

You cannot change the name of the world file or else your game won't be able to find the town in the drop down menu list. Steam (world files would possibly go into):Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Sims 3\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds If the world file looks like Riverview.worldĬopy/paste it from where you extracted it, usually into (depending on install)Ĭ:\Program files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The sims 3\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds.Ĭ:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds. world files for reference and help troubleshoot.

How you can test that is to uninstall the world file from where you installed it. There maybe a different reason why the game is crashing. I would keep a backup copy (just copy the old one somewhere else) in case you ever want to restore it.I've had world files installed into C:\Program files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The sims 3\GameData\Shared\NonPackaged\Worlds and it not crash my game. \ Electronic Arts \ The Sims 3 Pets \ GameData \ Shared \ NonPackaged \ Worlds. world file provided by the game, you are supposed to put it into:

world file, since it replaces the original. However, ellacharmed has kindly written these instructions herself, on the download. The Sims 3 World Adventures \ GameData \ Shared \ NonPackaged \ Worlds for China, Egypt and France. For worlds that came with each EP, check their own foldersĮ.g. ^ This is the folder for basegame and custom worlds. \ Electronic Arts \ The Sims 3 \ GameData \ Shared \ NonPackaged \ Worlds. world, cut/paste it from where you extracted it, usually into: sims3pack, just double-click it or right-click -> Open With Sims 3 Launcher. Like others before me have said, you are supposed to download all the archives, then use the "Extract Here" command on only the first archive. Multi-part downloads are simply large files broken up into smaller-sized chunks to fit within the limit allowed on MTS. NOT what a regular user, who just plays the game, needs) you can change the file extension of the. I suppose if you REALLY want to open it yourself (which would only be useful if you want to extract/change stuff from it i.e.
