Missing stuff and skills

[Teramai]

Everyone has this problem, when your stuff (like pizza in a fridge or all food in the fridge) and your learning skills (simbot learned all robostuff for creating simbots) is GONE (or Dissapeared or deleted, call whatever you like) after you saving the game and restart it??? How is it fix? I Have mods like Nraas Master controller, Error trap and awesome mod, But never met this problem.

[marstinson]

The most reliable fix that I've come across is to load an earlier saved game. There might be a way to fix it through Master Controller, but the best I've managed with that route is pretty much a kludge that usually messes up something else later. I attribute that to my lack of skill with the mod rather than a problem with the mod itself.

[Teramai]

Originally posted by marstinson:

The most reliable fix that I've come across is to load an earlier saved game. There might be a way to fix it through Master Controller, but the best I've managed with that route is pretty much a kludge that usually messes up something else later. I attribute that to my lack of skill with the mod rather than a problem with the mod itself.

It is happening always, with every new game start.

[marstinson]

My first inclination is to think that you have some problematic content if this is something that's cropping up with every game. The first thing that pops to mind is that you have two core mods installed (ErrorTrap and Awesome) and Sims 3 uses the Highlander Rule: there can be only one. I'd recommend removing one of those (your choice on which), delete the five *cache.package files in \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 (the game will recreate them the next time you launch), start a new game, and see if the problem comes back. If not, then two core mods was the problem and you fixed it.

If it does come back, then I'm still inclined to think there is problematic content installed, so take everything back to bare bones vanilla by renaming "The Sims 3" folder to something like "Sims 3 Old" and launching. The game will make a new folder and recreate everything in it at default values, so launching might take a bit longer. Start a new game and see if the problem comes back. If not, then it's definitely problematic content and you'll want to add your stuff back one piece at a time until the problem shows up. Start with the basic mod framework (the Mods folder, the (empty) Packages and (empty) Overrides subfolders, and the resources.cfg file) and then move on to other stuff until the problem shows up. The last piece you added is the likely suspect, so remove it, and then keep adding your stuff back one thing at a time until it's all back and working as it should.

If it does come back with a bare bones installation, then it's something in the game files themselves. Verify your game cache by right-clicking the game in your library, select Properties, go to Local Files, and click the "Verify game cache" button. Steam will do its thing and this might take a while, depending on your system and internet connection. It will fetch fresh copies of anything that doesn't match its manifests. It's normal for it to reacquire a couple of files when you do this, so don't panic when that happens. They are part of the installer that get deleted after installation, but Steam doesn't know that (or chooses to ignore it - either explanation works).

If the problem is still there with the verified game files and the bare bones user files, then I'm at a loss and have to say "beats me" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[HiFive]

"delete the five *cache.package files in \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 (the game will recreate them the next time you launch)"

Marstinson was referring to these cache files, if you were not already aware of which ones.

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

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

[Teramai]

Originally posted by HiFive:

"delete the five *cache.package files in \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 (the game will recreate them the next time you launch)"

Marstinson was referring to these cache files, if you were not already aware of which ones.

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

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

Originally posted by marstinson:

My first inclination is to think that you have some problematic content if this is something that's cropping up with every game. The first thing that pops to mind is that you have two core mods installed (ErrorTrap and Awesome) and Sims 3 uses the Highlander Rule: there can be only one. I'd recommend removing one of those (your choice on which), delete the five *cache.package files in \Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 (the game will recreate them the next time you launch), start a new game, and see if the problem comes back. If not, then two core mods was the problem and you fixed it.

If it does come back, then I'm still inclined to think there is problematic content installed, so take everything back to bare bones vanilla by renaming "The Sims 3" folder to something like "Sims 3 Old" and launching. The game will make a new folder and recreate everything in it at default values, so launching might take a bit longer. Start a new game and see if the problem comes back. If not, then it's definitely problematic content and you'll want to add your stuff back one piece at a time until the problem shows up. Start with the basic mod framework (the Mods folder, the (empty) Packages and (empty) Overrides subfolders, and the resources.cfg file) and then move on to other stuff until the problem shows up. The last piece you added is the likely suspect, so remove it, and then keep adding your stuff back one thing at a time until it's all back and working as it should.

If it does come back with a bare bones installation, then it's something in the game files themselves. Verify your game cache by right-clicking the game in your library, select Properties, go to Local Files, and click the "Verify game cache" button. Steam will do its thing and this might take a while, depending on your system and internet connection. It will fetch fresh copies of anything that doesn't match its manifests. It's normal for it to reacquire a couple of files when you do this, so don't panic when that happens. They are part of the installer that get deleted after installation, but Steam doesn't know that (or chooses to ignore it - either explanation works).

If the problem is still there with the verified game files and the bare bones user files, then I'm at a loss and have to say "beats me" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks guys, but this won't help. Vanilla game has same problems. Strange, this game had not these problems earlier and no updates come. Why it stoped saving some stuffs and skills, suddenly.