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CatLover-Int
Rising Newcomer
1 day ago

Have to install worlds every time before playing.

Hello,

I have a very strange issue. Since I've bought a new laptop with Windows 11 I have to download my worlds like Hidden Springs, Monte Vista, Midnight Hollow and Lunar Lakes every time before I play in any of them. They simply don't show up as options when starting a new save or if I have one it says I do not own the content. I've bought them directly from thesims3 website. When I was on my old laptop (with Windows 10) there were times I've had to install these worlds again but rarely.

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missing content
the sims 3 store
worlds

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    1 day ago

    CatLover-Int​  It's possible your existing installed Store content is permanently broken, and what you've described is one common way for that to present.  Uninstalling the items doesn't remove the broken files, and reinstalling just piles more data on top without repairing anything.

    So please try installing one of them into a clean user folder.  Remove or rename the entire Sims 3 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts, open the launcher to spawn a new folder, download a fresh copy of one world, install it, load the game to confirm it's there, quit, restart your computer, and load the game again.  If the world is still there, install one more and test, then the others one at a time.  The launcher doesn't handle large amounts of data well, so it's necessary to do this in steps; if you have other Store content too, install it in small batches, not all at once and not at the same time as a world.

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