I have a cat so I save everytime I walk away from my computer for even a second, I never know when she is going to jump on my computer and delete everything or just shut it off)
Constantly. I'll save after job promotions, traveling, redecorating, etc. Probably about ever 15-20 minutes while playing. I'll save, then delete the previous save.
I try to remember to save more, but usually forget. I try using my sims coming home from work as a reminder to save. I've had a few crashes where I lost a lot so.
For the last 2 years, maybe one crashes/freezes, maybe 2 but I only remember 1 where I had to restart, but now with Get Famous, I save when they advance because I want to save their progress. I also save My builds if I have worked a lot and or have many programs open. Oh, yea the birth and aging up of cute baby kids and teens. Just in case of a crash I do not want to lose them.
Sometimes I do not want to save like if I forgot and left the game running in the background for like hours and their needs are low I just log without saving.
Saving takes time out of my game and I am lazy, mostly I rather take the risk. So saves when I quit playing.
I think people that play legacies or just play one family save more
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Several times during gameplay; after aging up, reaching aspiration milestones, skill level increases, home from work/school (especially after a promotion), before fixing electronics if their handiness is low, same for cooking, after making new friends or lovers, after a marriage, after finding an expensive collectible or landing an expensive fish, after unlocking hidden areas, after a confirmed pregnancy and births, doing upgrades, several times during a new build or remodel, after deleting townies, after a new Sim I've created loads into their new lot, when completing a collection and for many, many more reasons.
Yeah, I got burned a few times in the past when my toaster of a laptop crashed and I'd forgotten to save after these things and lost a lot of valuable gameplay, so I'm a bit paranoid and probably save more than necessary now. My new gaming desktop hasn't crashed at all. But it did freeze once when my Sim was taking photographs. I've read that's a bug though. *shrugs*
Just like you, I save if I need to leave my computer while the game is running for the same reason. I have several cats that love to jump up on my desk/keyboard. o.O It's okay when I'm at my desk when they do that because I can nudge them over if they start laying on my keyboard or push them down when their tail starts hitting my mouse wheel/keys when they're feeling frisky and waving it around a lot. lol
They love to lay between my keyboard and the monitor and sleep, especially one particular cat. As long as he doesn't get up to clean himself or just sit there and stare at me until I pet him and block my view, I don't mind.
I save all the time. I save before my Sim leaves their home lot to attend social events in case something goes wrong. I save the game again when my Sim returns home from an event if it went well. I also save when a Sim completes an aspiration or a collection, and when they max a skill. When I'm building, remodeling, or editing a lot then I save every few minutes.
As a genera rule I save every sim night once all my sims have gone to bed. I got into the habit while playing Sims 3 when the game would randomly freeze up on me without warning and it’s carried over to Sims 4. It’s saved me on many occasions.
I will also save before going into CAS to give makeovers after a sim had aged up. And occasionally before traveling because before I removed most of my cc and mods I’d occasionally get stuck on loading screens. It hasn’t happened in several months now but it’s another habit now and I figure it’s always better to save then to not to.
After my last crash of TS2 UC, I save when I switch lots, after a YA graduates University (the game forces you to save once they leave the dorm after the 72 hour period after graduation), or I have to end a session early and won't be back for over an hour. If I leave for just a few minutes up to 1 hour, I usually just pause the game.
After my time spent with TS3, I've learned to save a lot. I save every Sim morning for sure. Before and after birthdays. Before and after CAS. Before traveling. Promotions, etc. All the Time.
I save after every major event, except the other night, I forgot and then of course my game froze and I lost like 6 hrs of progress. I had to just close the game I was so bummed. I couldn't even, because one of my girls aged into a YA and she was gorgeous, when I went back in to replay her aging up, she didn't age the same..ugh so frustrating. Moral to the story, save all the time.
When I got the game it never crashed so I gave up my frequent TS2 saving habits. Now I have experienced some crashes and I'm trying to learn to save a bit more often. I could have picked "After Each Major Event" but I feel like I have some room to improve. I remember to save when in buildmode, but livemode is trickier.
I probably should save more often. I used to do it frequently when I was having issues with my computer, but now that that's been sorted out, I just forget to do it.
I'll save after a major event because that's usually the reminder I need. Too often I won't remember the last time I saved and that's always the time the game seems to want to crash :s
I chose this one because I try to save fairly often, after changing outfits, when moving on to another family, or when my sim has accomplished something or another. I keep more than one save per game, and try to alternate.
I play for a few minutes and then do a "Save As …" renaming the save slightly. Normally it's adding a letter and/or number behind the surname of the household. After that I save any time one of my Sims accomplishes something. Sometimes it's as simple as a toddler achieving the Potty Skill from their first try to major things like a job promotion, job loss, celebrity star gained, reputation gained, et al. Things I've worked hard for my Sims to achieve, so that's not lost to a computer crash, or game crash or other such nonsense. (I've learned the hard way, you see.)
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For the last 2 years, maybe one crashes/freezes, maybe 2 but I only remember 1 where I had to restart, but now with Get Famous, I save when they advance because I want to save their progress. I also save My builds if I have worked a lot and or have many programs open. Oh, yea the birth and aging up of cute baby kids and teens. Just in case of a crash I do not want to lose them.
Sometimes I do not want to save like if I forgot and left the game running in the background for like hours and their needs are low I just log without saving.
Saving takes time out of my game and I am lazy, mostly I rather take the risk. So saves when I quit playing.
I think people that play legacies or just play one family save more
Who said EA doesn't have a sense of humor
Yeah, I got burned a few times in the past when my toaster of a laptop crashed and I'd forgotten to save after these things and lost a lot of valuable gameplay, so I'm a bit paranoid and probably save more than necessary now. My new gaming desktop hasn't crashed at all. But it did freeze once when my Sim was taking photographs. I've read that's a bug though. *shrugs*
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They love to lay between my keyboard and the monitor and sleep, especially one particular cat. As long as he doesn't get up to clean himself or just sit there and stare at me until I pet him and block my view, I don't mind.
I will also save before going into CAS to give makeovers after a sim had aged up. And occasionally before traveling because before I removed most of my cc and mods I’d occasionally get stuck on loading screens. It hasn’t happened in several months now but it’s another habit now and I figure it’s always better to save then to not to.
If I’m playing a save, I save after one sim day or after a major event.
If I’m building, especially with big lots, I save every 5-10 mins.
The other day I was building a celebrity mansion and I guess the pc couldn’t handle the house bc it decided to shut down and restart
I lost the entire house and had to redo it.
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