Can't Create New Games (Solved)

[Trident]

Today I let/helped my brother create the characters from Homestuck in my sims 3 file. When he tried to place them in Twinbrook, on an empty lot, it did the weirdest thing.

-He selected the lot
-The 'Great! Now you can browse other lots or click here to start play
Ing right away!' Thing popped up.
-He clicked the check mark.

The check mark then turned gray, and so did the back button. However, the loading screen/plumbob did not appear. He could still click on other households/use the main menu/save/go into options; he could do pretty much anything except actually play.

He tried to select and play an active household; that didn't work either. He gave me the computer back, and I tried to place new families in other neighborhoods. All of my attempts ended up like his had.

Advice? Help?

[Variosities]

First of all, try rebooting your computer. If that doesn't work, you may need to reset the game. There's a thread with instructions for that.

[MrsFlynn]

I'd suggest trying a factory reset as well.

Here's the link for that and/or instructions on how to do a factory reset.

Factory Reset: Fix Your Game with 1/4 the Time of a Reinstall 
http://www.carls-sims-3-guide.com/forum/index.php/topic,7507.0.html

Factory Reset =

01.) Go to your Sims 3 folder.
 -- Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3

02.) Rename your current Sims 3 folder to something like Sims 3 Current.
03.) Click the Sims 3 icon to create a new The Sims 3 folder.

04.) Then copy your game saves, files and such over to the new game to see if that helps.

Also, something else that may help is to run a registry cleaner, something like Ccleaner. It helps clean up temporary files, internet cache files and other files that are left behind that are no longer being used.

I hope this helps,

MrsFlynn

[Trident]

Thank you both! I'll let you know how it turns out.

[Trident]

It works! All I had to do was restart the computer.