[Error Analysis] Sim can't return home
I tried out some games and it comes all down to game corruption. Multiple things can happen, leaving the game corrupted. There's a few things one can try like swapping out the Uni files but the best o...
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UPDATE - See Crinrict's most recent update here http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/75/655771.page
Also please answer Qs in first posting but also see if the two following options help. Please post results:
from BrittanyCurry:
I've been have the same issue of not being able to graduate completely and return home. I invited people to the graduation and had saved afterwards so I wasn't able to go back to a different save point. However, I was able to find a way to return them home and still play with the same skills and degrees that they had before. Here is what I did:
1. Go to edit town (in the university mode)
2. Click on the lot that your sim is staying in
3. Switch the dorm to a residential lot, instead of a community lot
4. Now you are able to see the household - Click on the household and make a copy to the library (the panel at the bottom of the page)
5. Save the game under a different name and go to the main menu
6. Start a new game/town and choose to move that household into a home - At this point the other sims are uncontrollable (can't click on their pictures to control them)
7. Go back to edit town, after saving under a different name again
8. Click on the home that you moved the household into, then choose to split up the household
9. Choose to move out your sim(s) that you were able to control in university
10. Move your sim(s)into a different home than the household
11. Click on the change active household button (on the left side of the bottom panel)
12. Choose your sim(s) new home as the active household
13. Save and then click the "return to game" button on the top of the screen - You should now be able to play with your original sim(s) with all of their skills and degrees
This might sound confusing but it is actually easy to do. The only thing that you will lose will be pictures and anything placed in family inventory. I hope this helps!
or this from Proteus42:
SO, I can only recommend those people who only have a savefile from the time after inviting their family/friends to the graduation ceremony, to install error trap and reload their savefile with it.
For more information on mods see http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/modshacks.html
error trap link http://nraas.wikispaces.com/ErrorTrap
UPDATE -ERROR TRAP from crinrict:
Blank portraits that later disappear completely and unclickable Sims are typical signs of Sims corrupting. I just wonder what can corrupt them.
If they don't go home, it seems they get detached from their home lots and that messes them up as well cause they are homeless then.
Twallan has made a fix to re-attach such Sims and from what I see it works great.
Details can be found here: http://nraas.wikispaces.com/message/view/ErrorTrap+Issues/61135292#61239378
If you are not opposed to mods, go down that road.
For the moment, saving BEFORE you leave for Uni is the best thing you can do for your Sim. To me, it seems most Sims get corruption sooner or later and the game is very fragile about it.
If anyone can provide a save game BEFORE it all happens, I'm happy to look at it but it'll need to wait till next week.
ANOTHER Mod free suggestion
from HollyBob6
I've been having a sort of similar problem. Whenever i would try to go home i would make it to my house and before my sims could even make it out of the vehicle it would crash. I found a solution.
Step 1: go to edit town, click your household, and save it to your bin.
Step 2: create a new file
Step 3: click edit town *this is in the town not the university* then go to your households bin.
Step 4: click your household and place it
It should have all your university progress saved and all your skills and traits still there, aswell as your social group standings, you will however have lost all your relationships. ******, but its worth it to continue with your family.
Also please answer Qs in first posting but also see if the two following options help. Please post results:
from BrittanyCurry:
I've been have the same issue of not being able to graduate completely and return home. I invited people to the graduation and had saved afterwards so I wasn't able to go back to a different save point. However, I was able to find a way to return them home and still play with the same skills and degrees that they had before. Here is what I did:
1. Go to edit town (in the university mode)
2. Click on the lot that your sim is staying in
3. Switch the dorm to a residential lot, instead of a community lot
4. Now you are able to see the household - Click on the household and make a copy to the library (the panel at the bottom of the page)
5. Save the game under a different name and go to the main menu
6. Start a new game/town and choose to move that household into a home - At this point the other sims are uncontrollable (can't click on their pictures to control them)
7. Go back to edit town, after saving under a different name again
8. Click on the home that you moved the household into, then choose to split up the household
9. Choose to move out your sim(s) that you were able to control in university
10. Move your sim(s)into a different home than the household
11. Click on the change active household button (on the left side of the bottom panel)
12. Choose your sim(s) new home as the active household
13. Save and then click the "return to game" button on the top of the screen - You should now be able to play with your original sim(s) with all of their skills and degrees
This might sound confusing but it is actually easy to do. The only thing that you will lose will be pictures and anything placed in family inventory. I hope this helps!
or this from Proteus42:
SO, I can only recommend those people who only have a savefile from the time after inviting their family/friends to the graduation ceremony, to install error trap and reload their savefile with it.
For more information on mods see http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/modshacks.html
error trap link http://nraas.wikispaces.com/ErrorTrap
UPDATE -ERROR TRAP from crinrict:
Blank portraits that later disappear completely and unclickable Sims are typical signs of Sims corrupting. I just wonder what can corrupt them.
If they don't go home, it seems they get detached from their home lots and that messes them up as well cause they are homeless then.
Twallan has made a fix to re-attach such Sims and from what I see it works great.
Details can be found here: http://nraas.wikispaces.com/message/view/ErrorTrap+Issues/61135292#61239378
If you are not opposed to mods, go down that road.
For the moment, saving BEFORE you leave for Uni is the best thing you can do for your Sim. To me, it seems most Sims get corruption sooner or later and the game is very fragile about it.
If anyone can provide a save game BEFORE it all happens, I'm happy to look at it but it'll need to wait till next week.
ANOTHER Mod free suggestion
from HollyBob6
I've been having a sort of similar problem. Whenever i would try to go home i would make it to my house and before my sims could even make it out of the vehicle it would crash. I found a solution.
Step 1: go to edit town, click your household, and save it to your bin.
Step 2: create a new file
Step 3: click edit town *this is in the town not the university* then go to your households bin.
Step 4: click your household and place it
It should have all your university progress saved and all your skills and traits still there, aswell as your social group standings, you will however have lost all your relationships. ******, but its worth it to continue with your family.
