Cannot save

[alkrojen]

The Save and Save As buttons are grayed out, and when exiting the game it says:
"Cannot save
The game is currently in a state where saving isnt possible
Warning: data may be lost if you exit"

What is wrong and how do I fix this?

br.
Allan

[drkblu]

maybe someone is dying at the moment or there is a fire. during these scenarios you can't save.

[Xautos]

Basically when there is an event going on like described in reply #1 but it can cover anything from a death to a welcome wagon and simply editing your sim from in cas, in those instances you can't do a typical save.

With a welcome wagon and a few others you can get around it by bringing up the escape menu and then "Exit to Main Menu", there will be an option to save there, after you load into the main menu, you can reload your save and depending on your choice you can get around that specific event. Some other events are not skippable though, so you either follow through or lose your progress when leaving the game. Best to just push through and let the event happen, or save your progress in cas or whatever.

Coming back to the choice you can make on certain events when you reload from the main menu; like a welcome wagon, if you have another household you can play? You can play that for an hour of ingame time or two and then save and go back into the other household, the sims that formed that welcome wagon will be just off your lot but then event has ended without consequence.

[alkrojen]

Thanks for you answers. I just installed the game and only started the editing of the sim, this is where I can not save. If I understand you right this is normal when "simply editing your sim" right? I will try and see if saving is possible after editing the sim.. br. Allan