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7 years ago
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Help! Sim 3 game loads to 99%

Okay, So the last time I played the sims I was successful in installing Sims 3 Island Paradise, Supernatural and Showtime. I then continued playing with one of my saved games and saved and quit right after. The next day I rebooted the game but now my game just loads till 99% and doesn't open my game.I also discovered that this same problem occurs with my other saved games. I tried deleting all the sims 3 files and replacing them with a copy but nothing worked. However I did discover that my currentgame.sim3 file still had the files of my last game that I quit out of.

Can someone please help me? 😢

  • @Booyah64  Your currentgame folder should always be empty when you're not actually playing; the fact that it has files in it means that the game didn't quit properly.  So clear that folder, and delete the five cache files in your game folder as well.  (These should be deleted regularly, and many of us do so after every game session.)  For reference, they are:

    • CASPartCache.package
    • compositorCache.package
    • scriptCache.package
    • simCompositorCache.package
    • socialCache.package

    Then try loading your game again.  If one save doesn't load, clear the cache files again (and currentgame, if there happens to be anything in it) and try another save.  You can also try loading the backup of the save you were playing.  In your Saves folder, there will be a folder with the same name as your save but with a .backup extension (i.e. SunsetValley.sims3 and SunsetValley.sims3.backup).  Remove the .backup and rename the save (SunsetValley1.sims3), and it will be available to load at the Main Menu.

    It's possible that just the one save is corrupted, but if none of them load, some other file in your game folder could be the issue.  You can just drag the entire folder out of Documents and onto your desktop, and a clean folder will spawn when you launch the game again.  If a new save loads and is playable, then you can move your existing saves into the new folder from the old one.  Any save that won't load in a clean folder is probably corrupt beyone repair.

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  • @Booyah64  Your currentgame folder should always be empty when you're not actually playing; the fact that it has files in it means that the game didn't quit properly.  So clear that folder, and delete the five cache files in your game folder as well.  (These should be deleted regularly, and many of us do so after every game session.)  For reference, they are:

    • CASPartCache.package
    • compositorCache.package
    • scriptCache.package
    • simCompositorCache.package
    • socialCache.package

    Then try loading your game again.  If one save doesn't load, clear the cache files again (and currentgame, if there happens to be anything in it) and try another save.  You can also try loading the backup of the save you were playing.  In your Saves folder, there will be a folder with the same name as your save but with a .backup extension (i.e. SunsetValley.sims3 and SunsetValley.sims3.backup).  Remove the .backup and rename the save (SunsetValley1.sims3), and it will be available to load at the Main Menu.

    It's possible that just the one save is corrupted, but if none of them load, some other file in your game folder could be the issue.  You can just drag the entire folder out of Documents and onto your desktop, and a clean folder will spawn when you launch the game again.  If a new save loads and is playable, then you can move your existing saves into the new folder from the old one.  Any save that won't load in a clean folder is probably corrupt beyone repair.

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    Booyah64
    7 years ago

    Thanks alot for the response, I'll let you know if it works 🙂