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bmit04
13 years ago
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sending house/lot to the game launcher

I built a house and want to upload it onto the exchange.  But when I press share, after about 30 secs,  it just says failed to share (house name).  I purchased the game Sims 3 plus seasons from Origi...
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  • bmit04's avatar
    bmit04
    12 years ago

    I can now export!! Here is what I did.  I moved my saved sims folder to the desktop.  Then I used the Method by Mell to go thru my CC in the DCCache. I only have 6 files.  I deleted a few more CC. Copied the new dbc files to my DCCache. I also deleted 3 lots I never play.  While I was going thru my dbc files, I found CC I had deleted a while ago and some I deleted a couple days ago from the launcher. Yet still there.  I also found a particular cabinet that has been well talked about on the internet that I know I never downloaded myself. It was mentioned on Crinricts blog site.  So what do I think?  It is a sim.  Possibly was a lot.  I'm leaning more towards a sim.

     

    So now I need to learn how to remove bad CC from a Sim and save a clean sim.  I know that Crinrict does talk about it on her site, but I could use a bit of help understanding exactly how to do it.

     

    For anyone else, Method By Mel is found here on Crinricts Help Blog:

     

    http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/tutorial-how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-custom-content.html

     

     

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crinrict
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13 years ago

Where does it fail ? When you try to export from the game or when you try to upload from the launcher to your myPage ?

bmit04's avatar
bmit04
13 years ago

When I am playing the game.  When I click on the bubble above the house I choose share from the list that comes up -edit details, build/buy etc.  Then it appears to be loading/sending to the game launcher and after about 30 seconds it says "failed to share(house name)".  Any ideas why it won't go to the launcher?  I have watched the tutorial.  The house is saved and I have been trying for three days all at different times of the day.  

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    crinrict
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    13 years ago

    Is it just that one house ? Have you tried another one ? Does the house name have any special characters ? Have you tried exporting a Sim to see if that works ?

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      bmit04
      13 years ago

      I have tried several other houses.  I have tried several different names, none have had special characters.  I wondered at the time if it wouldn't go because another house on the exchange had the same name.  So I came up with about five different names and at the last try used Bmit Manor thinking no one could have thought of that.  While researching this problem online, someone had said they tried adding v.1 to the end of their name and that worked.  It didn't for me.

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        bmit04
        13 years ago

        I will try a Sim and see what happens and post the result here.

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      bmit04
      13 years ago

      I downloaded the Sims 3 plus seasons from Origin.  When I tried to register the Sims 3 game, the code I was given wouldn't work, so I assumed the game was automatically registered and skipped that part.  Is the game automatically registered, being it's a download and could that be why I can't export files to the launcher?  I do download things from the Exchange and most of the time I am able to install them.  I turned off my firewall and tried that.    I've tried at all different times of the day, I've changed the name and tried a Sim.  Any ideas????

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        crinrict
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        13 years ago

        I rarely recommend to reinstall the game (mostly when people have already tried and it didn't uninstall properly). 

        What I do recommend often is to rename the user folder in documents\electronicarts from thesims3 to thesims3_old. Then start the game. A brand new folder will be created. All your stuff will be gone from your game, the savegames, cc all but the actual game content. Not to worry, it's all still in the old one if you rename and don't delete)

        Then go back to your game and build something simple (maybe even just 4 walls, then try exporting that. If that works, try something a bit more complicated. If that still works, put your old save games back (just those and do keep a copy in that renamed folder) and try to export the one you have tried before.

        Then report back.

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      bmit04
      13 years ago

      Okay.  So I have learned what I assumed about Origin is that the games are automatically registered so that can't be it.  After purchasing the Sims 3 with seasons, I borrowed my friends expansion packs and used those with the understanding I would buy my own one at a time when I would afford it.  So technically I am using content from games I don't technically have.  Could that be it?

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