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24th Jul 2014 at 3:16 PM
Last edited by ellacharmed : 24th Jul 2014 at
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OK, so a newly started game can be saved just fine, means there's something wrong with the previous Save that has to do with the Sims, Households, Lots and CC in that Save. Does the Save you're loading have a .bad extension? Is there one with a .backup? Can the .backup be Saved As once you remove the ".backup" (backup the main Save folder first so the contents won't be merged)?
Game Help:Restoring_Backup_Saveswiki
Another thing you can try is to rename your current Sims 3 folder. Start Launcher to generate a new one, and then copy+paste your Save folder, Library folder and .Sims3Pack of the world to the respective folders. Install the world and try loading the save and then Save it. Be aware all the CC is going to be replaced by default EA items. We just want to test if it is the CC causing this issue. IF it Saves fine when on this fresh user folder, then the culprit may be a bad CC in your old user folders that is not in the Library folder (Lots).
You can then go a step further: remove the save you copy+pasted to the new user folder, the one you just tested. And then copy it again from the old user folder to the new. And this time, since we know there's nothing wrong with Library (if previous Save test was successful), let's copy your SavedSims folder, repeat the loading and Saving.
Once we get to a folder that cause the same issue of preventing Saves, that's where your Problem Custom Content lives.
Game Help:TS3 Finding Problem Custom Contentwiki
OR, you can try Kuree's Save Cleaner @simlogical to see if that utility can salvage your Save. But this method won't help you identify the Problem CC.
Oh! I missed that one file is missing from the Save folder...what is the name of this missing file?