Sims 3 - Expansions Won't Always Load...HELP! :(

victoriae350

Hey guys!
So, i've started back into the sims 3. But i've noticed that despite the expansions being checked in the start up menu in the "expansions" section, the game doesn't register that the expansions are there and just starts up with the sims 3. It's a little annoying. Any fixes or suggestions?

Thanks,
Victoria Evans

igazor

It's pretty common for those selections to uncheck themselves in between game sessions. Or sometimes for some of them not to show up at all (this seems to be more prevalent for those with mixed Origin-disc installs rather than all Origin) and require a quit and reload or two to show up again.

But you are saying you know the packs are both listed and checked off, you saw them that session, and they still don't load that time? That's a bit unusual, I think. Maybe a Repair Game from Origin might help?

victoriae350

igazor wrote: »

It's pretty common for those selections to uncheck themselves in between game sessions. Or sometimes for some of them not to show up at all (this seems to be more prevalent for those with mixed Origin-disc installs rather than all Origin) and require a quit and reload or two to show up again.

But you are saying you know the packs are both listed and checked off, you saw them that session, and they still don't load that time? That's a bit unusual, I think. Maybe a Repair Game from Origin might help?

Unfortunately, that was the problem! But I repaired the game and it's working fine now Thanks for the help :pleased:

victoriae350

Nevermind. It just did it again.

victoriae350

*bump* Sorry. I know people hate bumping. But i'm going on three days xD If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

igazor

Have you tried repairing the game again, since that seemed to help (briefly) the first time? Or perhaps try uninstalling Origin (only, not your games) and reinstalling it?

Other than that, you may have to contact EA's Answers.HQ. There is an Origin cache clearing procedure, but I'm not sure exactly how it goes.

victoriae350

We have limited space on our computer, and repairing takes up memory. I'm sharing the main computer with my brother, and he makes a lot of videos. These take up 3/4 of our space. Re-installing and uninstalling is a last resort. We have incredibly slow internet. Installing everything will take three to four hours for the base game, and two hours per expansion. Adding that together, that's near 24 hours of installation time.

igazor

Memory is temporary, has nothing at all to do with drive space. Repairing will not affect that.

Please read what I said again, I was saying to uninstall and reinstall Origin only. NOT your games and packs, they should stay put.

victoriae350

Okay. I'll try that! Thank you

victoriae350

igazor wrote: »

Memory is temporary, has nothing at all to do with drive space. Repairing will not affect that.

Please read what I said again, I was saying to uninstall and reinstall Origin only. NOT your games and packs, they should stay put.

Hey! I wanted to take a moment to thank you! Origin was messing everything up! Reinstalling the program helped a lot! Thanks for taking the time to help!

igazor

Glad that helped!