Please use this thread going forward: Save Game Corruption (Disappearing Lots/Error 800 or 801) | EA Forums - 5037272
@karoschmitz The ones that tend to break first for me are Oakenstead in Willow Creek (most common) and Asphalt Abode in Newcrest. But I've seen other people further back on this thread say it started for them in Magnolia Promenade, or I think even in Del Sol Valley for one person, so it isn't completely consistent--but it's not completely random, either. Lots of people get Oakenstead first, specifically. So I guess check there on occasion?
More bad news from EA. Looks like they won't be working on this bug on the next update.
See also the last several pages of: :
@karoschmitz I just load the lots in build mode, and look for whether the surrounding lots look like defaults or like what I've placed. This is super easy to spot in Newcrest, because if the surrounding lots are blank again, I've got the bug. Oakenstead is more common to break first, but more tricky since there's only one other lot in that neighborhood, so you have to make sure you replace the Spencer-Kim-Lewis house with something really distinctive in order to check there.
Has anyone who hasn’t downloaded lots from the gallery had this bug? The gallery seems like very much a common theme
Clearly all saves always keep the copy or original lots. That makes me think that, for each lot, the game is only storing a reference to the new lot. Perhaps, when the new lots are downloaded from the gallery, it stores them differently somehow, and eventually loses the reference.
It would be quite common to do a check/condition like this in the code: if reference is not null then grab the referenced object. Else, grab the default. That would explain why it reverts to the default.
I haven’t played this game for ages, so honestly can’t even remember if any of non-gallery-downloaded lots was ever corrupted (most of my lots were from the gallery)
From the latest patch:
Memory Efficiency
Various enhancements have been made to save memory across all platforms, helping the game run more smoothly and reducing crashes.
Would anyone be willing to test if this helps with any precorrupted saves or corrupted saves?
The reason I ask is because a lot corruption may be tied to memory, especially with how protobuffers are handled by the game. Updates in regards to memory may not help fix already broken lots but if someone has a save that they know is close to corruption, they may be able to test if the changes have prevented corruption from occurring
Unfortunately the new update hasn't fix this bug. I tried putting another lot in Willow Creek and right away my other lots disappeared and turn into default lots.
