Sims 3: Can't Switch Active Household

[deineHasi]

Very recently, my Sim game has been glitching ever since I purchased Showtime. Sims started disappearing--the icon box would turn green and they would become invisible--so I downloaded the Travelor and ErrorTrap mods. Everything seemed to work just find until I decided to make another Sim. I created the Sim and made her the active household. I attempted to switch back to my original family, but every time I do it returns to the new Sim I created.

I attempted to evict the family, but it won't let me place the family in any house nor will it let me merge households. I also tried switching active households with other Sims, but this hasn't worked either. I've seen one or two incompleted threads with this same issue. Any ideas?

[deineHasi]

A new development: my new Sim adopted a kitten but the kitten never arrived. :catsad:

[crinrict]

What exactly happens when you try to switch ? Do you get an infitie loading screen ? Does the tick stay grey or do you mean that it loads the new family although you clicked the old one ?

[deineHasi]

I click "Switch Active Household" of the house I wish to play, it loads, however my view immediately returns to the family I was just playing as though I had chosen them. So, I'm playing House A, click House B as the active household, the game loads, then returns me to House A.

[crinrict]

Does the same happen in a new game if you start one for testing purposes ?

[deineHasi]

I just tested this. Oddly, I can switch households in other towns (I tested Hidden Springs). I currently have the two families in Barnacle Bay.

[MissJ01]

Hello

Have you tried uninstalling Showtime and then installing it again?

If that doesnt work then try this:

Ctrl Shift C - resetsim (full name)

[deineHasi]

If I uninstalled Showtime and attempted to insall it again, wouldn't that restart my files? I've never had to do this before so I don't know how to approach it.

Also, oddly enough, the kitten finally showed up! :catvery-happy:

[deineHasi]

Another incredibly strange update: all of my Sims have disappeared. My game seems to have restarted itself in spite of all my saves still in their folders. :catmad:

[crinrict]

Create a new game with a weird name and see if it gets saved to the same folder as your other savegames.

Do the worlds you've played the games in still show in the launcher ?