Re: My game is all of a sudden like it is brand new

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My game is all of a sudden like it is brand new

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I went to play my Sims 4 game when EA updated something. I clicked on my game to play, and when it loaded, every pack that I had bought popped up with tutorials as if my games brand new. I went to my gallery to find that all of my personal things that I had created or saved were all gone.

My game is just like I had bought it and all of my stuff is gone.

What do I do?

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Re: My game is all of a sudden like it is brand new

@popglam  Do you have iCloud enabled?  Your existing TS4 game folder—the one that's in Documents\EA—could have been moved to cloud storage, along with the rest of the contents of your Documents folder.  When the game can't find its folder, it spawns a new one with none of your content (or the knowledge that tutorials are no longer necessary).  You can open iCloud Drive in a finder window, and then look for your game folder there.  If you find it, you can put it back where your new game folder is now; just be sure to delete the new one first.  Then disable iCloud or change its settings so that it no longer uploads your files automatically.

 

Here's a visual of the settings, if you're not familiar:

 

https://bluebellflora.com/2017/02/06/sims-3-and-sims-4-not-loading-save-games/

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I don't work for EA. I'm just trying to help fellow players with their games.

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Re: My game is all of a sudden like it is brand new

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Sure do.

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Re: My game is all of a sudden like it is brand new

@popglam  Do you have iCloud enabled?  Your existing TS4 game folder—the one that's in Documents\EA—could have been moved to cloud storage, along with the rest of the contents of your Documents folder.  When the game can't find its folder, it spawns a new one with none of your content (or the knowledge that tutorials are no longer necessary).  You can open iCloud Drive in a finder window, and then look for your game folder there.  If you find it, you can put it back where your new game folder is now; just be sure to delete the new one first.  Then disable iCloud or change its settings so that it no longer uploads your files automatically.

 

Here's a visual of the settings, if you're not familiar:

 

https://bluebellflora.com/2017/02/06/sims-3-and-sims-4-not-loading-save-games/

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I don't work for EA. I'm just trying to help fellow players with their games.
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Thank you so much for the help!

I must have not setup my ICloud properly, so everything is still gone and my game will be brand new.

But hey, if that's how it is going to be, it just means I can experience everything over again.

But thanks again! I appreciate it.

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