How to fix Sims 4 saves after restoring them from OneDrive trash
Hi, I have a very specific save file issue on my windows laptop.
I had all my Sims 4 save & data files deleted from my OneDrive when I accidentally allowed it to clear up space. Every single file was deleted, but I restored it from OneDrive trash. After that, I downloaded all of the online-only files (which is what all the save data was restored to) to my computer. Right now, everything is back to my computer, with the exception of mods, however when I start the Sims 4 my save data is still gone. It starts up as if I'm playing for the first time. I did notice that the mods that were restored seem to be older mods that I had deleted, and the newer mods that I installed last month are all gone. I genuinely don't know why the saves won't show up in the game as all the save data is in the "saves" folder in the Sims 4. I also don't have the option to load any data in the Sims 4 menu, only start a new game. Is there anything that I can do?
Thanks.
@caterinaonea You can get rid of all the scratch folders. You should have one while you're playing, but it should disappear when you quit, and extra folders are doing nothing but taking up space.
For the saves themselves, they all have extra numbers in parentheses, which prevents Sims 4 from reading them. The saves need to be named Slot_ followed by an eight-digit hexidecimal (0 to 9, a to f) number followed by .save , with nothing else added. The .verx files are backups, and they can be used too if you delete that .verx extension. Here are some examples of properly-named files:
Slot_00000002.save
Slot_0000000c.save
Slot_00000015.save
The other complicating factor is that the saves in your screenshot look too small to be proper saves. You can try to load them, but you may find that they don't work, that only larger saves are viable. Feel free to experiment with your saves to find what you're looking for; there's no harm in trying to load a bad one.
If you want to get rid of OneDrive entirely, here's how:
