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Seasoned Ace

Re: What happened in your sims 3 game today?

Hey, you said Chang's world is Riverview. There was an issue with cc and store-bought content uninstalling itself because of the EA App, and Riverview is a downloaded world that didn't come with the base game or its expansions. They patched this issue but maybe you haven't got that patch or I don't know. I had the same thing happen to me with saves that were in Monte Vista, Lucky Palms, Riverview because the world my save was in, didn't exist.

To check if that is the issue, then when you launch Jarrod and Margo's game, which is still ok (is that one in Sunset Valley which came with the game?), then when you get to the lobby, where your family or lot portrait appears (and then you normally click on that to choose them and load that save), try clicking on "+" create a new game instead, and then when it gets you to choose a world to play it in, look at the drop-down menu to see if Riverview, or any other downloaded world, is listed. If its not listed, then that is what the problem is.

If that is the problem, then find the EA App launcher patch or click on the 'repair' or 'update' feature of the app, and then I'm not sure if you still have to re-download the items or just reinstall them. Try both. I haven't had to do it again since the patch.

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SilverJanSims
Seasoned Ace
4 months ago
Hello,
Thanks for the info. Chang & Honey were in Riverview and the world showed un installed worlds. Not sure if I got the patch but when I first started playing Sims 3 on my new laptop it did an automatic download before launching so that might have been the patch.
I repaired the game quite a few times when their game save wouldn't load. Since uninstalling and reinstalling Sims 3 and deleting the last game files, I was finally able to get signed into the launcher while adding my store bought items back in that were needed for Jarrod's game save and have gone back to using the packs I was originally using for his game which include: Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, University, Showtime, World Adventures along with the Outdoor Living, 70's, 80's & 90's, High End Loft, Master Suite, Movie Stuff, Fastlane & Town Life. It seems to be working good so far and Jarrod has had a good first Sim week back in Sunset Valley and has just adopted a son, whom I named, Jarvis and will introduce him in my next update.
I looked up the EA App launcher patch and the process looked kind of complicated. Do you have the link to the actual patch? In the meantime, if the issue is with the worlds that didn't come with the packs, I can just play with regular game ones for now or try a different Sim world in the future.
Planning to give Chang's sister, Chi who I had also saved to my studio a life of her own instead or if I decide to play Chang & Honey in the future, I may just put their house on the same sized lot that it was built on and use the original packs that are associated with it without all of them turned on that way without having Seasons active, I won't need to build them a barn. Ever since the early days of playing the game and all of the glitches and crashes that threw monkey wrenches into my early legacy stories, I try to share many of my Sim kids and/or teens to the studio so that the family story can continue even though I've gotten away from writing legacy stories and am just playing for for fun now.
As for Margo, I was able to get into her game a couple of days ago to save out her and her lot to the launcher but was not able to share them to my studio since I couldn't get the option to sign in on the launcher so I won't be able to continue playing her as she no longer exists.
Anyways hope you're having a wonderful weekend and have fun with your Sims.