I recently ran into an issue where I attempted to clear out some of the files in my saves folder, but in part due to the fact that the game saves them as a number rather than by the name that we chose in game for the file I ended up deleting a file I didn't mean to.
Please in a patch in the near future fix this issue. The files in our sims folders should have some easily discernible title that allows us to differentiate which file is which. Especially since the folder stockpiles saves like it's going out of style (there are 36 different sets of saves currently in my folder whereas in game I only have around 6 save games meaning it's holding onto records of saves I've deleted in game).
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Not everyone plays one save, one game. I have at least 20 games going. It's impossible to know which game I was playing on what date.
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Yep, those .var0-5 are previous saves of that same game ... which is incredibly useful, as it means you have 5 stages you can back up to if things go wrong in your game file. But nothing about "var" seems to be helping users to understand this. I see a lot of people feel they need to do something extra to have backups, when the game is doing it for them, to a point.
I always end up just saving the entire save folder because I also have numerous games ongoing
If I save my game as (for instance) Morgan 112 then id like to see Morgan 112 when I go into the saves folder ... simplicity itself and it worked perfectly in TS3
Yep, those .var0-5 are previous saves of that same game ... which is incredibly useful, as it means you have 5 stages you can back up to if things go wrong in your game file. But nothing about "var" seems to be helping users to understand this. I see a lot of people feel they need to do something extra to have backups, when the game is doing it for them, to a point.
When you are looking at the save files with a calm and collected mind, it might be easier to work it all out. But when you are looking at it all through tears and in a panic because your kid saved (by accident) a new game he has spent 20 minutes on, over the top of the game you have spent many many hours on, it is harder to sort it all out.
It was actually the link in your sig Luthienrising, that helped me in that traumatic time, :D I did a Google search and a post of yours popped up - so, thank you!
I do hope it can be tweaked, it's very confusing for me at the moment.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/803383/auto-save-and-how-it-works#latest
And here's what she said in another when I asked her about rolling back files:
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/13045207/#Comment_13045207
ETA: Hmm. Did they change something? I didn't have the option to "Preview" this post.
> SimGuruBChick wrote a post about how autosave works, but it doesn't go into those extra back-saves and how life-saving they can be (if only they were more user-friendly and accessible). Here's that post:
Thanks @MsPhy that's a lot of good info!