Today, I got up excited to continue on with my current game save. My chosen parents-to-be of the very first Infant in my game are nearly to the end of their third and last term at uni. I had things all planned out. I left the game yesterday so that I would be all fresh, able to see clearly (bad eyes) and carry on. After reading two separate threads on the possible state of our mods once the Patch hits, I no longer know what to do. I've already been made wary of patches, in general. I now have what I call PPDS. EI: Post Patch Distress Syndrome.Realizing I may well be better off starting from scratch without the mods needed to make my Sim the Global Superstar Rock Star he currently is, has me heart-broken. I have worked my tail-end off just trying to recreate the save I managed to lose. It just vanished into nothingness by my profound sense of haste. Made a horrific error that requires me to burn my veteran Sims player stripes.This time, based on those two articles, I will go ahead and back up the entire Sims4 folder. But, do I just download my characters, and start all over again? Or just Erik and his wife? Where do I go from here?I have mulled over the possibility of creating the family dynamics via interactions between them. But without placing all four of the older Cantrell kids back in with their parents, trying to set the FD via CAS, (even if we can do it with cas.fulleditmode) may be impossible, if not improbable at this stage. I simply am in disbelief that three years later, over something I have sincerely hoped for and very much wanted, I'm back to facing a most untenable situation.Any helpful thoughts are more than welcome. I'll be back to check on this thread. (A nice warm shower is calling me, where I will, oddly enough, find comfort singing a particular Paul McCartney song, that I found myself singing after losing two and one half hours of work on my novel after an eight-year bought with Writer's Block. Ah, me.)Thanks for reading.

I'm sorry @GalacticGal :'( I too am desperate to play with all this new content, but the sad fact of the situation is that it is going to cause catastrophe with and without mods to begin with. Sadly, I see no choice but to play offline and not update until things have settled. Better that then lose all the work you have done so far. I really do hate this though. :(

As frustrating as it would be to wait longer, when it's already been such a long wait, it also sounds like you've put a lot of work into getting this save right where you want it. If it were me, I would be inclined to just pause the game for a week or two in hopes that your essential mods will be updated fairly quickly. What is their track record like for updating after other major changes to the game? Do you have any other favorite games you could play in the meantime? Could you be temporarily satisfied with keeping your main save backed up and just using an alternate save to build new lots in San Sequioa (or other worlds, with the new assets and lot type), or testing out the new features on a test save with another family, so that you will have it down pat when you feel safe to proceed with your main save?

We will have two days between the patch and the new pack. If you're getting the pack, give it those days to see if your needed mod is affected or updated.If not, maybe start a temporary vanilla save to play in for a bit.That's how I plan to do it. Usually modders are quick at updating. And maybe your mod will be one of the lucky ones unaffected.Wishing you the best!

I completely understand not wanting to risk all that effort! When I'm not sure, I'll do a "save as" on my game. That way if something goes wrong, there is still an untouched original version of the same for after any bugs are worked out, and there is a version to experiment on. Any extra saves can always be deleted later. Think of it as the same world, but a different dimension? Hopefully that could be helpful!

"phantasmkiss;c-18238616" wrote:I completely understand not wanting to risk all that effort! When I'm not sure, I'll do a "save as" on my game. That way if something goes wrong, there is still an untouched original version of the same for after any bugs are worked out, and there is a version to experiment on. Any extra saves can always be deleted later. Think of it as the same world, but a different dimension? Hopefully that could be helpful!I already do Save As, with each and every gaming session. I have learned that sometimes stuff just goes awry, even when playing in a watchful mode. With Save As, I can do a game recovery when I need to rectify something that totally went wrong. That is most certainly a possibility. I see a ray of sunshine through those dark, ominous clouds overhead. Thank you.ETA: I'll give you a for instance. I was using a sweet little mod that allowed for me to have three-week seasons. Turns out that was causing all kinds of havoc with the Starlight Accolades Show. Sometimes my Sim would get there to see if his nomination would bear fruit, only for me to witness Thorne Bailey, and the mixologist and bouncers plus others filing out of the PBP Studios. I would send my Sim in, anyway. He would wait and wait, and wait some more and no Host would ever show up. Even if the popup declared the it was time for the Accolades show. This happened several times before I found out what was the cause. I even looked it up on the Internet. Best I could find was he moved (from his parents house in Del Sol Valley to Britechester-U.) But, the real culprit, as it turned out was this little mod I loved. I removed it on the advice of others, and that rectified the situation.Having that Save As to roll back to helped my game move forward. Erik ended up winning 20 Best Songs in a row. And he still had two more songs written.In the current save, he already has five with yet another nomination pending. I had to grind to get him to write all of those songs, too. So not looking forward to doing that again, that much is certain.

