Sim is missing after completing university
My sim has just finished their first term in university and won't show up in game anymore. For some reason, all of the townies my sim has a relationship with will still show, but my sim no longer has...
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@crauzeyy Is this in the University world, or back at home? If your sim traveled back home, did their thumbnail disappear when they returned or at some later point? Do you have any backups of this save?
@puzzlezaddict Hi, sorry for the late reply.
It occurred once my sim moved back home. Immediately upon returning back to the main world, their thumbnail disappeared. Unfortunately I don't have a backup of the save either.
@crauzeyy The game keeps a backup even if you don't, although it's just the data from the second-to-last time you saved. Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves, and you'll see a folder with your save name and one with the same name plus a .backup extension. So if your save is called Sunset Valley, there will be a folder labeled Sunset Valley.sims3 and another labeled Sunset Valley.sims3.backup. Rename the save and delete the .backup extension (e.g. Sunset Valley 1.sims3), and you'll be able to load it from the Main Menu.
However, this is only helpful if the backup is from before your sim returned from University. If it's newer than that, there are a few approaches you could try, but there's no guarantee they'll work. Let me know whether you use mods or would be willing to try, and either way, I'll write out some suggestions.
