Just great.

tofu_goodness

My game just decided to close on me without any warning after 5 HOURS of non-stop playing. I didn't save it at all and now all of my hard work went down the toilet.

I found Lord knows how many rocks and gems and now they're all goooooooooonne!!!
Woe as me...

snooky

i am sorry about that, but why would you play that long without saving!

Handt

I had that happen before too. I save obsessively now.

hippolover87

Always save! I save every 30 minutes or so but if your computer randomly closes the game I would save every 10 minutes.

tofu_goodness

snooky wrote:

i am sorry about that, but why would you play that long without saving!

Because I get too into the gameplay and I don't think about saving until I'm finished lol.

SimMommy05

Wow, sorry for your loss. It's happened to me before and I learned to save and save often!

Robyn536

I save every 1 to 2 sim days. Never know when the game is going to decide to go wonky. Lost enough TS2 progress that way..

dangadrian

My game does that only when my laptop overheats.. so I bought a cooling pad and I don't have that problem anymore.

Yeah, its smart to save at least every 30mins - 1hour or so.

Gouka989

I'm sorry tofu_goodness, it's a real pain to lose that much work. The moral is as people here are saying is to save, and save often. In fact, at major points I usually start up a new save game for the family.

RebeccaB

It's not just you, my game does that too... *cries* I HAD A ROACKSTAR *cries even more*

My game somehow grew out of it after I started saving regularly. I just think of it as a test and thought to myself, which is more important, extra gameplay or extra baked up info I DON'T have to redo

dangadrian

Robyn536 wrote:

I save every 1 to 2 sim days. Never know when the game is going to decide to go wonky. Lost enough TS2 progress that way..

Ohh, sim day increments seems like a smart way to save. 8)

tofu_goodness

RebeccaB wrote:

It's not just you, my game does that too... *cries* I HAD A ROCKSTAR *cries even more*

I had a rockstar too! Lol.
I've learned my lesson, though. I will save obsessively now.

LiLSapphire

I had that happen and not only did I lose progress I lost my entire game. The backup file and the save file both were no good. The family and house were just dotted outlines in the launcher and every time I clicked play it just sat there doing nothing. So I had to start all over again. I was almost to generation 3. But On the up side I was able to do a couple of things differently but still losing all my game play from day 1 was pretty upsetting.

Chikimunki

If anything interesting or important happened that Sim-day I save while they sleep. I fool myself into thinking they are going to wake up sooner that way. :roll:

BusterJimmyDaisy

I save every single sim day. I'm just getting used to the game, so I never know when I cause a horrible mess up.(Like I didthe last time I played....) :oops:

Ronin2rx

Gouka989 wrote:

I'm sorry tofu_goodness, it's a real pain to lose that much work. The moral is as people here are saying is to save, and save often. In fact, at major points I usually start up a new save game for the family.

I do the same thing, i make a new save before getting married, having a kid...anything major.
Other than that i normally save every day or two "gametime" 8)