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the sims 3-game freezing and crashes after a few hours-windows 7 computer- would like a permanent solution

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September 24, 2014 9:13:29 PM

Hii i am having a problem with my sims 3 game . I have not found a solution to it . But I do no that if you delete cache files such as scrip.cache. and stuff like that will help. But after a while those bad files will keep regenerating which is a problem for a lot of people. A few people are saying the people who made the sims 3 game should have tested it before releasing it and making sure everything works fine. Also delete files you already have installed in your game this won't remove it from your game it is just a basic clean up. But every time those
Package Files / Sims File
Once you identified them, you can simply delete (or move) the file you want to get rid of. Make sure to delete your cache files afterwards. If you are using Scripting Mods (like the ones by Twallan, Buzzler or treeag) make sure that you read the description of the mods. There are certain mods that need some extra steps before uninstalling them.

Sims3Pack Files
Those file need to be uninstalled from your launcher. Make sure, you check your Installed Content and not Downloads. Also make sure that you have the tab with the Infinity Symbol to see all your installed stuff. Some of these unwanted files do not have a categorization and therefor can’t be found if you filter f.e. by Clothing. Do not try to uninstall while the game is running. Close it.
Find the Launcher Pic/ text you have identified before.
Select the checkbox next to it
Click on Uninstall
Start your game to check if the unwanted CC is now really gone. If not, try deleting your cache files.
To rid your computer of clutter, you should also delete the corresponding package-file in your DCBackup folder. You’ll find the numbers in my blog if the CC is listed there. This step is NOT necessary and has nothing to do whether they show up in your game or not. To read up on what those files are actually for, read this: User Files.
What to do if this does not work
Make sure WHAT type of CC it is by identifying the icon in CAS (see above).

Sims3Pack
If uninstalling an item from the Launcher does remove the CC from your game. Unfortunately the launcher doesn’t seem to be able to display all CC if you have a lot of it so that’s why sometimes you can’t seem to find stuff.

Everything installed in your Launcher can be found in the files in the folder DCCache. There are three types of files in there:

*.ebc: All Store Items
*.dbc: All third party Items
missingdeps.idx: Some cache file that gets recreated when deleted
First you can try this

Method by Mell
Make a backup of your DCCache folder (if anything doesn't go as expected)
Move all files *.dbc to your desktop
Move dcdb0.dbc back to your DCCache folder
Start the Launcher
Go to Installed Content and uninstall everything you don't want anymore
Close the Launcher
Remove the dcdb0.dbc file from the DCCache and store it in a safe place.
Move the dcdb1.dbc in the DCCache and rename it to dcdb0.dbc.
Start the launcher and proceed with step 5 and 6 again.
Rename dcdb0.dbc back to dcdb1.dbc and store it also at that safe place
Do this for every DBC file in the DCCache Folder. Make sure to rename the files to their original name.
Once your done, move the cleaned files back to your DCCache folder and you're done.
Please not that if you want to do the same for Store Content, you need to do the same for the *.ebc files
You can then try deleting the missingdeps.idx if that does not work, you will need to remove all files *.dbc. Move the files to your desktop (don’t delete). This will remove everything except Store Items, Houses/Households and Sims. Check your game if the CC is now gone.

Package files
Move your SavedSims folder to the desktop and delete your cache files.
Check if the CC is gone –> If yes, you’re done
Move your Mods folder to the desktop and delete your cache files.
Check if the CC is gone –> If yes, you’re done
If not, please post here: Bad CC thread in the official Sims 3 forum.
But if you or anyone else has found a solution to this problem and can explain to me in a very simple way please let me know. my email address is k.koukoutas@gmail.com
thankyou
Krystal

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September 24, 2014 11:01:02 PM

What problem are you having? You posted a lot but, not the actual problem. What error is it giving you?
September 25, 2014 4:33:13 PM

http://nraas.wikispaces.com/
This site has many fixes for sims, ones EA will NEVER fix (many bugs years old now). The files on that site also has some tools to try to fix other issues as well.
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