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    Oh my god, AGAIN??!

    XDarkFrostXXDarkFrostX Posts: 789 New Member
    in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    Okay, so all of my save files are becoming unplayable. I click it, and the loading bar goes up really fast then it says "a fatal error has occurred, it is strongly recommended that you restart the game." It does not work when I restart it. About 7 of my saved files are like this, please help me.

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      blueflame17528blueflame17528 Posts: 1,937 Member
      edited January 2011
      Old process - go to your save files, are have they spawned versions of themselves that have a .bad ending?
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      XDarkFrostXXDarkFrostX Posts: 789 New Member
      edited January 2011
      Yes there is.
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      blueflame17528blueflame17528 Posts: 1,937 Member
      edited January 2011
      Those need to die. But let me double check that I remember this correctly - there are also the same files that don't have the .bad attached to it right?
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      blueflame17528blueflame17528 Posts: 1,937 Member
      edited January 2011
      Here, http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/125651.page

      She explained how to fix the old error code 16 problems, which was basically the same...it just had an easier fix involving going into your game and hitting 'save as' instead of save.

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      XDarkFrostXXDarkFrostX Posts: 789 New Member
      edited January 2011
      Okay, I deleted the Bad ones. Will it come back?
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      CK213CK213 Posts: 20,529 Member
      edited January 2011
      XDarkFrostX wrote:
      Okay, I deleted the Bad ones. Will it come back?

      Did your remove the ".backup" from the end of the file with the same name?


      example:

      Sunset Valley.sims3.backup

      to

      Sunset Valley.sims3
      The%20Goths.png?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds
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      XDarkFrostXXDarkFrostX Posts: 789 New Member
      edited January 2011
      I tried doing that, when I do it asks me if I want to merge the two files. Since theres another one that isn't a backup or a bad one, what do I do then?
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      XhippiedippieXXhippiedippieX Posts: 4,938 Member
      edited January 2011
      XDarkFrostX wrote:
      I tried doing that, when I do it asks me if I want to merge the two files. Since theres another one that isn't a backup or a bad one, what do I do then?


      Delete the .backup and the original .Sims 3 and rename the .backup to just
      .Sims 3.
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      XDarkFrostXXDarkFrostX Posts: 789 New Member
      edited January 2011
      Thank you so much for your help everyone :)
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      XhippiedippieXXhippiedippieX Posts: 4,938 Member
      edited January 2011
      XDarkFrostX wrote:
      Thank you so much for your help everyone :)


      You're welcome! :P

      Edit: The title of this thread makes me :lol:. It is what I say everytime
      I get Liam or "oops" or the blank white page!! OMG! Again!!! :evil:
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