It is with a heavy heart, and a lot of cursing inward that I have to say I have to start over... not because I failed, but because somehow, all of my Sim files are bad. The backups as well. It's like it no longer recognizes them as a Sims 3 file... I don't know what to do. I followed all the instructions on the topics in question... Unless someone has a suggestion, I'm going to have to start from scratch, having even lost my Sim Bin sims and even downloads seem to not be recognized. Had to go to the store and redownload them. I truly don't know how it happened... and I am so disappointed. That means not just this story, but my other two as well... I'm going to give it a day, see if anyone has any suggestions, otherwise, this and my other stories will be put into the graveyard.