the sims 3 - family disappeared
hii so lately a created a family and i wanted to travel to france. i picked all the family members and they went to paris. but when the screen had loaded, all the sims disappeared and there was empty...
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@kmila47 What you've described is the travel transition failing, which is not uncommon. Unfortunately, it sounds like you may have saved in this state, but if you haven't saved twice since the problem occurred, try loading the backup version of this save. Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves, and you'll see a folder for your main save and another folder with the same name plus a .backup extension, e.g. SunsetValley.sims3 and SunsetValley.sims3.backup. Rename the save and delete the .backup extension (e.g. SunsetValley1.sims3), and you'll be able to load that version from the Main Menu.
If this backup is also affected, please let me know what you mean when you say playing another family in the town doesn't work. Can you not load the other household, or can you not switch back to the main one, or something else?
i saved it twice so the backup thing won't work, i tried ;( when i want to change the household it says "you cannot change the active family when you are not in the active location".
@kmila47 Is the backup save in the homeworld or in the vacation world? If you go to Edit Town in the homeworld, can you click on another household, and if so, can you switch to that household?
the backup save says 'aurora skies' so thats homeworld, but inside this folder theres file called "france".
i can click on another household but i cant switch to that household - the button doesnt even show up.
@kmila47 Once you've traveled your sims to a world within a given save, that world will have an .nhd file inside the save folder. So it doesn't matter that there's an .nhd file for France; the question is whether the save itself is taking place in France or back in the homeworld.
Please also let me know if you use mods or are willing to add a few for the purposes of trying to rescue this save.
