kylady000, I'm sorry you had the same problem. On page one of this thread, there's a link to the official forum, where you can find some information about how to get your game back. Apparently there's one particular file in the DCCache file that can be deleted. If you're reluctant to do that, you can do what I did -- pull your saved games file and your download file out of The Sims 3 file; rename The Sims 3 file by adding .old or .1; then launch your game. Quit, go back and put your saved games and downloads in the new The Sims 3 file.