Since I can't find new answers on the subject and hopefully there is a fix, I'm writing this question here.

I play The Sims 2 on windowed mode, when clicking on another window tab or minimizing the game; the game automatically mutes itself. I tried to run the game on full screen, tried compatibility mode for an earlier version of Windows but nothing solve the issue.

I want to Stream the game and I don't want the audio to cut off whenever checking another window.


What can I do to fix this issue?

Thank you in advance.

Try putting the 'sim while minimised' option to ON:

Thank you but this option is on. The game is still going in the background but with no sound.

Hmm, not sure then! Does anyone else have any ideas?

Have a random bug of that sort - the sound arbitrarily cuts out for no ascertainable reason. Clicking anywhere on the screen (but not on a sim) turns it back on. In my case I suspect a driver problem, as I'm running on outdated drivers (the "latest" ones don't work with my graphics card even though they are supposed to). Went round and round with NVidia on this, got nowhere, decided to live with it until I can afford a newer computer.

It's probably designed to cut the sound while you aren't playing the game, unfortunately.