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5 years ago

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Game crashing while loading save file

Hi my bf has been having an issue with loading his 1 and only save that he's very attached to. It started crashing upon loading the save out of nowhere. He uses no cc or mods at all. We tried moving ...

puzzlezaddict
5 years ago
@M3WPHISTO Moving the Sims 4 user folder to the desktop forces the game to create a new folder with no content, so the save wouldn't be present. But you can copy the save file, just the file itself, from the old folder to the new one, and it should show up. Please try this and see whether the save loads.

If it does, great, you can transfer the contents of the Mods (minus resource.cfg) and Tray folders from the old Sims 4 folder to the new one as well. Be sure to test again though, in case the save doesn't load again. In that case, the culprit would likely be an outdated mod, and you'd need to sort through them to figure out which one.

If the save doesn't load in the new Sims 4 folder, try recovering a backup. Use the manual method here:

https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/recover-backup-save-game/

puzzlezaddict

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5 years ago

@M3WPHISTO Moving the Sims 4 user folder to the desktop forces the game to create a new folder with no content, so the save wouldn't be present. But you can copy the save file, just the file itself, from the old folder to the new one, and it should show up. Please try this and see whether the save loads.

If it does, great, you can transfer the contents of the Mods (minus resource.cfg) and Tray folders from the old Sims 4 folder to the new one as well. Be sure to test again though, in case the save doesn't load again. In that case, the culprit would likely be an outdated mod, and you'd need to sort through them to figure out which one.

If the save doesn't load in the new Sims 4 folder, try recovering a backup. Use the manual method here:

https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/recover-backup-save-game/