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 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.
Hello puzzleaddict!! I hope that you are well.
I had the lot in the World I was playing in at the time.
I might still have the save, but when I played the lot in any other town than Appaloosa, it wouldn't have the register and the rug, sign, window, etcetera.
I got a new computer, and re-download everything, but the launcher couldn't handle its load, so I had to look up Crinrict's blog about The Sims 3 to find out.
It made it so none of my lots, venues, or Lucky Palms made it in my game, but they said they were installed.
I do apologize for my delayed reply. I got busy and then forgot eventually because I found this years later looking into Graham's Pet Swap Shop again. I suppose late is is better than never!! :-)
Thank you for reading my reply and all your attention,
Enchantress6274
@enchantress6274 If none of your Store content works on the new computer, try reinstalling it in a clean Sims 3 folder, as in, move the existing one out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto the desktop and open the launcher to spawn a new one. This time around, download and install only a few items at a time, and worlds separately. As you've seen, the launcher doesn't handle large amounts of data very well.
As it happens, I downloaded the pet store last week, and it works fine in-game. So the content isn't broken; it's just a matter of convincing the launcher to install it properly. If you want to be extra careful, check the size of the highest-numbered .ebc file in ...The Sims 3 > DCCache after installing content. These files are called dcdbX.ebc, with X counting up from zero. (The files that end in .dbc are custom content.)
The launcher will create a new .ebc file when the current one gets to about 205,000 KB, and over about 250 MB, the game has trouble reading the files. So if your current file is 198 MB, it's best to install smaller sets or individual items until you get a new .ebc file, then install large items one or two at a time until you get close to the limit on the next file.
This process can be tedious, but on the other hand, you'll hopefully only need to do it once. And you can keep a backup of the Sims 3 folder with only your Store content installed in case you need to restore it later for some reason.
