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Dutchess_Death
5 years ago
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Re: Sims 3 Uni: Term never ends! Sims stuck for weeks in college!!

2020 i still cant play my sims using university coz at the end of every week it resets to 12 days and no ones come up with a way to fix this.... so honestly let down and annoyed EA doesn't care to fi...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    5 years ago

    @Dutchess_Death  Since I'm guessing it's a pain to play through a whole week to keep testing solutions, I can suggest a number of steps to take all at once.  I'm not sure they're all necessary, but they shouldn't cause any harm to your save.

    • Send your sims back home if they're not there already
    • Install NRaas ErrorTrap, Overwatch, Traveler, DebugEnabler, MasterController, and the MasterController Cheats module
    • Go into Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves\[your save name] and delete the University.nhd file; this will delete the current instance of the university world in your save
    • Click on each affected sim in turn and select NRaas > MasterController > Intermediate > Career > Academic Degree, and set the progress to zero credits
    • Load your save, click on City Hall, select NRaas > MasterController > Town Options > Reset Everything, and let the command finish
    • Click on one of your sims and select NRaas > DebugEnabler > Options: Smartphone > Sim > Fix Homeworld
    • Use the MasterController command above to set your sims' academic progress towards a degree to whatever you want, for example you can set it to 48 minus the credits you want them to earn in the next term, so they'll be ready to graduate
    • Use "save as" to rename the save, then quit
    • Delete the five cache files in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3: CASPartCache, compositorCache. scriptCache, simCompositorCache, and socialCache
    • Load the save, send your sims to University, and see what happens

    When your sims arrive, they'll be in a brand-new instance of University, with all the default sims, buildings, etc.  This shouldn't harm your save as long as you have ErrorTrap and Overwatch in place: they should clean up any stray data left over from the previous instance of the world.

    I don't know that all this will fix the problem, but it's everything I can think of short of just cheating your sims a degree.  That's of course doable with mods, but it sounds like you'd rather your sims be able to graduate.

Dutchess_Death's avatar
Dutchess_Death
5 years ago

Sorry its been so long since i last contacted you about this game. I manually deleted in from my files after uninstalling it. However i realized once i had re installed it and tried again that my sims do not go to the student union on the first day. They attend all classes and are able to complete the first week of exams and can reach the deans list. However every Sunday the week resets back the the start no matter what ive tried. travel mod does nothing error trap does nothing. im completely lost as to how this glitch is occurring. My computer is very well equipped to run the game on the highest graphics and has the space and drivers needed to run the game properly however my sims are unable to complete a university degree because of the said issue.

Thank you for the help it seems only two other people have reported this and neither have a solution for it.

puzzlezaddict's avatar
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago

@Dutchess_Death  Since I'm guessing it's a pain to play through a whole week to keep testing solutions, I can suggest a number of steps to take all at once.  I'm not sure they're all necessary, but they shouldn't cause any harm to your save.

  • Send your sims back home if they're not there already
  • Install NRaas ErrorTrap, Overwatch, Traveler, DebugEnabler, MasterController, and the MasterController Cheats module
  • Go into Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves\[your save name] and delete the University.nhd file; this will delete the current instance of the university world in your save
  • Click on each affected sim in turn and select NRaas > MasterController > Intermediate > Career > Academic Degree, and set the progress to zero credits
  • Load your save, click on City Hall, select NRaas > MasterController > Town Options > Reset Everything, and let the command finish
  • Click on one of your sims and select NRaas > DebugEnabler > Options: Smartphone > Sim > Fix Homeworld
  • Use the MasterController command above to set your sims' academic progress towards a degree to whatever you want, for example you can set it to 48 minus the credits you want them to earn in the next term, so they'll be ready to graduate
  • Use "save as" to rename the save, then quit
  • Delete the five cache files in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3: CASPartCache, compositorCache. scriptCache, simCompositorCache, and socialCache
  • Load the save, send your sims to University, and see what happens

When your sims arrive, they'll be in a brand-new instance of University, with all the default sims, buildings, etc.  This shouldn't harm your save as long as you have ErrorTrap and Overwatch in place: they should clean up any stray data left over from the previous instance of the world.

I don't know that all this will fix the problem, but it's everything I can think of short of just cheating your sims a degree.  That's of course doable with mods, but it sounds like you'd rather your sims be able to graduate.

  • Dutchess_Death's avatar
    Dutchess_Death
    5 years ago

    IT WORKED!! Thank you so much for the help. Cant tell you how happy i am to finally be able to play my university pack and get around the glitches. Thank you again ive been trying for over a year!

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @Dutchess_Death  I'm really glad to hear it.  Be sure to keep some backup saves anyway, because reverting to a previous save is a lot easier than going through this entire process again.

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