[LEGACY]How to join a server and install FreeSO

I installed the game and extracted the files to the correct locations running as admin with windows 98 sp2 comp.. installed openal drivers all up to date and system is beyond capable of running the game but it isnt working. When I run Freeso.exe nothing at all happens no error msgs nothing .. I check processes and see 3 freeso.exe processes running that I cannot end. Not sure what to do but any help is appreciated
 
dd33x12 said:
I installed the game and extracted the files to the correct locations running as admin with windows 98 sp2 comp.. installed openal drivers all up to date and system is beyond capable of running the game but it isnt working. When I run Freeso.exe nothing at all happens no error msgs nothing .. I check processes and see 3 freeso.exe processes running that I cannot end. Not sure what to do but any help is appreciated
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I'm not really sure about this, but we're in middle 2016. Windows 98 is obsolete.
FreeSO is being made with today's PCs in mind, it's not running on the same engine as The Sims Online(it's getting completely rewritten!). I'm really sorry but i think the only solution to your problem is upgrading to a newer Operating System.
 
Annnd updates later and my mine still has no sound. It stopped working somewhere after the first May update release.
 
Hi i'm new. Hopefully i'm posting on the right thread. So, i'm kinda lost.. When i open FreeSO.exe i get this error:
rNVYRMP.png
Am i doing doing it wrong or skipping something? I have no idea :rolleyes:
 
Nahuel3d said:
I'm not really sure about this, but we're in middle 2016. Windows 98 is obsolete.
FreeSO is being made with today's PCs in mind, it's not running on the same engine as The Sims Online(it's getting completely rewritten!). I'm really sorry but i think the only solution to your problem is upgrading to a newer Operating System.
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Lol I meant I tried running the game in windows xp sp2 compatibility mode after it didnt work in my normal windows 7 (im not using A windows 98 pc lol).. The game simply wont launch for me but it does create 3 processes that cannot be stopped without a reboot. idk what to do all instructions followed correctly
 
so I have everything done the way you said but when I try to open it I get the message this is not a valid win32 application did I do something wrong
 
LittleLifeSaver said:
Hi i'm new. Hopefully i'm posting on the right thread. So, i'm kinda lost.. When i open FreeSO.exe i get this error:
rNVYRMP.png
Am i doing doing it wrong or skipping something? I have no idea :rolleyes:
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Your GPU doesn't support the newer versions of OpenGL. Try the "-dx" flag and see if that works for you.
 
dd33x12 said:
Lol I meant I tried running the game in windows xp sp2 compatibility mode after it didnt work in my normal windows 7 (im not using A windows 98 pc lol).. The game simply wont launch for me but it does create 3 processes that cannot be stopped without a reboot. idk what to do all instructions followed correctly
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Oh, haha, i can't help you there. That's really weird.
 
I keep getting the "property data received, entering property" notification but then it just stops and sits at a standstill. Any reason why?
 
Hi, I installed it on Ubuntu 16.04 and I'm getting the following when running FreeSo.exe
Screenshot_from_2016_07_02_19_35_59.jpg

I downloaded the setup files on a Windows machine, then transfer them to ubuntu, installed SO with wine, and lunched FreeSO.exe with mono.
 
Annabelle said:
I'm sorry, I'm not techie at all :( what is "-dx" flag
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DX flag is what is circled in the screenshot below. It tells the game to run in DirectX mode rather than OpenGL.
Create a shortcut on your desktop to FreeSO.exe, right click on the shortcut and open Properties.
At the end of the Target box, add a space followed by -dx
Click Apply. Then run the game using the shortcut.
dxflag.png
 
mattnotley2004 said:
DX flag is what is circled in the screenshot below. It tells the game to run in DirectX mode rather than OpenGL.
Create a shortcut on your desktop to FreeSO.exe, right click on the shortcut and open Properties.
At the end of the Target box, add a space followed by -dx
Click Apply. Then run the game using the shortcut.
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This fixed everything! Thanks!!!
 
For some reason, I cannot find where my TSO installed. I ran the .exe provided in the main thread and installed it. It didn't ask me where I should install it, though I assumed it'd be Drive C as that's where I install all my games. Also after the installation finished, it didn't ask me about a serial code as described in the original thread. I can't seem to find it anywhere, and it takes a while for it to install so I really don't want to keep re-installing it if I don't know if it'll work. I've searched my computer and it can't seem to find anything other than the .exe used to install the game. It's as if it didn't install, but I did run the installer etc.

tl;dr
The Sims Online doesn't appear to be installing on my computer, at all, despite the fact I run the setup.exe as I should, and I'm installing it on Drive C. This isn't the first time I have installed it on my PC, and I know it worked the last time. What am I doing wrong?
 
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Becca said:
For some reason, I cannot find where my TSO installed. I ran the .exe provided in the main thread and installed it. It didn't ask me where I should install it, though I assumed it'd be Drive C as that's where I install all my games. Also after the installation finished, it didn't ask me about a serial code as described in the original thread. I can't seem to find it anywhere, and it takes a while for it to install so I really don't want to keep re-installing it if I don't know if it'll work. I've searched my computer and it can't seem to find anything other than the .exe used to install the game. It's as if it didn't install, but I did run the installer etc.

tl;dr
The Sims Online doesn't appear to be installing on my computer, at all, despite the fact I run the setup.exe as I should, and I'm installing it on Drive C. This isn't the first time I have installed it on my PC, and I know it worked the last time. What am I doing wrong?
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Is it not installing to /program files/maxis?
 
Are you installing the game or downloading the game?

The download takes ages because EA

While the install typically install TSo to C:/Program Files/Maxis/The Sims Online

note that the Program Files folder is DIFFERENT to Program Files(x86) folder. As there's two on our computer.
 
I click http://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/misc/tso/Setup The Sims Online.exe and run the .exe when that file has downloaded, it starts the setup thing and it completes. I've looked in both program files and program files(x86), it's in neither. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong, but I'm following the instructions as I should, it's simply not installing to my drive.

This is what I get when I run the .exe, thinking this is installing the game to my PC despite the fact it never asked where to install it;

https://gyazo.com/f04e0e9f39e2e0eae3b8e267d2dd1512
 
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