Saving Issue?

leckyloo320

So, yesterday I was playing Sims, and I saved after I played like I usually do. Well, I waited at least 30 minutes, and it was still saving! I did the CTRL + ALT + DEL thing and ended The Sims 3. Today, I got on and tried to save again. It still didn't stop saving. I had to do CTRL + ALT + DEL in order to exit the game again. I really want to play, but my game won't stop saving! It'll just restart me back to my last save when I exit. I don't know what to do... Can someone help me?

PetaT

Have you tried doing 'save as' instead.?

Have you deleted your cache files?

have you deleted the items in your dcbackup folder ( except 'ccmerged.package')?

if none of this works try zooming out to town view before you save, some people say this helps .

If not then you may have to save your family to the lot bin and play them in another town.

hope you get it sorted.

SuperSonicMike77

OK, I think I should just say that I was having the exact same problem as leckyloo320 and I did just about everything PetaT said and it worked! SOOO glad I got my game working again. Thank you, PetaT and leckyloo320 you should consider trying what PetaT said. :-)

xsmilesweets4mex

i am having the same problem and no matter what i do i cannot save my game. after about 20 mins it still says saving. but lately my game will crash in the middle of saving and its incomplete. after all the work i put in to build my house and sims and it crashes.

AMariseS

I've seen lots of Simmers with this problem, but of course I have to be different:
I had the opposite problem! My game wouldn't finish loading. It would all start off fine, then just stop loading & the "Game Tips" would stop changing... I finally had to dig up an old version of my family and start a new game, but now I'm nervous for this new game.

JennieL759

PetaT wrote:

Have you tried doing 'save as' instead.?

Have you deleted your cache files?

have you deleted the items in your dcbackup folder ( except 'ccmerged.package')?

if none of this works try zooming out to town view before you save, some people say this helps .

If not then you may have to save your family to the lot bin and play them in another town.

hope you get it sorted.

Cache files? Is that the folder that says DCCache in Sims 3? Do I delete what is in there? Thank you.

AMariseS

JennieL759 wrote:

PetaT wrote:

Have you tried doing 'save as' instead.?

Have you deleted your cache files?

have you deleted the items in your dcbackup folder ( except 'ccmerged.package')?

if none of this works try zooming out to town view before you save, some people say this helps .

If not then you may have to save your family to the lot bin and play them in another town.

hope you get it sorted.

Cache files? Is that the folder that says DCCache in Sims 3? Do I delete what is in there? Thank you.

I think it's okay to delete those, but I've heard it's a no-no to delete the ccmerged file...