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Anonymous

13 years ago

Solved

Stuck in Create a Sim/Create a Household

I don't know if this has been asked before but I am stuck., I go to "Create a Household" to create a Sim and it stays in the loading screen and does no load or let me create a sim. Stays on screen wi...

technical issues

crinrict
13 years ago
Close the game and launcher
Go to documents\electronicarts\thesims3 and rename that to thesims3_old (you won't loose any data, it's still in there for later use)
Start the game. A new folder will be created
Check if CAS now works as it should.
Come back with the result and we'll go from there.
crinrict
13 years ago
Great.
Do you now want to put some of your old stuff back or is this fine for you ?

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

3 years ago

@zulnutspread Your saves aren't deleted; they're intact in the Sims 3 folder you renamed. The game can't read the contents of that folder when it's not called "The Sims 3," so it has instead created a new folder with that name, and that new folder doesn't contain any of your previous content.

The point of this exercise is to see whether the game works properly while you're using the new Sims 3 folder. If it does, then the problem is something in the old folder, and you can start moving over your saves and other content to see what works and what doesn't. If you still have issues with the new folder, the problem lies elsewhere.