Sim Stuck in Walls

[k.derrow]

I just installed World Adventures, and my Sim is stuck within one of the walls of one of the catacombs. (This also happened in Egypt, in the oasis.) How do I un-stick it without leaving the country?

[HiFive]

If one of your Sims gets really laggy or bugged, use the reset function. Use Cntrl+Shift+C and type:

resetsim nameofyoursim (whatever that name is)

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Alternatively, you could try resetting all sims in town at once. That command would look like this:

Resetsim * (enter)
[that's Resetsim+(a space)+* (an asterisk) (enter)]

[k.derrow]

Thanks.

[HiFive]

Originally posted by k.derrow:

Thanks.

[pappysshoes]

I have not seen this happen in years, I would suggest the NRAAS mod that will simply automatically reset a Sim stuck in this situation (or any other SIm on any map, greatly reducing lag), you can also do it manually from the mod menu easier than typing it in.

The mod checks for stuck Sims passively as you play and resets them automatically after a certain number of seconds.

Anyone playing this game in 2021 without Nraas mods is not really playing Sims 3, they virtually make Sims a different game to play, as in minus the Migraines.

Master Controller, Traveler, Error Trap (Ends corrupted saves) and Overwatch are Mandatory, I would not play Sims 3 without them today, they make Sims 3 an entirely different and much more enjoyable experience.

The mods can be added to your files in a current play through without issues, will all problems disappear forever?, no, but I cannot remember one in recent memory, have a 500 hour save with zero issues.

https://www.nraas.net/community/Mods-List

[HiFive]

Originally posted by pappysshoes:

Anyone playing this game in 2021 without Nraas mods is not really playing Sims 3, they virtually make Sims a different game to play, as in minus the Migraines.

The mods can be added to your files in a current play through without issues, will all problems disappear forever?, no, but I cannot remember one in recent memory, have a 500 hour save with zero issues.

Maybe so, but I have over 2,000 hours on the game with no mods. I just know the game's quirks and know how to play to avoid them. Call me lazy for not downloading the mods. I already had 5 DLC's, but I purchased a 6th, so if that one causes too many problems, then I'll finally add the NRAAS mods, which we are lucky to have for this game. :)

[pappysshoes]

Originally posted by HiFive:

Originally posted by pappysshoes:

Anyone playing this game in 2021 without Nraas mods is not really playing Sims 3, they virtually make Sims a different game to play, as in minus the Migraines.

The mods can be added to your files in a current play through without issues, will all problems disappear forever?, no, but I cannot remember one in recent memory, have a 500 hour save with zero issues.

Maybe so, but I have over 2,000 hours on the game with no mods. I just know the game's quirks and know how to play to avoid them. Call me lazy for not downloading the mods. I already had 5 DLC's, but I purchased a 6th, so if that one causes too many problems, then I'll finally add the NRAAS mods, which we are lucky to have for this game. :)

Fair enough, and I also became well versed in what to avoid as quirks go, saves however always corrupted on me 2-3 Generations in, Trips would lock up and ruin an entire save game, without the Mandatory Nraas Mods I listed however I consider Sims 3 purely unplayable and a total loss.

[Wai]

I have been playing Sims 3 without mods since vanilla was issued. More hours than I care to recall and with all but two of the expansion packs. Even your corrupt games - which are extremely rare are recoverable if you know how. Go to Carl's Sim 3 forum for this information (I wrote a guide to recovering corrupt files on there several years ago). There are a couple of venues, in China, which are too complex and townie sims get stuck. You can simply change the designation of these sites to "No visitors allowed" it will not alter anything important in the game. Always save your game before returning from holiday, the future or university just in case there is a hiccup. And, always "save game" then "exit game". "Save and Exit" is, and has always been, a bit dodgy in this game.

Personally, I would discourage the use of mods on this game. But, each to their own. If nothing else, mods complicate recovery of corrupt files and really complicates "factory reset" which completely refreshes your game files and takes only minutes to do after the first reset. (Again, go to Carl's site. I think it is Carl's Sims 4 now, but, the Sims 3 information is definitely still available.)

