I've been playing Sims 3 a lot recently and I've always been able to save and play, then when I'm done save and quit. But, my recent saves take extremely long and I always just end up ending the Sims and turning off my computer. I've never left my computer on long enough to see if it actually saves, but I get no error code or anything. Please help?
-Julia
Do you have a lot of CC/Mods in your game? If so, try uninstalling some and see if that makes a difference. Check how big your save files are too - Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves then the name of the world you're playing.
I have no mods, but a little bit of CC, but I've always used the same custom content and it always works. Also, there are four files in my save file for the world I'm playing in.
Sorry, I should have been clearer, how big is the folder the four files are in? Could it be possible that you've downloaded something from the Exchange that had CC in it?
I haven't gotten anything from the exchange recently, so I doubt that's the issue and on the file of my world's save file it doesn't give me a size, but I added up all of the sizes of the files inside it and it adds to 64,695 KB.
I think it would definitely be worth trying a clean game and then adding your CC and saves back in gradually. Move your Sims 3 folder out from Documents > Electronic Arts onto your desktop. Relaunch the game so the folder is recreated then quit and reinstall your CC, a few pieces at a time.
You could try resetting all Sims, this will reset all Sims in the town.
Open the cheat console and type in -
resetsim *
Thanks to @fons_garmo for the suggestion 🙂
I put my save game back into the new folder and all of my custom content and it saved perfectly, but those are the only folders in there, so I don't think any of the store content I have is in the game. What folder is that? And how do I put all of my new settings back to the ones that I had before, like the aging process and seasons and screen resolution and stuff like that?
Your Downloads folder has your Store content in it. The Options.ini file has your screen settings.
I played it again to test it out and the saving took a really long time, so it must be something in my downloads? I'm not sure. Also, I'm not sure how to tell inside my downloads folder if it is custom content or not.
You could always redownload from the online Store. I did that last time I installed the game because of EA fixing a couple of Store items I had. Took ages but I now have a nice clean downloads folder. How about double clicking the items one at a time from the Downloads folder to install into the Launcher? You'll know when they show up in the Launcher whether they're CC or not.
It does sound like CC is the problem.
