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Ariees416
5 years ago
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Saves Disappeared

I last played my game on Thursday (June 10), and I opened it today (June 12), and my save files aren't there. It appears as if Ive never played before so its just the play button, no option for load ...
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  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    5 years ago

    @Ariees416 

    I managed to load your game fine after renaming it. I completely missed it in your screenshot - you have your saves named incorrectly, maybe because your Mac has saved duplicates and added a number to the end. The saves should be Slot_00000002.save with no space and number after the initial Slot_00000002. Same for the Slot_00000003.save and Slot_00000004.save. The ones ending in ver are backups. To give you an example, this is my saves folder:

    Rename your saves and they should be good to load.

    (Thanks to @crinrict, the saves queen 🙂 )

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Ariees416
5 years ago

Im not sure what the update folder is. It generated when I updated from Catalina to Big Sur. I was able to get rid of it, but it came back in the most recent software update. When I tried to eject it, It says it can't, because 1 or more program is using it. 

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Bluebellflora
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5 years ago

@Ariees416 

I managed to load your game fine after renaming it. I completely missed it in your screenshot - you have your saves named incorrectly, maybe because your Mac has saved duplicates and added a number to the end. The saves should be Slot_00000002.save with no space and number after the initial Slot_00000002. Same for the Slot_00000003.save and Slot_00000004.save. The ones ending in ver are backups. To give you an example, this is my saves folder:

Rename your saves and they should be good to load.

(Thanks to @crinrict, the saves queen 🙂 )

  • Ariees416's avatar
    Ariees416
    5 years ago

    Thank you, recovered my save!!

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    5 years ago
    @Ariees416

    Great! I wasn’t paying attention to your original screenshot, such a numpty, sorry 🙂
  • emariewilliams's avatar
    emariewilliams
    5 years ago

    I’ve been struggling with this aswell, would I be able to upload my file and you take a look at it? I’m a content creator and I lost everything!! The files are still there but because I disconnected my iCloud, my game is no longer able to read my saves and I’m getting depressed about it. Help PLEASE 😭

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