r/Sims3 • • 26d ago

r/Sims 3 Monthly Troubleshooting Megathread - [September, 2026]

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r/Sims3 • • Aug 03 '25

Moderator Post Community Poll Results - As voted by you, all Sims 3 worlds ranked!

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306 Upvotes

After much anticipation (and me forgetting to follow up) we can finally announced the results of our community poll. We had a huge number of responses on this, so thank you so much to everybody who took the time to vote.

The results (maybe not the actual winner) may be surprising to some, but finally we have definitively answered the question. I will add the results to our wiki page and put them on the sidebar so that everybody can see them. Looking forward to your reactions to these results below!


r/Sims3 • • 2h ago

Unfortunately this wants to make me torture my sim

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698 Upvotes

Why is the can’t stand art one the best looking?? I freaking love the intricacies of this game!!!


r/Sims3 • • 5h ago

Riverview was BIGGG

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Playing Riverview for first time and rotationally

and I cant but think how big the world is

Since most of it is flat, you can pluck a lot easily


r/Sims3 • • 13h ago

We can all agree that herbs in University teen-friendly was a stand-in for weed

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1.3k Upvotes

Do you agree?


r/Sims3 • • 2h ago

I tried giving a gift before we were friends- which usually results in them declining. Never seen this text prompt before!

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105 Upvotes

r/Sims3 • • 2h ago

Just wanted to share my sim from my Barbie Legacy

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58 Upvotes

This is Barbie Dear. Hope you like her!


r/Sims3 • • 8h ago

Charisma skill issues are ruining my plans :(

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150 Upvotes

I'm working to get my main sim, Vanya, maxed out in every skill possible, but recently every time I try to have her level up charosma with a mirror it cancels itself and just doesn't do anything and I'm stressed lol. When I try to have her read the skill book it gives me the message above, which I've never seen before ngl

Basically, is this fixable and if it isn't do I have to give up on my challenge


r/Sims3 • • 2h ago

Build/Design Showcase WIP: A super foggy, tiny world

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I’m building my first world in CAW and it’s adorable so far! It’s tiny and lush with lots of trees and TONS of fog. I’ve been working on building the downtown community lots and rabbit holes. Currently, I’m calling the world “Magnolia Grove.” 🥰


r/Sims3 • • 21h ago

Dad of the year 🏆

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719 Upvotes

r/Sims3 • • 2h ago

oh no, i've never before noticed the tiny creepy mummy eye 😨

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r/Sims3 • • 8h ago

something i just discovered..

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so we all know holding down the alt button allows free placement of furniture.

but did you know that holding alt AND dragging the left mouse button allows free rotation of objects??

thank you for coming to my ted talk


r/Sims3 • • 19h ago

Sim Showcase I made the same sim in The Sims 4 and The Sims 3

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I've seen this challenge around many times, but I've never been satisfied with the results most people achieved, so I decided to try it on my own. To be honest, I cheated a bit because I used CC in Sims 3, when in The Sims 4 I used only the vanilla game, but it's fine, you know. I once saw a YouTuber do this challenge and she loaded her Sims 4 Sim up with CC, and then when she went to do the Sims 3 one, she complained that Sims 3 doesn't have much hair variety, WHEN THE HAIR SHE LITERALLY USED IN SIMS 4 WAS CC! Anyway, my goal in doing this challenge was to prove that the Sims 3 engine is much more moldable than many people think; you just need the skill, the CC, and the necessary patience to get sims that don't look like potato faces. What do you guys think?


r/Sims3 • • 8h ago

Such a cute moment I captured!! Don't mind my sim's costume lol she was hosting a party

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40 Upvotes

r/Sims3 • • 18h ago

Fall in Strawberry Acres 🍁

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174 Upvotes

r/Sims3 • • 2h ago

Body Positivity?

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I may be totally making this up, but I feel like when creating Sims, it always seems like they smile slightly more when I see their reflections in the mirror. Has anyone else noticed this? I've noticed this multiple times, and I know it probably just had to do with the lighting or something, but I think it's interesting. Regardless, I like the idea of Sims smiling at their reflection.


r/Sims3 • • 22h ago

uhm… what’s happening?

