I've updated the doc to reflect fixes in the following patches:
- https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/news/sims-legacy-and-the-sims-2-legacy-patch-notes-04-02
- https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/news/sims-legacy-and-the-sims-2-legacy-patch-notes-06-02
The Sims is a life simulation game that was written for Windows 9x but later evolved to properly support Windows XP. The years have not been kind... to the game engine, not the game itself. It's still great, it just doesn't really work anymore.