Edit town crash

Wandering wrote:Oh, right I forgot to try that. I'll try deleting the cache files and let you know if that stops the game crashing. Hopefully it does.

Wandering wrote:Sorry for not writing this in the original post, but I have tried re-downloading and applying the ultimate fix two times and it didn't help.
I doubt it's a corrupt save, since the problem spans through all 6 of my saved towns and I already checked for .bad save files, though the game seems to crash more often while in Appaloosa Plains. Also, I never even get to click the save button since the game crashes the second I hit the "Edit Town" button
Starting a new game didn't help. I clean cache regularly with CCleaner, but then again maybe I need to clean it in a different way?

Hello there,

the "caches" Lori mentioned and the "cache" you referred to are 2 different matters. CCleaner wipes out your browsers' caches, or registry cache, but on the other hand, there are some caches that can only be manually and safely removed by yourself.

Navigate to C:\Users\(your computer username here)\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 and delete the following caches:



You also mentioned there are some ".bad" folders in your "Saves" folder, that could be a problem we need to address on later, but first, do the manual clearing of the caches listed above and let us know the result.

Wandering wrote:Well, I've deleted all the cache files and the whole "The Sims 3" folder (whole 14 gigabytes of it).
I've got no idea what did it and the game still lags, but I've finally been able to go back to edit town and save my progress.

Thank you all so much!!

Since all my custom content came from the games4theworld downloads, I'll carefully reinstall the worlds and some of the objects and clothes to see if there is a limit of custom content that my computer can take. 
Now, though, I wonder if there is any hope for my save games or should I just write them off?

Wandering wrote:Well, I already use Gamebooster and don't really need to worry about people since my towns are all pretty much ghost towns but I'll definitely try combining CC together. From the both posts I concluded that it's ok to merge patterns/objects/clothes but what about worlds? I think it's better to leave them standing alone?

Also, none of my saves are marked as ".bad" and I haven't been able to save since the problems started; so I'm thinking of putting them back to "The Sims 3" folder and start up the game in order to save the houses to the library and maybe saving the worlds with a new name before deleting the original saves. 
Though I'm afraid I'm launching myself into an avalanche of problems since none of the CC or worlds (e.g. Dragon Valley) I used are now installed. And then, if I were to do that after merging the CC (opposed to before) will I mess it up even more?

Wandering wrote:Well then I'll install the worlds and load the saves. I can easily replace the custom CC once it's merged now that I can save my progress.

Than you all again so much for the help!!