Author Topic: Odd and very frustrating glitch with the town/town map and disappearing sims  (Read 6082 times)

Offline Wonderfreak

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So, I have the PS3 version of Sims 3 Pets and I'm a few generations in..it's the usual I don't want to lose my progress/start again. BUT I am starting to think I'll have to. One of my sims turned invisible right before I saved the game and when I loaded it back up he was still gone as was the teenage son and his friend. This isn't the worst part. I tried to fix it by making him go somewhere else (in this case, the movies) and come back home. I chose to follow him and instead of seeing a loading screen it sort of moved to where the theater should be and instead all of the buildings (and neighbours houses) are weird dark shapes with no textures. But it gets stranger still! Oh yes..I tried to change sims and if it lets me without pausing the game it says 'this sim is in another part of town?' Blah blah.. I choose yes and it stays where the other sim is, not switching to a different one (and he's still invisible). So then I decided to try and move them and the 'move household members' screen wouldn't show but was making sounds like I was selecting them. Anyway I hit yes, chose another house and it got stuck on the loading screen but I could hear a sim undressing or dressing or something like that and a stereo being turned on. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!! If anyone knows why I am experiencing any of these problems please let me know. I'm doubtful of a solution but there's still hope, right? If it helps any, I can edit the house they're in now and that's still normal. I can try to get a picture..I'm not on the PS network so I can't screenshot it :/
Also, is there a way to save my existing family to my studio and a whole family and not individual sims. If they are individuals can I move them all into a house together in a new game?
Thanks in advance for reading this far and for any help that might come my way!

Offline Wonderfreak

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Never mind..I managed to import them from my studio so I can kind of start over with my current household. I'd still like to know why my game did this but I don't think I'll find an answer LOL



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Offline 7deadlysouls

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I think I have found a solution to this glitch. I also had this problem, and I'm not sure why this happened either. However, what I did to solve this was sell all my vehicles (including bikes) and let the taxi drive me somewhere else (any place is fine, I believe) and all of a sudden, the loading screen started working again! I went back home and bought the old cars I sold and went somewhere else again, to make sure it wouldn't happen again, and it didn't! This is a solution I found but I don't know if it'll work every time :'( . Also, I didn't try to move so I didn't get the other part of the glitch, so I don't know anything about that.

Offline Wonderfreak

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Oh thanks so much! <3 If it happens again I'l definitely keep this in mind :) I'm glad the solution has worked for you either way. I ended up deleting that file 'cause I was scared that it would corrupt the others. I still can't get over the glitch, it's the worst I've had in the whole time I've been playing! Hopefully if it happens again the solution will continue to work for ya.
Thanks again :D