Difference between revisions of "SimFarm"
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==Other information== | ==Other information== |
Latest revision as of 00:56, 25 April 2024
Developers | |
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Leaping Lizard Software | |
Publishers | |
Maxis | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1993 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1994 |
Windows 3.x | 1996 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Building |
Series | Sim |
⤏ Go to series page | |
SimCity (series) | |
SimEarth | 1990 |
SimAnt | 1991 |
SimLife | 1992 |
SimFarm | 1993 |
SimHealth | 1994 |
SimTower | 1994 |
SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest | 1995 |
SimTown | 1995 |
SimPark | 1996 |
SimGolf | 1996 |
SimTunes | 1996 |
SimSafari | 1998 |
The Sims (series) | |
Sid Meier's SimGolf | 2002 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
SimFarm is a singleplayer top-down view building game in the Sim series.
The Windows version crashes if the main window inside the game is stretched over 1280 pixels wide[citation needed].
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Entire game can be copied to the hard drive. |
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 1.3 will updates retail versions to the latest version.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\simfarm.cfg |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\*.sfm |
Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sfm[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) |
- In Windows, this is the default path used by the game. The save file location can be determined by the user.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Uses desktop resolution. See Key points on top of the page. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | By default. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
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Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Issues fixed
Not enough disk space free
- DOSBox reports an amount of free disk space that overflows a 16-bit value used in the saving routine. May also happen on systems with increments of 64MB of free space.
- Installing on a drive or disk image with 512-byte clusters will also cause the issue.
Modify with hex editor[1] |
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Notes
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DOSBox-X: Mount with -freespace[2] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.0 | 6.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 286 12 MHz | Intel 486DX2 |
System memory (RAM) | 640 KB | 2 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | EGA, VGA |
Windows 3.x | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | 95, 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386SX | Intel Pentium |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 6 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7.0 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68K series | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | 8 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Sigma 7 on 2024-04-24
- ↑ DOSBox-X - SimFarm: Cannot save game, "Not enough disk space free" #3419 - last accessed on 2024-04-24