Sims 3 cannot access saved game

[AthanasiosHallas]

What if the meta.data file is there?

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@AthanasiosHallas

if your game is up to date 1.69 then in your launcher expansion and stuff tab make sure that each pack you own is ticked in (not install) just ticked in

[AthanasiosHallas]

Oh okay that was easy lol thanks so much!!

[rumbutter]

welcomes

[Gemma_Nicole84]

Hi,

You seem to really know your stuff on here so I'm praying you may be able to help me!

I've been having the same problem as everyone else here. I have a saved game in Moonlight Falls and there is no meta data file. I did what you said in your previous comments about creating a new game (which I did in Moonlight Falls) and then saving it and then going into the folders and copying the meta data file from that game into the folder with my saved game I am trying to recover in. I then went back to the launcher to see if it had worked and nothing has changed.

Do you have any suggestions? I spent so much time creating that game

Thanks

Gemma

[Tatakoyaki]

Wait, hold on. Nevermind. Sorry

[ricohicks12]

So i saved my game before i reinstalled and now it says this, but i havent installed all the expansion packs that i had when i made the backup so could the issue actually be that i just need to reinstall the expansion packs that i had when i made the backup?

[s1n2u3g4s]

This is happening with me now too. Im devastated - took a break from my current project to try something else and now i might have lost the game all together. Followed your instructions copied and pasted file into saves folder. The actual game folder already had a data file in it.... Hopefully you can help me get my game back

[chillyjulia]

The message that pops up next to my two saved games is, "Cannot load this save game, as it needs a later version. Please patch your game and try again!" I checked in the Save file in my Sims 3 Folder and I see the meta.data file in both of my games (both of which I can't access.) I already checked for an update and it says that everything is up to date. I've been having so many problems with my game since everything is running on a macOS Sierra laptop. 

[JesseGuimond84]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I have my saved game from before reloaded and running.... my question to this now is why did it act up like this, I have not played in two weeks?