Ok, so unhappily this didn't quite work... please let me run my steps.
knowing i had 20 years of bits and pieces on my computer from several new computer saves and reloads. i uninstalled every jolly bit. All of it. All files, all CAW and SIMS. removed the lot. every save game, every town... the lot... all downloads all everything. ( yowzer) still have 5 year back ups on a external drive somewhere safe)
redownloaded the base game and it went into program files.
the CAW as you said went into program 86 files.
On the initial start up. i hit the CAW button... "crickets" not a thing happened... it flashed up and went away. no loading no nothing. Zip.
So..... i went into the progam files 86 and i cut and paste the entire CAW folder into the Electronic arts folder that holds the new sims 3 game.
Magically CAW LOADED... and i could use it...
THEN unhappily as people have suggested, when i hit "EIG" it opened the launcher to savegames/new games. and obviously didn't work.
can i confirm if this should have worked or if EA have broken it again.
the files appear like this
C drive program files
>Electronic arts folder
>The sims 3
>Create a world tool
I did not move anything over from documents folder i left that there.
any further advice appreciated.
I also restarted machine and repaired the sims 3 game.
many thanks. Wish EA would sort this out.
grrrrr
thanks team helpers you guys rock
I'm not entirely sure I followed all your steps correctly, but the only way I could find my new directory was to search my pc for a Sims 3 pack that I own. I can't even follow my own directory path as it reads. I had to search my pc to find it again for this post! This new directory also has my Sims Medieval and my 3 Dragon Age games in it.
1. Search " The Sims 3 " or " Into the Future " or any pack you have in file explorer. Make sure " This PC " is selected when you search.
2. Wait for them to load, my pc always takes a bit.
3. You might have 2 or more places, for me Into the Future doesn't show up in my old directory so I use that one. Right click on the pack in file explorer after the search is done, then select open file location.
4. Make sure this is not the Programx86 location, but rather one that says 'Local Content'. It does not say 'Electronic Arts' but rather 'Origin' in the file directory (for me at least).
5. Move CAW folder into this directory. 'The Sims 3 Create a World' should sit between 'The Sims 3 Ambitions' and 'The Sims 3 Diesel Stuff' if you have them.
6. Test Edit in Game.
If this is exactly what you did and it didn't work, I'm so sorry I can't help more!!
Hey @KetaLiren, thanks so much for helping us, I've tried many different interpretations of your directions, but sadly it is not working.
I'm a bit confused about which CAW file I have to copy. Do you mean CAW.exe? Or do you mean the CAW folder that includes the CAW.exe file and the UserToolData folder? Or the CAW - beta folder that contains 4 files including the uninstall file? Or the .world files of the world I want to edit in game?
When I locate the Sims 3 folder in the ProgramData/Origin/LocalContent directory, there are only 2 files in there, a .dat and a .crc file. While the Sims 3 folder in Program Files (x86)/Origin Games includes all the EP01 etc, Game, GameData folders etc.
What does the folder you want the CAW file to be pasted in look like?
Lastly, this might make communicating a little easier: normally you cannot see the ProgramData folder in C: because it is hidden. To be able to see this folder go to Options in your file explorer, then under the View tab select 'Show hidden files, folders and drives' (it's located underneath the little folder called 'Hidden files and folders) and hit apply.
I think this solves the issue you describe that you have to locate the new Sims 3 folder through the search function, is that right?
