Sims 3 current game is missing!
My current game/family for sims 3 does not show up when I load the game. I went into electronic arts/sims 3/saves and the game is there, but all of the file names have .bad at the end. How do I recove...
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The .bad files are attempted saves that failed and can just be deleted. The game cannot load them and even if they could run, they would be damaged anyway. They should always be gotten rid of.
It's not necessary to move the Saves file out to get rid of bad saves and change a backup save to a proper .sims3 loadable one by renaming it, although yes you can do it that way if you want to.
Note that you can only have a finite number of (good) saves actually in the live Saves file. Seems to vary by player, but the limit is somewhere between 50 and 80. Beyond that, the game save chooser will not see or offer them up for play. Additional saves should be stored elsewhere until needed, many of us limit the saves in the live Saves folder to less than 10 to reduce clutter and stress at the time the game starts up.
It's not necessary to move the Saves file out to get rid of bad saves and change a backup save to a proper .sims3 loadable one by renaming it, although yes you can do it that way if you want to.
Note that you can only have a finite number of (good) saves actually in the live Saves file. Seems to vary by player, but the limit is somewhere between 50 and 80. Beyond that, the game save chooser will not see or offer them up for play. Additional saves should be stored elsewhere until needed, many of us limit the saves in the live Saves folder to less than 10 to reduce clutter and stress at the time the game starts up.
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