This in regards to the issue that some of us have had where the Monte Vista woodfire oven would give us the "no interactions available" notification after hovering over or clicking on it, causing the object to become useless. So, I saved my games, library files, saved Sims, etc., and regenerated a new The Sims 3 folder in My Documents by placing the old one elsewhere, and I re-installed all my Store CC and added my saved files back in. I tried different combinations, with and without third-party mods/CC, with and without Store items, with and without saved files, and the woodfire oven worked perfectly in each combination until I deleted the DCBackup folder. Then, it gave me the issue again. I restored the deleted DCBackup folder and replaced it with the newly generated one, and the oven worked again! I used to always delete the DCBackup folder periodically because of how large the size could become, thinking that maybe it would slow down my game (I'm not sure if that's actually true or just a myth). After all, I had never had any issues before after deleting that folder. Perhaps the ones who aren't having this issue are the ones who haven't deleted that folder? This is just a suggestion. To the ones who are having this issue, maybe you should try this solution to see if it worked for you? The "resetSim" cheat didn't work for me, as suggested by a few members here, so that might not work for others as well. Good luck, and post here if it worked or didn't work for you. :)

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In case anyone is interested, here is a very informative page from NRaas Industries, with some brief descriptions about Sims 3 folders - the Sims 3 Folder Contents FAQ which includes information about what can and what cannot be deleted. Thanks for your helpful post, Artsyfrankie, for those who are having difficulties with missing interactions on the woodfire oven. :D

You're welcome! And thank you for that link! That'll help me out a lot. :) EDIT: This link below, found from the one that Reachsims provided above, explains the DCBackup folder even further. Apparently, deleting the ccmerged.package file is known to negatively affect premium content due to that file containing special moodlets, skills, and other functionality pertaining to each premium content you have installed. This could very well be what has been causing the aforementioned issue with the woodfire oven. So, maybe it was that file that I had deleted and not necessarily the other generated files? Who knows? Source: http://nonasims.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/dcbackup-ccmerged-package-and-your-premium-content-items/

Yes, deleting the ccmerged.package is exactly why you had problems with your wood fire oven. All other package files in the DCBackup are not necessary for CC/Store content to function properly. Luckily it's really easy to restore, as you've learned :) Once you've fixed the ccmerged.package, it shouldn't have any more problems again, but if you do, then it's really easy to make a new one or just use somebody else's.

ccmerged package is what makes everything work after struggling for a long time my game works now finally..in the old days pre showtime we would clear out dcbackup all the time to get rid of unwanted content but that is not true anymore. Every time i come back to sims this game teaches me more lessons. Thanks for posting this much needed information.

I Resolved the Monte Vista Woodfire Oven Issue

EA_Joz
4 years ago
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Reachsims
12 years ago
In case anyone is interested, here is a very informative page from NRaas Industries, with some brief descriptions about Sims 3 folders - the Sims 3 Folder Contents FAQ which includes information about what can and what cannot be deleted.

Thanks for your helpful post, Artsyfrankie, for those who are having difficulties with missing interactions on the woodfire oven. :D
user316
New Spectator
12 years ago
You're welcome! And thank you for that link! That'll help me out a lot. :)

EDIT: This link below, found from the one that Reachsims provided above, explains the DCBackup folder even further. Apparently, deleting the ccmerged.package file is known to negatively affect premium content due to that file containing special moodlets, skills, and other functionality pertaining to each premium content you have installed. This could very well be what has been causing the aforementioned issue with the woodfire oven. So, maybe it was that file that I had deleted and not necessarily the other generated files? Who knows?

Source: http://nonasims.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/dcbackup-ccmerged-package-and-your-premium-content-items/
Menailda
12 years ago
Yes, deleting the ccmerged.package is exactly why you had problems with your wood fire oven. All other package files in the DCBackup are not necessary for CC/Store content to function properly. Luckily it's really easy to restore, as you've learned :) Once you've fixed the ccmerged.package, it shouldn't have any more problems again, but if you do, then it's really easy to make a new one or just use somebody else's.
KatsCorner
12 years ago
ccmerged package is what makes everything work after struggling for a long time my game works now finally..in the old days pre showtime we would clear out dcbackup all the time to get rid of unwanted content but that is not true anymore. Every time i come back to sims this game teaches me more lessons. Thanks for posting this much needed information.
catloverplayer
Seasoned Veteran
12 years ago
I wonder if that is what is causing the same problem with the sauna a lot of people are having.
wickedfairybug
12 years ago
I haven't had this problem yet. Let's hope it stays this way! And, for the rest of you who are having this problem, here's a little bumpity-bump to make sure everyone can see this and resolve the problem.
sara934
12 years ago
I have tried what the original author suggested and my oven still does not work. I also recently uninstalled my game for other reasons and put it back on again. Oven still does not work. Uninstalled the Monte Vista world and redownload it again, oven still does not work. My wedding cake does not work either. Please do no tell me to read anything the dam thing should work when you buy it. NO, I am not going to mess with the files so it can mess my game up again.

In short I have better things to do, not buying premium items from the store again.
Menailda
12 years ago
It's simple:

1. Download the ccmerged.zip linked at the bottom of this post: http://nonasims.wordpress.com/tag/ccmerged/
2. Go to Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\DCBackup
3. Rename ccmerged.package to ccmerged.package.old
4. Unzip the ccmerged.zip to Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\DCBackup
5. Delete the scriptcache.package in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3

Start your game and play with your oven.

The interactions break because the game cannot find the recipes for the oven. The game can't find the recipes for the oven because the ccmerged.package is incomplete, missing, empty, or corrupted. There are many things that can break the ccmerged.package, including the Launcher just not properly creating the file, or the file being deleted. Just because you have a ccmerged.package doesn't mean your ccmerged.package is complete. In fact, if you have premium content installed, you will always have a ccmerged.package as the game will create one if you don't have it. However, this ccmerged.package will be empty, and therefore, broken.

If your ccmerged.package is broken, you can't fix by just re-installing over the current installation. You have to either uninstall the object/world, or use a clean Sims 3 folder to generate the ccmerged.package. When the launcher sees that an object is already installed, it doesn't update the ccmerged.package.
maxOK1997
12 years ago
you can keep that folder small by installing around 300 mb per time via the launcher. when the files inside it become to big the game generates a new one. when you install stuff to fast the launcher doesn't close the fil right so when the installation is done some files aren't there (this also causes the uninstalled items for some people) when you install the next thing the launcher generates a new file in that folder, because it thinks the last one is full, but it isn't so the files become bigger and bigger and become corrupted. deleting those files is a good way to make the game faster, but the files also hold most of the store content. so when you delete you also delete info that the game needs for that object.