14 years ago

CAP Demo - ♦ Issues & Solutions Here ♦ - New CAP Demo Available - See First Post

:!: Update 9/27/11 - SimGuruGraham has confirmed that there is a new Demo available for download which fixed the Store Content uninstalling issue.

More info and solutions available on Crinrict's Blog Post here.

If you have lost your Sims 3 Store Content, see this thread:
Uninstalled Custom/Store Content after installing Create-a-Pet Demo -- An Analysis

MOD Users! Twallan has posted the following message. Please note that MODs are not compatible with the Pets DEMO

My mods are *NOT* compatible with the Create-A-Pet Demo, and I do not intend to do any work to make them so (I will be waiting until the full Expansion is released).

In order to get the application to work on my setup, it was necessary to rename the "The Sims 3" folder in your "My Documents" to "The Sims 3.old".

At the minimum though, you *must* rename the "Mods" folder to "Mods.old" to hide them while you are running Create-A-Pet.

Change the folder name back when you intend to play the full game.

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WARNING:

Due to issues with uninstalling the Demo product, it is advised that you back-up your content folders prior to running Create-A-Pet for the first time.

Renaming the entire "The Sims 3" My Documents folder (as mentioned above) should stop any badness from occurring.

♦ First and foremost please understand that this CAP demo is inter-connected with your existing Sims 3 Game. If you are installing it n a computer with current Sims Games please BACK UP & SAVE your current games & Store Content.

♦ Second, you need to treat this Demo as a patch, all MODS and CC need to be removed from your game. The Demo is part patch and has installed new folders in the game file. Two new game files have been created with this Demo. Collections and SavedOutfits

♦ If you are going to install this Demo, please install it on a separate computer (without your games) until more info about the issues is tested and reported back.

♦ You will now have TWO Launchers One for the CAP Demo and one for your game.

Please report the following info.

1- Issue(s) you are having/noticing since installing the Demo

2- Windows or MAC & which Operating System

3- Do you have any new Game Folders in your Game File? Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3

Specifically these two: Collections and SavedOutfits or any others?

4- Do you have MODS?

5- What language is your Sims 3 game?

6- What language is your CAP Demo?

7- Are your games Digital or Physical Discs?

♦ Please see the 3rd post of this thread for solutions to help your game.

build and buy

technical issues

XxHeraxX
14 years ago
If I did put this demo on a separate computer without any sims games it wouldn't mess up the computer correct?
Jacqpinks
New Spectator
14 years ago
My game seems fine except all store content has to be re installed, game loads I by pass the launcher will test a bit more when I get home :o)

Windows 7, NO MODS or CC just store stuff :o)
MVWdeZT
New Hotshot
14 years ago
Just want to thank the people who suggested fixes for this. I was in a real panic, but pulling out my save file and download file, renaming The Sims 3 as The Sims 3 old, and starting the game again worked.
SimsVIP_Admin
14 years ago
Known Issues

♦ Sims 3 Game unplayable after installation of the CAP Demo.

♦ Store Content and Downloads Removed from the Game (Missing Objects Warning)

♦ Issue with distored animals (streched, detached heads, etc)

♦ Twallan's MODS are NOT compatible with the Pets Demo. See here for more info.
SimsVIP_Admin
14 years ago
Solutions

:!: ♦ This First solution here seems to fix the Launcher issue when trying to play the Sims 3 game after the Demo is installed. This will fix the error "There was an error during start up. Please see log for more details"

Step 1 - Delete the two highlighted files from the WorldCache folder

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6169/6173321913_808dd87ded.jpg

Step 2 - Delete the file in your DCCache folder named "missingdeps.idx"

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♦ Before Installing the Demo, you can make the folder unfindable by temporarily renaming your "The Sims 3" folder, and when you're done with the demo, you can safely name it back to "The Sims 3"

♦ For those who can no longer play the Sims 3 game since installing the CAP Demo, please try Resetting your Game to Factory Settings to try and repair the game.

♦ If you have lost your Store Content & CC, see this thread for a possible solution.

♦ If you lost your saved games, check How to Recover Saves for help on getting your lost games back.

♦ For those of you experiencing distorted pets and graphics, make sure all your mods/cc is out of the game files (if any) and please comment on this thread with your graphics card.
britneyvanilla
14 years ago
Bad graphics
missing body parts
can;t access my real game now
may I go on?
darkgoddess08
14 years ago
SimsVIP_Admin wrote:
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Please report the following info.

1- Issue(s) you are having/noticing since installing the Demo

2- Windows or MAC & which Operating System

3- Do you have any new Game Folders in your Game File? Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3

4- Do you have MODS? If yes, which ones.

1:UPDATE: all store items uninstalled. I can reinstall them and load up the game and they will be in my game. BUT if i close the game and start a new one. the store content will once again be uninstalled.
2: windows 7 64 bit
3: both
4: none

5- What language is your Sims 3 game? english

6- What language is your CAP Demo? english

7- Are your games Digital or Physical Discs: physical (except for create a pet of course)
MVWdeZT
New Hotshot
14 years ago
I received the "There was an error during start-up" message on my game after installing the demo.

I have a PC.
I have Windows 7.
Yes, there are "Collections" and "Saved Outfits (I think)" folders in my Game folder.
I have no mods, and only stuff from the Sims Store.
barisaxy
Seasoned Newcomer
14 years ago
Really wish this could have been up immediately. I didn't know that the demo was going to act alongside the game, I thought it was going to be something separate, so I did not take my usual precautions of removing my Mods folder. =/

1- Issue(s) you are having/noticing since installing the Demo
Riverview and all of its save files disappeared from my game. I also noticed that one of my Sims who was wearing Late Night clothes and had some custom content no longer had either. Another Sim's CC was working, though.

2- Windows or MAC & which Operating System
Windows 7 64-Bit.

3- Do you have any new Game Folders in your Game File? Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3
Yes.

4- Do you have MODS? If yes, which ones.
Twallan's Story Progression and Twallan's Master Controller

5- What language is your Sims 3 game?
English.

6- What language is your CAP Demo?
English.

7- Are your games Digital or Physical Discs?
Late Night is disc. My The Sims 3 is digital though (my disc got scratched up somehow), but I'm not sure if that matters much as the game is running off of the Late Night disc.
bluefreesia
14 years ago
1. My issue is when I click on a game icon the launcher and "Error' Pops up It says
There was an error during startup. Please see the Log for more details. I press OK then it just shuts the launcher off

2. Windows Vista

3. No.

4. I use to have NRASS but now that im searching for it in packages there is nothing there? WTH.
hair, clothes, make up
i use to have Master Controller, Story Progression, but now that im searching for it there is no such thing in my mods folder.

I have Sims 3 Outdoor living and SIms 3 world adventures from Origin and now the Sims 3 Pets Demo. The rest of my expansions are in CD form.