http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Restoring_Backup_Saves&feed=atom&action=historyGame Help:Restoring Backup Saves - Revision history2024-03-28T12:07:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.20.2http://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Restoring_Backup_Saves&diff=48556&oldid=prevEllaCharm3d at 14:07, 27 November 20102010-11-27T14:07:49Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* You got an error message, such as error 12 / 13 / 16, when saving your town; now you can't load it.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* You got an error message, such as error 12 / 13 / 16, when saving your town; now you can't load it.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Restoring Pre-1.7/EP saves | Click here if you want to restore a '''pre-patch 1.7/EP backup of a patch 1.7+/EP save'''.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Restoring Pre-1.7/EP saves | Click here if you want to restore a '''pre-patch 1.7/EP backup of a patch 1.7+/EP save'''.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game_Help</del>:<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Restoring_Backup_Saves</del>#<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Restoring_a_disabled_save </del>| Click here if you want to restore a '''disabled save'''.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Game Help</ins>:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Restoring Backup Saves</ins>#<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Restoring a disabled save </ins>| Click here if you want to restore a '''disabled save'''.]]</div></td></tr>
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</table>Werismykihttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Restoring_Backup_Saves&diff=45933&oldid=prevEllaCharm3d: /* Restoring a disabled save */2010-07-02T04:36:30Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Restoring a disabled save</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Your game crashes while loading a specific town, and you have tried everything in [[Game Help:Sims 3 Crashing]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* Your game crashes while loading a specific town, and you have tried everything in [[Game Help:Sims 3 Crashing<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] and [[Game_Help:Crash_workarounds</ins>]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* You got an error message, such as error 16, when saving your town; now you can't load it.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* You got an error message, such as error <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">12 / 13 / </ins>16, when saving your town; now you can't load it.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Patch 1.6 or below | Click here if your patch version is '''1.6 or lower'''.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Patch 1.6 or below | Click here if your patch version is '''1.6 or lower'''.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Restoring Pre-1.7/EP saves | Click here if you want to restore a '''pre-patch 1.7/EP backup of a patch 1.7+/EP save'''.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Restoring Pre-1.7/EP saves | Click here if you want to restore a '''pre-patch 1.7/EP backup of a patch 1.7+/EP save'''.]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since the last time the game was backed up.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since the last time the game was backed up.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since the last time the game was backed up.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since the last time the game was backed up.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since you patched up to 1.7 or installed your first EP. If you still have an EP or patch 1.7 when you load the restored save, the game will generate two new folders for that save, and will rename the file back to .legacy.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since you patched up to 1.7 or installed your first EP. If you still have an EP or patch 1.7 when you load the restored save, the game will generate two new folders for that save, and will rename the file back to .legacy.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This may have been caused by corrupted meta file for that save and the game thinks that the world has been uninstalled.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Open ''My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves''.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>EllaCharm3dhttp://simswiki.info/index.php?title=Game_Help:Restoring_Backup_Saves&diff=40513&oldid=prevWhiterider at 18:42, 12 February 20102010-02-12T18:42:52Z<p></p>
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=Restoring Backup Saves=<br />
==Problem==<br />
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You may have experienced an issue which seems to have totally destroyed one of your towns. This can result in various issues, such as:<br />
* You can't select a town in the Main Menu.<br />
* The Main Menu shows a picture of a bunch of figures made of dotted lines instead of your sims.<br />
* Your game crashes while loading a specific town, and you have tried everything in [[Game Help:Sims 3 Crashing]].<br />
* You got an error message, such as error 16, when saving your town; now you can't load it.<br />
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==Solution==<br />
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Luckily, Sims 3 automatically makes backups of your towns. The method of restoring them works slightly differently depending on which patch you are using, and exactly what you're trying to do.<br />
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* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#World Adventures/Patch 1.7 or above | Click here if you are using '''World Adventures/High End Lot Stuff''' or if your patch version is '''1.7 or higher'''.]]<br />
* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Patch 1.6 or below | Click here if your patch version is '''1.6 or lower'''.]]<br />
* [[Game Help:Restoring Backup Saves#Restoring Pre-1.7/EP saves | Click here if you want to restore a '''pre-patch 1.7/EP backup of a patch 1.7+/EP save'''.]]<br />
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===World Adventures/Patch 1.7 or above===<br />
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To restore a save in a version 1.7+ game, follow these instructions:<br />
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* Open ''My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves''.<br />
* Locate the folders relating to the save you want to restore - there should be two, and they will have the name that you gave your save. For example, if the save being restored is called '''Sunset Valley''', there will be two folders called '''Sunset Valley.sims3''', and '''Sunset Valley.sims3.backup'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3''' folder to '''xxxx.sims3.old'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3.backup''' folder to '''xxxx.sims3'''. If you get an error along the lines of "A file with the name you specified already exists.", look for a file called xxxx.sims3 - this is an old file, and you can move it somewhere else, or rename it to something like xxxx.sims3.basegame. You should then be able to rename the folder properly.<br />
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You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since the last time the game was backed up.<br />
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===Patch 1.6 or below===<br />
To restore a save in a version 1.6- game, follow these instructions:<br />
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* Open ''My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves''.<br />
* Locate the files relating to the save you want to restore - there should be two, and they will have the name that you gave your save. For example, if the save being restored is called '''Sunset Valley''', there will be two files called '''Sunset Valley.sims3''', and '''Sunset Valley.sims3.backup'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3''' file to '''xxxx.sims3.old'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3.backup''' file to '''xxxx.sims3'''.<br />
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You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since the last time the game was backed up.<br />
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===Restoring Pre-1.7/EP saves===<br />
Restoring a pre-patch 1.7 or pre-EP save is a little more complex than with other types of saves, as you are using both the 1.7+ save folders and the 1.6- save files.<br />
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* Open ''My Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves''.<br />
* Locate the files and folders relating to the save you want to restore - there should be three, and they will have the name that you gave your save. For example, if the save being restored is called '''Sunset Valley'''; there will be two folders called '''Sunset Valley.sims3''', and '''Sunset Valley.sims3.backup''', and a file called '''Sunset Valley.sims3.legacy'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3''' folder to '''xxxx.sims3.old'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3.backup''' folder to '''xxxx.sims3.backup.old'''.<br />
* Rename the '''xxxx.sims3.legacy''' file to '''xxxx.sims3''''.<br />
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You should now be able to load your save as normal ingame. You will lose any progress since you patched up to 1.7 or installed your first EP. If you still have an EP or patch 1.7 when you load the restored save, the game will generate two new folders for that save, and will rename the file back to .legacy.<br />
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