Hey all,
So I've been having this problem for about a week now, and it's driving me insane! I'm trying to start a challenge and I can't get anywhere because my furniture keeps getting switched around!
Basically, I get into my save, and it tells me some items could not be loaded and have been replaced. Here's what I've tried:
1. Clearing the Cache
2. Re-installing the game
3. Deleting and re-installing store content
4. Changing the Sims 3 folder in My Documents to another name, so it must be completely reloaded.
#4 Helps for about half a day. Then I go do something else and shut down the game. When I come back, the store stuff is gone again.
Just an fyi, I use mods and CC. Very little CC and maybe 10 mods max.
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If mods are under suspicion, as a test I would suggest removing the Mods folder in its entirety, clearing the 5 game folder cache files, and seeing if the content returns. Or stays put, as the case may be. But this behavior is still relatively unusual.
Edit: One thing that can be tried, it's actually a longshot but shouldn't do any harm. In your DCCache folder, there should be two tiny files called dcc.ent and missingdeps.idx. Try deleting them, they will rebuild themselves on your next launch and doing this might help.
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I contacted the origin help, they had me do several different things to the computer and my internet. I had to restart my computer, and when I came back in, the content wasn't even installed. So they told me to re-install the game. I'm just now getting all the content back downloaded and installed so fingers crossed!
Hopefully it won't do what it's done for the past week and works for about half a day, then says "Yeah... no."
Are the store items being removed or replaced with something else?
You could try removing the contents of the DCBackup file except for the ccmerged.package.
What I find weird though, it doesn't uninstall anything from the exchange. Just the store content.
This method to install the store content helps it to not uninstall or disappear. Maybe you could try that? There is a helpful video on page 12 that might make it easier.
I literally am getting so fed up though. If it's not one thing, it's another. I have NEVER had issues before, and now all the sudden the whole thing is just... ugh.
Have you tried creating a new Sims 3 Folder?
I am not sure if this would help but have you thought about avoiding the launcher all together (once you manage to install the content) by bypassing it?
Also, it still crashes whenever I try to install store content, or even run the game without it.
It seems they started with a fresh Sims 3 Folder and then used the store mode/shop mode in game to download the store content instead of the store website. They then basically used this method (there is a helpful video on page 12 that makes it a lot easier) to install the content so it would not uninstall itself.
Maybe if you manage to get the game to load you could try the store mode/shop mode method. If you can't, but manage to get the launcher working, you could maybe try the method in the link.
I was wondering though, how big are the files in your DCCache folder? And do you have a lot of files in the DCBackup folder? Also how many files are you installing at once?
Edit: Never mind, I found the rest.