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Edesiri77
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6 months ago

Sims 3 worlds missing from my game launcher

I have not played the Sims 3 since the launch of Sims 4 and bought a new PC, now my latest PC has all the Sims games (2, 3 and 4) but when I go to test out the Sims 3 (just to have a look) I notice the number of worlds have dropped despite me owning every single expansion pack! I have twinbrook, sunset valley, riverview (which was a free download) and lucky palms. Now I swear I had more worlds than this considering with all the expansion packs there are worlds added to the game.

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  • @Edesiri77  Please open the launcher's Expansions & Stuff Packs tab and let me know which packs, if any, are missing from there.  Then uncheck and re-check all the boxes next to the packs, launch the game again, and see which packs load.  The easiest way is to enter Buy or Build mode and try to filter by pack (all the way on the right of the user interface).  Any pack that hasn't loaded will not be available.

    Store worlds are a different matter, but it sounds like you know that considering Riverview and Lucky Palms are installed and loading.

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    Edesiri77
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    6 months ago

    Thank you @puzzlezaddict. I'm just impatient, it has been literally years that I played Sims 3 (I bought the actuals discs) and when they forced purchases online, and moved from Origin to EA. I stopped playing because Sims 4 came out. But I wrote all that just to say the worlds are loading, think it took some time. 

    In answer to your question, yep I checked the launcher's Expansions & Stuff tab, all the games are listed. I was slightly worried because I did have some limited edition and collector packs but they have installed into the game or it's showing them being installed.

    Cheers! 

  • I'm missing worlds at launch. I have all of my expansion packs, but my "towns" I guess, like Hidden Valley, and the others. I paid for them is there a way for me to recover them?

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