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Re: Inventory gone?

@oncesweetcrazy  Have you patched this week?  The Eco Lifestyle patch contained an inventory overhaul, so this issue may or may not still exist for you.

If it's still happening, please test in a new save in a clean user data folder.  Move your entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  Don't add anything to it yet; just start a new save, put some stuff in the sim's inventory, and travel.

If it works, you can copy your existing save into the new folder (saves are located in the saves folder, unsurprisingly) and test again.  But don't add anything else to the folder.  Let me know whether the inventory clears again.

I'm also curious if there's a pattern to what disappears.  There was one bug months ago with produce disappearing, but that was fixed.  I've heard that the game doesn't seem to retain certain items created with a Copypasto spell (and perhaps other similar items), but I'm not sure that's widespread.  So if you haven't noticed any patterns, it would be useful to test with just one type of item at a time.

4 Replies

  • oncesweetcrazy's avatar
    oncesweetcrazy
    5 years ago

    I updated my game and it was still disspearing.I now tested it with a new save file and it seems to be working. I added back my old save files and they seem to be working. not really sure what the problem was. it's very strange because it was happening for a few months and things I would buy in the magical realm would dissapear. I"m just happy that my game isn't deleting my inventory anymore.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @oncesweetcrazy  There are plenty of files in your user data folder that can get corrupted.  Sometimes it's easier to just refresh the folder rather than trying to pinpoint the source of the issue.

    I'm glad it's working now.

  • katiecar1's avatar
    katiecar1
    5 years ago

    My inventory is also dong a similar thing but it is only with one sim i recently downloaded cats and dogs and deiced to do a rags to riches with two of my sims in my save the one that is having the problem is a mermaid if that helps. it completely removes the whole inventory and replaces it with right now dog poop but i have had it be a logic book. it changed when i downloaded the new patch. this was happening before and after the patch. i use mods if that helps but i did have to remove mods with the update. including: loading screen, life tragedies (i heard it was broken so i took it out and updated), ui cheat extension (updated with the new one to)

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @katiecar1  Please repair the game in Origin: open your game library, right-click on the Sims 4 icon, and select Repair.

    If that doesn't help, please test in a clean user data folder as I described earlier in the thread.