sims 3 unicorn
Hello. my name is Nena and i live in the netherlands, I have a problem with the sims 3 pets. i really hope someone can help me. I have the sims 3 pets for 7 jears. they say there would be unicorns ...
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@Nena16lovex It's unlikely (possible, but unlikely) that custom content hair and clothing would have any effect on the wild animal population. But the dragon egg not hatching could be related, and your computer running out of memory could definitely be the cause. Please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post, so I can take a look.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
I think i have now added the file in this post? I hope you can see it.
if not let me know !
@Nena16lovex Yes, I can see it fine. The most obvious issue is that you have zero free space on your C drive. I'm guessing data is being redirected to D (it looks like this is one drive partitioned into two), or else your computer would have stopped working a long time ago. Still, you need to free up at least 20 GB on C before you can rule that out as an issue.
However, your computer's hardware isn't really strong enough to handle Pets, or any of the more demanding packs. That's not to say you can't or shouldn't play, and this system has survived a long time. But it's possibly that no unicorns is just a symptom of the hardware not being able to keep up with the demands the game places on it.
You could test by starting a new save in a clean folder. Move your existing Sims 3 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts (and definitely onto your D drive—if you need to, just create a folder on it called Backup or something), then launch the game to create a new folder. Start a save in Appaloosa Plains, the world that came with Pets, and see if you can spot a unicorn.
Another possibility, although I'm not sure how likely it is, is that the unicorn is spawning but your graphics card isn't rendering the aura that you're looking for in Map View. The card is quite old, and its driver is old as well, so it's possible that it's not doing its job here. This is harder to test, unless you want to manually check every park, fishing spot, etc. in town every night. There is a mod that can help search for sims on a map, although I've never used it specifically to look for unicorns. Let me know if you're interested.
@puzzlezaddict Sorry that i have not responded for so long, that is because i can now continue with my exams for school.
After that I will free up as much space as possible on my computer. would it help if i delete a lot of sims families ?. and where can I see the difference between drive c and drive d? I am definitely interested in the mod you propose. where can I download it?
I like to hear from you.
thanks for all your help so far!
@Nena16lovex Don't worry about the delay. People don't always have time to troubleshoot, but they come back when they can, and there's always someone here.
Open a File Explorer window, click This PC in the left panel, and you'll see your two drives listed. I think they might actually be the same drive, but partitioned (as in, someone used software to split a single physical drive into two separate designations). Unfortunately, you can't merge the two partitions unless you either delete the D drive (losing all your data) or you use third-party software. But you can still free up space on C by moving files manually.
Without knowing what you have on each drive, I can't tell you what your options are. But you can look for yourself: right-click on any folder, select Properties, and see how much storage (in GB) it takes up. Your goal should be to free up about 20 GB on C, so look around a bit and see what you can move to D. When you click This PC and then the C drive, you'll see all the folders on C minus a few that Windows hides by default, so you'll be able to quickly find out what's taking up a lot of storage.
The Sims 3 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts holds all your user data, and it needs to be specifically in Documents\Electronic Arts, or the game won't read it. You can move some files elsewhere though, for example if you have a lot of screenshots. They'll open like normal image files no matter where you store them. You can also temporarily move saves you're not playing to a different location, and move them back when you want to use them. There's no need to delete the saves outright.
If you need help figuring out what to move, let me know, and give me an idea of the sizes of the large folders on C.
As for the mod, NRaas MasterController has, among its many functions, the option to focus on any sim currently in the world. So if there is a unicorn somewhere, MC will find it and show you where it is. When you have it installed, click on City Hall and select NRaas > MasterController > Focus, then choose a filter to narrow down the list. "Species" should work, or maybe "Type of pet pool." If you have trouble with this, let me know, and I'll experiment a bit myself, but I've never specifically searched for a unicorn before, so I don't know exactly what categories to choose.
If you've never installed mods before, this is a good guide:
http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files
