Over the weekend my laptop got corrupted somehow and now I’ve lost all my sims files. My laptop is being fixed but I now need to start afresh with the game. I don’t know why I’m posting this but I feel so dejected. My main save was 3 years old and the best save I have ever had. I cannot re-create it and don’t want to. Previously I lost sims 3 due to my old laptop breaking but that save wasn’t that old so i just missed the game not the save. I guess what I am asking is has anyone else had a similar thing happen and feel as though you don’t know what to do next?
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I'd start up my game and just stare at the loading screen then log out. I had no idea where to begin again. Finally I just opened up the game and randomized every aspect of a new sim and started again. I haven't managed to find a sim(s) yet that I feel as strongly about as that family, but the new scenarios are helping.
I hope you are able to find a starting point and enjoy the game again soon!
Sorry that happened.
All the sims err'day
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I'm so sorry this happened to you! While this advice comes a little late for you, it's always a good idea to periodically back up your save files for all your games.
I learned this the hard way after losing a 400+ hour Fallout: New Vegas save. #NeverAgain
Now, I am the Queen of Restarts. Not everybody can just pick up where they left off and begin again. I'm just royally stubborn and a writer who is used to trashing a whole chapter or even to Redraft the whole novel, if needed. Revision is really more for the experienced author. Redraft for the newbies, like myself. But, it can also feel so good when the original story goes awry. Just be aware that the story will likely never play out the way it did in the original. Just be willing to go with the flow or create a brand new Sim and go from there. I would advise, however, that you start a brand new save.
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I'm sorry @netney52 I know how it feels Year ago I lose an almost 3 years old save (due to a bad backup). I only play one save, a rotational one. All my stories, sims and a few lots were gone. At first i didn't want to play again.
But all the hours that I enjoy with that save were real. I know Sims is only a game but I have good memories of all my saves (since Sims 2). Those memories are part of me. I'm a simmer after all
I started a new save, with new sims. I did not try to replicate the old one. Today that save is a 4 years old save. It is not better or worst that the lost one: is different, is unique. I love it.
I know that maybe I will need to start a new one soon. For now my save is still working with any issues, but I feel a little lag now.
In games or in RL we will always lose something or someone, but new things are waiting in front of us.
Start a new save, go for new stories and have fun
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https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/918679/emere-osiazul-showcase-new-steampunk-karaoke#latest
I save mine to a flash drive now. No need for a hard drive just for saves.
Tales From The Myst
The Blue Moon Jukebox
Oh no I'm so sorry. This happened to me a while ago. Literally every Sim and lot I ever built I had saved to the gallery and then my computer died and so I bought a laptop and discovered that unless you "share" your creations on the gallery, they are not really saved online in the my library part of the gallery. Took me months to recover from the shock. I still get upset over some lost Sims when I think of them. I miss their little faces!! I'm still recreating families as best I can and rebuilding lots. I have an external drive for my laptop so hopefully it won't happen again.
I save them on cloud, and also I have a USB just in case.