Re: Sims 3 cannot access saved game
I apologize for replying to this old post, I'm having the same issue after EA changed from the Origin app to the EA app, I followed the previous steps, and they worked a bit but once I click on the b...
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@BobLazarELE115 Try loading a backup copy of your save. Even if you never created one, the game keeps the files from the second-to-last time you saved. Open Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves, and you'll see a folder for your save plus another folder with the same name and a .backup extension. Rename the save and delete the .backup extension, and that save should be available to load at the Main Menu.
If this doesn't help, you can send me a copy of your save, and I can try poking at it. You can upload it to the free filehosting site of your choice (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) and either link it here or send me a PM. Just let me know which packs you have installed and which Store worlds so I can replicate the environment.
So renaming my saves and deleting the backups just completely deleted all of my saves. Is there anything else I can do for future saves? I've already tried repairing the game through EA and reactivating all of my expansion packs in the Sims 3 Launcher. I have done both of these several times and nothing works. EA Support is no help either, they just point me right to this forum and shrug their shoulders when I tell them it didn't work.
@mightyma My advice was to delete the .backup file extension, as in, the text, not the folders. So if you had a save called SunsetValley, you'd have a SunsetValley.sims3 folder and a SunsetValley.sims3.backup folder. If you followed my suggestion, the latter would become something like SunsetValley1.sims3 , which you could load from the Main Menu.
Please try to restore any saves you deleted if you can find them in the recycle bin. And if you've renamed your main saves, make sure the folder names still end in .sims3 and the names don't contain any special characters.
