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Spycoo16
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's avatar
    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.

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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.

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Spycoo16
Rising Adventurer
27 days ago

Redownlaoded the lots last month, ran them thru custard today, and it says its corrupted! Idk what this means but interesting!! is this a sims website issue ? I unclicked all the red, and redownloaded, but still have no name or description. I have decided to just re-place and then copy/paste the descriptions and titles. IDEK whats going on, maybe its mercury retrograde lol

I also notice when I place my beach house which has a lot of sand, the sand terrain does not place on the lot, and instead matches whatever the chosen lots terrain is, maybe related to the corruption. 

 

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