A Sims 4 Tragedy.
Fellow Simmers hold your sims close while I tell you this story of heartbreak, desperation and despair.
Our tale begins earlier today when I was deleting and transferring the last of the files from my old Mac to my new Mac and turning off iCloud since both computers were linked. I had just put the (seemingly empty) EA folder in the bin on my old Mac and pressed delete and proceeded to wipe old the Mac's hard drive ready for my sister and her husband to pay me the money for it and take it back home with them. "A job well done" I thought to myself. Thinking I'd finally get a chance to go on to my (current) computer and have some more time to start setting up my game for the new seasons expansion pack, I loaded the game in anticipation. I got onto the main menu page and all of a sudden the game started welcoming me to all the game packs and expansion packs I owned "This is odd", I thought to myself. I looked to the left of the screen only to see the big play button but no "load game" option. My heart dropped.
What.have.I.done.
Panicking, I quickly exited the game and went into my EA folder, I checked all the places where old files may be lurking, I did full system search of the computer to try and locate the files I desperately sought, the files that contain 4 years worth of story telling, house builds and characters I have created whom I have fallen in love with. Not to mention mods!
Gone.
Shock: I felt paralysed my brain was doing that white noise thing that televisions do.
Denial: This can't be happening, I must be having a nightmare, this isn't real life.
Anger: F0R F!@£$%^&*()!@£$%^&* SAKE!!!!. WHY AM I SUCH A F!@£$%^&* CLOWN!
Bargaining: I don't know how you bargain with a computer but I did another full system search and pleaded with it not to have deleted my files forever. It was not looking kindly in my favour tonight.
Depression: Sobbing into my large cup of tea, it genuinely felt like I had lost someone from my life. The Harpers - Gone! young Robert was going to be a doctor, his parents John and... I've forgotten the mothers name... were going to be so proud and leave him all their cash. He can no longer ruin his faithful Caterina's life and leave her pregnant and penniless, all these stories! gone!.
Testing: I came onto the forums and read into if there are any ways to find old sim files but unless they haven't been deleted and wiped then there doesn't seem to be a way.
Acceptance: I am really gutted and I don't know if I have quite over come this final stage of the grieving process but maybe a new start isn't all that bad...I'm lying I can't stop hating myself for all that time I have spent being now wasted. At least I have my health (touch wood).
I wrote this post as a friendly lesson and warning to all you fellow simmers make a backup of all your saved files and mods! keep them on a pen drive or somewhere safe. You don't want to end up like me with four years of blood, sweat and tears now down the pan.
If anyone can suggest some good maxis match mod creators I would be so grateful. Have a good weekend everyone. I hope it ends better than mine has.
Our tale begins earlier today when I was deleting and transferring the last of the files from my old Mac to my new Mac and turning off iCloud since both computers were linked. I had just put the (seemingly empty) EA folder in the bin on my old Mac and pressed delete and proceeded to wipe old the Mac's hard drive ready for my sister and her husband to pay me the money for it and take it back home with them. "A job well done" I thought to myself. Thinking I'd finally get a chance to go on to my (current) computer and have some more time to start setting up my game for the new seasons expansion pack, I loaded the game in anticipation. I got onto the main menu page and all of a sudden the game started welcoming me to all the game packs and expansion packs I owned "This is odd", I thought to myself. I looked to the left of the screen only to see the big play button but no "load game" option. My heart dropped.
What.have.I.done.
Panicking, I quickly exited the game and went into my EA folder, I checked all the places where old files may be lurking, I did full system search of the computer to try and locate the files I desperately sought, the files that contain 4 years worth of story telling, house builds and characters I have created whom I have fallen in love with. Not to mention mods!
Gone.
Shock: I felt paralysed my brain was doing that white noise thing that televisions do.
Denial: This can't be happening, I must be having a nightmare, this isn't real life.
Anger: F0R F!@£$%^&*()!@£$%^&* SAKE!!!!. WHY AM I SUCH A F!@£$%^&* CLOWN!
Bargaining: I don't know how you bargain with a computer but I did another full system search and pleaded with it not to have deleted my files forever. It was not looking kindly in my favour tonight.
Depression: Sobbing into my large cup of tea, it genuinely felt like I had lost someone from my life. The Harpers - Gone! young Robert was going to be a doctor, his parents John and... I've forgotten the mothers name... were going to be so proud and leave him all their cash. He can no longer ruin his faithful Caterina's life and leave her pregnant and penniless, all these stories! gone!.
Testing: I came onto the forums and read into if there are any ways to find old sim files but unless they haven't been deleted and wiped then there doesn't seem to be a way.
Acceptance: I am really gutted and I don't know if I have quite over come this final stage of the grieving process but maybe a new start isn't all that bad...
I wrote this post as a friendly lesson and warning to all you fellow simmers make a backup of all your saved files and mods! keep them on a pen drive or somewhere safe. You don't want to end up like me with four years of blood, sweat and tears now down the pan.
If anyone can suggest some good maxis match mod creators I would be so grateful. Have a good weekend everyone. I hope it ends better than mine has.
