Grahams petshop register
I have Sims 3 Grahams pet shop in my game, so i placed it on a lot but it had a microwave in place of the register. i dont have the pet register in my game. so i found this online http://www.thesim...
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I hope this finds you all well. I have this problem too. I actually had the content: the register, paw doors and windows, the bone rug, the bone sign, etcetera, when I initially installed it on a blank slate game. I bought the fish tank. I should have bought everything custom to the pet swap shop right then because I still have the tank. I want to redownload it, and am hoping for a way to find the code that it has to uninstall it instead of re-installing all my Store content again. I tried to find a Mod to repair it, but it has been of no use. Repair Game doesn't fix it, uninstalling the game doesn't fix it, only reinstalling the pet swap shop does, and that only works for a session. If you know how to find the codes for the items on the store, I would really appreciate it if you shared it with me so that I may be able to do this fix in a night, rather than two entire days. Thank you, and have the best night and day!
@enchantress6274 If you can find the pet shop in the launcher, you can uninstall it from there, then reinstall it. If the launcher isn't working, you can use Method by Mell, towards the bottom of the article below, to examine the .ebc files (not .dbc, those are custom content) one at a time, which should make it easier to find and uninstall the item.
https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html
You may also have an issue with ccmerged.package, in DCBackup. This file is necessary to make premium store content work, and its corruption is one cause of the pet register disappearing. Since you're missing more content than that, this is unlikely to be your only issue; I'm mentioning it in case simply reinstalling the pet shop doesn't restore the register.
For ccmerged.package, the fix is to create a new one, which means installing all your premium content into a clean Sims 3 folder and copying over the file to your regular folder. Or you can borrow the copy that Nonamena has uploaded. Her copy supports all premium content, and it'll work whether you have all the content or just a few items. (It doesn't make items you don't own appear in-game, just the ones you've installed.) I can't link the site with the download here, since it's third-party content, but google should be able to find it for you.
Thanks for this post! It was incredibly helpful! I will learn a lot from this site, which makes me quite happy. I will try this from the Launcher. I think I can learn how to do it on YouTube if I have trouble with it. I will try this right now. Have a great day and night everyone!
I found that I have to do it the article way, that it's still in my game when I uninstall it from the launcher. I'm trying the article now, and will come back once it's done to say if it worked or not. I have a distaste for losing any bit of Simoleons, so hopefully I will still have the fish tank after this like I would if I took my The Sims 3 folder out of My Documents and renamed it. Then, installed all my content again. I would do what I know works, but I was hoping for an easier way. I just had an idea. What if it didn't work because I used the original Save that has the pet shop in it already? Would it have worked if I started a new Save just for downloading and installing it? It's really great you helped me, I hope that this way works. Have a great day and night!
@enchantress6274 Does the pet shop lot appear in-game, in the bin, or are you only seeing the building within a save? If it's within a save, the building itself should still be preserved after you uninstall the shop: the walls would still be there, and any missing items (even windows, wallpaper, and other build stuff) would be replaced. You could then reinstall the shop, bulldoze the lot, and place down a new copy, one that hopefully has all its content.
I don't like using money cheats either, in fact I never use them for a household I play, but it seems fair to fix what amounts to a clerical error by restoring the funds your sims spent on an item that's about to disappear.
