Sims 4 Game Lost

[LilFroggy]

Me and my gf made a game on my pc I had to uninstall the game but ofc the files were backed up and everything

Update:
I reinstall the game just recently and all the saved folders are gone and all my sims and progress gone ontop of that it aint showing up that I backed it up at all witch is unfair and know Im really upset idk what to do at this point :,(

[Elstar]

How did you back it up, what files did you back up and where? If you have removed the files you may perhaps get them back by using a file recovery program as long as they have not been overwritten already.

[LilFroggy]

I believe I backed them up to cloud saved and to the pc with the intent of backing them up as a saved game but after I uninstalled and reintalled the game the file was gone

[Elstar]

The Sims 4 don't have cloud saves. The saves are stored in
Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves
Did you copy any files from there?

[LilFroggy]

Thing is when I downlaod the game it goes to a file called Orgin and makes a saved folder there

[Elstar]

Can you write the path to your save folder?

[LilFroggy]

right click start-hit run-%app data%-orgins-saved

[Elstar]

It looks strange because the game saves are in Documents not in AppData. What are the names of the files you have backed up? The sims 4 save games are on the form

Slot_00000001.save

If you don't have does are you up for trying to undelete your removed files?

[LilFroggy]

yea thats the name of the file saved game it was the only game I had on my pc

and yes I want my files back

[CaroShio0083]

Other idea if you have tray items, save files, mods you like to keep have back up copy on disc or external drive so you hook up whenever that way its safe. Other way is rely on their cloud library which so far is reliable but you have remember your account data.
Doing reinstall like reboot of all that you did. So everything would be deleted. Its like if you did new game and all previous sims would go bye bye. If you had save file on game you still be able play previous saves. But reinstall means reset in our world. Don't worry if you have bookmark the content somewhere you can repair angry bridge to gf in end.

[Elstar]

Originally posted by Rose5393:

yea thats the name of the file saved game it was the only game I had on my pc

and yes I want my files back

There is no guarantee that we will be able to recover your files but it is worth a try.

1. Okay first check so that you don't have any save file in
Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves
If you have a file on the form Slot_00000001.save.ver0 the savefile can be
recovered by removing the .ver0 in the end and placing it in the save folder.

2. if you have a preferred program for recovering files use that, most will be fine. If you
need a tips you can use
https://www.ashampoo.com/en-us/winoptimizer-free
(If someone knows of other programs feel free to list them, if someone knows of a
program that don't need to be installed please lets us know)
If you can, don't install it on the same drive as your save folder (probabably C:)

3. For Win Optimizer go to File tools-> Undeleter and select the drive to scan(Probably
C:). Then search in the list if for the save file, If it could not be found you could try
an other program. If the file is found Select it and use Restore and select a
location(Best is on a second drive)

Hope it helps

[LilFroggy]

Originally posted by Greenspottedeer:

Other idea if you have tray items, save files, mods you like to keep have back up copy on disc or external drive so you hook up whenever that way its safe. Other way is rely on their cloud library which so far is reliable but you have remember your account data.
Doing reinstall like reboot of all that you did. So everything would be deleted. Its like if you did new game and all previous sims would go bye bye. If you had save file on game you still be able play previous saves. But reinstall means reset in our world. Don't worry if you have bookmark the content somewhere you can repair angry bridge to gf in end.

Don't have Money for external harddrive

[LilFroggy]

Originally posted by elstar:

Originally posted by Rose5393:

yea thats the name of the file saved game it was the only game I had on my pc

and yes I want my files back

There is no guarantee that we will be able to recover your files but it is worth a try.

1. Okay first check so that you don't have any save file in
Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves
If you have a file on the form Slot_00000001.save.ver0 the savefile can be
recovered by removing the .ver0 in the end and placing it in the save folder.

2. if you have a preferred program for recovering files use that, most will be fine. If you
need a tips you can use
https://www.ashampoo.com/en-us/winoptimizer-free
(If someone knows of other programs feel free to list them, if someone knows of a
program that don't need to be installed please lets us know)
If you can, don't install it on the same drive as your save folder (probabably C:)

3. For Win Optimizer go to File tools-> Undeleter and select the drive to scan(Probably
C:). Then search in the list if for the save file, If it could not be found you could try
an other program. If the file is found Select it and use Restore and select a
location(Best is on a second drive)

Hope it helps

Yeah I cannot find the save I think my game is gone thanks for trying but that was the original name of the save

[SeaGoblin]

lol imagine thinking that saved files go to appdata, xD 99% of all games in the world will save to its installation folder or in your "my documents" folder

i would bet anything you only thought it was in appdata cuz of minecraft haha. minecraft is a unique exception and so are web browser based games that have save functions.

[LilFroggy]

Actully its because of Pc update and a little rewiring I had to fix the dam computer after one of the updates caused issues with the hardware