Edit in Game doesn't work (It needs to so I can work on my competition world!)

You need to be VERY patient when starting up EIG mode.

Like hit the button and go watch TV, grab a cup of coffee blahblahblah while you wait for it to load. (Can take up round 6min for it to load for me). During this time Winblows does at times try to tell me TS3 is not responding.

If your mouse cursor still moves, your system is still working on loading EIG. :lol:

For the umpteenth time, this is the protocol to follow (this question gets asked at least once a day and is easily found using the Search:

(Make sure you build Routing Data first.)

#1. Remove ALL .package files.

#2. Remove the DCCache file.

#3. Try entering EIG.

It SHOULD load in under ten minutes.

If it hasn't loaded within a half hour, ctrl-alt-delete to close the application and shut your computer off and let it sit for two minutes then restart.

Now reload your world in C-A-W and start checking your road network for:

#1. Make sure all roads are connected.

#2. Make sure the end of each road has an intersection.

#3. Make sure there are no roads under the edges of lots.

#4. Make sure there are no sidewalks over your roads.

#5. Make sure there are no roads stacked on top of each other (it is way too easy to accidentally stack roads).

A good way to check for stacked roads is to select a piece of road and delete it. If there's no other road piece under it, hit the undo button and go to the next section.

Nice and concise BSIRegina

Thanks Regina I will try these things

i did search for EIG and also crashing but the search function didnt show this thread up.

ok well i am trying to those things but i have a wierd problem. I KNOW my world was loading EIG a few days ago but now i try run those versions it will not load.

Has anyone come across this before. Or have a clue why now all of a sudden it doesnt like EIG/loading up?

It gets about a third the way through the world load (after the sims load) and then freezes for a bit then exits out/crashes.

ALso :It says 'remove all the package files.
Does that include all theEA ones inside the Sims folder?

I think it's the .package files in the Game files in (My)Computer.

I don't have a problem and can run EIG with the .package files in my game.

Can somebody explain how to fix it in English?