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Wai:

I have been playing Sims 3 without mods since vanilla was issued. More hours than I care to recall and with all but two of the expansion packs. Even your corrupt games - which are extremely rare are recoverable if you know how. Go to Carl's Sim 3 forum for this information (I wrote a guide to recovering corrupt files on there several years ago). There are a couple of venues, in China, which are too complex and townie sims get stuck. You can simply change the designation of these sites to "No visitors allowed" it will not alter anything important in the game. Always save your game before returning from holiday, the future or university just in case there is a hiccup. And, always "save game" then "exit game". "Save and Exit" is, and has always been, a bit dodgy in this game.

Personally, I would discourage the use of mods on this game. But, each to their own. If nothing else, mods complicate recovery of corrupt files and really complicates "factory reset" which completely refreshes your game files and takes only minutes to do after the first reset. (Again, go to Carl's site. I think it is Carl's Sims 4 now, but, the Sims 3 information is definitely still available.)

I'm curious why you haven't posted the guide here on Steam as well. It would be nice if you did.

I can't find anything on Carl's site other than Sims 4 stuff, so you will need to post a link if you want us to see your guide, but here on Steam would be a much easier place for us to access it.

[pappysshoes]

Lol corrupt saves were not extremely rare, this is a bald faced lie, posts abounded about them and the serious lag and crash issues, and these issues I experienced without any CC or Nraas mods, avoiding the "quirks" which is translated as avoiding substantial gameplay, playing "Vanilla from Release with almost 0 DLC", so no.

Not anymore, and I don't need your guide because I use them, they are in fact at least a 200% Sims 3 QOL upgrade for anyone who installs them.

Corrupt saves were in fact at some point in play vanilla, it was going to happen, and no EA has never fixed the issue(s), avoiding 50% of the game mechanics is no answer either.

Advising people not play this game with Nraas mods is disingenuous at best, and simply wrong, to each their own my eye, if you do not use them your game runs like crap, quit telling people otherwise.

You are simply another Anti Mod gamer, or you are laboring a grudge.

You had issues, you know it, I know it, everyone had some issues and many were serious, try this with someone who hasn't played this game for a Decade and read Forums, for a Decade on the subject, I can see right through this.

The recovering save files line is 100% BS, avoiding Corrupt saves is the right way, not recovery.

There is nothing wrong with using Nraas mods in Sims 3, there is absolutely Zero downside to using them in this game, period, and no one advising against doing so has any Integrity, none of your guides for playing without them will end in anything but frustration, playing with them almost virtually eliminates any need for your "recovery guide", I see what your angle is here, selling your own product.

Again since release, tried all other methods you will declare, they fail, and spare me, I knew what I was doing, been gaming since Pong on every system ever built, since the 486, I have as much or more background in this topic as you do.

So you couldn't let this topic go and have now outed yourself, anyone listening to this poster and following their advice is on the road to Sims 3 Ruin, use Nraas or not it is your choice, if you don't your game will run like hot garbage and suck, they know no more than I do about Sims 3 and in fact know less, that is obvious.

Or

What is your issue with Twallen?, Answer: He virtually ended any need for recovery of saves, and by extension guides for the process, I have never had a corrupt or lost save since i installed the appropriate mod, one of those I still have, in excess of 500 hours, before that they were prolific, rare?, no, and you know this.

Is Nraas perfect?, no, but the difference is enormous, and steering others away from that is, well you tell me.

If you don't use them have fun using "recovery guides", I don't have to.

[Wai]

I am sorry, I do not know this.

Last time I had a corrupt file was at least 7 years ago before I upgraded my graphics card. I play, and, I play a lot, (Being retired I have lots of time) with up to 9 extensions and lots of official down load files. (I would call that rare, but, perhaps you have a different definition.)

I would not comment about any particular mod as I know only that I have helped out too many players, when I was active on a certain Sims 3 forum, because their downloaded mods had caused problems. Maybe not the mod you swear by, I do not recall, but mods can and do cause problems. And, they are not needed for Sims 3, at least, not if your computer is adequate and all modern PC's should be more than adequate.

My opinion, use mods, if you must, but remember they are 3rd party content and not all mods are safe. (Applies to all PC applications).

