90% of Sunset Valley lots gone after returning from vacation.
Cerridwen:
I'm wondering if it is a corrupted save issue, if the new patch will resolve it. I really hesitate to load yet another patch on top of an already f-up game.
Death-Jester - are you saying that you are doing a Save As and are still getting blue lots?
I do not ever do save as. Perhaps corupted saves could be part of it? If the game does an auto save when loading a vacation destination, and again when returning home, perhaps during this process it's corrupting? I'm not super technical so I don't even know if this is possible.
sylmenstra- My saves all seem to create .backup folders whether they are fucked or not. I'm currently playing a not blue lot game it has a .backup.
Edit-
Fuck it. I just installed the newest patch. Whatever happens happens. I'll post findings later.
coconnor:
I'm not sure, but I think there is something about not removing the old .sim3 back-up save files that are causing/contributing to this issue. Please see the threads I linked, below:
Quote from: coconnor on 2009 November 19, 04:30:00
See the following threads with information about the save errors:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17258.0.html; and
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,17236.0.html
I believe these threads could solve your problem with the save files.
Death-Jester:
Quote from: Cerridwen on 2009 November 19, 19:55:31
Death-Jester - are you saying that you are doing a Save As and are still getting blue lots?
I do not ever do save as. Perhaps corupted saves could be part of it? If the game does an auto save when loading a vacation destination, and again when returning home, perhaps during this process it's corrupting? I'm not super technical so I don't even know if this is possible.
sylmenstra- My saves all seem to create .backup folders whether they are fucked or not. I'm currently playing a not blue lot game it has a .backup.
Edit-
Fuck it. I just installed the newest patch. Whatever happens happens. I'll post findings later.
Yes. I have 2 saves, named "SimsName Save 1" and "SimsName Save 2". I alternate between the 2 of them when saving, so I always hav a backup in case something goes wrong. Problem is, both saves are buggered.
coconnor - I checked those links. There is no mention of the new folders which the saves are no in, which leads me to believe the 'fix' is a dated one from before the patch.
Also, I have no .backup files at all, borked town or no.
But I'll give it a try and let you know if it fixes anything.
coconnor:
Quote from: Death-Jester on 2009 November 19, 20:28:11
coconnor - I checked those links. There is no mention of the new folders which the saves are no in, which leads me to believe the 'fix' is a dated one from before the patch.
Also, I have no .backup files at all, borked town or no.
But I'll give it a try and let you know if it fixes anything.
brownlustgirl mentions the folders in her posts in the second thread I linked. The game will not create proper back-ups in the new folders unless the original files are deleted or moved out of the directory.
Death-Jester:
Quote from: coconnor on 2009 November 19, 20:33:15
Quote from: Death-Jester on 2009 November 19, 20:28:11
coconnor - I checked those links. There is no mention of the new folders which the saves are no in, which leads me to believe the 'fix' is a dated one from before the patch.
Also, I have no .backup files at all, borked town or no.
But I'll give it a try and let you know if it fixes anything.
brownlustgirl mentions the folders in her posts in the second thread I linked. The game will not create proper back-ups in the new folders unless the original files are deleted or moved out of the directory.
Yeah, I noticed that after I posted. The problem is this part:
"Delete ANY .sims3 files (not folders). These include the sims3.backup files. I only had .sims3.backup files."
I don't have any .sims3 files in my save directory! Not even in the new folders.
I got that far with the guide, but I can't go any further, because for all intents and purposes, I haven't done anything (other than copied a few files into a different folder)
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