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Plumbob107

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Can't Control My Sims! Please help!
« on: December 15, 2011, 08:44:30 PM »
Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum :)

I'm having trouble with my game and I don't know if I can fix it.

My family consists of a mother and father, a child and just recently, twin baby girls. Right after the twins were brought home, I moved the family to an empty lot and built them a bigger house. I last left of with them coming into the new house after being freshly built.

When I went to play again, something strange had happened - my sims won't move! Technically, the child is the sim I'm controlling (I see his wishes and things), and I can give him commands, but he doesn't do them! He just stands in front of the dresser that I had him change his outfit with. The icons of the other household members are just blank green squares, and when I click on them it doesn't do anything. When I unpause the game, nobody moves, but the clock is still running. I exited and and reloaded the game, and then something worse happened - my sims were completely gone! It was like I was looking at an empty house - no sim was occupying the house, and the furniture was gone! I recently restored the game back to where they are in the house, but they still won't move!

I only have the base game, and all my patches are up to date (I think). Has anyone had anything similar happen in their game? I don't want to lose my family, I've grown quite attached to them!! Please help!! Thank you and happy holidays :)

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Re: Can't Control My Sims! Please help!
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 09:28:12 PM »
Hi Plumbob107 and welcome to the forum! I've had the green icon problem before. I managed to fix it before any of my sims disappeared, though. This worked for me, and I hope it works for you too. Here's what I did, step-by-step. I went to the Edit Town screen and I clicked on the family. I then clicked the Copy to Library button and then clicked the option to copy them with the house. Once they were safely in the library, I deleted the bugged family and house from the town. Then I placed the copy back onto the same empty lot. I hope this works for you!



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Chuckles_82

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Re: Can't Control My Sims! Please help!
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 12:34:45 AM »
Wow, that's the first time I've (personally) seen what has been deemed as 'the travelling bug' appear without travelling! Let us know if MoonsAreBlue's solution works.

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Re: Can't Control My Sims! Please help!
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2011, 02:10:22 AM »
It worked!!! Thank you SO MUCH MoonsAreBlue! You saved my game!! A thousand thanks to you!!

I've heard about that travelling bug...I think my game has some weird glitches in it...am I supposed to have the option to make gourmet pet food if I don't even have the pets ep?

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Re: Can't Control My Sims! Please help!
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2011, 02:40:13 AM »
It worked!!! Thank you SO MUCH MoonsAreBlue! You saved my game!! A thousand thanks to you!!

I've heard about that travelling bug...I think my game has some weird glitches in it...am I supposed to have the option to make gourmet pet food if I don't even have the pets ep?

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Re: Can't Control My Sims! Please help!
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2011, 10:07:37 AM »
It worked!!! Thank you SO MUCH MoonsAreBlue! You saved my game!! A thousand thanks to you!!

I'm very glad it worked for you! :)