I am very sorry you seem to have had so many problems. I cannot help but speculate the reason. Nobody should push third party content in the way you choose to do, that is most definitely risky. Unlike you who knows so much you even know the mind of others on this forum, I am not saying that it is all bad, or that I know everything.

I only say what I do know:- If your computer is adequate and your graphics card is adequate, then you should not have any significant problems with running Sims 3. (Be careful about saving and don't use "Save and Exit".) Even on my original computer, for the sims 3, this game never run like a pig, but, I did have to (note past tense) do regular factory resets.

Let me "Out" myself as you put it. I have more than 50 year experience as a software engineer and IT instructor - now retired. And I freely admit, I never, would never use 3rd party content.

Do you really think I would have played the Sims for 20 years and am still playing regularly if the game gave even a tiny fraction of the trouble you predict? Pigs might fly!

Now, I return to my very busy Sim Family.

[pappysshoes]

Originally posted by Wai:

I am sorry, I do not know this.

Last time I had a corrupt file was at least 7 years ago before I upgraded my graphics card. I play, and, I play a lot, (Being retired I have lots of time) with up to 9 extensions and lots of official down load files. (I would call that rare, but, perhaps you have a different definition.)

I would not comment about any particular mod as I know only that I have helped out too many players, when I was active on a certain Sims 3 forum, because their downloaded mods had caused problems. Maybe not the mod you swear by, I do not recall, but mods can and do cause problems. And, they are not needed for Sims 3, at least, not if your computer is adequate and all modern PC's should be more than adequate.

My opinion, use mods, if you must, but remember they are 3rd party content and not all mods are safe. (Applies to all PC applications).

I am very sorry you seem to have had so many problems. I cannot help but speculate the reason. Nobody should push third party content in the way you choose to do, that is most definitely risky. Unlike you who knows so much you even know the mind of others on this forum, I am not saying that it is all bad, or that I know everything.

I only say what I do know:- If your computer is adequate and your graphics card is adequate, then you should not have any significant problems with running Sims 3. (Be careful about saving and don't use "Save and Exit".) Even on my original computer, for the sims 3, this game never run like a pig, but, I did have to (note past tense) do regular factory resets.

Let me "Out" myself as you put it. I have more than 50 year experience as a software engineer and IT instructor - now retired. And I freely admit, I never, would never use 3rd party content.

Do you really think I would have played the Sims for 20 years and am still playing regularly if the game gave even a tiny fraction of the trouble you predict? Pigs might fly!

Now, I return to my very busy Sim Family.

As expected, lol nice try, and my PC is a race horse, a Ferrari PC does not cure Vanilla Sims 3 issues, you know this and are misleading people with lies, oh and you have/had the problems as well, whatever, you didn't magically apply software experience or anything else declared to get around EA's garbage optimization of Sims 3, more Integrity issues.

I have modded games extensively, far more than you know, declaring safety issues to me is pointless, I know my way around, your experience doesn't warrant opinion trolling to lead people astray, the mods are not dangerous here.

I am 60 and do not need my hand held with gaming, mods or anything else, I am not sending people looking for Viruses.

If you aren't using the 3 or 4 Nraas mods I listed your game runs like trash and gets corrupted, you are lieing, the game keeps piling up issues until it becomes unplayable unless managed, it is Sims 3, not your fantasy game play, the games issues are well documented, try harder.

I didn't point anyone to L's Lab, I would not point anyone to bad sites.

You are misleading people, your Resume list just makes you even worse.

You know this.

Stop telling people Nraas mods should be avoided, you are making their Sims 3 experience garbage, and slandering the man who wrote the code for them doing so, prove his mods are a threat or detriment to Sims 3 or cease and desist.

His 3rd party content isn't a threat because you say so, don't tell me what to do about promoting anything, who are you?

You are a troll, and deaf, do what you wish with your fantasy game, but if you continue to try and mislead people over this topic, I will be around to call you out, you don't get to mislead people without a response.

Sell your guide I couldn't care less, leave Nraas alone while you do it, it is none of your business if people promote it, period, I do not buy your professional resume whatsoever, pure fiction.

A decade of play with this game and the difference with and without Nraas tells me you are a fiction writer, and a bad one, we didn't have 2 completely different experiences with this game because of whatever reasons you like to dream up.

