Posting again because I can't seem to find any information anywhere online. I know you guys don't know EVERYTHING but most of you have more of an idea than I do (usually).

Basically my game seems to be glitching quite a bit. I have Ambitions, Late Night and Pets installed. Main issues are sims getting stuck in the ground and not being able to move or showing the thought bubble that the path is unroutable/an object is in the way.

My other 'issue' is that in my town (created using CAW's Sunset Valley base file) my sims I've created are appearing as NPCs.

I'm not sure if this is a glitch or if it can happen. I have my original sims. One example is Graham Troup. I can play him fully obviously, but when I looked around town I noticed him standing in a field and hovered over him to find it said 'Graham Troup, Paparazzi' but my actual Graham Troup was in another part of town visiting someone. There's also 'Graham Troup, Pianist' too and a copy of my Rob Swire as 'Rob Swire, Mixologist'.

Is this normal and is there any way I can stop it? I don't like seeing the same sims all over town, especially when it's ones I created. Its getting confusing, especially when my female sims talks to one and I ralise they have no relationship and panic thinking they had a horrible fight whilst I was playing another household! XD

Any sort of insight on this would be great as I don't seem to get much feedback on any of these kinds of forums.

My game is patched to version 1.33

For the first problem, please do the Game Problem guide to help us see where the problem is.
Game Help:Sims 3 Game Problem^wiki

For the second problem, if you have a copy of your sim in the library, the game will use those sims as templates for immigrants/ NPCs. To prevent this from happening in the unmodded game, remove those sims from your library. Not sure if savedsims are used too, maybe someone else can clarify that.

Ok thanks. I'll keep an eye on the first glitch for now and read through that guide. It only started happening when I used the velocitygrss AddAnyLotsize thing and the mod to stop wildlife eating my plants so I'm going to see how that runs with both mods removed.
I don't think I have a copy of any of those sims in the library. I just create them and use them but again I really am a n00b when it comes to this game besides building pretty things and playing through a game so if just making a sim automatically adds it to the library then that i wouldn't know. Sorry for not knowing too much! And thanks again. If anyone else can add anything that would be great

In the folders on my PC where are saved sims stored? Are they only there if I choose to save them myself in the game? I thought there used to be a folder but I may be getting that confused with Sims 2 or making it up entirely!

Library files are in Documents\ Electronic Arts \The Sims 3 \Library and saved sims are in Documents\ Electronic Arts \The Sims 3 \SavedSims.

Well I don't appear to have a Saved Sims folder. Checked through the library folder before and couldn't see any sim looking files

If you move sims in via Edit Town, you can get doppelgangers, because the game does not remove the sim from the Homeless population. You can use NRaas MasterController to find the unauthorized clone and use Total Annihilation on it. NRaas StoryProgression will also prevent the doppelgangers from moving into a house in the first place. You can also use Nraas Overwatch to wipe out the entire homeless population. More info here: I have duplicate or clone sims appearing in my town, where are they coming from ?

What do you mean, 'sim looking files'? All files in the library folder will look the same- they will have names like ebf_0xb4ba0049a764a000.package.

To see whether they are sims or not you need to look in-game and check whether you have sims in the 'Show Households' tab in Edit Town mode.

This is normal, it happens to me too, i've never really cared though.
But just relax, besides you could always go to edit town, and then throw them out of their houses.
It also happens that if you made some npc sims, the family will never die, it will reproduce, of course with another name.

Happy Simming! Hope i helped.

I can't evict these sims out of anywhere because they are NPCs and don't live in the households.
Simsample, I meant sim looking files because I thought files of sims were literally the name of the sims in a folder with th household name (think it was like this for sims 2 but I could be very wrong since I'm not too observant with that sort of stuff since all I do is load the game up and play).
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll try to work out this master controller thing

Just to double check does the master controller go in the same place as custom content? It just says the installation directory but does not specify a folder. Is it the Mods/Packasges folder or Program files/Sims 3?

Yes, it goes in Mods\Packages. Don't try to install it via the Old Way.

Oh wait nevermind. Its amazing what you find if you take the time to actually READ! >.> thanks again, problem hopefully solved! I really should be more active on the normal forums...

Ok. Unwanted duplicate sims deleted! Thanks again guys