Okay, so I was trying to delete some Sims I had downloaded, but I've deleted something from the Saved Sims folder that;s important/shouldn't be deleted. [I'm guessing] Because I've added some new sims I've downloaded and they are not in my game. How do I get the important stuff back into my folder? And it's not in my computers bin either. 😕mileysad:
@IsabellasDogCoco wrote:
Hey,
FIRST. BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING (I'm on my phone so I can't bold😆), MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ELECTRONIC ARTS FOLDER!
Okay, so now I have a question. What did you exactly delete?
Okay. Now here:
1) First, you should've uninstalled the downloaded Sim(s) from the Sims 3 launcher (Open up the launcher --> Installed Content --> select the unwanted Sim(s) --> click Uninstall --> guided steps from there I think)
2) To get that stuff back into your folder, what I would do, is that I would (MAKE A BACKUP FIRST!) delete the Electronic Arts folder (in Documents), then, you should launch the game, quit out of it, and then, that should create a new Electronic Arts folder. Then, you can (for example) delete the NEW Saved Games file and then replace it with the BACKED UP Saved Games file, so you can have your stuff back.
By the way, if you want to get those download (wanted) Sims to work, you can open the launcher, click "Run Without Installed Content" around the top, click "Ok", launch the game, quit, reopen the launcher, go to installed content, and if "Run Without Installed Content" is unchecked, you should reclick it, click "Ok", UNcheck it, then launch the game. Then, when you're in the world that you want to put the Sim(s) in, click "Edit Town" from the "..." down in the left-hand corner. It should be the 3rd or 4th one down. Then, you should click "Sims" or something like that, I forget, sorry 😁. But it SHOULD be the 1st tab. Anyways, they SHOULD be there. I used this method whilst using a MacBook Pro, and it worked, but I don't really know about Windows.
DO NOT BLAME ME IF THIS METHOD DOESN'T WORK. I AM ONLY TRYING TO HELP.
Cheers!
Is
We'd call that (the first part) a factory reset. I don't think in this case, it's a good idea to do that as it isn't really an issue in-game, more of a loss of content.
The second part could have some relevance though and would help with the fact that the OP is missing content.
Thank you for your input 😕mileyhappy:
I've uninstalled the game and I'm reinstalling it now;-; Will that work?
And I checked my computers bin and I had kinda cleared that out before I knew about the problem. I'm 100% Backing it up when I fix it too omg.
I did don't worry xD
Well, the .sim files are still not on my game.
When I reinstalled the game, the SavedSims folder was not created, so I created a random sim and saved it to the sim bin, so now it's created a folder but it only had that sim in it. I thought it was gonna work and added all my .sim files back. And it's still not working; ~ ;
if by .sim packs do you mean the ones that have the plumbob icon ? those you will have to install by clicking on it then they will be once installed in the edit town household tab i can't remeber off hand if a sim is downloaded with it's house if that'll be in the edit town household tab or the second tab lots
No not those. The ones that you can download, it's downloaded as a .sim file :P