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GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"bandit5;c-18238935" wrote:
deaderpool posted in email to those who are part of his Patreon. About the patch

I'm on his Discord, but not a Patreon.
comicsforever
2 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18239168" wrote:
@comicsforlife That's one way to look at it. Believe me, I was tempted, but then I realized I can't wait to get my cursor on those wee darlings. Oh, but wait, you suggested Erik be the baby, right? Haha.

yes thats the idea and he will be getting skills faster as a kid to
SweetieWright_84
New Spectator
2 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18238840" wrote:
"SweetieWright_84;c-18238818" wrote:
I always think of you when I hear about a huge update, @GalacticGal because of the many times you've had to restart Erik's story.

I have 2 Sims 4 folders in my documents folder: one is vanilla and the other is modded. I do this by adding "(dot)MODDED." So it would look like this The Sims 4.MODDED and The Sims 4.VANILLA. When I want to build, I use the vanilla folder. I just remove the (dot)VANILLA. It takes some getting used to to remember to change it, the game will regenerate another folder if you don’t change, but I find it super helpful.

This is how I keep my save files completely mod free and I've done it for a few years now. I got this idea from XUrbanSimsX on YouTube. If I can find the video, I'll post a link so you can get a better understanding of what I mean.

With this method, you could copy the save to the vanilla and continue to play with your favorite Sims. Of course the Road to Fame mod won't be there but it could help you do a test run of other ideas you may have.

Edit: I found the video.
https://youtu.be/BUexEhd5YV4

I do believe I have employed a little bit of this, inasmuch as I have used a name for the save and put _New behind it or something of that nature. I will most certainly separate my current save so that I can either play it vanilla or use it to test a mod (RTF) to see if it's even viable. Thanks for this. You have further inspired me. :)

I'm glad I could help. I just don't know why I waited until now to share this. I guess it's become second nature to me that I don't even think about it anymore. Good luck!
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"Atreya33;c-18238931" wrote:
I'm also afraid of the update when it comes to mods. I am confident of mccc being updated fairly soon. But I have a mod to allow additional spells for spellcasters. The original creator is not very active. I might have to say goodbye to that mod. I will play a temporary test family for a little while to see if the mod gets updated.

@GalacticGal I hope your save goes well. A temporary save until your mod is updated could be a solution.

Could you let me know what you found the discussion about the mods?

This morning I took the time to back up my entire Sims4 folder to a flash drive. It just completed, so I checked it. All seems to have transferred over. Phase one is done. Now, that I have a copy of it. I will put some of what that YouTube link put into action, by dividing saves and placing each of them into two separate Sims4 folders. I was scared out of my mind to do it yesterday, worrying that I would once again mess things up. LOL Now that I have a copy safeguarded and removed from my computer, I think I can go ahead and 'experiment' in safety. Part of me wants to go forward without the mods, just to see if that was behind some of my wedding woes. And, if I have to go vanilla for a time, why not get myself used to it, right? I just have to move enough of that save over so the game reads it. I've tried just moving one Save As save over in the past and nothing happened. :open_mouth: I wanted the setup without having to spend the time recreating it. I went in and grabbed the first Save As and once I put that into the new 'save' all was well. This is the one I'm currently playing. I think if I do that again, I can play it vanilla and I'll just mark the other one as Modded. Wish me luck.

