FURIOUS!

My problem is I play some games that save on rest or exiting a building and don't let you save the game, like The Long Dark and Starview Valley. After playing one of those games, I'll play The Sims 4 or Fallout 4 and forget to save the game. Then later when I play The Sims 4 or Fallout 4, I'll be wondering what happened to all the building I did in those games. That's when I realize what I did while telling myself to not do that again.

I'm so sorry this happened to you! I think we've all been there at one point...

I learned the hard way years ago when my Writer's Block opened up. I worked for over two and a half hours writing like there was no tomorrow. At that time I was very new to computers. It never even occurred to me to save periodically. Long story short, the phone rang and I got up to answer it. After chatting with my friend for quite some time I was just crossing the dining room to sit down at my computer again and continue my writing when we got a 'brown out'. It wasn't even a full black out. We did NOT lose power. The lights merely dimmed! But, it was too much for my computer. I LOST everything. This after an EIGHT year block! Needless to say, I cried, swore like a fish wife, and then took a shower. Now, in my game (and when I write) I'm quick to hit the save button. Particularly in my game whenever anything significant occurs.

I feel your pain. Losing a build you've poured your heart and soul into is tormenting. I'm so very sorry that happened to you. Try to shrug it off and rebuild while the memory of it is in your head. And save, save, save every step of the way!

"ambrown;c-16590923" wrote:
@artistichippie2009 !!! i was JUST FINISHING New Crest!! i have not put any homes or lots since we got the town but i decided to finally play it... i had a sim family going for a while and they were the only house in the entire town lol. But i couldn't believe it, worse thing was the homes i got from the gallery didn't save to my folders either!!

Gallery items only save to your folder if you click 'Save to Library.' Sorry you lost all of your hard work; we definitely have all been there and that's why saving often is a must.

I'm very surprised about Origin, though. I've never heard of it popping up or disturbing a game in progress. Unless another user is trying to log into your account at the same time.

"Lustianicia;c-16591722" wrote:
When playing any kind of simulation game (especially The Sims), it's always VERY important to remember to save the game every 5-10 minutes! In my honest opinion, losing progress in a simulation game is much worse than any other! This is mainly because these kinds of games revolve around creativity, building, etc. Also, I understand that it's actually very easy to forget about saving. Especially when you're "in the zone" while building or creating a family. This has happened to me several times while playing The Sims... and I was always so upset! Sims 3 was the worst though! That's because it always took a long time to build or make Sims (due to Create A Style being available). Also, the game itself didn't really make saving very easy... especially when you need to go into live mode to save the game at all. Plus, and I'm sure almost anyone who has played Sims 3 knows what I'm talking about, let's not forget about the dreadful "Error 12" message that would occasionally popup while trying to save the game... THAT always angered me!

Regardless, I understand your pain... and I'm sorry for all the progress you lost! :disappointed:

Error 12 is a memory error - so your game is either out of memory or you don't have enough ram for your pc. If windows runs out of memory it will shut right down to desktop to recover itself - then you lose - because windows shuts everything down. Always give window plenty of ram - and when you save a game often it frees up ram that is being used to hold the info in place - but when it has no ram left to hold more - windows protects itself and closes to an Error 12. Rule of thumb - having as much memory as your pc can have - is a good idea. Even I fail at following my own advice though - my pc can have 32 gigs - I have 16 gigs - but I believe 16 is sufficient, for now anyway. LOL.

@Writin_Reg I believe that for a short time Error 12 was actually a glitch affecting a lot of peole.

@artistichippie2009 !!! i was JUST FINISHING New Crest!! i have not put any homes or lots since we got the town but i decided to finally play it... i had a sim family going for a while and they were the only house in the entire town lol. But i couldn't believe it, worse thing was the homes i got from the gallery didn't save to my folders either!!

That's why I use the MCCC auto-save. I go by sim-hours, since I don't usually spend all that much time building, but do tend to leave my game paused for long periods of time while doing other things, so it wouldn't make sense to go by real-world time. Definitely saves a lot of aggravation.

That is exactly why I always save after each build, or something I consider major. Sorry to hear of your loss, I feel ya.

When playing any kind of simulation game (especially The Sims), it's always VERY important to remember to save the game every 5-10 minutes! In my honest opinion, losing progress in a simulation game is much worse than any other! This is mainly because these kinds of games revolve around creativity, building, etc. Also, I understand that it's actually very easy to forget about saving. Especially when you're "in the zone" while building or creating a family. This has happened to me several times while playing The Sims... and I was always so upset! Sims 3 was the worst though! That's because it always took a long time to build or make Sims (due to Create A Style being available). Also, the game itself didn't really make saving very easy... especially when you need to go into live mode to save the game at all. Plus, and I'm sure almost anyone who has played Sims 3 knows what I'm talking about, let's not forget about the dreadful "Error 12" message that would occasionally popup while trying to save the game... THAT always angered me!

Regardless, I understand your pain... and I'm sorry for all the progress you lost! :disappointed: