Wow this is terrible. I too just dropped over $100 on the game and packs. None of the above fixes worked for me although I haven't tried to rebuild everything. That is simply not a SOLUTION and no one should have to do that to fix this *. All the hours spent building a home and developing a character, and it's all gone.
So they didn't disappear again for you ? How long have you played since you replaced them ?
Over 6 months... Updates and expansion packs have not effected them 😊
It may be a pain to sort out but in my case it was permanently solved.
Thanks for that info.
This is such a weird issue. I have no idea what triggers it.
For some it helps to just reload the game without saving, for others it's not enough disc space and yet another group deleted their autosave and then it was fine.
Backups are important and saving the houses you built too (if you care about them that is)
This happened to EVERY SINGLE house in Willow Creek for me. Even after rebuilding ALL of them, they disappeared again. Then I built another house for one family, played for a long time, saved, exited, and reloaded. The house was gone again. And the sims are never "compensated" for the lost objects with simoleons...
Could you post your Computer's DxDiag?
To gather a DxDiag on your computer, please follow the steps here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/td-p/1049584/
You can attach the txt file to your post directly.
see my below post, I'm sure it will work out if you try my method. don't reupload. My all houses were gone in willow creek too. Select the empty lot and select build mode without entering the live mode. See my below post :D
Did you save your game with the lots gone ?
It's possible this only works if you didn't save your game but thank you very much for posting this.
