Can't move to new town.

[cmk7]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong or being impatient? I have over 1 million in funds, I can move and buy a property, but when I click the little arrow to start playing on my lot, it just sits there. I can scroll around, try to buy other properties, etc, but never get any farther than that.

I have no issues trying to move properties within the same town, but I can't seem to move to a different town.

Has anyone else encountered this? I have no mods, only the expansions from here and things bought directly from the Sims 3 Store online.

Thanks in advance.

[cruinne]

So I want to make sure I understand what you're doing -- bear with me :-)

This is how I'd try to move my Sim to a new town, are you doing it the same way or some other?

• Go into your game and go to "Edit Town".
• Select the household you want to move and click "Save Copy to Library".
• Go to the "Main Menu".
• Click "New Game" or load the save you want.
• Place the lot (with house) from the library in the new neighborhood.

[Proud Honest Dad]

that's not the only way anymore. I can move the save game without making the game making a new game.

But, it was a different option on the phone. I think it was something like:

Real estate - buy a new house - move to a different neighbourhood."

But I can't remember but that's how I did it, but I have most of the games so maybe that could be why?

[cmk7]

I haven't tried the edit town approach, that's a good idea. I was just trying to use the in game moving feature that you use your cell phone or computer.

[cruinne]

Ah, I see what you mean. I tried this option from the smart phone and it worked, though there were a lot of warnings on it. "Save your game first!" No kidding!

It did work though. The only thing I can think of is what usually stops people from being able to choose a house/play -- corrupted files or bad mods/custom content. Have you tried doing the "Factory Reset" (rename your Documents\Sims 3 folder, and let the game generate a new one), and seeing if it works with a default new Sim?

[cmk7]

I've done a full install, deleted the directories that aren't removed by the install, and full reinstall. Just kind of sits there. Wasn't sure if I was doing something wrong or if it's a known bug. Happens on my girlfriend's computer too.

[RinChanMeow]

No idea if anyone will see this as it's an old thread but I'm having exactly the same problem too. Have any of you been able to find a solution? I've got all the expansions and mods but I've tried it without them too. What I did was try to move from that island place to Riverview (because the school/stadium thing broke alot of stuff already and from what i knew Riverview didn't have that) and i found a house I wanted. It said 'You're now ready to play' or something like that and had a tick appear like what happens when you start a new game. I click it and it grays out. That's it. I can click on other properties to buy them and go back to the previous world. I've tried going into edit town when it happens and it says that no-one lives in that house at all. It's just another empty house. If i go back to the selecting a house then i get where I was before. Anyone got a fix or at least a way around it?