Re: Sims suddenly missing from household and town?
@bxbytrishx The game itself will sometimes cull sims from time to time, possibly even sims that you've played before, although they're supposed to be exempt. (NRaas StoryProgression prevents this culling by default.) It's also possible, and sounds likely from your description, that the yound adult sim is or was corrupt, although that doesn't always lead to culling, and of course it shouldn't lead to other sims being removed. But culling often happens in stages, with not all data being removed at once, so it can be possible to recover a sim if you notice soon enough.
Since you have MasterController as well, you can try adding the missing sims to your current household; it's easy enough to place them elsewhere later. Before you do anything though, delete the five cache files in your Sims 3 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts. These should be deleted regularly anyway; while troubleshooting, make sure to delete them every time you quit the game. For reference:
- CASPartCache.package
- compositorCache.package
- scriptCache.package
- simCompositorCache.package
- socialCache.package
Load the save, let the clock run for a couple sim-minutes, then use "save as" and rename the save. That way, the original will be preserved as a backup, in case you need it later. Click on the ground or a wall of your active house and select NRaas > MC > Add Sim, then X out the filter, and see if you can find the missing sims on the list. If so, great, add them. Then "save as" under another new name, quit, delete the cache files, and reload.
It's a good idea to reset the sims you added a second time, just for good measure. You can click on them directly and select NRaas > MC > Advanced > Reset Sim, or (if they're not clickable, always a bad sign) from City Hall, by choosing NRaas > MC > Sim > Advanced > Reset Sim and finding them on the list. When a sim is corrupt enough, sometimes this kind of reset will change their appearance—MasterController doesn't have enough good data to completely reconstruct their original version. But as long as the sim is recovered at all, you can manually change whatever you want in CAS.
