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I don't know what had happened and why it happened. I was adding a lot into Sulani from my gallery, then I made a few changes to the lot. I tried to save the new improved lot into my gallery but it d...
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@CharmB789 Please have a look at this set of directions for saving your lot to your library and see if it helps: https://sherigr.com/tutorials/saving-lot-to-sims-4-library-gallery/
Also, can you please explain what you mean by "moving all of my sims files"? Thanks!
I tried clicking the link but it doesn't work. Also when I mean by "moving all of my sims files", I moved The Sims 4 folder out of the Electronic Arts folder for a few minutes which is all from the Documents folder of my computer.
@CharmB789 The link is external to the forum, so you may want to just copy it and paste it into a browser tab. When you moved your 'The Sims 4' folder out of your documents folder, did it create a whole new game with none of your saved content in it? Did you keep the 'The Sims 4' folder you moved out of the Documents folder? If you did you should be able to replace the new folder the game made in your Documents folder with your old 'The Sims 4' folder and they you should have your old content back. Please read about this and folders on this website:
- About game saves: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/save-games/
- Explanation of files: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/user-files-explained/
- Save games disappearing: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/save-games-disappearing/
TBH, none of the links above really helped me with my problem. And I've already tried moving The Sims 4 folder out and then moving it back in after creating a new game. I'd still hate to lose one of my lots especially since I don't know why it happened all of the sudden.
@CharmB789 If you move your 'The Sims 4' folder out of your Electronic arts folder, the game will created a new 'The Sims 4' folder when it re-starts, but the game saves and anything you have in your library, etc., will not be in the game when you re-enter it, as all of those things live in the 'tray' and 'saves' folders... and if you removed your old folder, the new 'tray and 'saves' folder will not include anything you have played thus far (as explained at this link: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/user-files-explained/). If you moved your old, original 'The Sims 4' folder back in you may want to delete the localthumbcache.package file in your “The Sims 4” folder in case you are not seeing the correct thumbnails in your library, etc., then re-start the game so it updates these thumbnails to correct ones.
Please be very careful to keep a copy of your original 'The Sims 4" folder as your backup when doing any of this, as it should have your tray and saves folder with your original game saves (the games you played) and your tray folder (your library, etc.).
