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disneegrrl
13 years ago
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Invisible or underground sims

When I move characters from one household to another in my game, sometimes they seem to disappear underground. I can see their thoughts moving around the lot, on the ground, but can't control them or...
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technical issues
  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    13 years ago

    You should not use moveObjects to move Sims. Using it for building is ok as long as you don't over-do it. Make sure to turn it off if you no longer need it.

    Use the cheat resetsim firstname lastname (name of your Sim) to get them unstuck from any situation.

    I would suggest to reset everyone with resetsim * to see if you get rid of the issue.

    If that does not help, try the factory resetting solution described here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Troubleshooting-Steps/m-p/714/message-uid/714#U714

    If that still does not help, it might be best to copy all your beloved Sims to the library and then move them to a fresh town.

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jennola94
12 years ago

If you go to "plan outift", when you exit your sim will appear. This is what I did. 😕mileyvery-happy:

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Anonymous
12 years ago

Oh my gosh, thank you SO SO much!! I've had so much trouble with this before, and always resorted to uninstalling and reinstalling my games; it was always so depresseing, especially since it always conveniently happened right after I was making some real progress with my families. Going into 'Plan Outfit" worked for me! Thanks again!! 🙂

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    Mikivikk
    11 years ago

    Oh my goodness, thank you so much for the Plan-Outfit-Trick... I KNOW I should make more saves, but I had been saving on top of my one save for ages, and then my main sim got completely corrupted - invisible, no portrait, and below ground.

    When I went into "plan outfit" I couldn't see him at first, but I saw a portrait in the bottom that was some other generic sim - but then I clicked on "every day" outfit and tadaa! There he was, after a moment. Phew. PHEW!

    I hope he stays visible and above ground now. He's supposed to get married and have babies, so I can't have him playing basement-cat like that :P

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