I decided to try resetting my game files and I thought I knew which ones to keep and delete, but wound up deleting my saved households and would like to know where those are saved so next time I don't make this mistake again. Lost a fully skill leveled character I was working on. :oops:
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They're saved here:
Documents>Electronic Arts>The Sims 3>Saves
If you have a save file named Sunset Valley, that file will be named:
Sunset Valley.sims3
And you'll also have:
Sunset Valley.sims3.backup
This might help you too:
http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/06/tutorial-resetting-the-game-to-factory-settings-without-reinstalling.html
Good luck!
Documents>Electronic Arts>The Sims 3>Library
So you might have deleted something there?
I don't think there's a way to get them back if that's the case.
Are you sure that you haven't hidden the household from the library by accident?
As for the Collections folder, it's were you're saved collections will be kept if you've organized the buy/build mode in collections.
I gave you the link to Crinrict for future use if you're going to reset your game files again.
To do this I
1. click on the Sim/Household/Lot in the bin,
2 click the Share button in the popup that appears
3 move the resulting Sims3Pack file from the Exports folder to my Downloads folder
4 install as I would anything else in the Downloads folder
NOTE: The Exports folder appears only after you have clicked the Share button for some reason. It is in the Sims 3 folder.
I keep the contents of my Downloads folder in a safe place.
When I make a new Sims 3 folder I install the contents of my Downloads folder to get it into my game.
The games sees these Sims/Households/Lots I have saved this way as Custom Content but it is content I have made based only on things that came with the game from Origin or EA. This is the only way I know of that will let me keep them and save me from having to copy the contents of my Library folder across as that may be what is corrupting my game.
You need to keep all of this stuff somewhere away from your Sims 3 folder in case it becomes corrupted as the contents of it would then need to be deleted and you will lose it all again if you have to delete them.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg