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crinrict
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12 years ago

Re: Downloads Dashboard in the Sims 3 game is not working

Not sure if you need more help but it could also be that the ebc files got corrupted somewhere along the way.

There's also a fle called missingdeps.idx in the DCCache folder. Delete it. It will recreate. It does also like to corrupt and mess up stuff. Also deleteing cache files from time to time doesn't hurt either

Go to documents\ea\thesims3 and delete these files
  • CASPartCache.package
  • compositorCache.package
  • scriptCache.package
  • simCompositorCache.package
  • socialCache.package

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    anothersimnut
    12 years ago

    no more laptops. I find if my laptop gets too hot while playing the Sims 3, the game will start lagging and then some graphics start disappearing in Buy/Build Mode. Before that happens, I hopefully can save, then I go the the Main Menu and let my laptop cool down before going back in. The Sims 3 uses an enormous amount of computer resources, and I have a brand new laptop, 1 TB of hard drive space and 8 GB of RAM, and I still find it difficult at times to keep my sanity whenever I receive code errors or the game just stops working.

    Thanks for sharing your help. Before I start up the Sims 3, I usually delete the cache files and delete the browsing history from my computer. The game runs fine as long as I do not play it very long and cause my laptop to get extremely hot.

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    anothersimnut
    12 years ago

    For some reason the first part of my message was missing. I wish I could give you more than 1 EP for all the help you have given me. I updated Origin so hopefully some of these problems disappear. Thank you for taking the time to help others.

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