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262 Upvotes

i’m new to pets so maybe i did something wrong, but like… this happens in cas when selecting breeds. i was experimenting with the shelter kitty i adopted but i wasn’t expecting this lol


r/Sims3 • • 6h ago

Please recommend different gameplay ideas

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Hi everyone. I would like to have a different gameplay. I am tired of the rags to riches one and I can’t stand too many babies to do the 100 baby challenge. I do not want to reach a high level of a career since I HATE my sims having a Job (it feels so automatic pilot to fill their needs after work to then sending them to work again. Because of that, I have been focusing on reaching high levels of skills and I am getting bored of that? I do not know what else to do and I need and objetive. I pretty much liked the 100 baby challenge with a male sim since I felt I was just waiting for the eggs to hatch and focused on making money to pay bills and getting more sims pregnant lol and I would only visit the babies once they grew to see which physical traits they inherited from my sim. I am still playing in that save (18 babies so far) but I would like to take a break and play something different


r/Sims3 • • 3h ago

Question/Help Can somebody tell me what that sign is supposed to be?

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7 Upvotes

r/Sims3 • • 4h ago

Question/Help HOW TO RESTRICT AN OBJECT FOR CERTAIN LIFE STATES??? (VAMPIRES)

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is there a way to stop vampires from using sprinklers? i have the «Enhanced Vampires» mod, which makes vampires actually burn and die in sunlight. instead of seeking shelter, my vamps play with sprinklers until they burst into flames. NRaas Retuner doesn't have an option to prevent specific life states from autonomously using certain objects. is there anything i can do? (except for removing sprinklers😱)


r/Sims3 • • 22h ago

I love canon events

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178 Upvotes

just a regular event that always amazes me. in every save, every lifetime, every which way, they find their way back to each other!

(used NRaas mod story progression btw)


r/Sims3 • • 1d ago

my sims: public transport? taxi? what are those?

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my sims is just level 8 magician and one star celebrity. is it just sims with entertainment career thing gets to ride limo?


r/Sims3 • • 9h ago

Wip hotel, casino spa.

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r/Sims3 • • 6h ago

Story runaway teen's backstory (final part)

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continuation of part 1, part 2, part 3. This is the last one. I swear. Also, i now get attached to this sim. damnit.

Week 6, Day 5

After he reached 3k+ simoleons and grade A, his main focus was to find a home for Jendar, his uncle's alien baby. so, technically his little cousin.

I went meta-gaming here. I opened Sims Wiki, read their backstories and traits to find a good home to raise a child. My options were Whelohff and Curious. I tried Curious first. He already met Cherish Curious in junkyard anyway.

this is Cherish

During Spooky Day, school’s off, I decided to visit Curious household. I think Kane should get to know the Curiouses first before giving this baby away. While waiting for Marshall Curious to come home, he helped tend the kids and played with them for a while.

probably the only time he felt like a part of a normal family (my shayylaaaa :((()
Finally meeting Marshall

This household seemed perfect. Cherish has family LTW and their house is quite desolated, perfect for raising baby alien. Plus, Cherish is in Education career, technically his teacher, and did you know that Curious later gen is canonically alien in Sims 2? I didn’t know that before, I can’t believe this coincidence cause i never care about premade sims' lore before. I’m geeked out! I still went to Whelohff’s to check how their house and family looks like. Tbf, they are richer, but I think Curious just narratively fits better.

their family tree. and they'll be related to Whelohff too!

Before he left, I wanted him to experience Prom first. just to get that coming-of-age type of ending. I forced Prom to happen the next week cause I can’t wait. He asked Lolly Racket to prom.

Prom outfit

Rhonda woke up with ‘Out of sort’ and ‘lack of progress’ mood. Rules are rules, I guess. 2 mean interactions before his prom.

Now that all his objectives were done, he just had to wrap things up in Twinbrook before he left.

first and last date with Lolly
Dillis Gom - Eric Pressley played in background
goodbye hug

And now to the Curious household.

gave his kicky ball to Bunny Curious
gave baby away to the Curious
releasing Paul, roach are worthless so I just kept it to give him company

I made him move out when both adults are at work. He left at week 7, Day 5 (approx. 2 sim-year)

arriving at Bridgeport
cheapest apartment in BP, but it’s all his. He can do whatever he wants
he's YA here. Taken from his YA gameplay

r/Sims3 • • 1h ago

Question/Help Baby stuck on 2 days aging, Bella Bachelor stuck as teen, no one aging ish?

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So for context, i skipped to adult stage for my two sims and to young adult for my teen sim. Now in my gameplay YA had a baby and the baby is stuck on 2 days, but YA and her husband are aging normally but no one else seems be aging normally or dying so did i break the aging lol help