Please help! All the sims are gone from my towns and none of my saved games are shown in the menu!
A little info first:
- I own every expansion for TS3 (And I have Monta Vista, Hidden Springs, and Riverview downloaded)
- I have CC (but recently deleted A LOT of it, including anything that could possibly be corrupted)
- I am updated to the LATEST patch (1.63.5.024001)
- I had only two families that I kept in my game "main menu" (both Legacies)
- I had deleted all my old saved game files (none of which were with "Premade" sims)
My laptop specs:
Type: Dell XPS L720X 64-Bit Operating System
Windows 7
Processor: Intel(R) Core (TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz
2.20GHz
Installed Memory (RAM): 8.00 GB (7.90 GB usable)
What happened:
I was working on one of my legacy families for several hours, saving often (because things have been going wrong recently). I got Error 12 while trying to save and then my game crashed.
I took the opportunity when the game crashed to update my computer just in case that was the problem, checked my computer's memory (it was fine), and also deleted some of my old saved game files and the two "corrupted" save files from the Error 12.
Next, I started Sims up again (after downloading the store content patch the launcher notified me of), and I noticed neither of my saved games were being displayed on the main menu. I quit the game and started looking for answers but couldn't find any that matched my exact problem, so I double checked all my files (which looked fine) and then restarted the game to see if it would work (basically to rule out any possibility that it could have been glitched or something). Still, neither of my saved games showed up...but I decided to click on New Game anyways because I thought I could start over. When Sunset Valley loaded, all of the Sims that came with the game (EA's premades) were gone and there was NO button for "Choose Household", however my own premade/library sims (saved sims) were still in the bar on the bottom.
How do I fix this?
I want the premade (EA) sims in the town again! How do I make them show up again in the right houses/with their backstories there?
I don't mind if I have to reset my game to do it. How do I go about that/is it even possible?
I'm desperate for answers at this point...