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teamallman's avatar
6 years ago

why are my sims suddenly homeless?

I had gone about a week without playing this particular household and was naive in thinking that somehow they would remain in the load game section when I booted up Sims 4. However, I can only find the family in question now in my library and it seems my load game section has a 48 hour memory. I am glad I can place my sims into the world but what about their house? What about the gameplay and progress I was in the middle of? No one shared the same lot on any of my plays and it is really discouraging any effort if I have to start all over. Do I have to play every sim I create once a day just to ensure they will be there tomorrow?

Attached for reference ... sims available to play vs sims saved to my library but wiped of all past and progress.

24 Replies

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    6 years ago

    @teamallman 

    I’m assuming you’re on a Mac judging by your reference to iCloud? Could you please confirm whether you have iCloud Drive enabled to store the Documents folder in the cloud, this may have been enabled in a recent macOS update.

    @SheriGR ’s new game folder advice is definitely also worth a shot. It is the only way to 100% rule out a CC/Mod issue.

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    6 years ago

    @teamallman

    Ok. Could you please do the following:

    - Click on your Saves folder to select it then go to File > Get Info in Finder. Under General > Where please copy and paste the location of that Saves folder here so I can see the full file path.

    - Please do a Spotlight search for the Sims 4 folder on your Mac. If it finds one (it shouldn't) please copy and paste the location here.

    How was your game when you tried @SheriGR's suggestion of a new game folder and playing new households, quitting and saving? Were they loading as expected?

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
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    6 years ago
    I've moved this thread to the Mac forum as you seem to be on a Mac with your references to iCloud.

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