Everytime I think I fixed the issue, more items go missing!

Are you playing on Origin? From time to time, Origin players report an issue where EPs and SPs randomly become deactivated.

@MKSizzle I think you recently mentioned a new computer? Did you just reinstall everything on it and did this problem occur right away on the new install? If it's "yes" to both of of those, you might want to take a look at ciane's method of installing Store content here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/866577/how-to-install-store-items . I've found doing it her way has really helped with whether things show up in my games. < Oh nevermind, I see you said you don't have Store content, but if you ever do, you might want to try this. LOL

Re. the Origin issues, there are two things to look for. First, which you probably know, is whether all your expansions and packs are checked in the launcher. Sometimes they get unchecked when there's an Origin update or something. You can just check anything again that you want. Then, look through the list and make sure everything you own is showing up on the list, whether checked or not. If something isn't there, it may have been deactivated. Sometimes this is kind of a fluke, and sometimes EA thinks you don't have a legitimate copy of something. You can try clearing IE cache and your cache packages in your Sims 3 documents folder (if you don't already do this and need to know which ones, holler), restarting your computer and relaunching the game to see if things then show up on the launcher list. If they don't, I think you need to talk with customer support from there (there may be something else to try, though, that I'm not familiar with). Clearing the game caches might also help if everything is present and checked in the launcher but you still have things missing in game.

I really don't know of another inexpensive shower like you describe other than the two Turjan linked that are available for Sims 3. Do you own any Store worlds (I know you said you don't have things from the Store, but I wasn't sure about the worlds)? The second one is from Sunlit Tides Gold version (specifically, it's part of Serenity Retreat).

Hope you get it all worked out. :)

"MKSizzle;d-972166" wrote:
I am getting very discouraged here and part of me thinks I must be going crazy. At first, I was thinking that just some of my CC went missing. Now I am noticing that items that I could have sworn were either base game or from stuff/EP are not showing up in buy mode. Some of those items include some showers, like the public backless shower and the shower/tub combo. Like I said, I am perhaps going crazy and am just remembering wrong, but I swear, I would use that backless shower everytime I started a legacy challenge because it was cheapest. There are also decor, misc. stuff that seems to be missing. I am just so confused. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a list of all the items from the base game and maybe a list of all items you get with each EP and SP so I could compare? It has been quite a while so there is a possibility that I am mixing up TS2, TS3, and TS4 in my head. Like I said -- crazy. I am old, leave me alone!

ANY help with this would be appreciated. Thank you!

@MKSizzle - You can use the "Filter Content... " function to the right for this.


https://i.imgur.com/FPKY7I3.jpg

@SuzyCue72 TY I didn't even realize that!

@suzses So I dont have a new computer yet but I was just checking everything to make sure everything was still ok. lol I am glad I looked. I did see that my EPs were disabled in the Launcher!! What? I would not have even known that so thank you for pointing that out.

I think both showers without cabin are from store content. Check whether that's still installed.
I'm relatively sure that one of the shower/tub combos comes with the basegame (with the rounded edges). I usually go via bathroom -> showers to get it.
Other than that, the menus under which you find certain items can be a bit erratic. Not even sets (like matching sofas and armchairs) are necessarily in the same menu, even if you expect them to be.

@Turjan I've never bought anything from the Sims 3 Store. :/

Oh sorry, I thought you meant one of these:
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:66109&categoryId=13506
https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:55618&categoryId=13145

I guess I misunderstood then.

Yeah... nope :( I looked at those just to make sure and they are not the one I am talking about. I am searching the google machine desperately to figure out what I am remembering.

I am on Origin, yes. @Satanu_Reeves Interesting.... I am going to have a look. How do I tell if it has been deactivated or not?

You can see this in the launcher, where you activated the extensions. However, you should get a warning when you load a save that depends on some of those EP's or SP's.

For showers, you can look here: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Shower#The_Sims_3
Shower-tubs are on a different page.