Exporting and sharing a game save

[PolarBair]

Well, My custom world is finished and as much as I hate to have to include a game save there's just no way around CAW's inability to handle dead sims.

The game save I want to include isn't terribly important. It's just for the ghost. When you start a new game in my custom version of Sunset Valley all the sims that should be the ghosts that come out of the graveyard at night are alive and kicking and living in town which is not so terrible.

I started a new game (which they always seem to start at 8 am sunday morning) and managed to get the game paused before the clock had turned over to 8:01 am and from there used Nraas Master Controller Force Kill to put all the ghosts back where they belong and saved with the time still 8:00 am Sunday morning.

But I see no options in game for exporting and sharing game saves and searching this board didn't turn up any results either.

I know to post a world here I have to upload it to the exchange and then just post a link to the exchange download here But how and where to post the save file is the real question?

[samoht04]

You will need to put it on a file sharing website such as Mediafire. There is a Save File for UC but since it's hosted on the Guide it can also have that file hosted there rather than on Mediafire.

Basically you will need to zip the Save File you make and then upload that from your Saves Folder in the game.

[PolarBair]

Thanks. I'll look into that.

[PolarBair]

hmmm, couldn't upload my world to the Exchange because the name was already taken. Also had trouble finding a name that wasn't already taken so I think I'm going to have to host the world and the save file both on mediafire.

Oh boy, I'm even having a problem uploading to mediafire. Upload keeps failing after about 1%.

[PolarBair]

I believe I've found the problem with uploading to the Exchange.

I've read in various places about using S3pe to change a worlds id number if you're having trouble installing it after having installed an older version for testing but what I haven't seen mentioned until this morning when some one replied to my question on EA's forum is that if you used Sunset Valley (Light) or in my case Sunset Valley (Heavy) then you have to change the id number for basically the same reason. The Exchange just sees it as Sunset Valley no matter what I name it. So the Name I want to use may not be taken after all.

[PolarBair]

Okay, I've got S3pe installed and now I need some help on changing the id number.

Has any one here done that before? I've opened the .world file and I see a lot of scary looking numbers and have no idea what to do. And my searches aren't turning up any help either.

Signed: Hopelessly Confused

EDIT: Nevermind. I finally found a tutorial for this here.

[PolarBair]

Well, I'm still in need of a way to share the game save file.  A free way. I'm kind of finding it hard to believe I could upload a 70 megabyte file anywhere for free but unfortunately that's the only way I can share this file at the moment.

I'm all ears if anyone has any suggestions.