How To Recover Saves
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How To Recover Saves
by :Alison on Tue 21 Jan 2014, 17:50
Have you ever loaded your game to find your saved game missing, or error code 13 while saving and lost your progress? To retrieve your saved game, do the following:
Finding Your Saves Folder
1. Go to My Documents.
2. Electronic Arts
3. The Sims 3
4. Saves
After that, find your saved game's name. If you named your game Sunset Valley, you should see:
Sunset Valley.sims3
Sunset Valley.sims3.backup
Instructions
Rename Sunset Valley.sims3.backup to Sunset Valley.sims3
Delete Sunset Valley.sims3
If you have a file that ends with .bad, delete that. Anything that ends with .bad, delete.
Start up your game, and your town will be back. The game will auto generate another backup file. If you don't have a backup file, all you need to do is just delete SunsetValley.bad, and your saved game should return.
Moderator edit: Topic moved to "The Sims (3) tips & tricks".
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Finding Your Saves Folder
1. Go to My Documents.
2. Electronic Arts
3. The Sims 3
4. Saves
After that, find your saved game's name. If you named your game Sunset Valley, you should see:
Sunset Valley.sims3
Sunset Valley.sims3.backup
Instructions
Rename Sunset Valley.sims3.backup to Sunset Valley.sims3
Delete Sunset Valley.sims3
If you have a file that ends with .bad, delete that. Anything that ends with .bad, delete.
Start up your game, and your town will be back. The game will auto generate another backup file. If you don't have a backup file, all you need to do is just delete SunsetValley.bad, and your saved game should return.
Moderator edit: Topic moved to "The Sims (3) tips & tricks".
- Carlos
DO NOT POST ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS IN THIS TOPIC. INSTEAD, PLEASE OPEN A NEW TOPIC IN THE APPROPRIATE FORUM-SECTION, EITHER "THE SIMS 3 DOWNLOADS SUPPORT" OR "THE SIMS 3 IN-GAME SUPPORT"! THANK-YOU-NOTES CAN BE POSTED IN THE SECTION WITH THE SAME NAME.
Note that any and all questions posted under this thread, will be deleted without any explanation or advance warning. We have the Forum sections dedicated to Support purposes, for a reason.
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Re: How To Recover Saves
by Admin on Wed 22 Jan 2014, 18:13
Hi there,
We have a similar topic here: http://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t4523-the-sims-3-save-errors-fix-error-code-12-13-15-16-updated-24-11-2012 , but I see the Error 13 is not described in that one. (Even though the recovery is not actually a "fix" for the Error 13 problem)
I'll put a link in that guide to this one.
Thank you!
We have a similar topic here: http://games4theworld.forumotion.com/t4523-the-sims-3-save-errors-fix-error-code-12-13-15-16-updated-24-11-2012 , but I see the Error 13 is not described in that one. (Even though the recovery is not actually a "fix" for the Error 13 problem)
I'll put a link in that guide to this one.
Thank you!
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