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.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7660324 and tried to install it. the details dont say i need anything to use it but when i try to install it it says im missing some content so i cant install it. what could i be missing? i have the petshop...

@darkdrea If the Pet Shop venue has a microwave where the register should be, that likely means the register is not installed at all, so your game replaced it with another object that it thinks is similar. (The microwave seems to be the consensus replacement for the register, but why is anyone's guess.) When it's installed, you can find it in build (not buy) mode, under community objects/misc.If you can't find the register, you may have a bad install or even a corrupt TS3 folder. You can test this by pulling your existing game folder out of Documents and onto your desktop and then launching the game to spawn a new one. After you quit, you can download only Graham's pet shop into this new folder, and then start a new game so see if the register appears. If it does, you can transfer your saves and other content into the new folder from the old one. You will need to redownload and reinstall your store stuff, unless you want to go through all of your .ebc files to find out which one contains the store.

@onica432 The Exchange items may not work as noted and only the creator knows what was used to create the item. As far as the pet store register - you need to have the limited version and the register should be located in the build mode - community.

It’s not there. I too have this problem of not finding the cash register. I have the limited edition and placed Graham’s pet shop but there is no cash register and instead a microwave on the counter. The build mode misc objects doesn’t show the petshop cash register nor does debug.

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 Years and years ago, I purchased the CD with the Pet Store and then went around and around with EA for more than a year trying to get the register, which they said had severe issues and wasn't actually available. They never were able to fix it and ended up giving me store credit, which is still sitting in my account all these years later. Extremely annoying. I sort of remember a modded register and even being told, oh so nicely as is customary with some of the Sims folks, that I could find instructions online for modifying a store register to sort of work with pets. But to my knowledge as told to me by EA, the Pet register never did work well; therefore, they basically just excluded it.

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enchantress6274
New Traveler
2 years ago
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
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
2 years ago
@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.

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