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Sim can’t use the grocery store
Problem My sim can’t interact with the grocery store at all Solution If it’s only the grocery store this is due to unknown, rare and special seeds in your inventory. Remove them and you will be able to use the grocery store again. Further Reading Sim can’t enter Rabbithole
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How to reinstall the game
Sometimes the last resort is to reinstall your game. You should really only do this if you have tried everything else for this will take hours. Before you do reinstall, try this: Resetting the game to factory settings without reinstalling Unfortunately simply uninstalling the game via the Software Panel often leaves traces and folders behind, making it difficult or even impossible to reinstall. Follow those instructions for uninstalling at the Sims Wiki carefully and reinstalling go smoothly: Game Help:TS3 Uninstall Further Reading Game Help:Install Game Help:TS3 Patching How to do a clean uninstall and reinstall on a Mac Manually Uninstalling…
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How do I reset my Sim and what does that do ?
Sims often get stuck or get stuck in an animation. The easiest solution is to reset the Sim Resetting a Sim drops every action/ animation his currently doing and puts him back to his own lot. His skills, relations etc are untouched by this action. There are several ways to do this: Reset a single Sim Open the cheat window with ctl-shift-c Type the following text: resetsim Firstname LastName (FirstName Lastname being the name of the Sim you want to reset). Reset a lot Go to Edit Town mode Choose the lot you want to reset Change into Build or…
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Game Crashes (CTD)
Problem My game crashes to the desktop without a warning I get the message Sims 3 has stopped working Info When your game crashes, it usually leaves files (xcpt*.txt & *.mdmp) your user directory. You can analyze those with the Crash Log Analyzer by FordGT90Concept or simply delete. If the game does not write such files, the crash pinpoints to a hardware issue Cause & Workarounds There are many causes to this issue and so are the solutions. You can try the following suggestions. Make sure to save your game often under a different name and keep Backups of your stuff.…
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Base Game incompatible with current Expansion Pack
Problem I get the error message: Your The Sims 3 Base Game is incompatible with the current Sims 3 Expansion Pack. Please update your game via the game launcher. My Launcher is showing that I have Version 0.0.0.0 on top of that. Cause Up to Patch 1.22, when patching the launcher always downloaded two patches (unless you only have the base game). If you accidentally canceled out the installation of the second patch by manually starting the launcher, you will get this error, since the Version of the base game and the one of your latest expansion pack don’t match.…
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How to find your game version
Where do I find my game version ? The game has a game or version number which shows to what patch level you are updated. The version number can be found in the launcher What does the version number consist of ? The first digit(s) tell you for which EP the version number is Next is the version of the patch. When talking about the patch, only the first two digits are mentioned. The last two digits are the region code. What’s the region code ? Region codes help to find out how and where the game was bough. The…
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What to do before patching
Before installing the EP/Patch you should Turn off automatic updates Remove all your mods and cc (especially mods). Make sure that you understand the uninstall instructions for scripting and core mods. They are usually posted in the first post of the mods you are using. If a mods adds extra interactions, you will need to take extra steps as not to bork your savegame. Make sure, your Sims are not on vacation in any neighborhood you plan on playing with in the future Make sure your Sims are not sleeping (can make the beds unusable) Remove all your mods from…
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Constant Bad Mood
Problem My sims mood is always red although all their needs are green and they only have positive moodlets Cause This is probably caused by the well-rested moodlet, which is bugged since Patch 1.18/2.13/3.9/4.6/5.4/6.1. The beds for which this moodlet is supposed to give less than +25 Mood, seem to actually make your mood worse, beds over +25 can have them have a constant good mood. Only the ones that give out +25 exactly seem to work correctly. Workarounds Buy your sims good beds (use a cheat if you don’t have enough money, it’s not really cheating). The ones that…
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Missing Texture
Problem Instead of a drawing the drawing table and the sketchpad shows the text ‘Missing Texture’. Solution Delete your cache files
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How to get rid of unwanted Custom Content
Introduction Does your Sim look anything like this: My Sims look horrible ? Do you have clothing, hair or objects in your game that you do not like at all and don’t remember downloading anywhere ? If so, you have probably downloaded Custom Content (CC) with a house/sim or household from the Exchange or any other third party site. This tutorial is meant to help you find the stuff and get it out of your game. There are several steps involved and sometimes there is more than one way to do it. I will try to explain everything as easy…
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