Lots of places have custom content, most noteably EA's own Sims 3 site which has The Exchange (free) and The Store (mostly non-free). thesims3.com website's Exchange and Store are very easy to use, you'd simply find the item you want and click the very big "Add To Game" button which downloads it for you through The Sims 3…
Just make a new folder somewhere, such as on your Desktop, called something like "CC backup" and drag it all in there so it's out of the proper custom content folder and it just stored on the Desktop in case you want to re-add it.
This is a game bug if I'm not mistaken, lots of people have had this issue, including myself but it should only be temporary. You might be able to fix it if you go into the sound options and change from "Sound Quality" such as if you are on "High" then switch it to "Low" then see if the sound kicks back in, if it does just…
If you've installed any custom modification that replaces a game file, such as the censor removal patch that removes the mosaic blur thing when they go in the shower, then the CRC on the file won't match therefore the patcher will popup saying "File not found". If you have that modification installed or any that you…
Sounds like you might have installed a modification that is causing the game to crash, although I wouldn't have expected it to crash the launcher and only crash the game itself. You might have also got a piece of custom content that is corrupt and the launcher can't load it, so it crashes. If you're on Windows Vista: Click…
"Snap" your chairs to the chess table in the "Buy Mode" so they lock into place on either side of the table. Then try to pick up the table using the hand tool. If the table picks up by itself and doesn't pick up the chairs with it then there is an obscrution somewhere or the table isn't pointing the correct way.
Could be a heat issue, I've read a few issues with certain sections of the game that cause graphics cards to overheat such as the "Create A Sim" section which might be why he's not overheating on his games but you are with Sims. You can try forcing V-Sync on in your game if you haven't already which may help it as it'll…
There's not loads you can get, mostly due to the power supply that comes with the 530's as it's only about 300 watt. The best card I could suggest is something like the ATI 4650 which is middle range for what you wanted to spend, has low power consumption and should provide a massive improvement over what you have at the…
Even if the Store only allows you to download Riverview once, which I highly doubt, you can just copy the file from your "My Documents" (XP) folder or "Documents" (Vista). Go into the "Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Downloads" folder on your main computer and copy the "Riverview.Sims3Pack file" to the same place on the laptop.…
Sims 3 issue with the latest patch as far as I'm aware. See the threads below: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/77660.page http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/76997.page If that is the case, there's nothing you can really do about it other than reinstalling the game and only patching to the 1.2 patch or…
Does your monitor, when it goes to a black screen, actually go into standby mode? as in the little monitor light turns orange instead of being green. If so, could be a resolution issue or something along those lines (other things include things like you've enabled an option which you're graphics card can't support…
The name you are saving the game as is the unique file name for that save, if you name other games using different families with the same name then they'll overwrite each other so you have to use unique names. When it pops up, just put in a unique name for that family, even "Family1" would do and any other games you could…
As far as I know it has no relevance, other than providing an additional layer of depth to the Criminal player. Maybe I'm wrong and someone else can clarify, but I have 2 Sims who are Master Thief's and I've never had to "Sneak" once.
How do people even come up with these figures anyway? I can't remember ever having to answer a "Are you gay?" question when I play a game. Anyway, the size of the player-base of a game will ultimately decide on the amount of types of people that play it. Such as the Sims has a massive player-base, therefore it'll have a…