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black screen of death. help!!!!!
I recently just installed University Life and my problem is why is that if I go to my dorm all I see is black. And I can't even see my sim inside the dorm.. PLEASE HELP
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
Are you sure you are on the right floor? Sometimes I'm in the 2nd basement of somewhere, and when I move, the game puts me in second basement even if it doesn't exist. Then the screen is black...
Try changing floors or double click on your Sim icon. Does it help?
Try changing floors or double click on your Sim icon. Does it help?
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
yep, i'm pretty sure i'm on the right floor. there's just this static thing going on in my screen. making it black. how can i fix this? please help . even i'm on the street the 'black thing' still appears.
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
Ok. Do you have any CC or mods?
If not, delete both folder DCCache and DCBackup in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3.
If this doesn't work, try deleting:
-CASPartCache.package
-compositorCache.package
-scriptCache.package
-simCompositorCache.package
-socialCache.package
-plus the contents of the folders "WorldCaches" & "Thumbnails"
in that same folder....
If not, delete both folder DCCache and DCBackup in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3.
If this doesn't work, try deleting:
-CASPartCache.package
-compositorCache.package
-scriptCache.package
-simCompositorCache.package
-socialCache.package
-plus the contents of the folders "WorldCaches" & "Thumbnails"
in that same folder....
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
what is CC or mods dude? i'm not quite familiar of that term. hehe. i already tried and deleted DCCache and DCBackup but still it didn't work.
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
Custom Content. If you don't have any it's fine, don't worry!
Did you try the rest of the Cache?
Did you try the rest of the Cache?
Last edited by Shamrock on Mon 27 May 2013, 15:52; edited 1 time in total
Guest- Guest
Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
Ok. Is this new since University, or has your game always run like this?
is your graphic card up to date? What type is it? (Some are not supported anymore by EA...)
Try to run as Administrator. Does it help?
is your graphic card up to date? What type is it? (Some are not supported anymore by EA...)
Try to run as Administrator. Does it help?
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
the game just run like this in University but in other packs it doesn't. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4430. i'll try the run as administrator tomorrow. hehe. gotta sleep. good night ^_^. thanks for the effort in helping me
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
This graphic card doesn't seem to be supported by the game... See here.
Maybe the "Run as Admin" trick will help, on forums some say it did...
Maybe the "Run as Admin" trick will help, on forums some say it did...
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
damn! i tried it already still it didn't work. I guess I'll just uninstall it.
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
babyxie182 wrote:I recently just installed University Life and my problem is why is that if I go to my dorm all I see is black. And I can't even see my sim inside the dorm.. PLEASE HELP
Hello,
In my opinion, deleting the cache files is not that important here; this problem seems more serious.
1) Try moving your sim out of the dorm, and then back in again.
2) If that doesn't help, look here: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files
Read that article very carefully. But I'll give you a brief summary: go to My documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3. Inside that "Sims 3" folder, create a new folder with the name Mods. Go inside the Mods folder, then create a new folder called Packages. Also, the so-called resource.cfg file goes into the Mods folder too.
So in the end, inside the Mods folder, you have the resource.cfg file and the sub-folder "Packages".
3) Now go here: http://nraas.wikispaces.com/MasterController+Phase+Ten
After downloading you should have a file with the name "MasterController.package". Put this file into the "Packages" folder (see above).
4) I now suggest you go to My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3 and backup the folder with the name "Saves". So that if something goes wrong, you put your backup savefiles back in again.
5) If you have correctly installed that mod, start the game and go with your sim to any computer. Click on the computer, then select the following: NRAAS/Master Controller/Town/Reset everything.
6) Save the game, then exit it. Restart the game then and go into your dorm to see if anything changed. If not, it might be a bug, which can't be solved; you could then try to do a "clean uninstall" of the university expansion, but that would involve more work.
Alternatively you might want to stay in one of the houses, instead of a dorm ? Although it costs a bit, but if it is a workaround, why not ?
Good luck for now - and let us know the result!
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Re: black screen of death. help!!!!!
I'm not sure mods are the best way here, especially considering babyxie doesn't know anything about them...
Alternatively, you can try and download the up-to-date drivers for your card there. Maybe this helps...
Alternatively, you can try and download the up-to-date drivers for your card there. Maybe this helps...
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Shamrock wrote:I'm not sure mods are the best way here, especially considering babyxie doesn't know anything about them...
Alternatively, you can try and download the up-to-date drivers for your card there. Maybe this helps...
If it really was a problem with the graphics driver, then it's in my opinion very unlikely that the problem would only occur in the dorm .
On the other hand, the problem seems to be too serious that it can be solved "only" with cache deleting. But OK, all of this is still worth trying.
And about the mods: Yes, it might be difficult for a beginner, but then: if there's no other possibility to try, apart from moving into a house, instead of a dorm ?
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Last edited by Carlos G. on Wed 29 May 2013, 18:09; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Comment added)
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