Is it possible to recover lost save information through tray files?

@krixxcross07

Well, it sounds like you're in a bit of a pickle.

As you found out, the save files contain everything regarding that played game. Houses, sims, townies, objects, clothing worn, hair, etc. absolutely everything.

Your Tray folder contains everything in your library. Things saved outside of the save. If you managed to save a copy of a house or a sim to your library, they will still be in the Library/Tray folder and unaffected by your deleting the saves.

I always tend to save houses (my good ones) to the library so if I start a new save, I can just place the lot back down.

If you didn't copy them to your library, then your problems increase tenfold.

You can look in your Recycle bin but I doubt you'll find anything there. Can't hurt to check.

There ARE ways of recovering deleted files on PCs, even IF you emptied the recycle bin, but it would take a decent computer tech and special software to recover them. Even then, the chances of recovering those files are slim if you've continued to use the PC.

You could pay a company to recover them, but it'd be quite expensive. You'd have to weigh your options... how badly do you really want those lots back?

Unless someone else has an idea, that's all I've got.

ThePsycho
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