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Lickle_Jay's avatar
6 years ago
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how do you restore a game that was overide by accident

I was playing the sims which I created a new family, however while I was playing I noticed that all my saved games where not in the neighbourhood but they were saved. I accidently override the new saved game but I want my saved games(the game before i created a new family) back which I can see in my saved files. I am not seeing it in the games. I have already renamed the saved games i want but it just is not coming in the game.

hope this makes sense.

kindly help,

thx

  • @Lickle_Jay  Okay, try renaming them.  Save files should be in format Slot_0000000x.save, where x is a hexidecimal number (0 to 9, a to f, then it rolls over to 10).  I can't see how many saves you have in your screenshot, but the last one listed is Slot_0000000c.save.  So if there isn't one labeled with a d, rename one of those saves Slot_0000000d.save.

    If you're not sure what you're looking at, take all the saves out of your saves folder except for the three you're trying to recover.  Then rename one of them Slot_00000002.save, and see whether it will load.

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  • @Lickle_Jay  What do you see when you click Load Game from the Main Menu?  Let me know whether your old saves are available there.

    If they're gone, please open Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves, and take a screenshot of the contents.

  • Lickle_Jay's avatar
    Lickle_Jay
    6 years ago

    thank you for replying.

    I've uploaded a picture of the highlighted games im trying to recover.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    6 years ago

    @Lickle_Jay  Okay, try renaming them.  Save files should be in format Slot_0000000x.save, where x is a hexidecimal number (0 to 9, a to f, then it rolls over to 10).  I can't see how many saves you have in your screenshot, but the last one listed is Slot_0000000c.save.  So if there isn't one labeled with a d, rename one of those saves Slot_0000000d.save.

    If you're not sure what you're looking at, take all the saves out of your saves folder except for the three you're trying to recover.  Then rename one of them Slot_00000002.save, and see whether it will load.