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nycbigl
6 years ago
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Can't Upload My Fixed World To Sims 3 Exchange

It's not important but... I was hoping that maybe someone might be able to help me figure something out I made a Burning Man World that I created with the Sims 3 Create A World Beta program and I v...
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    puzzlezaddict
    6 years ago

    @nycbigl  I asked around again, and @EA_Mai came through.  She found a post that says the Exchange reads the world's ID number, rather than its name, and that's why your fixed version is reading as a duplicate.  This has nothing to do with the name you give the world, and removing the old version doesn't help.

    As it happens, you can in fact change a world's ID, although not through any EA-created methods.  (So no links to downloads, sorry.)  You'd need to use S3PE (Sims 3 Package Editor), but this is a very reliable tool, created by the people who made Sims 3 modding possible.  Here's a description of how you'd go about it, if you were interested:

    http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=430249#postbitpopover_3412923

    Of course, copy your world file before messing with it, although to be clear, you're messing with the world file as it came out of CAW, not the installed file in your game.

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puzzlezaddict
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6 years ago

@nycbigl  I asked around again, and @EA_Mai came through.  She found a post that says the Exchange reads the world's ID number, rather than its name, and that's why your fixed version is reading as a duplicate.  This has nothing to do with the name you give the world, and removing the old version doesn't help.

As it happens, you can in fact change a world's ID, although not through any EA-created methods.  (So no links to downloads, sorry.)  You'd need to use S3PE (Sims 3 Package Editor), but this is a very reliable tool, created by the people who made Sims 3 modding possible.  Here's a description of how you'd go about it, if you were interested:

http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=430249#postbitpopover_3412923

Of course, copy your world file before messing with it, although to be clear, you're messing with the world file as it came out of CAW, not the installed file in your game.

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nycbigl
6 years ago

@puzzlezaddict

Thank you for the information. That sounds very helpful.

Yeah, I had no intention of sharing my in-game world. I have too many custom content in it now plus I am still learning how to make larger buildings with shells. I just now figured out how to properly put in elevators in a building shell. I was having a devil of a time with it. Turns out that the main level of the building is ever so slightly bigger than the above levels. So when I had my elevators up against the walls my sims couldn't use it because it wasn't lining up right. LOL! Lesson learned! 🤭 😳 So yeah, it's been a great learning experience that I am still experiencing it even as we speak. LOL!

I will have to think about whether I want to download the S3PE. From what I was reading in the link you added it sounds very complicated. But I am glad you gave me the information either way. Not only is it such a relief to see that it was nothing I did wrong and that in fact the problem has to do with the world codes but if I ever wise up and feel more confident and go for it I now have the information and the method to do it.

Again, THANK YOU! You guys rock so much and are always so amazingly helpful. No matter what I finally decide to do, just knowing the truth makes all of the difference. I don't feel as dumb as I thought I was now thanks to you. LOL! 😉 🙂

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