Factory reset
When putting back your save files after doing a factory reset should you put back your old scratch file or leave the newly generated one and should you also put back your old auto save file? Sorry I ...
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@Franstntn wrote:
When putting back your save files after doing a factory reset should you put back your old scratch file or leave the newly generated one and should you also put back your old auto save file? Sorry I am a bit confused as I usually just copy and paste the whole of the old save folder when I have done it before?
Generally you don't need either of those.
The auto save as such is pretty useless and most often the cause of issues.
I would not delete those right away but there's no reason to put them back in 99% of all cases.
If everything works fine without them, you can delete.
Thankyou very much for your replies. I have a save that I've had since the game was released and I was having some glitches so I thought I should do a factory reset. I did a full uninstall and reinstall instead and the glitches are still there so I think I will try your suggestion of uploading to the gallery and putting my sims and their houses in a new save file.
Be sure that you don't delete or update any of the original files until you're confident that you've restored everything which is important to you - keep a duplicate during the testing process. If you have any difficulties, just return to this thread.
@Franstntn wrote:
Thankyou very much for your replies. I have a save that I've had since the game was released and I was having some glitches so I thought I should do a factory reset. I did a full uninstall and reinstall instead and the glitches are still there so I think I will try your suggestion of uploading to the gallery and putting my sims and their houses in a new save file.
You might wanna post what problems you have. Maybe they are known issues and we can help you with them or tell you if there's anything you can do about them
I was having issues with the game crashing and small things like the age states not showing up on townies, no move household in from gallery in live mode which I still have on one save and not on another and general performance issues. So I thought if I reinstalled it without mixing discs and download and just stick to download it would be more stable. I also tried running with dual graphics cards (nvidia SLI) and I found the game was very choppy so I disabled this and it runs much smoother. Is SLI supported on sims 4? My save that I have had since the game launched is now 7000kbs and with all the patches and content added it affects your save. That's what made me think that after a while it's just better to start a new save on a fresh game, sadly.
