This issue should now be resolved.
Any feedback is appreciated though.
Hi Crin, I managed to log in here, don't know why I couldn't before. I have uploaded my save which you wanted to see from this post http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/870796/failed-to-save-error-533#latest
I have tested this many times, and although in the beginning, I thought it may have been the recolour of my private eye desk, I have since confirmed that it has to do with the last memeber of a club dying and it cannot assign new leader (at least in my game) tammyjo also had this instance in her game, (we both do the drifter challenge) and she said she had to join the club, become leader and add a heap new memebers ot fix the problem, she was then able to save successfully.
Thanks.
My schedule is a bit tight this week.
Also would be good to have your whole saves folder.
New information that might help isolate the problem.
I've been getting around the 533 issue by saving my lot to the library and bulldozing the current lot. I'd then place it back into the game and save as normal. This time it didn't work, because it was the lot itself that was bugged/glitched. I deleted everything manually, and when I tried to bulldoze the lot the game said the object couldn't be found.
I used the club feature to gather the entire family on another lot, and when they weren't at home I clicked on manage worlds and tried to replace the lot from there. Again, I received the message "Object not found." It was referring to lot itself, and not the building or any objects found on it. I returned to my active family and kept them on the community lot while I saved the game. It bypassed the 533 error, but I still had the issue with the lot. A game restart fixed whatever caused the issue, and I could place the home from my library without my sims losing any progress they made before the glitch.
Could the problem be in the world files, or wherever the empty lot files are located?
Error Code: 533:17829023963535025186:6849401894602779861
Sorry for the multiple posts, but I found a constant variable that always resulted in my sims and lot losing their progress. It's the World Manager editor or feature that causes it.
My reasoning ....
- My sims don't lose progress when I keep them on the lot and bulldoze their home from the build menu. The game allows us to place homes from the library, so I've been saving the lot to the library, bulldozing it, and replacing it without an issue until last night. I could then save my game without losing progress.
- Last night the lot itself was glitched, and not any objects on it. The bulldoze feature wouldn't work due to this error, so I deleted the house room by room until I had nothing left on the lot. The bulldozer still didn't work. Instead of jumping into the world manager, I used the club feature and started a gathering on another lot. My sims went to hang with their buddies, and I saved my game from there. It worked, so I quit the game and restarted it. Whatever caused the lot to glitch had been fixed in the restart. The lot was still demolished, and my sims didn't lose their progress. I could then replace the home from the library files and continue to play.
Things not affected by the world manager/editor
- newborn babies will stay as newborns, although their mothers can be reset to a time before they were born. This means multiple babies if you keep using the world editor after each birth.
- Character progress on lots not associated with yours. A sim from another home died on my lot, and my sim called her ghost forth and eventually invited her into his family. The 533 glitch happened and I entered world manager to try and save the game. It kicked the ghost from his family, but she returned to her original home. My lot and sims reset to a point before she died, but she was still dead and living with her old family.
