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sujichan
13 years ago
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Sims 3: Sim icon blank, can't interact with Sim

I have a husband and wife. Both went to university separately. She's just a sim that was in the game, not created by me. My game was working fine last night when I played. Today his icon is a blank g...
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  • Gardia's avatar
    Gardia
    13 years ago

    Can you try this please, tell me if it helped.

    Go to your saves folder on your Documents / Electronic Arts / The Sims 3 , see if you have a file in your saves folder that has the exact same name as the game you're currently playing but ending in .backup  If you do, then copy the files in that folder and replace them with the ones on the folder that has the name of the game that you're playing but ending in .sims3  After you do this, the game should load normally. 

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Gardia
Seasoned Ace
13 years ago

Can you try this please, tell me if it helped.

Go to your saves folder on your Documents / Electronic Arts / The Sims 3 , see if you have a file in your saves folder that has the exact same name as the game you're currently playing but ending in .backup  If you do, then copy the files in that folder and replace them with the ones on the folder that has the name of the game that you're playing but ending in .sims3  After you do this, the game should load normally. 

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sujichan
13 years ago
@Gardia wrote:

Can you try this please, tell me if it helped.

Go to your saves folder on your Documents / Electronic Arts / The Sims 3 , see if you have a file in your saves folder that has the exact same name as the game you're currently playing but ending in .backup  If you do, then copy the files in that folder and replace them with the ones on the folder that has the name of the game that you're playing but ending in .sims3  After you do this, the game should load normally. 

Thank you! It worked! Much appreciated.

  • lifeaspheebs's avatar
    lifeaspheebs
    8 years ago
    This just happened to me so I copied them. Should o click on copy to? How so I exactly transfer the files
  • Leighbaby13's avatar
    Leighbaby13
    6 years ago

    So do I copy the .backup files to the .sims3 file, and delete unneeded files, or the .sims3 files to the .backup files and delete unneeded files?

    • puzzlezaddict's avatar
      puzzlezaddict
      Hero+
      6 years ago

      @Leighbaby13  Rather than delete anything, it's easier and less risky to just rename the backup file, deleting the .backup extension and giving it a name distinct from your normal save.  So if your save is called SunsetValley, its save folder will be SunsetValley.sims3, and the backup will be SunsetValley.sims3.backup.  If you rename the backup to SunsetValley1.sims3, you'll be able to load it from the Main Menu, and hopefully it won't have the same issue that your current save has.

      If you still run into problems, please start your own thread and describe exactly what's happening.  This thread is quite old.

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