I've just spent over 2 hours starting to design and build a pool bar for my world. I used the wall speakers from BuyDebug rather than a stereo. I save and the save goes on and on. I've had this problem before when adding BuyDebug items. I left it overnight once and it was still saving. I also had the problem after my first trip to China. I bought 2 board-breakers and a practice dummy. Or thought I did. I only had 1 board-breaker, so I added the second from BuyDebug. No luck. I've tried buying the storage chests. They don't work either. I want to build a world with a lot of adventures and puzzles, but I need the tomb parts from BuyDebug to do so. Why do BuyDebug object crash my saves? And how do I fix it?

How are you saving? I haven't had problems with buydebug items per se, but in the past have had save issues when building. I think it mostly became a problem (and was similar to yours with either saving going on forever or game crashing) when my old computer reached the point of being inadequate for the expansions that were then out, but changing my save method (which I've stuck with ever since) pretty much took care of it. What I do is retreat to edit town view, save my lot to the bin, then return to live mode and use save as, changing the file name. I never try to save a lot in build mode. If something should go wrong with the save as, I will then have the lot in my bin and can replace it in the world. Also, I save often (unless it's the middle of the night and I forget and regret it when my UI decides not to load properly - that's the only remaining problem I have with saving while building :D ).Edited to add: I just noticed you mentioned building a world, and so if you are working in CAW, maybe it would be better to post this over in the Sims 3 Game Tools or World Builders section of the forum where people who work with the tool are more likely to see it.

May I ask if you are switching off BuyDebug before trying to save? It's become sort of a best practice to do that. I really don't know why, but plenty of players have reported that doing so stops things from locking up on them during the Save procedure.

"MadDoctor61;c-17470620" wrote:No, I've never tried that. I'll have to remember. I assume it's just "BuyDebug false"I use buydebug off/ (on) myself, but some players do find that they need to use false/ (true) for some unknown reason.

I hate when the game crashes, so I've been hesitant to try this. But, now after 2 more crashes and reboots, neither BuyDebug off, nor BuyDebug false helps. The question mark and related panel of goodies disappears with both methods, but when I go back to town mode from the lot I'm editing, I never get back to town mode, and get stuck in between. I've saved the lot a few times after non-BuyDebug modifications and that has come in handy.

@MadDoctor61 Assuming the pool bar is a community lot (as opposed to a pool bar on a residential lot), supposing you convert it to a residential lot, move in a sim, add something from buydebug and then try to save, both the lot to bin (your sim would be saved with it as a household at this point) and your saved game. Can you do it that way? If so, I'm thinking you might be able to evict the sim to the clipboard from there and change the lot type back. It *could* solve your immediate problem with this particular lot, although I realize the larger problem still remains.Still not sure if you're using "save as" as opposed to "save." I have always had a lot more problems if I use just save, seemingly more likely if the game has been ongoing for a while. Of course, I don't know how/if that affects the use of buydebug.Since turning off buydebug didn't help, have you considered a problem with a mod or cc?

Game Won't Save After Adding BuyDebug Items

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MadDoctor61
Rising Ace
6 years ago
I think the 'Save As' benefits are because the game makes backups of active games and you can dig them out if you need them. It does the same in CAW. All those back-up files bloat the game and make it buggy. Using "Save As" now and then, separates the current game from the stack of back-ups, reducing the strain on the game, making it play better. That's my guess anyway. I'm going to start doing that about every sim week and see if that helps keep games playable longer. I run over-stuffed houses (currently 18). I have an 8 member family I often start with. All eight young adults enter the music field and form two bands (whom the members are named after). Their kids tend to marry each other, as it takes a while for the game to spawn enough children for them to find dates outside the family.
MadDoctor61
Rising Ace
6 years ago
Solved, but not solved. My old laptop is literally falling apart. I have a pair of mini vice-grips and a ton of super glue trying to hold it together. I broke down and bought a new one. I've installed The Sims, my expansion packs and my store content. I moved my custom world over and installed it. Guess what. I still have the problem. I uninstalled my world and tried Appaloosa Plains. It works there and buyDebug has no problems. Now I have to rebuild my world again. From Scratch. AGAIN. I started rebuilding and loaded a striped down version. So far, no problems. I'm keeping a list of downloaded content and where I'm using it this time. Hopefully it will help prevent future problems.

Anybody like sculpting and painting worlds. I need a sculptor. I'm hopeless at it.

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