Lost all player tabs in Sims 3...can't switch sims

I have all of the expansions and have been playing with absolutely no problems @ all for months now, and all of a sudden during my game a couple of days ago the tabs on the side that you use to switch between sims disappeared as well as all the sims panels (needs, relationships, inventory). I have no idea why/how this happened or how to fix it. I'm hoping someone can help...please!

Hello,

Did you add any Custom Content and/or Mods?

I have other saved families (and towns) that work just fine, so it's not the game itself that's messed up, it's just this particular one that got messed up somehow. I think I accidentally hit a key that made the tabs disappear, but I'm not aware of any shortcuts or keys that would make this happen.

P.S. I know it might not seem like a big deal since I'm playing other towns/families but I worked hard on this particular family and have done so much with them I don't want to have to delete them. Hoping someone can please help...thank you.

try this



user control panel

Hide UCP: [F10]



check keyboard control to find all key's for the interface.

They're back!!! Well almost...the mom and dad are greyed out and says they're away on free vacation when they were supposed to be back days ago. Thank you