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@Chelseavandijk Yes, remove your entire Sims 3 folder from Documents\Electronic Arts and let the game create another new one. If the folder you're moving doesn't have any saves or other content you want to keep, you can just trash it; otherwise, move it to your desktop or somewhere else, but make sure it doesn't overwrite your original folder, if you still have that. You can't have two folders with the same name in the same location.
If this doesn't work, I can try sending you a save file, to see if that will load instead. Let me know if you want one.
Sorry it took so long. I’ve moved my sims 3 folder to my desktop and a new folder appeared in my Electronics Arts folder. I’ve tried to run the game, but no matter what it’s still having trouble with that last 5%. I’d like to have that save file you’re talking about.
Honestly my last hope.
- puzzlezaddict6 years agoHero+
@Chelseavandijk I apologize for the delay, I've been swamped the past couple days. These two saves are in Sunset Valley and Riverview, two relatively gentle worlds to load and play in, and they were saved with only the base game active. (In other words, they should be as simple as possible for your computer to load.)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/988878anmk733h8/Saves.zip/file
Click the Download button in the upper right corner, unzip the folder, and place either save (or both) into your Saves folder in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3. You don't need any software to unzip—just right-click, select Extract All, and drag the saves to where you want them.
If the saves still don't load, please try again (after deleting the cache files) with your computer not connected to the internet.
If that doesn't work either, please run a new dxdiag, so I can see if there are any new errors.