Legacy Update Was Heartless
The update erased years of work… I didn’t even know it would happen until after it did. I can’t afford a new laptop but I’ve spent countless hours contributing to the gallery and now I can’t even look...
Forum Discussion
From what I read and based off of my own personal experience:
- When I logged in to play a few days ago the game gave me a long error and stated that I had to download the legacy update to play or it wouldn't run so I did.
- From what I read all my files were supposed to transfer. But they didn't.
- When I tried to look myself up in the official gallery none of my work came up.
The devs for the game won't be updating it or fixing any bugs (for 32bit), so from my understanding if they didn't transfer, there gone forever.
(Them not being in the official gallery reconfirmed that to me, I've officialy been deleted.)
Tbh the game never really ran well on my system, I have an older mac-book so I primarily used it to create and post to the gallery :expressionless: :expressionless: :expressionless:
Someone posted earlier that they were happy that 32bit isn't going to be supported anymore so the devs can focus on making better content. I hope they do. I sincerely hope they do.
I grew up on the Sims and I'm sure everyone here can understand how upsetting it would be to lose every creation you ever made since you first purchased the Sims4. I'm vexed.
That being said I want the game to be good, I want the game to be better, I want the company to give me enough reason to save up for all the luxury purchases it would take for me to play a better version of the game. Despite what's transpired.
I'm upset that they made the call to drop 32bit support primarily because any gamer playing on 32bit instead of 64 is doing so because the extra expense to make the switch isn't a financial priority in their life.
I already paid for the game (as soon as it came out) when I had the funds to do so, I bought the expansions I wanted when I had the funds to do so, I created and posted to the gallery when I had the time to do so (spent 2days before I was erased making a night club). It feels incredibly unfair to take away a major feature in a game that I've long since purchased.
And I honestly don't like the statement the company is making with there actions, because they would of known that something like this at the very least could happen; or they wouldn't need to explicitly state that they didn't intend to fix anything after. Straight wiped their hands of a whole group of people.
In any case if the Sims 5, if there is one, can't or doesn't intend to support inferior systems I hope they say something so I can make an informed decision before I invest my time and money.
Even if you're fortunate enough to run a supported system you should keep in mind; if they're willing to do it once, there's nothing to guarantee they wont do something like this again. I seriously hope they're ready to start making better choices because if video games has taught me anything this is the kinda ish you pull when you need to destroy your map and figure you might as well bleed your citizens dry before starting fresh.
Viva la Sims :P
These are links to the pages I visited when I was trying to figure out where all my work went
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4-ends-32-bit-support-but-a-new-legacy-edition-is-coming-this-summer/
https://simscommunity.info/2019/03/13/will-your-computer-support-the-sims-4-after-june-2019-heres-how-to-check/#comment-256550
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/browse?category=all&searchtype=item_name&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=Cazinum&max=50&maxis=true
(... when all is said and done still gonna play tbh, smh)... Hmm I can actually play the game itself now, so I'm much less vexed :blush: , would still like all my sims back
- When I logged in to play a few days ago the game gave me a long error and stated that I had to download the legacy update to play or it wouldn't run so I did.
- From what I read all my files were supposed to transfer. But they didn't.
- When I tried to look myself up in the official gallery none of my work came up.
The devs for the game won't be updating it or fixing any bugs (for 32bit), so from my understanding if they didn't transfer, there gone forever.
(Them not being in the official gallery reconfirmed that to me, I've officialy been deleted.)
Tbh the game never really ran well on my system, I have an older mac-book so I primarily used it to create and post to the gallery :expressionless: :expressionless: :expressionless:
Someone posted earlier that they were happy that 32bit isn't going to be supported anymore so the devs can focus on making better content. I hope they do. I sincerely hope they do.
I grew up on the Sims and I'm sure everyone here can understand how upsetting it would be to lose every creation you ever made since you first purchased the Sims4. I'm vexed.
That being said I want the game to be good, I want the game to be better, I want the company to give me enough reason to save up for all the luxury purchases it would take for me to play a better version of the game. Despite what's transpired.
I'm upset that they made the call to drop 32bit support primarily because any gamer playing on 32bit instead of 64 is doing so because the extra expense to make the switch isn't a financial priority in their life.
I already paid for the game (as soon as it came out) when I had the funds to do so, I bought the expansions I wanted when I had the funds to do so, I created and posted to the gallery when I had the time to do so (spent 2days before I was erased making a night club). It feels incredibly unfair to take away a major feature in a game that I've long since purchased.
And I honestly don't like the statement the company is making with there actions, because they would of known that something like this at the very least could happen; or they wouldn't need to explicitly state that they didn't intend to fix anything after. Straight wiped their hands of a whole group of people.
In any case if the Sims 5, if there is one, can't or doesn't intend to support inferior systems I hope they say something so I can make an informed decision before I invest my time and money.
Even if you're fortunate enough to run a supported system you should keep in mind; if they're willing to do it once, there's nothing to guarantee they wont do something like this again. I seriously hope they're ready to start making better choices because if video games has taught me anything this is the kinda ish you pull when you need to destroy your map and figure you might as well bleed your citizens dry before starting fresh.
Viva la Sims :P
These are links to the pages I visited when I was trying to figure out where all my work went
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4-ends-32-bit-support-but-a-new-legacy-edition-is-coming-this-summer/
https://simscommunity.info/2019/03/13/will-your-computer-support-the-sims-4-after-june-2019-heres-how-to-check/#comment-256550
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/browse?category=all&searchtype=item_name&sortby=newest&time=all&searchquery=Cazinum&max=50&maxis=true
(... when all is said and done still gonna play tbh, smh)... Hmm I can actually play the game itself now, so I'm much less vexed :blush: , would still like all my sims back
