There was no escaping it - subsequent downloads of "infected" packages would spread the doll even farther.Įventually, the tide of this corrupted doll became so strong that EA itself had to step in. Any lots or packages uploaded from games that had the doll present would find themselves uploading with the doll attached.
To make matters worse, the file itself was visible neither on the Mods screen nor in the downloads folder for the game. Weird.- archived account January 18, 2021įrom lag to corrupted save files to game crashes, the doll was inadvertently responsible for countless hours of lost gameplay. Didn't help that the doll LOOKED like a creepy, haunted doll. Omg just watched some video about some Sims 3 cc doll that somehow got corrupted/made in to a virus and broke a bunch of people's games and couldn't be deleted once it had infected your game. It was uploaded to the Exchange as an exciting piece of content from a reputable creator and was quickly downloaded by keen players. The doll had its start as a piece of custom content called Girl Doll Dressed, cloned from the in-game teddy bear and designed to look as though toddlers were playing with realistic dolls. The latter, however, was known for being a little less reliable - and it's there that the doll first made its appearance.
Upon creation, they'd be uploaded to popular modding download websites like ModTheSims, The Sims Resource and The Sims Exchange. From its earliest iterations, modders would create in-game items, clothes, traits and more. It infested people's games, creating extreme lag and unplayable lots.Īnd it came in the form of a creepy, haunted-looking doll.Īt this time, The Sims was - as it continues to be - a haven for the modding community. In 2010, at the peak of The Sims 3 hubbub, there was a secret virus, transmitting from player to player, corrupting save files and destroying countless in-game legacies without even showing up on-screen. It's one of the most devastating things that can happen to your game. All the hours - days even - of work and it all goes down the drain in minutes.
If there's one thing guaranteed to wound the very soul of someone who plays video games, it's a corrupted save file.