Could not locate this item

Yes I have been so tempted to delete the game in its entirety & start over myself. I haven't done very much & wouldn't be losing an awful lot, but I'm quite attached to what I have done. It can just be really frustrating seeing those corrupted saves that shouldn't be there to begin with, & not be able to save new things without them disappearing no matter what you do. Besides, it's likely I could restart only to face the same issue all over again just as you say.

I have since left a bug report & really hope the devs work quickly & effectively on this one. I thought we'd get a patch by now for this month, but hopefully another will come when they release the Romantic Garden DLC in about two weeks. If I somehow find any kind of solution, temporary or otherwise, that may possibly help then I'll definitely share.

"JPNeko;d-934066" wrote:
I created a household of 6 and saved to the library. Next day the thumbnail for this household is missing and instead I get a blank space with a red X on top. I click on it and a message pops up: "could not locate this item". It won't let me load it to edit in CAS and won't let me delete it, either.

Does anybody know how to at least delete this from the library? :/

This is happening to me too I hope a solution is found soon...

"plus1Diamond;c-16285185" wrote:
Yes I have been so tempted to delete the game in its entirety & start over myself. I haven't done very much & wouldn't be losing an awful lot, but I'm quite attached to what I have done. It can just be really frustrating seeing those corrupted saves that shouldn't be there to begin with, & not be able to save new things without them disappearing no matter what you do. Besides, it's likely I could restart only to face the same issue all over again just as you say.

I have since left a bug report & really hope the devs work quickly & effectively on this one. I thought we'd get a patch by now for this month, but hopefully another will come when they release the Romantic Garden DLC in about two weeks. If I somehow find any kind of solution, temporary or otherwise, that may possibly help then I'll definitely share.

It's very frustrating, like you say. Let's hope they'll do something about it when the next patch comes up. If l know of a solution before that, I'll post it on here.

Oh my goodness, this whole time we were out here breaking our libraries because apparently there was a limit of 50 saves & nobody cared to tell us that?? I've just downloaded the latest patch but haven't played to test it yet, hopefully everything is working much better now.

"plus1Diamond;c-16384183" wrote:
Oh my goodness, this whole time we were out here breaking our libraries because apparently there was a limit of 50 saves & nobody cared to tell us that?? I've just downloaded the latest patch but haven't played to test it yet, hopefully everything is working much better now.

Haha, I so agree.

Their looking into a fix
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/974409353326247937

https://twitter.com/catloverplayer/status/974409983403155456

https://twitter.com/SimGuruNick/status/974410243491835904

"ironknight35;c-16384346" wrote:

"plus1Diamond;c-16384183" wrote:
Oh my goodness, this whole time we were out here breaking our libraries because apparently there was a limit of 50 saves & nobody cared to tell us that?? I've just downloaded the latest patch but haven't played to test it yet, hopefully everything is working much better now.

I know right?! They really should have told us. I had a few households saved to my library that broke and I had to delete them. I guess it was because I had went over 50...

We can only upload 50 creations to our own library?
I am sorry to hear you have had to delete them :(
This is terrible.
Only 50
That's not much at all. Especially if you want to save households to as that number will quickly go up.

I spend a lot of time building my lots . as a lot of us do. I don't want to loose any of them..
This really is terrible...

The thing is, I don't think I was anywhere near 50 creations when the problem started. Never been.

Sim Guru Nick also said that a save's size also influences the number of saves that can be made to the library. According to him, since lot saves are larger in size than household saves, if you have more of those you'll most likely have less total saves in your library. I've since begun playing my game & am pleased to see that those corrupted blue saves are gone & now have an explanation & temporary resolution for the saves deleting themselves. Also the addition of the 'my households' category can help take the place of the library for some households (depending on how you like to play).

This exact same thing has happened to me, as well. Unfortunately, I can't give you a solution as I've tried deleting & reinstalling the application data for the game on my PS4 & neither attempts worked. Is this the first time you've had problems with your library?