My sims save game keeps getting corrupt

[ShadowQueen]

Hello all,
My sims 3 keep game keeps messing up. First when I went to university after I had finish school it wasn't allowing me to go back to my town. I would go back. but my sims would be stuck. I couldn't move or anything. What I did to at least save my process is a made a copy of my sim so I can just deleted that save game and start over. I made sure to delete all the old files of it. I also read somewhere that the mods "Traveler and MasterController" would help prevent the issue. I also make sure, ever so often to make a "save as" and delete the old one to help with lag. Now when my sims does certain actions such as play the piano she resets? Like when she done, It moves her somewhere else and I can play her again but I can't click or delete the piano because it says she still using it. Also when I go to the future I can't always come back..
The only mods I have is "Nointro, MasterController,Travler,BookOfTalent". If someone could please help me that would be great!! Because I really love the person that I am playing.

[ShadowQueen]

My processor is 12th Gen Intel Core TM i9-12900k 3.20 GHz with 32 ram
I had to patch the game with InterAlderlake. I forgot to add that information.

[HiFive]

I'm wondering if you are saving often enough. It's good that you are using the "Save As" button instead of the "Save" button, but I usually try to save at least once a day, and I also save whenever I do some major remodeling or other major changes. It's not necessary to delete the old saves right away. I usually go into the game's files and delete the extra saves after I'm done playing for the day. I leave 5 or 6 saves in the file, in case I have to go back more than one save to find one that isn't affected by some sort of corruption that I didn't notice right away.

I also have the game limited to 30 fps, although other people who use the NRAAS mods say the game works fine at 60 fps. I don't use any mods at all, so I prefer to stay at 30.

Do you know how to reset your Sim when they get stuck?

Ctrl+Shift+C

type: resetsim NameOfSim

hit Enter

[ShadowQueen]

I save when I’m playing, but when I’m done for the day, I make a save as.

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Nvadrnitehwk:

I save when I’m playing, but when I’m done for the day, I make a save as.

So you use the "Save" button while you are playing and only use the "Save As" button when you finish for the day? This is not good. You should never use the "Save" button past the first time when you start a new family. Using the "Save" button on a regular basis causes many bugs in your save file. Always use the "Save As" button whenever you save and use sequentially-numbered save names, such as: Goth Family 001, Goth Family 002, etc.

At the end of your play session, go into the game files and delete excess saves. Keep only the 5-10 most recent saves so the game won't take an eternity to load every time you start it up. Also delete the 5 cache files that can bloat the game:

CASPartCache.package
compositorCache.package
scriptCache.package
SimCompositorCache.package
socialcache.package

This is safe to do. The game will create new ones when you play it again.

I keep my own backup saves of the game, as well. The links for the game files and for my backup files are on my desktop so I can access them easily.

[HiFive]

Other things you can do:

Limit the fps for this game to 30, since that is apparently what the going rate was at the time this game was released. That has reduced the lag quite a bit for me, while also solving a lot of bugs that would always crop up over time for each family I played. If you are using NRAAS mods, you can probably increase the fps to 60, but the game looks just as good to me at 30 fps.

Turn off shop mode.
Turn off online notifications.
Don't run other things in the background while playing.
If you are playing in fullscreen mode, don't use the Alt+Tab feature, although I can use this these days now that I have limited the fps to 30.

Turn off memories. You will get an excessive number of them and they will bloat the game.

[HiFive]

The following helps to prevent or reduce lag, but also helps to prevent corruption in the game:

Clear excess baggage out of your Sims' inventories on a regular basis. If you have a gardener, it's easy to get way too much stuff in your inventory, and this causes a lot of lagging, and subsequent bugs. Keep the count of those apples and limes below 100 each. Under 30 is much better, or even 12 or 8. Try to get to the point where you only have edibles of the same quality in each stack - like all Perfect apples, and all Perfect life fruit. The biggest lag I get is from too much produce or fish having too many different qualities.

Don't collect or buy too much scrap for your inventors. Acquire what you need, and use it, then get more. A max of about 200 units per inventor table or Sim inventory is best for my Sims.

I don't allow tons of fish either. I sell them all, or keep only the ones that are of the same quality for the best garden fertilizer.

Clear your sim's inventory as much as possible before travelling. This is very important, since travelling to other countries with a lot of stuff can easily create corrupted stuff in your game.

In general, the fewer details the game has to keep track of in your inventory, the better.

Don't go crazy with the fast-forward button. Using it too often can cause problems. These days, I don't initiate fast-forward at all, and only let the game do it when all of my sims are sleeping or working at the same time.

[ShadowQueen]

I’ll do what you recommend. Thank you for your feedback.

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Nvadrnitehwk:

I’ll do what you recommend. Thank you for your feedback.

[ShadowQueen]

Is a problem if I don't play full screen mode? I keep it window. Screen size 1920x1080

[HiFive]

Originally posted by Nvadrnitehwk:

Is a problem if I don't play full screen mode? I keep it window. Screen size 1920x1080

I really don't know. I always play in fullscreen mode.

[Fox]

Can I also suggest increasing your VRam in the Sims3.ini file. It actually helped me clear many issues including the fatal error 12 corruption errors. and other issues related to corrupt sims. There are plenty of videos on YouTube that I would recommend watching as they go into much detail (unlike some guides here on steam), This has motivated me to potentially write my own guide. Because there are still allot of us who love this game and we want to play it as smooth and keep our saves for longer without issues.

Don't be afraid to ask any other questions. I may have a solution.