new EA app uninstalled Origin
Last night I played and saved The Sims 3 with NO problem. I have Ambitions ,Late Night , Showtime , and Seasons extension packs also. After I closed Origin, prompted me to download the new EA app...
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@puzzlezaddict I've gotten as far as playing a saved game on Sunset Valley. None of my Custom Worlds, Downloads, old Saves are on the launcher. When I tried to use a fresh copy of a World, it says it already exists. Also a save in the saved folder won't work, it says the World content cannot be found. All my Extensions are there, but nothing else. Even my Library didn't show up when I loaded Sunset Valley. That's where it's at right now. I haven't gotten any error messages, and onedrive isn't on there at all. Maybe I did something wrong....??? but all went well up to this point.🤔
@indycutie Did you rename the old Sims 3 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts? What you're describing sounds like what would happen if you skipped that step. Renaming the folder means your saves won't even show up as options, and neither will any world you've previously installed.
- @puzzlezaddict Yes I did rename the file. Today I opened the game on my 1st(main) acct., and everything was there except for the Sims I had made with "testingcheatsenabled), and the Worlds I put them in were also gone. I've had several successful Saves and with no " onedrive" synced, it's so far so good. If you can, share with me again the steps to creating a different user account, please. In case I may need it in the future. I'm probably going to close the 2nd account I made... Thanks!
@indycutie I can't do better than this guide:
The two important keys are that the account is local (not linked to your Microsoft sign-in), and that the account has admin rather than standard permissions.
- @puzzlezaddict OK, thanks..but awhile back you gave me directions how to move the Sims3 files over to the other account. It was a copy/paste or something. I looked back on here for the instructions and couldn't find them, but that's what I'll need.. Please and Thank you
@indycutie The short version is, move everything you want to keep here:
C:\Users\Public
And retrieve it once you're in the new account. This folder can be accessed by opening a File Explorer window, clicking This PC in the left panel, double-clicking the C drive, and opening Users.
Please do test the game in the new account before transferring any content. If it doesn't work even then, stop there and let me know. Otherwise, add your old content a little at a time so you find out right away if there's a problem.
If you add your installed content, not the downloads but the files in DCCache, InstalledWorlds, etc. to the new folder, and the content doesn't show up, it's best to remove those files and install everything fresh.
Here's a description of everything in your user folder:
https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/faq-user-files.html
You don't need to transfer any files or folders that the game will recreate on its own, and in fact it's better not to when you have a choice.
- @puzzlezaddict I copied this info down for future reference. For now everything is working well with the main account, and I hope it does. If anything else occurs I will post the issues then. My fingers are still crossed.... Thanks again😀
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