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Anonymous
13 years ago
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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 with that little green diamond. I left it on for an hour and nothing happened. I can change my Sims clothing fine, there are no issues there. Someone please help me 😕mileysad:

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  • crinrict's avatar
    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.
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    crinrict
    13 years ago

    Great. 

    Do you now want to put some of your old stuff back or is this fine for you ?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Thanks I will definately give it a try. 😕mileyhappy:

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    It's not that it didn't help, I don't know how to do what it's saying. Should I just uninstall it all and re-install it?

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    No, you just rename the user data folder.

    Do you know how to rename a folder or how to look for one on your computer ?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I kind of do, that makes a little bit of sense to me. Rename userdata folder. I know how to look for one.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    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's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    Great. 

    Do you now want to put some of your old stuff back or is this fine for you ?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Will it have all of the items I bought from the store? I think I understand now. If I want stuff back in, I put each file back and check each file withe the game to see which file it is. It is probably stuff I downloaded which I am fine with not putting back, what file would that be?

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    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    I would start with putting the savegames back.


    They are in the folder saves.

    The store content is in the folder DCCache. There are two kinds of files. Such with the extension dbc (leave those out those are probably the ones that give you troubles) and ebc (those are the store content)

    Also put back the file ccmerged from the DCBackup folder.

    Here's an explanation what files do what: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/faq-user-files.html

    As you said, check after everything you put back if the issue re-occurs.

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