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Booruvka's avatar
4 years ago
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New scenario deleted all my households, The Sims 4

I was just playing the new "new scenario" mode, I played "to much toddlers" I create a new household and when choosing worlds for my new household, there was no previous household I created before, but I just thought it was supposed to be like that and I didn't think about it, after finishing "too much toddlers" I wanted to go back to my household, which I played yesterday, but all my previous households were deleted, I do not know how this happend. I need help please. I put so much effort and several hours of playing these household a this game, I want to have them back please. ☹️

  • @Booruvka  It's strange then that the older households wouldn't show up, since the older two slots are from before today.  Anyway, I think it'll be easiest if you examine one save file at a time.  First, copy the saves folder in your screenshot to another location, preferably on an external drive or USB stick if you have one.  You can also upload it to a filesharing site (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.) if you want; the point is to make a backup copy.

    Next, create a folder on your desktop (or wherever you want) and label it Backup Saves.  Move all the saves in your screenshot to the Backup Saves folder.  Now move just one file, the one labeled Slot_00000003.save , back to the saves folder.  Load the game to the Main Menu, click Load Game, and let me know what you see.  If there are multiple saves listed, stop here and let me know.

    If there's only one save listed, try loading it and see what you get.  If you don't see anything, or the Load Game button isn't there, quit, move that save file back to the Backup Saves folder, and move over Slot_00000003.save.ver0 instead.  Before loading the game, delete the ver0 extension so that the file ends in .save with nothing after it.  If you still don't see a save you can load, repeat with the other files that have a 3 in them: these are the newest saves from before today.

    When you want to move a save back to the Backup Saves folder, you'll first need to rename it so it doesn't share a name with a save already there.  If it's easier, you can change the number within the save name, i.e. 3 becomes 4 for the first file, 5 for the second, etc.

18 Replies

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    @KerriMartin 

    Simply click the load game button and select your previous game from there. When you start a new game all the worlds are reset to their starting point.

  • The game isn’t actually there. It’s reverted to a previous game I had been playing in the past. When I hit load, the world/household isn’t there. Guessing it’s just gone for good?

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago

    @KerriMartin 

    If you did delete that game then it may be lost but try to use recover game to see if there is a backup of an older version of it. The game makes several backups.

  • GameGirlx247's avatar
    GameGirlx247
    3 years ago

    This is ridiculous… I started a be scenario and my original sims household are gone as well… your response is rediculouse… speak plain ebglish… 

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @GameGirlx247  How exactly is my response ridiculous?  I'm pretty sure I was writing in plain English, but if there's a step you don't understand, feel free to ask for clarification.

  • lilhoppagrl's avatar
    lilhoppagrl
    2 years ago

    I'm having this same issue. On a whim, I decided to try out a scenario, but I ended up deleting it in game after playing for a few hours and it deleted my main family and the most recently household that I've been playing for the last few years. Your previous tips haven't recovered them and I don't see any save files in the trash can. I'm really at a loss. I've spent hundreds of hours on these families.

  • PipMenace's avatar
    PipMenace
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @lilhoppagrl The welcome scenarios play in the last save you’d previously opened. Other scenarios also give you an option to play in an existing save. If you then delete the save, you are deleting the entire save - all households and builds - not just the scenario that was added into it.

    If you don’t back up your computer, you may still be able to recover some from your gallery - when you create a household they’re saved to the gallery before you can place them in the world. And if you liked any of your lots enough to save them to your gallery, they’ll be there as well.

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