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gypsygeee's avatar
7 years ago

Launcher isn’t loading and when I try to play it just goes black then closes

My sims 3 launcher has a problem, I open the sims 3 and on the main page where the people usually are it’s come up with a error message instead, the whole main page of the launcher disappears and just goes blue. I can sill click on downloads and installs and see my items but that’s about it. It won’t let me upload anything new and when I press the play button it goes to load like normal but then closes in less then a minute. 

So my launcher is not loading and when I go to play it also doesn’t load the game.

What do I do?!?

this has happened before and I honestly don’t even know how it became all good again and now it’s happening AGAIN! 

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    @gypsygeee  Yes, spawning is creating, as in, the game will create the new folder itself.  I take it you still have your original game folder somewhere, with all your content?  Then you can trash the newer one that's currently in Documents and let TS3 create a fresh one.  (If you moved over some of your files to this newer game folder instead of copying them, or you're not sure, just rename this folder TS3-new or something like that and move it elsewhere, so you can go back to it later if necessary.)

    Once there's no Sims 3 folder in Documents\EA, launch the game as far as the Main Menu, then quit.  Delete the five cache files that sit directly in the new folder (CASPartCache, compositorCache, scriptCache, simCompositorCache, and socialCache); there's nothing in DCCache you need to worry about right now.  Then copy over your whole Mods folder from your old game folder to your new one.  Launch the game again.  If it crashes or otherwise doesn't load, take a screenshot of the contents of Mods\Packages and attach it here.

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