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jaymiex89
8 years ago
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Saves from 2018 gone! Saves from 2017 greyed out

I had an issue where after Origin updated, it wouldn't load TS4, so, as per Origin Help, I moved my Sims 4 folder out of the EA folder, reloaded my game, which created a new Sims 4 folder, exited the...
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    172e3cda0034987
    8 years ago

    You might want to copy over your Tray folder which has your Sims/houses/commercial lots and rooms in it from your backup to your new Sims 4 folder. Then check your library again.

    If you still have your saved games in your Sims 4\saves folder [C:\Users\Username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves] It may be the game isn't reading the save files correctly.

    Have you tried renaming your saves? If you have an old auto save file (Slot_00000001.save) it's safe to delete as the game doesn't use it anymore.

    To rename your save, remove the version number. - .ver0 or .ver1

    For example:

    Slot_00000002.save.ver1

    Rename it to:

    Slot_00000002.save

    by deleting the .ver1 on the end. You may want to give it a different number if you already have a save 2 in your folder. The game should then recognize the save file again.

    If the above doesn't help, Crinrict has some very useful tips on saved games disappearing:

    Save Games disappearing
    https://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/save-games-disappearing/

172e3cda0034987's avatar
172e3cda0034987
8 years ago

You might want to copy over your Tray folder which has your Sims/houses/commercial lots and rooms in it from your backup to your new Sims 4 folder. Then check your library again.

If you still have your saved games in your Sims 4\saves folder [C:\Users\Username\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves] It may be the game isn't reading the save files correctly.

Have you tried renaming your saves? If you have an old auto save file (Slot_00000001.save) it's safe to delete as the game doesn't use it anymore.

To rename your save, remove the version number. - .ver0 or .ver1

For example:

Slot_00000002.save.ver1

Rename it to:

Slot_00000002.save

by deleting the .ver1 on the end. You may want to give it a different number if you already have a save 2 in your folder. The game should then recognize the save file again.

If the above doesn't help, Crinrict has some very useful tips on saved games disappearing:

Save Games disappearing
https://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2014/09/save-games-disappearing/

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