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Krissiejane
12 years ago
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Sims 3: Sim icon GONE, can't interact with Sim, No moodlets, No panels

Not sure whats going on, but since i reinstalled the sims and the expansions I have, I can create a game, play it for however long, Save and quit. Later I come back to play again and the sims are in ...
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technical issues
  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    12 years ago

    portrait panels  issues some links here that may help  

    http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/06/bug-sims-missing-from-the-portrait-panel.html

    I did  have happen to me and what I did was went to edit town and switched to a family near my sims lot I could then see my sims go in and out of the lot so i then went to edit town again and clicked in my sims lot and was able to save a copy of them to the library   which when i started a new game I was able to place my family into a lot and thankfully all was well with them just deleted the old game

    what your can try is one of two things  

    1  start your game then save as new name then try the edit town save a copy of the family to the library  and start a new game to see if all is well with them

    2  start your game then save as new name then try the edit town save a copy of the family to the library  and  in the top left will be your family like a  clipboard image  delete that then place the saved copy of the family from the library back into the lot  

    the sims will keep the skills they have and friendships they have with each other and any items in the inventory but you'll be starting with the wishes and maybe building up friendships up around the the town again

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rumbutter
Hero (Retired)
12 years ago

portrait panels  issues some links here that may help  

http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/06/bug-sims-missing-from-the-portrait-panel.html

I did  have happen to me and what I did was went to edit town and switched to a family near my sims lot I could then see my sims go in and out of the lot so i then went to edit town again and clicked in my sims lot and was able to save a copy of them to the library   which when i started a new game I was able to place my family into a lot and thankfully all was well with them just deleted the old game

what your can try is one of two things  

1  start your game then save as new name then try the edit town save a copy of the family to the library  and start a new game to see if all is well with them

2  start your game then save as new name then try the edit town save a copy of the family to the library  and  in the top left will be your family like a  clipboard image  delete that then place the saved copy of the family from the library back into the lot  

the sims will keep the skills they have and friendships they have with each other and any items in the inventory but you'll be starting with the wishes and maybe building up friendships up around the the town again

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newrty
9 years ago

always happening to my game. it sux really. wish there is another way. since i already controlled most of the town. also when i switch active household either using master control or edit town. still the same thing happened. i also downloaded the apartment mod... but alas, still the same thing in the end. sighed. most games that i liked ended up like that. so i have to delete the entire save game, and redo everything. we just want to have fun. really. 

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