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iAMciane
3 years agoSeasoned Newcomer
@annasommer - I do wonder if you have your game open when you are trying to export or if you only open the launcher with nothing else running, which is how I export (from outside the game with no other programs running).
It's possible to copy and paste a library file from one save to another. So, by renaming your sims 3 folder and generating a new one by launching your game, you save and quit and then copy the old library file to the new one. Go into your game and choose to share the lot. Then, quit the game and double click on the file in your export folder. (That will bring up the launcher automatically, I think. It definitely works for installing downloads.)
I use discs and the NRaas mod that lets me play without the disc in, and I'm patched up to 1.67, but not the last patch. I have occasional problems with my launcher. Sometimes the pop-up that says the lot uploaded never appears as more than a black box. Sometimes I don't have the option to click on Downloads or Uploads. BUT I just double click directly on the file that is ready to install or upload and wait. If I see the Sims launcher icon and then another sims 3 icon in the task manager or just showing in active programs, then I assume it's working. I might have to log in on the launcher before it will start with the install or upload, but if I'm already logged in, it automatically starts. After time, I try to x out the smaller black box that tells you it was successful. I often close the launcher with my task manager after I see a new file created in my library file and/or dcbackup folder for installs OR see the upload went through on my page. The launcher is old technology, and with time and constant computer and internet upgrades, it can struggle. Just help it out by moving your screenshots and videos and old downloads and uploads out of the sims 3 folder OR simply rename them. I take a lot of pics, so I rename the screenshot folder to screens1, 2, 3 etc. This is to keep the launcher from having to load all those other things and only have to focus on one thing at a time.
For me, failed uploads usually means a full studio and I have to delete older stuff to make room for more, but the failed pop-up tells me my studio is full.
As Romagi mentioned there are a few items from the store that can keep a lot from uploading. The variated vase and certain patterns that came with the TIKI and another set that had kids bedrooms - the ultra lounge set. It's the patterns of those items, and not the items themselves, I believe that cause the problem. The tiki has a different wood texture and if you choose that wood option, you'll spend forever trying to find the offending item, because it's the pattern NOT the item that causes the problem and prevents the upload.
In your case, it's the launcher that isn't working right and only resetting IE and clearing out caches and old files and restarting the computer and a fresh sims 3 folder offer help. BUT don't delete the ccmerged file, that controls your store content associated actions; though NONAsims has a safe replacement copy, if needed.
This was a LOT rambling, but hopefully, there is something in it to help someone.
I have never had to reinstall my sims 3 game except on a new computer or a new operating system, but... it is a last resort option. If you end up doing that, remember that traces of the old sims 3 files must be deleted from registry files AND that is always scary. Mistakes made in registry files can't be unmade. So be careful and follow a step-by-step guide.
On another, but very relevant, note: I just double clicked on a file in my export file. It brought up the launcher automatically. I could use the Uploads and Downloads buttons. It didn't show me logged in, but it proceeded to upload, because I am logged in on my page. It showed successful on the upload. BUT there is no new upload showing in my studio or on my page. SO... wait until you see someone else successfully upload, and then try again.
NOTE: So, after that, I still had my launcher open. It showed the lot not uploaded and me logged out. I logged in to the launcher and checked to upload the lot. It ran smoothly through the process and showed uploaded. AND, there it is now on my page and in my studio. I didn't put an upload picture on it either time, and that probably would NOT make a difference; but I wanted to try it as simply as possible. MORAL: maybe, log in to the launcher first.
It's possible to copy and paste a library file from one save to another. So, by renaming your sims 3 folder and generating a new one by launching your game, you save and quit and then copy the old library file to the new one. Go into your game and choose to share the lot. Then, quit the game and double click on the file in your export folder. (That will bring up the launcher automatically, I think. It definitely works for installing downloads.)
I use discs and the NRaas mod that lets me play without the disc in, and I'm patched up to 1.67, but not the last patch. I have occasional problems with my launcher. Sometimes the pop-up that says the lot uploaded never appears as more than a black box. Sometimes I don't have the option to click on Downloads or Uploads. BUT I just double click directly on the file that is ready to install or upload and wait. If I see the Sims launcher icon and then another sims 3 icon in the task manager or just showing in active programs, then I assume it's working. I might have to log in on the launcher before it will start with the install or upload, but if I'm already logged in, it automatically starts. After time, I try to x out the smaller black box that tells you it was successful. I often close the launcher with my task manager after I see a new file created in my library file and/or dcbackup folder for installs OR see the upload went through on my page. The launcher is old technology, and with time and constant computer and internet upgrades, it can struggle. Just help it out by moving your screenshots and videos and old downloads and uploads out of the sims 3 folder OR simply rename them. I take a lot of pics, so I rename the screenshot folder to screens1, 2, 3 etc. This is to keep the launcher from having to load all those other things and only have to focus on one thing at a time.
For me, failed uploads usually means a full studio and I have to delete older stuff to make room for more, but the failed pop-up tells me my studio is full.
As Romagi mentioned there are a few items from the store that can keep a lot from uploading. The variated vase and certain patterns that came with the TIKI and another set that had kids bedrooms - the ultra lounge set. It's the patterns of those items, and not the items themselves, I believe that cause the problem. The tiki has a different wood texture and if you choose that wood option, you'll spend forever trying to find the offending item, because it's the pattern NOT the item that causes the problem and prevents the upload.
In your case, it's the launcher that isn't working right and only resetting IE and clearing out caches and old files and restarting the computer and a fresh sims 3 folder offer help. BUT don't delete the ccmerged file, that controls your store content associated actions; though NONAsims has a safe replacement copy, if needed.
This was a LOT rambling, but hopefully, there is something in it to help someone.
I have never had to reinstall my sims 3 game except on a new computer or a new operating system, but... it is a last resort option. If you end up doing that, remember that traces of the old sims 3 files must be deleted from registry files AND that is always scary. Mistakes made in registry files can't be unmade. So be careful and follow a step-by-step guide.
On another, but very relevant, note: I just double clicked on a file in my export file. It brought up the launcher automatically. I could use the Uploads and Downloads buttons. It didn't show me logged in, but it proceeded to upload, because I am logged in on my page. It showed successful on the upload. BUT there is no new upload showing in my studio or on my page. SO... wait until you see someone else successfully upload, and then try again.
NOTE: So, after that, I still had my launcher open. It showed the lot not uploaded and me logged out. I logged in to the launcher and checked to upload the lot. It ran smoothly through the process and showed uploaded. AND, there it is now on my page and in my studio. I didn't put an upload picture on it either time, and that probably would NOT make a difference; but I wanted to try it as simply as possible. MORAL: maybe, log in to the launcher first.
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