Game Help - Can't Choose Household (problem solved!)

[Mary-Greenman]

Hi there! So I posted about this on facebook and Carl was nice enough to point me in the direction of the forum. So basically, my problem is that my sims 3 game will not allow me to choose a household (which is the main way I play, mind you). I've recently had a computer crash and am in the process of reinstalling all my games into a new operating system (windows vista). So far, I've only installed the base game and it won't give me the option. See picture below to see what I mean.



Is there a way to fix this?

[MoonsAreBlue]

This is because when you reinstall the game, it resets the tutorial. And in order to play to the tutorial, you have to move a sim into a household, not select a household. I don't remember exactly how to do it now (I've done it on many of my reinstalls), but I think you can skip it or something through the options menu. Try turning lessons off.

[Mary-Greenman]

Moons, can I hug you and shove you into a reference book for later? You're awesome. You fixed it! *dances* Yay! Thank you so much!

[MoonsAreBlue]

Moons, can I hug you and shove you into a reference book for later? You're awesome. You fixed it! *dances* Yay! Thank you so much!

You can if you want to! Welcome to the forum. You'll find that everyone here is very helpful.

[Mary-Greenman]

I've never been to a forum and gotten such a fast reply. XD I've always had bad luck with these places. I'm glad I decided to give it a shot!

[ratchie]

We are all pleased you gave it a shot too,welcome to the forum everyone here is super friendly and awesome.

Rachel