Is my Sim really Gone?

simbliss · February 2017

Hi there!
So I'm usually really good about saving my sims to the gallery before I do anything with them, just in case. But basically, I made a simself of a friend and selected "Save and Play," without saving him to the gallery. When I was placing him, I realized that I was still in my current household save, and I wanted to put him in a new save. So I went back to the Main Menu and opened a new save, where I then realized that my sim was gone. Is there any way to retrieve him or is he really lost forever?

Thank you!

RedDestiny92 · February 2017

I did that once with a sim found her though, just go back to the save you created him on, he might be in the manage families tab in the not in world section if you didn't put him in a house. If he's not there then you might need to remake him.

Triplis · February 2017

Go to the main menu > Load Game > Load the save it made when you started that game > Go to live mode > Ctrl+Shift+C > testingcheats on > Shift+Right-Click > Modify in CAS > Save Household in top right corner

Unless you went of your way to delete the save, you should be able to go back and save that sim to your gallery.

simbliss · February 2017

@ RedDestiny92 I tried looking there when I first realized it, but he doesn't seem to be in the played or unplayed households. :c Thanks tho!

aaronrulz · February 2017

Did you use CC? If so, when you go to your library, make sure to check the button for custom content. It defaults to unchecked. For awhile I thought I lost so many of my creations only to find I did not check that box.

simbliss · February 2017

@Triplis I believe that my sim never got placed, and so can't be found that way

@aaronrulz I did try looking at the gallery with both CC and non-CC and he isn't there either. I never saved him to the gallery so I didn't expect him to be there.

Thank you for your input tho!

Sid1701D9 · February 2017

If you did save and play the Sim should be in your library for all games.

You need to look under local library, in the gallery section.

Triplis · February 2017

simbliss wrote: »

@Triplis I believe that my sim never got placed, and so can't be found that way

Oh.

I think I understand now. I misread before. I take it the save where you were adding him to a household... you didn't save the game before you exited out?

Triplis · February 2017

@simbliss Only thought I would have is if there's still an auto-save file from the save game where you made him, maybe you can load that and he'll be in there. If there's no auto-save for it, then he's probably gone.

RedDestiny92 · February 2017

ah I see sorry about that.

TwistedMexican · February 2017

If you want to be sure, you can use these cheats:

sims.summon_sim_to_zone <simID>

Where <simID> should be replaced entirely with the numerical ID of your sim.

To get the simID, you need to use

sims.get_sim_id_by_name <first> <last>

If the first or last name have a space in them, wrap it in quotes.

If the sim doesn't get pulled into somewhere on your current lot, then it doesn't exist.

IceyJ · February 2017

Once you click Save and Play, the household is automatically saved to your library. It doesn't matter if you placed him or not, the game saves them all for you. But you have to look in your library, not the gallery.

MrMonty96 · February 2017

IceyJ wrote: »

Once you click Save and Play, the household is automatically saved to your library. It doesn't matter if you placed him or not, the game saves them all for you. But you have to look in your library, not the gallery.

Yes, there is a difference between the gallery and your library.

Callum2000 · February 2017

I thought when you press "save and play" coming out of CAS the household automatically saves to your library? That's what happens with me

Igg · February 2017

I just recreated your scenario, and my sim was saved to my library even though I didn't place him.

From the main screen I clicked Create a New Household.

I clicked Save and Play.

The game loaded my last save.

From the world overview I clicked the gallery button and my sim was already in my library.

I never moved the sim into a lot.

SparklePlumley · February 2017

Yes all Sims get saved to your library when you click the check mark in CAS. Whether you place them or not. I used to do the same as you until I clicked the gallery button while offline, and then clicked my library. I had doubles of all my sims, because I would save it to my library while in CAS, then click the check mark and upload it to the gallery as well. Because I was saving to my library while in CAS and it automatically saved to library upon exit I had doubles of all Sims. It took a while to sort through it all.

Faith12368 · February 2017

Check under my catalog in your gallery profile. All the sims I made were not in my library but under my catalog.

BabySquare · February 2017

That's why I keep getting two of 'em in my library! I manually save them just to be sure. If your sim really is gone OP, if you have pics you could upload perhaps some of the insanely talented at CAS members here could recreate them for you.

I would offer, but I'm not very good with CAS.

MrMonty96 · February 2017

@simbliss

simbliss · February 2017

I found him! Thank you, everyone for all of your help! It turns out that all I had to do was look Content By All in my library, instead of "Mine". Silly mistakes lol But thank you all so so much!

Triplis · February 2017

@simbliss Woot! Glad you found him.

feetinstockings · February 2017

Now we need pics of what he looks like.

so glad you found him.

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