Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I thought I would make this thread to help save people from a potential problem.If you have (in game) photos taken at the photo booth or ones that you Sims took on their cameras, whatever you do, do not delete the file TravelDB.package! This file is found in Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves and then the name of the folder that your saved game is in.Deleting TravelDB.package will cause all your photos to go blank!I found an old post about it on here that taught me this. Luckily, my old TravelDB.package file was in the recycle bin, so I was able to restore the old one and overwrite the new one that my game had created.The reason I deleted it in the first place was that I was trying to fix a glitch and I thought TravelDB.package was safe to delete. It isn't, as it's needed to store the memories of all your photos that your Sims took in.

Good to know, thank you. B) I don't think I've come across this tip yet.

Oooh! Thank you! I think I made that mistake in one of my previous saves that I've since gotten rid of, but now I know what caused that.

You just saved me a lotta hurt, so thank you!

Thanks for the warning. I discovered by the way some pictures show up perfectly when you take them with you to a new save/game, but selfies are not? Nor photos taken in any of the photo booths. I wonder if adding that file you mention to the new save will work... And when your sim travels, make sure you take the pictures out of their camera, because they'll have disappeared when they return.

Do make sure to make a copy of the save first, in case it won't work and corrupts the save. And keep us posted, I'm curious whether it will work, I'd love that. I regret some pictures can't be transported to new games.I noticed when my sim had travelled to Oasis Landing. His phone had been filled with selfies and when he returned they were gone :disappointed: Which of course I found out days later, when it was too late to return and play it all over again (which I sometimes do when things go wrong).

Warning about photos - please read

33 Replies

Odonata68
9 years ago
Good to know, thank you. B) I don't think I've come across this tip yet.
Kieran_Agravane
9 years ago
No problem :) I thought I'd post it up, as I've been plagued by glitches for the last 24 hours, though luckily now they seem to be becoming sorted.
carlystur
New Spectator
9 years ago
Oooh! Thank you! I think I made that mistake in one of my previous saves that I've since gotten rid of, but now I know what caused that.
Kieran_Agravane
9 years ago
No problem, glad if I am able to help :)
0Kandy0
9 years ago
You just saved me a lotta hurt, so thank you!
Kieran_Agravane
9 years ago
Any time :)
LaBlue0314
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
Did not know this, thank you. :)
BatmanFanGirl
9 years ago
"plushtrap_107;897847" wrote:
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I thought I would make this thread to help save people from a potential problem.

If you have (in game) photos taken at the photo booth or ones that you Sims took on their cameras, whatever you do, do not delete the file TravelDB.package! This file is found in Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves and then the name of the folder that your saved game is in.

Deleting TravelDB.package will cause all your photos to go blank!

I found an old post about it on here that taught me this. Luckily, my old TravelDB.package file was in the recycle bin, so I was able to restore the old one and overwrite the new one that my game had created.

The reason I deleted it in the first place was that I was trying to fix a glitch and I thought TravelDB.package was safe to delete. It isn't, as it's needed to store the memories of all your photos that your Sims took in.

Wow this LITERALLY just happened to me! Thanks!!
Kieran_Agravane
9 years ago
Glad I was able to help you guys :) I think it may have happened in my first ever save file too, where one of my Sims painted a portrait of Mars and after I had deleted the TravelDB.package, the portrait went blank. I never realised what had happened until now!
astridentanja
9 years ago
Thanks for the warning. I discovered by the way some pictures show up perfectly when you take them with you to a new save/game, but selfies are not? Nor photos taken in any of the photo booths. I wonder if adding that file you mention to the new save will work... And when your sim travels, make sure you take the pictures out of their camera, because they'll have disappeared when they return.