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Rising Adventurer

1 month ago

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Lots missing names and descriptions

Hello, my my lots from the exchange, do not have the same titles and descriptions as they did when I downloaded them. I recently made a new sims 3 folder, and deleted my cach using this method: https...

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puzzlezaddict
27 days ago
Spycoo16 A DBPF file is a compressed file, a type Maxis developed and that's used in a few different games. Here's more info about the error itself:

https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/custard-corrupt-not-a-dbpf-bad-download-bad-index.html

But you can see in your screenshot that the files have a .png extension, and these are the previews you see when viewing a download on the Exchange. Yours show for me when I view this particular upload, so the images aren't so corrupt as to be unusable. It's possible the download itself went wrong somewhere and that using a different browser would help. And it seems like the error message from CUSTARD is more of a generic these files are broken than a specific diagnosis.

Having said that, I think you're right that at this point, your best bet is to reupload with new descriptions (or a c/p of the existing description). It seems like that would be a lot faster than trying to fix the original issue, or frankly even identify it.

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

1 month ago

Spycoo16 If you want to test, I'd test with one file first, in the new folder, and then another one, not all of them at once. And I'd still like to know whether CUSTARD picks up the lot name and description on your new downloads of these Sims3Packs as well as any old downloads you have.

Spycoo16

Rising Adventurer

1 month ago

Hello, ok I just looked at them on custard and here is two, but they both had descriptions and lot name. These are the old downloads from Jan 2025.

Edit: I also redownlaoded the same lots, and it still says "Lot Name", i moved the original downloads to my desktop to keep just in case, uninstalled them from my launcher then individually installed each lot of the exchange and still no name or description. I also downloaded a world from the exchange two days ago and it had a name and a description. So, I think it may be these specific lots that are the problem?

I have not made a new sims 3 folder yet because thats tedious for me rn lol but I will try later this week