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juliarocca11
11 years ago

My Sims 3 game takes too long to save

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

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  • juliarocca11's avatar
    juliarocca11
    11 years ago

    In the downloads folder I have these bin files and these two folders with lots of numbers as the name and files that say ChallengeData.package and PassportData.package. Is that normal? Also there are some Sims3Pack files with the name dynamicchallenge followed by a bunch of numbers and I can not tell what those are and it says they are already installed, but I can't find them.

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    Bluebellflora
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    11 years ago

    @juliarocca11

    Just Googled and found this info -

    Folder with very long number (Introduced with Patch 1.31) 

    This folder contains two files PassportData.package and ChallengeData.package:

    • PassportData holds information about your SimPort progress which you loose all if you delete the file.
    • ChallengeData.package holds information about your achievements. All completed achievements that were awarded with badges are also saved on the EA server but things you've started (like jogging a certain distance) is saved in this file.

    You should keep a backup of this folder

    Source - http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_User_Folders_Explained

    So yes, those appear normal.

  • juliarocca11's avatar
    juliarocca11
    11 years ago

    I just went into my game with the custom content out and i typed in resetsim * and told my sim to use the toilet then my game crashed, and thank you for googling that.

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    Bluebellflora
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    11 years ago
    Oh dear! If you're installing and reinstalling CC a lot you should delete the cache files. How about starting with a fresh TS3 folder again? Install your CC gradually until you find the culprit.

    Whilst CC can enhance your game you do have to accept that you're using it at your own risk and problems can and do occur ☹️
  • juliarocca11's avatar
    juliarocca11
    11 years ago

    I deleted all of the package cache files are there any others you think I should delete?

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    11 years ago
    These?

    CASPartCache.package
    compositorCache.package
    scriptCache.package
    simCompositorCache.package
    socialCache.package

  • juliarocca11's avatar
    juliarocca11
    11 years ago

    Ok, yeah I deleted those, then played my game with all custom content out and the saving is still taking a long time. I'm leaving my game open now to see how long it actually takes if it ever saves.

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    juliarocca11
    11 years ago

    Update my game works now, so it must have been the custom content thank you.

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    juliarocca11
    11 years ago

    Just kidding. The problem came back. I don't know what to do. I'll delete the cache files again to see if that works, but I guess custom content was not the problem because it's all out of my game now and the problem came back. Sorry

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