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ebbasykes
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1 year ago

Sim has disapeared?

Hi!

I have a sim i have played a lot on, and now when i started my game it is like my sim doesn’t exist. I can choose this sim but when the game has loaded it is like it doesn’t exist. I cant do anything or press anything, when i press ”buy” or ”build” it takes me to a different lot, and when i press M to see an overview of town my house has disapeared? 

This has never happened before and i don’t know what to do. I have played and done a lot on this sim as well as with my house/lot, so i really don’t want to delete it ☹️ I don’t have this problem when i choose to play on another saved sim, just this one…

I put in a picture of how the bar in the cornen looks on it

pc
technical issues

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    1 year ago

    @ebbasykes  This is a pretty typical sign of save corruption.  If you quit without saving and reload, do you get the same result?  Please delete the five cache files in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 before trying:

    • CASPartCache.package
    • compositorCache.package
    • scriptCache.package
    • simCompositorCache.package
    • socialCache.package

    If that doesn't help, try loading a backup save.  Even if you've never deliberately made one, the game keeps the data from the second-to-last time you saved.  Inside this same Sims 3 folder, open the Saves folder and you'll see a folder for your save name plus another with the same name and a .backup extension (e.g. SunsetValley.sims3 and SunsetValley.sims3.backup).  Delete the .backup and rename the save (e.g. SunsetValley1.sims3), and it will be available to load from the Main Menu.

    If this doesn't help either, please let me know which mods you use, if any, and whether you'd be willing to add a few others to try to fix the problem.

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