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celebhith
Rising Novice
5 years ago

retrieving my Sims 4 families and homes

Approximately 4 weeks ago, my Sims 4 game and Origin both got deleted from my pc. I quickly reinstalled both, but when I try to play, it wants me to start with new Sims, despite the fact that I have over 2400 hours logged with families, homes and careers. How can I get all of them back??

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  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    5 years ago

    Hey @celebhith did you have your save for the Sims 4 backed up?

    If you did not have it backed up then it would not be possible to retrieve it.


    The best thing to do is to check in your save folder to see if your previous save file is there.

    Darko

  • celebhith's avatar
    celebhith
    Rising Novice
    5 years ago

    It didn't actually work . . . . and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. . . . I guess I have to start all over. And I really don't want to do that, but if I want to play Sims 4 I guess I have to. This is horrible. 

  • Psychotps's avatar
    Psychotps
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago
    @celebhith If you have a backup from before the accident happened, then you can just copy the save files back into your sims directory. (Usually Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves)

    If you don't have a backup, then unfortunately there's nothing you can do. In the future, make a backup of the entire "Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" folder periodically.
  • celebhith's avatar
    celebhith
    Rising Novice
    5 years ago

    Thanks to you for trying to help. . . . it looks like I may have to rebuild all my Sims and their homes. . . . *sigh* but I really do appreciate the help you guys have given. Have a great weekend!