My sims 3 game won't save, when I go to click save from the options menu, it brings up the saving screen, and then takes 2-3 hours to save before I give up and quit. Even if I go into task manager it says that the game is running! What's wrong?

Hi Crintrict,I am experiencing the same issue. I'm 100% sure it has nothing to do with my computer specs. Using desktop built less than a year ago by bf who is nutso about specs and whatnot. Anywho. I am experiencing exactly what the OP posted about. Unable to save, no error message, just stuck on the saving screen. I have EP's generations, ambitions, showtime, university, supernatural, seasons, and Island paradise. No SP's I tried resetting the game to factory settings without re-installing using the following guide (I noticed you are also the person who posted the guide): http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/06/tutorial-resetting-the-game-to-factory-settings-without-reinstalling.htmlI created a new game and the new game did save even after moving the options.ini file from the backup folder into the new sims folder. This was the first file I moved. Once I confirmed my new game saved, I moved the saved games folder from the sims3_backup folder to the newly created sims 3 folder. Now my saved games folder consists of the brand new saved game and my old saved game. I tested the game using the old saved game and I cannot save, so the problem has to be the old saved game right? I'm not sure what to do at this point but I'm really hoping it can be fixed. Any help is appreciated. The size of my old saved game is 553MB. I do have CC but since a new "the sims 3" folder has been created, and I was adding folders back 1 at a time, I have not yet added the CC. I have no mods to my knowledge. I hope you can help. Thank you in advance! Edit: Solved my own problem...again! So I noticed in my old saved game there is a .package file for each .nhd file. This does not exist in my new saved game (with the exception of the file which exists in both the new saved game and the old saved game). I moved the .package files to my desktop (again with the exception of the TravelDB.package) and ran the old saved game. My save attempt worked! I have no idea why so if you could provide me with some information on that I would greatly appreciate it. hope this helps someone else!

I though one of you might be getting errors. Kayleighmacmc, here's a link for errors:http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Save-Errors-Error-12-13-15-16/td-p/652Other than that I'm not really sure. I'm sure though that someone else can help you guys. Just keep on "bumping" the post up if no one seems to see it.

snowflake719Keeper Posts: 3Registered: ‎06-05-2013Re: Taking forever to save/won't save[ New ]Options ‎07-24-2013 08:18 PM - edited ‎07-24-2013 09:07 PMHi Crintrict,I am experiencing the same issue. I'm 100% sure it has nothing to do with my computer specs. Using desktop built less than a year ago by bf who is nutso about specs and whatnot. Anywho. I am experiencing exactly what the OP posted about. Unable to save, no error message, just stuck on the saving screen. I have EP's generations, ambitions, showtime, university, supernatural, seasons, and Island paradise. No SP's I tried resetting the game to factory settings without re-installing using the following guide (I noticed you are also the person who posted the guide): http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/06/tutorial-resetting-the-game-to-factory-settings-without-reinsta...I created a new game and the new game did save even after moving the options.ini file from the backup folder into the new sims folder. This was the first file I moved. Once I confirmed my new game saved, I moved the saved games folder from the sims3_backup folder to the newly created sims 3 folder. Now my saved games folder consists of the brand new saved game and my old saved game. I tested the game using the old saved game and I cannot save, so the problem has to be the old saved game right? I'm not sure what to do at this point but I'm really hoping it can be fixed. Any help is appreciated.The size of my old saved game is 553MB. I do have CC but since a new "the sims 3" folder has been created, and I was adding folders back 1 at a time, I have not yet added the CC. I have no mods to my knowledge.I hope you can help. Thank you in advance!Edit: Solved my own problem...again!So I noticed in my old saved game there is a .package file for each .nhd file. This does not exist in my new saved game (with the exception of the file which exists in both the new saved game and the old saved game). I moved the .package files to my desktop (again with the exception of the TravelDB.package) and ran the old saved game. My save attempt worked! I have no idea why so if you could provide me with some information on that I would greatly appreciate it. hope this helps someone else!thankyou so sos os sososososososo much this helped me completely. genious!!!!

I have this problem too, just, when it happens to me, when I give up and put the lid down on my laptop, when i go back on it, my laptop won`t come on at all! i`ve figured out how to get it back on, (if it happens to you, take the batery out, take the charger out of you laptop or whatever you have, and hold down the power button for 2 whole minutes.) but it`s still really annoying! also, in the middle of my game, when im just doing anything, the game goes off and a message pops up saying that sims has stopped working and i have to close the program. i really hope there is a solution to this.

Taking forever to save/won't save

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Osmosis_34
12 years ago
Heyy guys!
I couldn't handle it can you tell me what should I do step by step?
Thanks in advance
Anonymous
12 years ago
same here error 12
Anonymous
12 years ago
I am not tech savvy and my sims game is having the same problem, I just spent over 4 hours building a house and now it won't let me save. Can someone PLEASE put a step by step SOMEWHERE that can help those of us who are not tech savvy? I am desperate!
crinrict
Hero+
12 years ago
Find all info on Error 12 here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Save-Errors-Error-12-13-15-16/td-p/652

If you still need help, it's best if everyone made their own thread for individual help.
Anonymous
12 years ago
I have this problem too, just, when it happens to me, when I give up and put the lid down on my laptop, when i go back on it, my laptop won`t come on at all! i`ve figured out how to get it back on, (if it happens to you, take the batery out, take the charger out of you laptop or whatever you have, and hold down the power button for 2 whole minutes.) but it`s still really annoying! also, in the middle of my game, when im just doing anything, the game goes off and a message pops up saying that sims has stopped working and i have to close the program. i really hope there is a solution to this.
LewdChelsea
Rising Traveler
11 years ago
I have the same issue...I lost alot of progress
crinrict
Hero+
11 years ago
Error 12 ? Did you check out the thread I've linked earlier ?
Grail16
11 years ago
Hi everybody,
I would just like to say that up until just a while ago I myself had stuck saving screen issues. (Occasionally even loading screen ones too.) And I didn't get any error messages either, the game just got stuck into an endless - or I'm assuming endless because I never had the patience to really try and find out if it will finish at some point (I read somewhere on the internet that for somebody with the same problem it did finish after a few days or so) - loop of saving/loading. Anyways, it turns out that my problem was that I had something in my "Mods" folder my game didn't agree with. I'm still in the middle of finding out exactly which one(s) of my package files is/are to blame, but the minute I only left in that folder the ones I was 100% certain were safe, my problems dissapeared right away.
So, just to note it, mods can definitely be one source for this kind of issue, if none is used though, then no clue what the problem might be. (Not that I'm such an expert in this stuff. Basically if I encounter some issue, I google it, test the possible solutions, if none works google it some more, and all the while pray that at some point I will find what I'm looking for.)
Anonymous
10 years ago
Hey,
Lost several games to this problem but the solution snowflake suggested worked for me. To try it, follow these steps:
-Go to your documents folder
-Select the "Electronic Arts folder
-Select the "Sims 3" folder
-Select the "Saves" folder
-Select the game file (it will most likely be listed under the town you are playing.)
-Move all the files that end in "package", except TravelDB.package, to your desktop.
Then open your game and proceed as normal.
I hope this helps you!
yellaboogie_
7 years ago
What’s a patch?

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