[Wai]

I have never heard such arrogant ....... even from people I know who use mods, and, I know many.

Not all mods are safe. You may know your way around, I have no idea, even though you "know so very much about me" and probably everyone else too. But, most people are not "so well informed". It is fine to say, that you use this or that mod, but, it is not fine to say "you MUST use this or that mod" to run the game!

The mods you recommend may be fine, but they are NOT essential or even needed.

As I have said. No Mods and thousands of hours of perfectly good lag free play is testament to this.

There are some bugs, sure, but not a fraction of the number you seem to encounter. I wonder why! Occasional stuck sims, particularly with Pets and China, easily sorted out. No diploma, occasionally, in University, rare. Failure to return from an adventure, rare. Both solved by saving immediately prior to both events. The bad "Save and Exit" option, solution Save then Exit. Some very funny graphics - like a horse with it's head poking through a wall into the lounge - no harm done. And once I "lost" the axe in China and had to replay from before going to China.

Your talk of insurmountable bugs and essential mods is not helpful. Most, if new to the Sims, on reading your predictions of doom would turn tail and run. Not everyone wants to use 3rd party material.

As I said, use Mods, tell people they are available, but don't make them essential when they quite patently are not.

lol. It was NOT you computer I was speculating about. :)

BTW - You are actually slandering EA if you think about it when all I have said is that using a damned mod is a matter of choice not necessity and I have never once named any mod, good bad or indifferent, nor would I. Personally, I could care less about what you or anyone else unknown to me puts on their computer. But I will not let you or anyone else get away with telling people they MUST use 3rd party mods and I would never, give a "Safety Certificate" to any 3rd party materials.

Third Party Materials are always - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. And that cannot be called slander. It is a very simple fact.

[pappysshoes]

Originally posted by Wai:

I have never heard such arrogant ....... even from people I know who use mods, and, I know many.

Not all mods are safe. You may know your way around, I have no idea, even though you "know so very much about me" and probably everyone else too. But, most people are not "so well informed". It is fine to say, that you use this or that mod, but, it is not fine to say "you MUST use this or that mod" to run the game!

The mods you recommend may be fine, but they are NOT essential or even needed.

As I have said. No Mods and thousands of hours of perfectly good lag free play is testament to this.

There are some bugs, sure, but not a fraction of the number you seem to encounter. Occasional stuck sims, particularly with Pets and China, easily sorted out. No diploma, occasionally, in University, rare. Failure to return from an adventure, rare. Both solved by saving immediately prior to both events. The bad "Save and Exit" option, solution Save then Exit. Some very funny graphics - like a horse with it's head poking through a wall into the lounge - no harm done. And once I "lost" the axe in China and had to replay from before going to China.

Your talk of insurmountable bugs and essential mods is not helpful. Most, if new to the Sims, on reading your predictions of doom would turn tail and run. Not everyone wants to use 3rd party material.

As I said, use Mods, tell people they are available, but don't make them essential when they quite patently are not.

lol. It was NOT you computer I was speculating about. :)

I'll make this easy, most without ever reading my predictions will experience them anyway, and dump the game because they do not know of the mods i mention.

In that sense they "are essential", so no I will not stop saying so.

Without them to this day the game deteriorates steadily with lag, stuck items and sims etc. until it crashes, the saves do not load/become corrupted, people still post about this all the time, running race car PC's, apparently they are all lieing, they aren't, someone here is.

With vanilla Sims 3 you run these mods or the game becomes unplayable for "everyone" including "you" even though you claim otherwise, It isn't, and absolutely "cannot" be just me PHD, but keep trying.

You are peddling your guide, I get it, you have some issue with Twallen's mods or his site, I get it, you have some issue with mods in general I get it,.

Stop misleading people, and your trying to humble me will fail, miserably.

[pappysshoes]

Oh and scroll up, I did in fact say use them or don't so again, try harder, at reading at least.

And i knew about your guide, in fact from Carl's long ago, used it, it worked, way to go, I don't need it now, no one else should either, if they use the mods I so irresponsibly promoted lol.

You are like glass, I can see right through you.

Carry on.

[Wai]

Me thinks the lady doth protest too much!