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Anonymous
13 years ago

The Sims 3 - Save and Load Error - Code 15/16

Hey,

I currently have running Seasons, Supernatural, Late Night and Ambitions running. When I go to save my game, error code 16 comes up. I've tried resolving this by saving under completely different names, however every time I go to stave, the error then happens again. Once I've manged to save it, when I load it back up, it states that there 'has been a serious error.' Can anyone help? 

Thanks. 🙂

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  • Check if you have any folders called *.bad in your saves folder. If so, delete them. They can't be used anymore and might mess up the good ones.

    Do you have admin rights on your PC ?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Deleted them. Do you know why this happens by any chance?

    Yes I do.

    Thanks. 🙂

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    For some reasons the file can't get overwritten and they go bad because of that. Saving under a different name makes the save usable again but the bad ones are well, still bad.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    So by deleting the bad ones, have I prevented it from happening again, or may it well keep happening? Sorry for so many questions, it's been constantly happening for the past 2 weeks and it's extremely annoying, especially when I've got so far in the game.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    13 years ago

    You can still get them again but you should be able to open your saved games again (were you ?)

    If you get the error regularly I would start to save in circles. Start with save1, save2, save3 ... and then after a certain amount (I usually do 10 but 5 is fine two) overwrite the first one.

    I also save before going on vacation under yet another name and before going home from there, before moving and getting married (at the moment I even save before opening the player wall). You can also backup the folder on a regular basis to cut your losses.

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