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System.OutOfMemoryException: … was thrown... What It Means: FreeSO ran out of RAM (It doesn’t matter how much you have, FreeSO can only use 2GB). What To Try: Close the game periodically and minimize time spent in city view.

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified… What It Means: If this occurred after FreeSO told you it required an update, it’s likely your antivirus put it in quarantine. What To Try: Disable your antivirus temporarily while you update FreeSO...

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path ‘C:\Program Files\FreeSO\Content\setup.png’ is denied... What It Means: FreeSO.exe doesn’t have permission to access required assets. What To Try: Make sure FreeSO.exe isn't already running via Task Manager or log out of Windows and then...

System.Exception: Tuning.cs: Invalid path: C:/Program Files/Maxis/The Sims Online/TSOClient/tuning.dat... Note: The path shown on this error is important, so remember it. What It Means: FreeSO can’t find your The Sims Online folder. What To Try: Open File Explorer and navigate to the path...

This post contains common errors and crashes and the troubleshooting steps you should follow to try and solve them. Everybody's computer is set up differently and these solutions may not work for you. If you don't see the problem you're encountering or the steps to try haven't resolved your...

Some API changes were made this past weekend which now allow for individual lot pages to display the following: Category (via icons thanks to Alex [Hillary Benson]) Established date (when the lot was created) The admit mode being used (which is highlighted if it's restrictive) The skill...

Thank you! I'm glad someone else has added it as a web app to their phone! It's a great experience without the UI of the browser being shown and Android is really great about making Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) first-class citizens.

I've been keeping the original post up to date, but wanted to call out some recent changes: You can now track when all jobs lots are open or closed. You can track UTC time as it's most often used for in-game events. You can "subscribe" to one job or UTC time so that it shows up on every view of...

FreeSO Dashboard Current Version: v2.7.1 Changelog: https://dashboard.thecode.house/changelog FreeSO Dashboard is a website you can use to check how many sims are online, how many sims are in each lot, what time it is in game, and more! It's convenient to use, whether you're just trying to...

Added instructions on how to get Simitone working to my original post. You will need Windows to obtain the TS1 game files.

UPDATE: If you have been using FreeSO on Linux prior to Update 70 (June 9th, 2018), you must redownload macextras.zip In this thread Rhys mentions that the steps to getting FreeSO working on Mac may also work to get it running on Linux and this is in fact true and doesn't involve the...

If you're taking advantage of iCloud Desktop & Documents Folders syncing and would prefer to keep that 1.64GB out of iCloud, you can create a symbolic link. My example assumes the folder The Sims Online is placed into ~/Local/Documents/ ln -s ~/Local/Documents/The\ Sims\ Online ~/Documents/The\...