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brileah11
3 years ago

Re: Sims 4 save files not showing

I’ve attached the picture of my save files. Like I said, I’m not sure if the location is the issue because I added my mods and cc in the same location yet instead of it saying The sims 4 > saves, it says The sims 4 > mods, and that seemed to have worked.

I had everything in the wrong folder before and nothing seemed to work until I tried fixing it and adding everything where I showed in the screenshot.

Also I did say before I ran into issues with one drive as I moved everything out of that folder and into other folders… maybe that messed things up since I didn’t just directly un-sync it?

The file the sims 4 seems to be recognizing is the last save file in the screenshot, slot_00000003.save. I need it to recognize the Slot_00000002.save.ver0.

I’m just not understanding why it only recognizes the oldest save file and not the others.

Also there was another save file but i moved it out as I didn’t want that one to be recognized. Still, I feel it should notice the other ones despite that one being taken out? 

^ I moved that specific save file out because I tried following someone else’s tips and renamed it something random such as “family.save” and I felt like that was a bad choice so I just took it out as mere minutes made that save file different from the one I’m trying to get back.

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    3 years ago

    @brileah11  You can simply delete the .ver0 from the most recent save, and the game should be able to load it.  These are the backup copies for a given save: the data from the last five times you saved before the most recent one.  (It looks like Slot_00000002.save itself was deleted somehow.)

    This goes for any save with a .verx on the end, but if you recover another backup, be sure to rename it so it doesn't conflict with an existing save.  For example, if you recover the .ver1 copy, you'll need to rename it to Slot_00000004.save or higher.

  • wx1cohlw3lkh's avatar
    wx1cohlw3lkh
    2 years ago

    Hi @puzzlezaddict! I recently reached out for help with a similar issue but this post has saved my life. Thank you so much for helping us fellow simmers out. The universe better serve you right for all you do! <3

  • VickiT82430's avatar
    VickiT82430
    2 years ago

    Hi, I was having a similar problem, The saves were there but not showing up at all. The instructions helped to retrieve most of the saves all but the most recent new game from the last 3 days. I have deleted the version 0 from the folder but no luck. There was doubles from a previous slot 5 and I had deleted those also. I played last around noon. I have attached a screenshot of the files. The others have copies/doubles as well and it does not impact them.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @VickiT82430  The two highlighted files shoud have a .save extension rather than being labeled Slot_00000005 with nothing else in the name.  The files that end in .verx are backups, and you could delete that .verx extension and renumber the saves (so they have unique numbers), and they'd also be available to load in-game.

    If this doesn't help, please list the path to the user folder Sims 4 is reading, as seen in-game.  Here's how to find it:

    https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2018/07/how-to-find-your-user-folder/

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