9.exe executable. I used the NVIDIA Control Panel to force the launchers to use my NVIDIA graphics card instead of the default integrated Intel one. If I use Sims2EP9.exe, it correctly uses the NVIDIA card (I checked in the log file). The problem is that when I launch via Sims2RPC.exe, it still uses the Intel graphics card. It doesn't seem like the edge smoothing setting is actually doing anything either (but that could be due to the crappy graphics card idk). I tried running as Admin already. I tried clearing the Accessory/Group cache files. I double checked that Sims2RPC.exe is set to use the NVIDIA card. As far as I know, the settings for both executables are the same so I'm baffled. I'm not sure what I should do at this point. Any advice?

EDIT: I figured it out. There is a second executable that I missed, Sims2Ep9RPC.exe, that I also needed to force to use the NVIDIA card.

Hi, just a random question. I read this affects townie generation as well as babies born. Several of my townies are spawning with the same first name. I have quite a big Live.Package name replacement mod so it's not lack of variety - it's like it's just landing in the same place constantly.

Is that likely to be coincidence or the randomise feature not working somehow?

Hii! So I am having a weird glitch. I use only the light version, but when I launch the game through Sims2RPC, my Sims aren't able to paint still life paintings anymore. For some reason they will switch to a default painting instead. When I launch the game through origin using the regular .exe file, the problem doesn't happen and Sims can paint still life paintings normally again. No idea what is causing this?

Is there a way to get this to run without the updater running in the initial launce? The web resource that it calls on sets off my antivirus and it terminates the whole thing

Can I use Loading randomizer by greatcheesecake persona and RPC loader at the same time? is it possible?
EDIT: found out that it's possible

So I love this mod already, but I can't seem to get certain functions to work and I think it might conflict with inteen? The Discord rich presence doesn't seem to be working. As for inteen, I use it for the fertility system and when I installed this mod I think it made it so my sims can't woohoo any more? Do you know what script might be causing that?

Edit: I want to mention too that it's amazing that this is actually a workaround for being logged into Origin to play too! That's been so freaking annoying to me that I have the be logged into Origin to play a game that's older than Origin, but this makes it so that I don't have to!

Edit: turns out it was a load order issue, if anyone else has this problem!

The game sometimes doesn't launch and only displays "no defaults." in the console, the updater only fixed it temporarily. Is there any fix to that?

Thanks for this! Also I found a sort of fix for the directx 9.0c crash on startup. Under the compatability tab under DPI settings I set the DPI settings on Sims2RPC's shortcut to "Override High DPI Scailing" and set the drop down window under it to "Scailing performed by : Aplication" this will stop the directx 9.0c crash but only in fullscreen mode for some reason windowed and windowed borderless still seem to end in the directx 9.0c crash not sure why.

Thanks again for this awesome mod!

I've been using RPC with no issues at all, thank you for this tool.

Now I'm trying to use it with Loading Randomizer. I'm pointing it to Sims2RPC.exe. It seems to work but it doesn't show any console window like it used to when running without Loading Randomizer. Even using the "default.txt" with the commands it still doesn't show any window. The commands are -rpc and -show. Am I doing anything wrong?

Thanks again for the awesome tool!

Is this compatible with Loading Randomizer by greatcheesecakepersona?

So I've combed through the comments section and I don't see that anyone else has asked about my current issue.

Everything about this is awesome and runs well on my computer, but when I launch in borderless or windowed I lose the ability to edge scroll and my camera does not zoom out nearly far enough in neighbourhood view. If I launch full-screen the edge scrolling functions normally.

In regard to the camera zoom issue... if I launch the game using the regular launcher rather than this one, the zoom functions as it's meant to. When I launch using RPC the camera issue occurs. Any idea what might cause this and how to fix it? Setting the custom camera to true or false doesn't resolve the issue either.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

My laptop only supports the 144hz refresh rate, so even with this mod, I cannot go fullscreen as I keep getting the DirectX 9.0C error. I primarily wanted this mod because of the borderless fullscreen but the error won't go away. Am I missing something or is exclusive 144hz just not supported at all?

I tried to use this, but in the middle of installation my antivirus informed me that one of the files is a trojan. Is this true? I use F-secure if it helps.
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DLL injection can be used as a technique to allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the address space of another process.

However, this specific application doesn't use DLL injection as a way to run malicious code, but rather to run code that fixes things (first-born randomizer etc.). Therefore, what your antivirus software is picking up is (should be) a false positive. It is up to you to trust the creator of this application and run it, or remove it from your system.

Thank you for the quick response. I did find it odd that so many people have used this, but no one has mentioned any trojans or other viruses. I just wanted to make sure.
Thanks again

How do I uninstall this? My game kept crashing then it stopped crashing and starting closing itself on the loading screen. I want to use my regular sims 2 launcher. I just wanted to use the mod that prevents first born syndrome. Not the launcher. I unistalled all my games and reinstalled but it still keeps closing itself.

Regular Sims2Launcher is just broken. Just make shortcut to "Sims2EP9.exe" and run game directly. Also you can disable everything but Firstborn Fix in Sims2RPC.

Hiya! Little trouble with my hood view since I have installed your awesome RPC. I don't see the hood deco and buildings like the screenshot below:


Update: my game crashed right after that.

why is this making my game crash.. lol

I want to play windowed rather than borderless fullscreen though ...

Does something like this exist for Castaway Stories?