Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Bleak News for Addie and Family

I have some very bad news. The Sims 3 is rife with glitches and bugs, and I have lost more than one family to this. When I tried to play tonight, my UI had disappeared and so had Addie. To be specific, Addie had turned into a little glowing white spiky ghostlike ball, which then disappeared after about ten seconds. I can still navigate with the mouse, and keyboard shortcuts still work... so while in theory I could still play this game, the utter lack of UI makes it practically impossible. My other saved game works fine, but Addie, Toby, Eddie, Nathan, and Shaun are lost, perhaps forever.

I've done some googling on the subject and the issue seems to lie with the World Adventures expansion pack. After returning home from a vacation, sometimes sims disappear or the UI disappears. It doesn't affect everyone, so apparently I'm one of the unlucky few -- though we're not that few, because it seems pretty common. Unfortunately, the general consensus of various sims 3 gurus and forums and help pages is that the problem is not fixable. I tried restoring the backup file of the neighborhood, but that didn't work. I will try a complete uninstall and reinstall of the game, but frankly, I'm not hopeful.

If I can't restore the family, I will start over from scratch with a new sim. I hope I don't have to do that, but in case I do, I hope you, dear reader, will give the new guy (I've already decided it will be male) a chance.

5 comments:

  1. This is a sad day for us all.

    I'm afraid I have absolutely no knowledge of Sims 3, but I know that, whether I see dear Nathan again (and, you know, the others), or I have to form an attachment to another of your insanse Sims, I'll be sticking around. Grief is just hard, you know..?

    *sniffles*

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  2. This is just heartbreaking. I'm sorry we probably won't be seeing how things would have played out for those crazy kids.

    I'm sure the new guy will be quite as entertaining so, yay new guy!

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  3. Oh no! I'm sorry about your family. Whatever happens, I promise I will remain interested in whichever Sims you choose to blog about and your witty comments about their life and the more absurd aspects of the game.

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  4. I NOW A WAY OUT OF THIS JUST MOVE AND THEN MOVE BACK!

    OR IF THAT DOESNT WORK JUST MOVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSING OUT AND THEN ASK THEM TO MOVE BACK IN

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