I recently downloaded the sims 3 on a new laptop and have not been able even load into the world. Since this was a new game, I had no previous saves but every time I tried to start a new game and select the world it said : A serious error has occurred while loading <name of the world> It is strongly recommended that you restart the application. I followed the instructions on other threads with similar problems such as starting the game without expansion packs, turning OneDrive off, turning the antivirus, putting the Sims 3 folder on exception from being scanned by antivirus and creating a new user but nothing worked. The only thing that worked was the suggestion for changing the folder name from -Documents\Electronic Arts\the sims 3 to something else. After renaming the folder, I installed all my content again, i loaded up the game, a new folder automatically titled "the sims 3 was created, and I was able to play but i had to download and install all my cc again (all CC came from the official ea store) . I was able to select the world, got to CAS and quit the game and went back in to see if it worked after exiting and it did. On my second time launching i was able to play for a few hours and saved my game. However the next day when trying to play I encountered the same error except it changed the error referencing the world to referencing the save. I am running the sims on windows 11
ReginaReyes Thanks for all the info. I don't think your downloads should have caused this problem, unless you were trying to load a save that took place in a world you'd installed and that had become corrupted. In most cases, the save would simply be unavailable, but sometimes the world is corrupt enough not to load but not so much that the game recognizes it can't be used.
Anyway, let me know if you need any further help with this issue or anything else.
