I had a dream that I got For Rent

There are some serious issues with For Rent. You might want to check out this thread.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1011594/for-rent-negative-thread#latest

https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1750189546497622203?t=egAcugNzsvcAcrpggLAgBA&s=19

I will! Thanks! I never know what to make of the negative threads, you know, it seems like fanbases of games (not just sims) often complain about updates and things for not being exactly what they wanted, even though they are perfectly fine. So I usually ignore the negative threads. But I trust your input!

I really want the apartments myself, but I've decided to wait it out and see how the fixes go because I've seen enough people report their entire games got corrupted and I've determined it's not worth the risk for me. My save is many years old and I would hate to lose it.

I would suggest that if you do decide to get the pack, make sure you make a copy of your Sims 4 folder to keep on your desktop or in a folder somewhere for backup in case anything goes wrong. I've made a habit of periodically saving copies after a significant amount of playing, just in case something ever happens to my game.

It's a common occurrence, even in past Sims games, that as the game gets older and more bloated with packs and patches, more things can potentially go wrong. So it's good to keep a backup anyway.

What Lielf said. ?? I have one save I've been playing for 5 years. I make a backup once a week.

I do have For Rent installed but I only spent a couple of days playing as a landlord in one of the apartments that came with the game. I haven't placed any new residential rentals or made changes to any existing residential rentals or other lots in Tomarang. I haven't even sent my sims visiting in Tomarang. ?So hopefully my save is safe.

@LiELF You know, I know that it’s good to keep backups but I am just so overwhelmed with just existing lol - you know how some things just fall aside when your mind is constantly under attack. But I never stick with saves anyway. People who play for example coral island who lose their saves and say they will never play again - with all of my games I have had soooo many saves, it is no big deal for me to start over, I honestly enjoy it. Even in games that require a lot of grinding. I do hope that my favorite saves in various games stay intact, but, it would not cause me to stop playing a game if I lost a save. I guess in one way that may be because of how tenacious I have had to be in real life, honestly, just to survive, it’s like I told my doctor yesterday - because people with my illness and illnesses like mine struggle so much and experience so much darkness, even the tiniest bit of light shines brightly and vividly. A game bug is the least of my concerns. I just enjoy the time I spend playing the game.

But I definitely am not going to knowingly add something to a game that will break it, so I truly appreciate all of the information!

Sorry about the random moment of thoughts there.

I moved my saves I been using for some years and will start a new save to see how bad this is and the loss will not be so bad.

I suggest people wait till they fix the lot issue. It has been corrupting peoples saves. I have only played a practice game since I bought the pack at the beginning of December because of problems changing a rental residential to another type of lot. I wish I had waited to buy the pack myself. Growing together had an issue with milestones but not something I considered actually save corrupting, so I played it ( it is fixed now ). Horse ranch had no major problems for me and was fun to play. But For Rent has major issues. And, I play with no mods or CC……

"fujicakes1;c-18346835" wrote:
I never know what to make of the negative threads, you know, it seems like fanbases of games (not just sims) often complain about updates and things for not being exactly what they wanted, even though they are perfectly fine.

That's definitely true, and you'll find people in a Negative Thoughts thread saying things like:
"What the row-of-froggies??!! They call a pack Growing Together when it doesn't even come with salamanders???!!! Missed opportunity!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
. . . Okay, maybe I exaggerate, but the fact is that you always have to worry about bugs with a new pack, so it pays to check out the negative feedback, let's plays, online gossip, etc. Find out what the actual bugs are not just if the pack is "buggy" according to someone. A bug that might be a deal-breaker to one person, might not be that big a deal for you.

I started having problems with my save after getting for rent. So I'm just using it for the BB and CAS at the moment. Luckily I had a backup of the save from before the pack came out.

I got the pack on release but currently stay away from playing the residential rental lots. I have enjoyed Tomarang though, and I play my game like I normally do. I did create a few rentals right after the release, but put all that on pause.

We don' know for sure what causes the more serious troubles like corrupted save, but I have a theory that most of those affected did try to maximum or push limits. We were told that 99 units per save is a limit, and max 6 units per lots. Later I read that 19 or 20 units per save might trigger problems. Plenty of simmers used cheats to exceed the 99 and 6 units limits. Another action I think causes trouble is switching a rental lot back to another lot category, and to adjust unit borders after actively playing a rental lot. If you complete the rental lot before assigning rental units and before moving anyone in, and then make n such changes, I think the risk of corruption is minimal. Adding up to 6 units to one lot, should be safe too, and if you stop long before 19 units total, I think you are safe. Avoid cheats and mods related to units.

So, if you can limit your use of the new features, I don't think the pack will cause much harm to your save. Otherwise, I'd rather wait for some long awaited confirmation from EA regarding what is safe and not.