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2 months ago

Game save files not on saves folder?

Had to wipe my Mac hard drive and now I can't find 5+ years' worth of progress saves. They should be in the saves folder in The Sims 4 folder which I have backed up on My Passport for Mac, and they a...

Hero+

2 months ago

You must make sure that all the individual save files are in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves. Saves that should load will always be in the same formatted file name: Slot_XXXXXXXX.save where the eight Xs are a mixture of numbers and sometimes letters. The files ending .ver are backups of the corresponding saves. Any save files which have appended numbers, for example Slot_XXXXXXXX.save 2, will not load.

If you'd like me to check your files, open Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and copy and paste the list command below then hit Enter/Return, it will return a list of all files and folders in your saves folder. Copy and paste the results here.

ls -1 ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts/The\ Sims\ 4/saves

gpbfurlanetto
New Novice
17 days ago
Hey Bluebellflora, I did the Terminal thing and am posting the results below. For context, though, before I had to wipe the HD, I obviously backed up everything, so I tried pulling the saves from the folder I found on the external HD. It had the most randomest things, but 99% of the stuff and everything relevant disappeared, so that's why I'm asking on here as. last resort. I did spend some time playing after reinstalling, so I'm not sure whether these files I'm listing here are old or new- but probs the latter, that would make more sense, right? Anyways HUGE thanks in advance, srsly.

Last login: Fri Jan 16 10:59:48 on ttys000
MacBook-Pro ~ % ls -1 ~/Documents/Electronic\ Arts/The\ Sims\ 4/saves
OFB-EAST109552414.dat
OFB-EAST109552414.mfst
OFB-EAST109552414.pkg
OFB-EAST109552677.dat
OFB-EAST109552677.mfst
OFB-EAST109552677.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000000B51A.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000011A4B.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000011A4B.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000011A4B.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000011AC5.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000011AC5.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000011AC5.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001266C.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001266C.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001266C.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016390.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016390.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016390.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016B37.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016B37.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016B37.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016C2A.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016C2A.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000016C2A.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x00000000000170FF.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x00000000000170FF.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x00000000000170FF.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000018B66.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000018B66.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000018B66.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001A9A7.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001A9A7.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001A9A7.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001C03A.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001C03A.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001C03A.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001C04E.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001C04E.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001C04E.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001D5ED.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001D5ED.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001D5ED.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001D5F2.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001D5F2.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000001D5F2.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000020176.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000020176.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000020176.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000022C32.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000022C32.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000022C32.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002376D.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002376D.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002376D.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002714B.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002714B.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002714B.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000027890.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000027890.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000027890.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000028FE2.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000028FE2.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000028FE2.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002A4FE.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002A4FE.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002A4FE.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002B073.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002B073.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002B073.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002CA06.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002CA06.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002CA06.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002E2C7.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002E2C7.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002E2C7.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002EA24.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002EA24.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000002EA24.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000030553.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000030553.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000030553.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x00000000000327AF.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x00000000000327AF.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x00000000000327AF.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000033910.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000033910.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000033910.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000035113.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000035113.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000035113.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000036EE8.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000036EE8.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x0000000000036EE8.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000003A92D.dat
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000003A92D.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.SOLP.0x000000000003A92D.pkg
SIMS4.OFF.TRIAL.0x000000000001D5ED.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.TRIAL.0x0000000000030553.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.TRIAL.0x00000000000327AF.mfst
SIMS4.OFF.TRIAL2.0x000000000001D5ED.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000042.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000051.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000057.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000058.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000059.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000060.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000061.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000063.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000064.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000066.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000067.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000068.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000069.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000070.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000071.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000072.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000073.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000076.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000077.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000078.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000080.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000082.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000084.mfst
SIMS4.OFR.50.0000094.mfst
Slot_00000001.save
Slot_00000001.save.ver0
Slot_00000001.save.ver1
Slot_00000002.save
Slot_00000002.save.ver0
Slot_00000002.save.ver1
Slot_00000002.save.ver2
- Bluebellflora
  Hero+
  15 days ago
  gpbfurlanetto
  
  Thanks. Please provide the full file paths from Terminal for the two save files you have:
  
  Slot_00000001.save
  Slot_00000002.save
  - gpbfurlanetto
    New Novice
    12 days ago
    Bluebellflora how do I do that? Sry, slightly cyber-challenged.

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