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Important Notice:

Sims2RPC is Lazy Duchess's well-renowned modded launcher for The Sims 2. Sadly, it currently has a false trojan flag in some antivirus suites due to the way it injects foreign code into the game, causing its files to be deleted by the software.

Sims2RPC may fail to extract during the "TS2 Starter Pack" Web Installer process if Windows Defender antivirus is enabled, due to real-time protection. I am looking into a solution to allow the extraction during installation (which will at least delay the issue until you try to launch RPC).

We recommend:

  1. Temporarily disabling real-time protection while the game is installing,
  2. Creating an exclusion for your game folder: Click here for a tutorial to create an exception on your "The Sims 2 Starter Pack" folder,
  3. Re-enabling real-time protection afterwards

Click here to re-download RPC if it doesn't install properly!

Installation:

  1. Please ensure you have completed the prerequisite steps from Step 1.

  2. Download and run the Web Installer.

    • Accept any Windows prompts that appear, such as "run" or "allow changes."
    • Click "Next" to start!

  3. Components - Check the boxes to install them:

    • The Sims 2 Starter Pack (required)
      • Installs The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection with Sims2RPC
    • Graphics Rules Maker
    • DXVK (Uncheck unless you know you need it!)
      • The guide explains it more in-depth later on. I recommend leaving this unchecked and only installing it manually if your game has graphical issues as described in the graphics step.
      • If you select this, Vulkan-Test will appear during installation, keep note of what it says.
    • Visual C++ Redist (x86)
    • .NET Framework
    • Shadow Fix
      • After installation, opens the download page for SimNopke's shadow fix. We will set it up later.
      • If you uncheck this, you will NOT get a pre-made Downloads folder for mods within your save file. Leaving it checked creates the folder and opens it to show you where it is.
    • Click "Next" once you make your selections.

  4. Directory:

    • Select a directory to use for your game’s root folder.
    • We recommend leaving the directory at the default setting (C:\Program Files (x86)\The Sims 2 Starter Pack).
    • Click "Install" to begin the download.

  5. Installation: The Installer securely downloads the game files and extracts them to the install directory, then installs the game's registry entries using Touchup. The download size is about 8 gigabytes. image

  6. Graphics Rules Maker opens an additional setup window once it's been downloaded.

    • For Graphics Rules Maker, proceed with its setup in order to continue in the Web Installer. We recommend installing at least "The Sims 2" and "The Sims 2 Body Shop" modules.

    • The other components and dependencies will be downloaded and installed after this.

  7. When the installer is finished, make sure you have all of the packs listed here in the "The Sims 2 Starter Pack" folder:

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    • If your installation is incomplete, you can either run the installer again or download the missing packs from here.

At the end of installation, continue to Step III - Graphics Setup.

If you need help installing the game: Join the Discord server and create a Post in the #ts2-support channel. * If you encounter legitimate bugs within the installer itself please report them in the Issues section on GitHub.

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