I know I'm running short on time with this being Saturday, but I will need to keep myself occupied while I await Growing Together. I have a wedding scheduled, set that up yesterday. Even spent time seeking and readying another wedding venue. I decided to go with something new, this time. I liked what I did when I left it, but this morning I'm bugged, already, about just how small and squishy the church is. I shall have to take another look. I've yet to have any Sims in it. I might have the couple go check it out, you know?
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"comicsforlife;c-18239245" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18239168" wrote:
@comicsforlife That's one way to look at it. Believe me, I was tempted, but then I realized I can't wait to get my cursor on those wee darlings. Oh, but wait, you suggested Erik be the baby, right? Haha.

yes thats the idea and he will be getting skills faster as a kid to

One reason I won't do this, at this time, anyway, is I decided in order to have much more time with this family, once. I started out with just Joseph and Louise. I allowed the children to be born in-game, (and once Erik became a Toddler I took him into cas.fulleditmode to be certain he looked like himself). I had it in my head that if he didn't look like himself, since he hadn't really done more than take a couple of steps, I would replace him with my original Erik then age him back down to Toddler. Happily, he did look like himself. However, I played that save for quite some time. I was trying to figure out how to get him famous just using the Road to Fame mod. But then it was announced Get Famous was coming out, so I removed RTF, then learned there was no singer in this EP to my chagrin. Then somebody suggested there was an updated RTF that included a Professional Singer career. I was in hog-heaven. But, sometime after Erik was on his way, he had already accrued enough hitpoints to give concerts, things went wonky on me. Working with the mod support team on Sacrificial's Discord, we learned that the save was corrupted. Worse, still, it was Erik himself who was corrupted. I suppose it might work longevity-wise, were I to employ the Save As, that I do now.

But I will leave that entirely to another time.
comicsforever
2 years ago
"GalacticGal;c-18239529" wrote:
"comicsforlife;c-18239245" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18239168" wrote:
@comicsforlife That's one way to look at it. Believe me, I was tempted, but then I realized I can't wait to get my cursor on those wee darlings. Oh, but wait, you suggested Erik be the baby, right? Haha.

yes thats the idea and he will be getting skills faster as a kid to

One reason I won't do this, at this time, anyway, is I decided in order to have much more time with this family, once. I started out with just Joseph and Louise. I allowed the children to be born in-game, (and once Erik became a Toddler I took him into cas.fulleditmode to be certain he looked like himself). I had it in my head that if he didn't look like himself, since he hadn't really done more than take a couple of steps, I would replace him with my original Erik then age him back down to Toddler. Happily, he did look like himself. However, I played that save for quite some time. I was trying to figure out how to get him famous just using the Road to Fame mod. But then it was announced Get Famous was coming out, so I removed RTF, then learned there was no singer in this EP to my chagrin. Then somebody suggested there was an updated RTF that included a Professional Singer career. I was in hog-heaven. But, sometime after Erik was on his way, he had already accrued enough hitpoints to give concerts, things went wonky on me. Working with the mod support team on Sacrificial's Discord, we learned that the save was corrupted. Worse, still, it was Erik himself who was corrupted. I suppose it might work longevity-wise, were I to employ the Save As, that I do now.

But I will leave that entirely to another time.

Well to each there own I personally can't wait to see my favorite sim as a baby.
do you mean your not even gonna look not even for a tiny bit at what he would look like not saying you have to save it or anything
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"Paigeisin5;c-18238643" wrote:
Oh, how and why do we put ourselves through this? I had plans to copy my current Sims4 folder to an external hard drive but got caught up in RL stuff and it didn't happen. While dealing with problems after installing the EA App, the laptop I had been using for Sim4 up and died. I doubt the app was responsible for what happened, that laptop was 6 years old and had been slowing down, showing its age more and more every time I fired it up. But my saves are probably gone. A few of those are ones I actively played for as long as I have had the laptop. I have tried every trick in my arsenal in an attempt to retrieve that folder, but so far it doesn't look like that will be possible.

