7 years ago
I FOUND THE SIMS 3 README!!! (Link included, plus save-game error code summary)
Basically, I was reinstalling the disc version of TS3 (because I've lost hope with Origin at this point, so I'm just installing it all via disc so I don't have to deal with Origin's mess) and I got the readme open at the end of the install menu.
Now you may all be wondering "Why is this such a big deal?", well, you know those mysterious error codes during saving that you can't find anything about online? THEY'RE MOSTLY HERE! (I say mostly because even EA don't know what Error code 15 is, they wrote the freaking game code and even THEY don't know!)
Here is the readme for people who can't find/read it because they have the origin version: https://drive.google.com/open?id=10mAA6sX_zIA2E7ZRGrxaa9tfhPh5ug-n
Note that this is from 2009 so obviously certain parts of it (such as system requirements) are REALLY outdated!
Anyways, to save time for anyone panicking about save error codes, this is it directly from 2009 EA:
So there you go! I hope this helps someone, since I've had A LOT of Sims 3 save errors over the years, so something like this would have saved me a lot of time instead of online speculations of what each error means (especially the earlier, less common, ones)! This post might be a little pointless, since you can probably find it somewhere else on the internet, but if you're looking for it and you found it here, you're welcome! :D
Now you may all be wondering "Why is this such a big deal?", well, you know those mysterious error codes during saving that you can't find anything about online? THEY'RE MOSTLY HERE! (I say mostly because even EA don't know what Error code 15 is, they wrote the freaking game code and even THEY don't know!)
Here is the readme for people who can't find/read it because they have the origin version: https://drive.google.com/open?id=10mAA6sX_zIA2E7ZRGrxaa9tfhPh5ug-n
Note that this is from 2009 so obviously certain parts of it (such as system requirements) are REALLY outdated!
Anyways, to save time for anyone panicking about save error codes, this is it directly from 2009 EA:
Save-Related Error Messages
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Below are some error messages that you may see from the game.
Please contact customer support if you encounter any of these errors.
01: No save file information.
02: No active world.
03: The save path is empty.
04: Cannot save directory.
05: Cannot find the requested file.
09: Failed to create header record.
10: Failed to write header record.
11: Pre-save callback failure.
12: World file save failure.
13: Post-save callback failure.
14: No load/save manager found.
15: Other error. Sorry.
So there you go! I hope this helps someone, since I've had A LOT of Sims 3 save errors over the years, so something like this would have saved me a lot of time instead of online speculations of what each error means (especially the earlier, less common, ones)! This post might be a little pointless, since you can probably find it somewhere else on the internet, but if you're looking for it and you found it here, you're welcome! :D