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Anonymous
10 years ago
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no load game button sims 4

When i opened my game, i wanted to load one of my sims 4 households. But there was no load game button or a new game button. All there was was a option to see all of the sims 4 games i have, a option to open the gallery, notifications, and menu. I went to see if my saved games were deleted by going to the sims 4 folder and all of my saved games were still there but i cant play any of them because im not getting the option to load any of my games. What's going on???

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    10 years ago
    1. Close the game
    2. Try moving your saves folder to the desktop, then start a new start the game to create a new saves folder.
    3. Close the game
    4. Put one of the save games from your folder back (not the slot_00000001.save, that's the autosave)
    5. Check if it now shows up again

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  • Phantomlover1717's avatar
    Phantomlover1717
    Hero+
    8 years ago

    Let her try leaving out the file named 'slot_00000001.save'. That's the auto-save, that might be acting up.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Yes, that is the website. She quit the game (which was on the Main Menu), opened game files, put the Saves folder back into the game, and then reopened the game which led to saving-and-quitting. So to answer your question: the "Saves" folder was back in the game files when she saved.

    Update on the reinstallation: This did not put her Saves Games back (I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but her New Game and Load Game buttons disappeared [and came back after the process here, however her Saves were gone]).
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Hi. My friend tried the steps but after moving the save folder out of the game files, opening the game and closing it, the game did not generate a new "Saves" folder. I was very frustrated and initiated a backup plan, using the process on another website.

    I then had her put the Saves folder from the desktop back into the game, open the game, press Play, make a sim and place them in the town. She then selected "Save and Exit". Then I had her open the game again, and her buttons were back, but the only saved file left was the one she had just created.

    I told her to uninstall The Sims 4 and reinstall the game, we are awaiting the results. Is there anything that I could have done? Why didn't the game create a new Saves file?
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    THANK YOU SO MUCH I CRIED FOR TWO HOURS. You saved me losing 397hours of gameplay❤️

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    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Nvm it got solved by the below link

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    9 years ago

    Are you using oneDrive ? Did you check if you have a electronicarts\sims4 folder there ? Maybe the game is using that one

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I have the same problem and it seems like the only option is to completely start again. Looks like I've lost 178 hours of gameplay ☹️