Restore game without a back-up?

[sleeperagentclone]

Hey y'all, I know this is a stupid question but my game crashed and I hadn't saved in a while. Is there any possible way to not be totally screwed here?

[puzzlezaddict]

Generally, there's nothing you can do in these situations. However, there is a way to try to recover at least some of the data. It's unreliable enough that I would never play the save forward this way, but if you want to rescue a new build or something, it might work.

Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves and make a copy of the folder that contains your last good save. Name the copy whatever you want; I'll call it "Crashed" here. Inside the Crashed folder, delete the .nhd file that has the name of your sims' homeworld. Now go into ... The Sims 3 > CurrentGame and find the .nhd file of the same world. Move that file into the Crashed folder and delete everything else in CurrentGame.

You may be able to load Crashed as a separate save. If this doesn't work, then there's nothing else you can do. If it does load, I still wouldn't play this save forward, like I said, but if there's some specific data you'd like to save—a house, some new sim outfits, anything that saves separately—go ahead and do that. Then go back to your last good save.

[sleeperagentclone]

Seeing as I just took like 15 minutes to find my mod folder, I will leave this solution to more computer savvy people. I really appreciate the help though, time to suck it up and go from my last save

[HiFive]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von sleeperagentclone:

Seeing as I just took like 15 minutes to find my mod folder, I will leave this solution to more computer savvy people. I really appreciate the help though, time to suck it up and go from my last save :AOESheep:

I know the feeling. The game is more likely to crash if you haven't saved in a long time, and I used to forget a lot when I first started playing this game. Use a timer if you have to, but save frequently.

[whitemoongurl]

One reason why I use the Nraas Saver mod. It reminds you to "Save As" after a specific amount of time after your last "Save As".