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GalacticGal
5 years agoLegend
I have found it best to start a brand new save after a patch. EL just about destroyed my ongoing game. Had to restart. Beyond that, I had a major problem just in transferring my game save to my laptop to carry on. Gaming rig had to go into the shop, it now has a brand new harddrive and Windows 10. In restarting the dead game save, I recreated my Cantrell family. I didn't see that I had the original Erik Cantrell that I created from my Sims3 version back in 2014 to be my Founder. It was saved under Showcase. Had I scrolled all the way down, I would have found him.
Once the latest patch hit, I learned from the mess I had previously, and just started anew. This time I used my original Erik. I'm much happier now, but still I feel your grief. A crashing computer is no fun at all. Losing saves is heart-rending, too. I make a backup prior to patching. I probably could have grabbed the saves folder from that, but for the fact it was the 'other' Erik. Didn't feel right after a time.
As to what's going on, I'm going to suggest in my less than knowledgeable self on tech stuff, is that the old saves get corrupted during the patching process. At least that's been my experience.
Once the latest patch hit, I learned from the mess I had previously, and just started anew. This time I used my original Erik. I'm much happier now, but still I feel your grief. A crashing computer is no fun at all. Losing saves is heart-rending, too. I make a backup prior to patching. I probably could have grabbed the saves folder from that, but for the fact it was the 'other' Erik. Didn't feel right after a time.
As to what's going on, I'm going to suggest in my less than knowledgeable self on tech stuff, is that the old saves get corrupted during the patching process. At least that's been my experience.
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