Startiger,
Yes, do uninstall, clean out your Cache files, and use a registry cleaner. Then reinstall. I use CC Cleaner it's free and safe, just google it.
Uninstall it by going to your control panel, and find the "Add/Remove Programs"
CAW not running? CAW running slowly? by Simsample at MTSsimsample wrote:
Here are some things to try if your CAW program runs slowly or gives and error message upon starting.
Clear Caches:
- First, clear your CAW caches- delete Documents\ Electronic Arts\ The Sims 3 Create A World Tool\ WorldbuilderCache and Documents\ Electronic Arts\ The Sims 3 Create A World Tool\ UserToolData\ LocalWork.
- Next, clear your game caches- click here!
Gelis has found that for Windows 7 users you may need to delete your Virtual Store files too- C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create a World Tool. You can also delete the corresponding files for The Sims 3 from there safely, too. These files are hidden so you may need to set your operating system to show hidden files to find these.
Remove in-game CC:
- CAW will read any custom content that you have installed to your Sims 3 game, even if it cannot be used by CAW (for example, clothes and hairstyles). This can mean that your computer will not perform well with CAW. To solve this, try removing your custom content whilst you run CAW to see if you get a better performance. Remove Documents\ Electronic Arts\ The Sims 3\ Mods for game version 1.12 upwards (click HERE for removing older framework files).
Check Patch levels:
- CAW needs your game to be fully updated. If you are having issues then check that your game is fully up to date.
http://www.simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Patching
- Once your game is updated, backup your CAW userdata by copying Documents\ Electronic Arts\ The Sims 3 Create A World Tool\ UserToolData to somewhere safe.
- Then, uninstall CAW, redownload CAW from the Sims 3 Website and reinstall it. Replace your backup userdata once you are done.
Make the CAW executable Large Address Aware:
Computer performance:
Edit in Game crashing/ not saving:
If you are having trouble making EIG save your world, there are a few things you can try.
- Firstly, try creating lots in-game and adding them to your world from the library via EIG (instead of building them from scratch in EIG).
- Secondly, try freeing up some memory by closing CAW once EIG has opened (Courtesy of BenC0722 in this thread. ) This is particularly useful since Generations, when the problem has been occurring with the latest CAW.
CAW loading Launcher instead of Edit-in-Game:
If Launcher pops up instead of EIG mode, or if you get a message about CAW being unable to find TS3.exe:
This seems to be a problem specific to having the latest version of CAW (1.11.9) with the level 11 patches but without Generations.
The only known cures are:
- Try this fix from SimAd.
OR:
- Backup your user files (Sims 3 and CAW). Uninstall your game, reinstall it and patch up to level 10, then reinstall CAW version 1.11.4. This may be difficult to find, since EA do not archive old versions of CAW on their servers.
OR:
- Install Generations.
Steam Users:
Thanks to auntielynds for indirectly reminding me of this! ;)
If you have purchased and installed The Sims 3 through Steam, you will find that CAW will not work correctly. This is because the Steam version of TS3 has a different file structure and uses different registry keys, so CAW is not able to correctly read the game data. To solve this, use your Steam license keys to download TS3 from EADM (now known as Origins) instead of through Steam:
Source for this:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1746411
Please feel free to add any more suggestions to this thread!
