Re: Sims only showing 'Play Scenario'

@klauterbach70  Sorry for the late reply.  Let's try a clean user folder.  Please move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop; you may need to rename it first if you still have another "The Sims 4" folder on your desktop.  If you get an error while trying to move the folder, stop here and let me know.

Otherwise, load the game, which will create a new user folder.  Start a new save by pressing the big Play button—no need to spend much time on it as this is just for testing—save your progress once your sim is in a household, and quit.  Then load the game and see whether you can see your save.  If you can, quit again and move the Slot_00000003.save file to the new Sims 4 folder.  Let me know whether it's available to load.

OMG!!! For the first time in like a month I finally have the option to load a game!!!! But, the only one showing up is the one I just saved, even after moving the Slot_00000003.save to the new Sims 4 folder. BUT I HAVE THE LOAD GAME BUTTON so we’re finally getting somewhere, I could cry. I just don’t know how to get the Slot_00000003.save recovered. 

@klauterbach70  Please double-check the save name, for example count all the zeroes, just in case it's really that simple.  If that doesn't help, would you mind sharing your save?  I can see whether it loads for me.  Just upload it to a free filesharing site (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) and link it here.

It says the file attachment was not supported to attach the file. But here is the link to the google drive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1puOoEWrOM81n0Rc41cwcCbRmSgklk_Pz/view?usp=drivesdk

I checked for file name and all, just doesn’t open. BUT, in my new world that DID get saved, none of the homes or empty lots are residential. They all have an orange exclamation point above them saying it’s a non residential lot, when I tried to move another household into the community. I can’t catch a break & guess I have no idea what I’ve done. 

@klauterbach70  What you uploaded is called Slot_00000003.save.tmp , and it's also too small a file to be a proper save.  (Even a brand-new save is about 4 MB, and yours is 831 KB.)  So I think it just doesn't have enough data to load properly.  More to the point, it doesn't have the data you've been hoping to recover.

If you have any older saves that are at least 4-5 MB anywhere on your computer, you can try renaming and recovering those.  Hopefully you'll get lucky.

For the new save, the orange exclamation points appearing is a known issue:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Orange-Exclamation-signs-over-lots-Houses-disappear/td-p/10533991

It would be helpful if you could upload the affected save (the new one with the exclamation points, not the one you've sent me) to the thread and tag SimGuruNick, who asked for saves on page 7.  The way you shared your save with me works fine.

For the problem itself, it looks like some people have been able to solve it by uninstalling and reinstalling the entire game and playing without mods.  I don't know whether that necessarily fixes already-broken lots, but if it doesn't, you could try downloading lots from the Gallery to replace them.

please help me

when i start my sims game 

only play scenario is showing up

please tell me anyone