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hiya, i tried this (just realised i didn't do anything to repair it but that doesn't seem to have mattered) and ive been in build mode for maybe a couple hours? without it shutting down, and im pretty sure it was taking less time than this to break, so it seems like the error is gone with the new file. what do i do next?
HI lookitsamy
glad to hear it's working with the new save.
You can now start to copy back things from Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4_Old to the new Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 folder that was created.
First only copy (I suggest to copy so you can go back in case anything goes wrong along the way) the content of the folder Saves (these are your save games). If you are prompted if want to overwrite a save, decide if you want to keep that testing save you just made or not. If not, just overwrite if, if you want to keep it, rename the save to a different number that isn't taken.
Test just your save game with nothing else added back. If that works, you can start copying back the rest. If not, check back.
You will need the following folders
- Tray (your households and lots you have saved to library)- Custom Music (if you added any)
- Screenshots (if you've taken any)
- Videos (if you've taken any)
- ConfigOverride (if you made any although I recommend redoing those)
- Options(.ini) (although I recommend to just redo your settings in the game)
Now test again. If that still works, you can put back your mods. Put them back in groups and make sure they are still compatible with the game.
All other files are recreated and not needed.
- 11 days ago
thanks so much for your help! can i just check, do i need to test the save that i was playing on when the game was shutting down or will a new one be fine? all my saves have loads of cc and if i go back to the building i was working on i feel like i might break something without all of it
- 9 days ago
hello, so i decided to just go ahead and use an unedited lot on the previous save, and it glitched within an hour. i tried again with the save i made before i added all my other saves back and it glitched within like half an hour - and this was just after the game updated. do you have any recommendations on what to do?
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