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6 years ago
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Hello everyone !

I have a problem with the Sims 4. First it crashed multiple times few days ago, and now when I load the game my saved are gone. But I think I can see them in my computer. I believe that the problem comes from the fact that my game is now linked to a one drive file but how do I change that?? Can I modify the file from where my game uses the saves??

Thank you!

  • @astridou4  Yes, you can get rid of the 30 on the end, but you'll first need to renumber the save so it doesn't have exactly the same name as any other save.  For example, you could rename it Slot_0000000a.save or Slot_00000010.save, but you can't have two files named Slot_00000009.save in the same folder.  (That may be why the 30 is on the end, because duplicates with the same name were created.  But the game won't read a save file with an extra number on the end.)

    The saves are numbered in hexadecimal, with eight total digits, including the initial zeroes.  The number in the save name starts at 2 (1 used to be the auto save, but it's not used anymore) and goes through 9, then a to f, and then back to 10, through 19, then 1a through 1f, and back to 20, etc.  But the saves don't have to be numbered in order, so you don't have to worry about getting all the numbers exactly right.  Just make sure there are no duplicates, and that every save ends in .save, and you should be fine.

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  • astridou4's avatar
    astridou4
    6 years ago

    C:\Users\astri\Documents\Electronic Arts\Les Sims 4\saves\Slot_00000002.save

    C:\Users\astri\Documents\Electronic Arts\Les Sims 4\saves

    They are the same

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @astridou4  Okay, please move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop.  Launch the game to create a clean folder with no content; you can quit at the Main Menu.  Copy only one of your saves from the folder you moved into the new folder in Documents, and see if it will load.  If it doesn't, remove that save, copy over a different one, and see if that will load.

  • astridou4's avatar
    astridou4
    6 years ago

    I did what you told me, I tried with four different files to be sure and my saves still didn't load into the game

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @astridou4  That's a bit odd.  Even saves where you had to delete the .verx extension didn't work?  Have you ever played these saves with packs that you don't currently have installed?  That can often prevent a save from loading at all.

  • astridou4's avatar
    astridou4
    6 years ago

    Actually I tried again with a file where I deleted the "ver" extension and it worked! So I think I should rename all my saves but I'm not sure of how they work. For example, why do I have 

    Slot_00000009.save 30

    AND

    Slot_00000009.save

    what does the thirty mean? Can I delete it?

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @astridou4  Yes, you can get rid of the 30 on the end, but you'll first need to renumber the save so it doesn't have exactly the same name as any other save.  For example, you could rename it Slot_0000000a.save or Slot_00000010.save, but you can't have two files named Slot_00000009.save in the same folder.  (That may be why the 30 is on the end, because duplicates with the same name were created.  But the game won't read a save file with an extra number on the end.)

    The saves are numbered in hexadecimal, with eight total digits, including the initial zeroes.  The number in the save name starts at 2 (1 used to be the auto save, but it's not used anymore) and goes through 9, then a to f, and then back to 10, through 19, then 1a through 1f, and back to 20, etc.  But the saves don't have to be numbered in order, so you don't have to worry about getting all the numbers exactly right.  Just make sure there are no duplicates, and that every save ends in .save, and you should be fine.

  • astridou4's avatar
    astridou4
    6 years ago

    Thank you so much for your help! I managed to get 3 of my saves back! I think the other saves files got lost at some point but that's okay I'm happy with the three that I have left. Thanks again for answering me!

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