While FreeSO aims to be faithful to the original game, it includes many quality of life changes such as hardware rendering, custom dynamic lighting, hi-res output and >2 floor houses.
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Alternative C# Windows Frontend for The Sims 1, based off of FreeSO. (REQUIRES a legitimate copy of The Sims: Complete Collection)
