I've looked and look for two days on how to solve this problem, and yet no know can give me a straight answer across the internet.
My game, up until I try to load a saved game or even start a new one, starts up fine. Makes it to the main option screen to pick a town and such. I select an option, or a previous game, and start the loading process. And wait. And wait. And wait. Only to have it never load. The total time I've waited is an hour and 4 minutes. And still nothing.
I've have tried most things that were suggested to other people.
> Clear cache in documents/electronic arts/the sims 3 folder and others that were suggested.
> Change your file to back up AND vice versa.
> I've change my compatibility settings on the expansions from windows 8 to windows 7, then to windows vista service pack 2, then back to windows 8.
> I un-installed everything, all expansions (every one except fast lane, WA, and katyperry's) and even the base game, and the reinstalled everything again.
> I've ran the game without custom content, without modification. Still not loading.
I'm running out of options here. I was playing the game perfectly the other day, and I saved and exited. No problems closing, it did it's thing fine. Went to start it a few hours later, and this started. Haven't been able to play it since. No updates on my computer to conflict, nothing newly installed. I just don't get it and nothing I try is fixing this.