No traits or lifetime wishes available in CAS mode after installing latest patch

[Jay61]

I recently installed the newest patch for Sims 3.  Everything seems to work fine EXCEPT, I can no longer create new Sims because they must have traits and lifetime ambitions, neither of which are accessible now.  Also, I can no longer play existing families.  The loading starts, but then stops and the game locks up every time I try to select a family to play.  I can, however, access unoccupied houses and lots.  I've checked and find no reference to either of these problems.  The same thing happened when I installed World Adventure (which updated my game).  So I uninstalled everything and reinstalled the base game (no patches) and it worked fine.  I've got a lot of custom content but it seems to have no effect on either of these problems.

I'm running XP with an Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT video card with one gig of memory.  I have 4 Gb of RAM.  Any help anyone can supply would be appreciated

[rdm1052]

I am having the same problem!  Can't create any new sims.  Can play the old ones, but not create any.  It was only after I installed some downloads that it started that problem.  It is also crashing and throwing me to the desktop.  I have a great computer, and plenty of memory, so I know it's not that.  Please help!   Thanx  

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[Theraven]

EAxis are reknown for their buggy patches, both for sims 2 and 3... Just so you know...