The last three days have been devoted to setting up Sims4 on my newest laptop after moving some other games over to my desktop. I almost always keep Sims4 on a laptop so I can take it anywhere. But when I fired it up for the first time, I almost cried thinking about all the hours of work I just lost. Thousands of hours along with eight saves plus the new save I had created just for GT. Gone. All of it is gone.

As disappointing as this might sound, I think you should play it safe and not play the current save you have for Erik until all your mods are updated. While waiting for that to happen get to know everything about the new update and GT in a new save you can always delete later. I know how much work has gone into your current Erik save and I would hate to see you forced into yet another do over. Copy that Sims4 folder and put it someplace safe. Don't make the same mistake I did in not protecting my hard work and blowing up my game. :/

First let me say I'm very sorry to hear of what happened to your game. And to let you know that just yesterday morning I made a copy of my entire Sims4 game folder and placed it on a flash drive. :) See? Even at my advanced age, I can still learn things. :) I've also made another copy of it, so that I can have a vanilla copy of Erik & Company and one that is modded. After the fiasco of an Event, yesterday, I'm almost willing to play it over in vanilla. I'm seriously wondering if the mods I use are drastically interfering with MWS. We'll see how it goes. The event was held on Monday of the week, in game, and the Big Event is scheduled for that Thursday. We have only today and tomorrow before the Patch drops. I have preordered GrT (as another player posted it). Wanting the bassinet from that I will likely time the advent of their first baby to fall on the day of release. Wish me luck. And if the proverbial stuffing hits the fan, and I do have to start over. I will simply take them back to live with their parents enabling me to set up the family dynamics in CAS. I'm just really wishing to play with Infants, though. So, I'm going to do my best to keep good thoughts. Thanks.

It is my express wish that you are able to recover from your disaster and sometimes starting again with a beloved Sim can be fun. The game rarely plays out the same way twice, which can lead to a different (partially) storyline. Best of luck and I wish you many happy babies in your gaming future.
GalacticGal
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"comicsforlife;c-18239695" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18239529" wrote:
"comicsforlife;c-18239245" wrote:
"GalacticGal;c-18239168" wrote:
@comicsforlife That's one way to look at it. Believe me, I was tempted, but then I realized I can't wait to get my cursor on those wee darlings. Oh, but wait, you suggested Erik be the baby, right? Haha.

yes thats the idea and he will be getting skills faster as a kid to

One reason I won't do this, at this time, anyway, is I decided in order to have much more time with this family, once. I started out with just Joseph and Louise. I allowed the children to be born in-game, (and once Erik became a Toddler I took him into cas.fulleditmode to be certain he looked like himself). I had it in my head that if he didn't look like himself, since he hadn't really done more than take a couple of steps, I would replace him with my original Erik then age him back down to Toddler. Happily, he did look like himself. However, I played that save for quite some time. I was trying to figure out how to get him famous just using the Road to Fame mod. But then it was announced Get Famous was coming out, so I removed RTF, then learned there was no singer in this EP to my chagrin. Then somebody suggested there was an updated RTF that included a Professional Singer career. I was in hog-heaven. But, sometime after Erik was on his way, he had already accrued enough hitpoints to give concerts, things went wonky on me. Working with the mod support team on Sacrificial's Discord, we learned that the save was corrupted. Worse, still, it was Erik himself who was corrupted. I suppose it might work longevity-wise, were I to employ the Save As, that I do now.

But I will leave that entirely to another time.

Well to each there own I personally can't wait to see my favorite sim as a baby.
do you mean your not even gonna look not even for a tiny bit at what he would look like not saying you have to save it or anything

Just for grins and giggles, I may just do that, since you mentioned it. Didn't have it on my mind, but you planted a seed. LOL

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