Game Help:Sims 3 Delete Cache Files - Revision history

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EllaCharm3d: Reverted edits by Jarret98 (talk) to last revision by EllaCharm3d

2011-10-24T05:36:31Z

Reverted edits by Jarret98 (talk) to last revision by EllaCharm3d

Jarret98: /* WorldCache */

2011-10-23T20:31:05Z

‎WorldCache

EllaCharm3d at 08:04, 6 July 2011

2011-07-06T08:04:24Z

Werismyki at 19:12, 26 September 2010

2010-09-26T19:12:34Z

Whiterider at 01:06, 2 July 2010

2010-07-02T01:06:37Z

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 :[[Image:TS3 thumbnails path.png]]
 * 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.
-* One of the patches also introduced In-Game-Advertising, and so EA introduces the FeaturedItems folder.
+* One of the patches also introduced In-Game-Advertising to thesims3 Store, and so EA introduces the FeaturedItems folder.
 * Delete ALL files inside these folders. They are like the caches above, and would be re-generated fresh if they are removed.

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 <blockquote>
 ===Cache Files===
-* [[Image:TS3_caches.png|right]]'''To delete your cache files''', navigate to '''The Sims 3''' in DOCUMENTS folder.  Inside, will be a number of cache files.<br>
+* [[Image:TS3_caches.png|right]]'''To delete your cache files''', navigate to '''The Sims 3''' in DOCUMENTS folder.
 *:[[Image:TS3 docs path.png]]
-*Delete ''any'' or ''all'' of these files you have. Yes, they would be re-generated when you next start Launcher or the game, that is by design.<br>
+*Inside, will be a number of cache files. Delete ''any'' or ''all'' of these files you have. Yes, they would be re-generated when you next start Launcher or the game, that is by design.<br>
 {| class="nicetable" align="left"
 ! class="shaded" | If you have installed or do activities related to
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 ===Thumbnails===
-* [[Image:TS3_thumbnails.png|right]]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. One of the patches also introduced In-Game-Advertising, and so EA introduces the FeaturedItems folder. Delete ALL files inside these folders. They are like the caches above, and would be re-generated fresh if they are removed.
+* [[Image:TS3_thumbnails.png|right]]'''To delete Thumbnails files''', navigate to '''The Sims 3''' in DOCUMENTS folder.  <br>
 {| class="nicetable" align="left"
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 |}
-:[[Image:TS3 thumbnails path.png]]
 <br clear="all" \><br>

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 |}
 ===Thumbnails===
-* [[Image:TS3_thumbnails.png|right]]'''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. Delete ALL files inside these folders. They are like the caches above, and would be re-generated fresh.
+* [[Image:TS3_thumbnails.png|right]]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. One of the patches also introduced In-Game-Advertising, and so EA introduces the FeaturedItems folder. Delete ALL files inside these folders. They are like the caches above, and would be re-generated fresh if they are removed.
 {| class="nicetable" align="left"

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 {{CrossGameLink | Sims2Link=Game Help:Delete Cache Files | Sims3Link= }}
-==Refresh caches and thumbnails==
+==Refresh caches, indices, 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.
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 <br clear="all" \><br><br>
 -->
-Do the first and then, test. If that doesn't work, carry on with the second, and then test, and so on.
 <blockquote>
-====Cache Files====
+===Cache Files===
 * [[Image:TS3_caches.png|right]]'''To delete your cache files''', navigate to '''The Sims 3''' in DOCUMENTS folder.  Inside, will be a number of cache files.<br>
 *:[[Image:TS3 docs path.png]]
-*Delete ''any'' or ''all'' of these files you have.<br>
+*Delete ''any'' or ''all'' of these files you have. Yes, they would be re-generated when you next start Launcher or the game, that is by design.<br>
 {| class="nicetable" align="left"
-! class="shaded" | If you have installed
+! class="shaded" | If you have installed or do activities related to
 ! remove
 |-
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 | class="shaded" | New Sims, default skins
 | simCompositorCache.package
 |}
 <br clear="all" \><br>
-====Thumbnails====
+These files appear to be some sort of index or cache repository for the Launcher. If it gets corrupted when Launcher or the game crashed, then the next time you try to start Launcher or load the game, they  would either stall and never completely loads, or crash again.
 :[[Image:TS3 thumbnails path.png]]
 <br clear="all" \><br>
-====WorldCache====
+===WorldCache===
 <span style="background:#ff0000"> '''Optional, for Windows only - do NOT do this on a Mac.'''</span>

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 </blockquote>
-[[Category:Game Help]]
+[[Category:Sims 3 Game Help|Cach]]
-[[Category:Sims 3]]
+[[Category:Sims 3 Technical Game Help|Cach]]

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 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.
+<!-- image need updating
 ===The Sims 3 Dashboard===
 :[[Image:Dashboard clear cache.png|thumb|550px|clearing caches in Dashboard tool]]To have your caches cleared automagically, download and install the [http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006 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.
 <br clear="all" \><br><br>
+-->
 ===The Manual Way===

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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.		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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		+	{{CrossGameLink \| Sims2Link=Game Help:Delete Cache Files \| Sims3Link= }}
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	==Refresh caches and thumbnails==		==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.		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.