Ever delete stuff and just ... cry?

Not this exactly, but I have lost builds that I've thought were uploaded to the Gallery and weren't. Plus when something glitches and I lose game progress. I can empathize!

"NRowe;c-18306273" wrote:
Not this exactly, but I have lost builds that I've thought were uploaded to the Gallery and weren't. Plus when something glitches and I lose game progress. I can empathize!

OMG I used to do that all the time! Now I upload everything to my library, even test Sims. I have no idea why I save test Sims but I do. LOL

You need to exit without saving, not just go to manage worlds. If you didn't save when you exited the game, it should all be still there when you load it up again.

I think I ended up losing a birth certificate of one of my sim self's children. I did a bit of building work before then and low and behold Ayla's birth certificate is no where to be found. I even checked his klepto daughter-in-law who had attended their last gathering at the time but she was innocent!

When I read the title of this thread, I thought you were going to stay you deleted an entire household or save. I have accidentally deleted the wrong save.

As @crocobaura said, if you exited without saving your stuff should still be there when you reload the game. If you did save before exiting, you can go back to a previous save.

I would also recommend going back to a previous save!
This option is in the Load Game menu, or you can do it manually by going into your saves folder and renaming the files.

I second rolling back, but there is an alternative if nothing that was lost was personalized items. All of the collections and produce can be found in the gallery, so if you know you are missing, for example, all flowers in perfect qualities, you can download a room containing them. Cheat the money, your sims have worked for this, it's theirs by right.

I got a bee in my bonnet and decided I needed to build a new house for Erik Cantrell, my Rock Star. He had an Obsessed Fan who kept entering his house and the long and the short of it, Erik no longer felt secure in his own home. I even built a basement to be a Panic Room, but then that caught on fire. It was horrible. Thing is Erik had several Best Song Accolades for the first time since I began playing this Sim. Once those are out of the household inventory and placed somewhere, you can't place them anywhere to move them with you.

I lost everything when I thought I had them secure in one of those university trunks. I tore down the current house and built a new one in its place. When it came to setting up the trophies I was in for a rude awakening. Thankfully, a few other players talked me through the ordeal. I use Save As . . . every time I make the first save in a playing session. I was able to roll back and retrieve his trophies, after a very kind player built a small mod for me that made the Accolades go straight into the winner's personal inventory. That has made all of the difference. But I just lost all of my saved Trays with everything I have ever built in this game. I'm hoping once I get a new gaming rig, they can pull everything from the hard drive and place it onto the new one.
All of this to say I truly feel your pain.

I don't have the heart to play Lita & Thomas just yet, so I've been building or ignoring the game. Thing is, I DID exit the game without saving. Her inventory is still poofed. I've always just saved instead of save as because I can't keep having all these new game saves. I like 3 games and that's it - played Sims, builds, death - 3 games. I'm on a laptop so I don't have space, power, etc but I have a new desktop coming in so maybe I'll start saving more games to have backups. In the meantime, I'm getting caught up on new music and house chores. :'(

Oh that is so frustrating. It's so strange that exiting without saving didn't bring it back. I'd be so upset if that happened to me. I hope you'll feel like playing again soon. :'(