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OS X users, please read [http://www.modthesims.info/showpost.php?p=2751047&postcount=241 this post] on why this is a bad thing.
 
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Revision as of 15:12, 26 September 2010

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Sims 3 Logo transparent small.png This article is written for The Sims 3. For the equivalent Sims 2 article, click here.


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Refresh caches and thumbnails

These are temporary files that are saved by the game to make loading certain information faster. If these files have incorrect or corrupted data, it may prevent your game from loading. The game will regenerate fresh copies of these files each time it loads, so deleting them is perfectly safe, and it's normal for them to reappear.


The Sims 3 Dashboard

clearing caches in Dashboard tool
To have your caches cleared automagically, download and install the Sims 3 Dashboard tool. Simply run the program and tell it which caches you'd like to have cleared or click the "Clear All" button.




The Manual Way

Do the first and then, test. If that doesn't work, carry on with the second, and then test, and so on.

Cache Files

  • TS3 caches.png
    To delete your cache files, navigate to The Sims 3 in DOCUMENTS folder. Inside, will be a number of cache files.
    TS3 docs path.png
  • Delete any or all of these files you have.
If you have installed remove
CAS parts that appear in Create-A-Sim CasPartCache.package
New objects that would appear in Buy/Build mode compositorCache.package
Mods or Hacks scriptCache.package
New Sims, default skins simCompositorCache.package




Thumbnails

  • TS3 thumbnails.png
    To delete Thumbnails, if you installed a CAS-part or Buy/Build mode object, or anything that has a thumbnail picture, sometimes it is necessary to force the game to refresh its Thumbnails cache. Look inside the Thumbnails folder and delete any files inside that folder.
TS3 thumbnails path.png




WorldCache

Optional, for Windows only - do NOT do this on a Mac.

  • TS3 worldcaches.png
    To delete WorldCaches, look inside the WorldCaches folder (if you have one) and delete these files inside that folder.
TS3 worldcaches path.png

Don't worry if you don't have a WorldCaches folder, or if it's empty - some people have WorldCaches and some don't - it just means that you do not have Riverview, other new worlds, or the new Create-a-World tool installed.

OS X users, please read this post on why this is a bad thing.

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