Author Topic: A CrumpleFour X 4 Dynasty will be back in January! (Read 22992 times)

marwolfer · « **Reply #45 on:** September 08, 2013, 01:24:06 PM »

Aw, man! Sorry to hear that!

Shirin · « **Reply #46 on:** September 09, 2013, 04:44:51 PM »

Error Code 12, unfortunately, has never been kind to me (it crashes during the save, not after it's completed, so no backup available). I used to get those when doing a Save and Quit on the file - I now get around it by doing a Save (or Save As...) separately, then when the save is completed, Quit (just exit).

Also, I might have been abducted by aliens, by I've been beating them off bit by bit (some ridiculous idea about me posting my own 4x4 Dynasty, but I'd rather see what happens when Hayley steals the car right outside her room, and goes joyriding off her roof).

Rikki8528 · « **Reply #47 on:** September 10, 2013, 02:25:52 PM »

Right, thanks for your help.

So it's up to you guys-should I do a new CrumpleFour dynasty? Or should I try something new?

Shirin · « **Reply #48 on:** September 10, 2013, 02:50:43 PM »

Are you unable to restart from the crash point?

Rikki8528 · « **Reply #49 on:** September 10, 2013, 03:34:35 PM »

No, I made tons of saves before it but they all disappeared...

Shirin · « **Reply #50 on:** September 10, 2013, 04:18:50 PM »

Wow, that's a new one! If you had saved, say, at the last birthday, and then it crashed when you tried to save again, it should still be able to launch from the last save point.

I assume the .backup is also launching from the save point of where the non-backup is?

*boggles*

Rikki8528 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:51:55 AM »

Quote from: Shirin on September 10, 2013, 04:18:50 PM

Wow, that's a new one! If you had saved, say, at the last birthday, and then it crashed when you tried to save again, it should still be able to launch from the last save point.

I assume the .backup is also launching from the save point of where the non-backup is?

*boggles*

Well, I was aging up everyone in the house except James and Corina, and saving after every makeover because the game was being generally buggy at that moment. The last person to age up was Agnes to elder. After she'd done her makeover, I tried to save. It said
An unexpected error has occurred while saving: Error Code 12. Please consult the readme for details.
I thought, all right, no need to worry as I saved two minutes ago. I quit the game, restarted the computer, and went back on sims. I clicked the newest saved game and was about the click the tick, when I realized this was the Racket Family. I searched through my saved games and the CrumpleFour x 4 save file wasn't there.

Shirin · « **Reply #52 on:** September 11, 2013, 12:26:30 PM »

Oh, man. Just, wow. I'm sorry to hear that

I was enjoying this story, and will be happy if you restart it, but at the same time, I'm happy to read anything you put up!

*hugs*

Rikki8528 · « **Reply #53 on:** September 11, 2013, 01:28:35 PM »

All I've decided so far is it's of course going to be a 4 x 4, and I might do the Fours, but a different founder or something... or try to do the same thing, making it the CrumpleFours....

hazelnut · « **Reply #54 on:** September 15, 2013, 04:17:11 AM »

Rikki, have you looked on your computer for a backup copy? If you've been saving with the same name every time, the game should turn the previous save into a backup. Error 12 crashes sometimes mess up the whole process but you may still have one. They're not visible in the main menu but you can see them if you go into (My) Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Saves. The folder will be called [your file name].sims3.backup. If you rename it and remove the .backup bit, it should then open in the game.

Rikki8528 · « **Reply #55 on:** September 15, 2013, 04:24:42 AM »

Thank you so much! There is a backup! The CrumpleFours will continue!

Chapter 12 will be here soon!

hazelnut · « **Reply #56 on:** September 15, 2013, 04:48:28 AM »

Glad to help

Rikki8528 · « **Reply #57 on:** September 15, 2013, 12:06:23 PM »

Chapter 12: A Whole Lot of Sparkles

Here is Piper and Leo's room. And yes, Leo's is the pink one. No kidding. Poor kid's confused, having four sisters.

Corina: Nope. Too whiny. She's not gonna help my plan.

Corina: Hello, mother's darling.

Birthday time!

The whole house was aging up, apart from James and Corina.

Val first, of course. Her new trait was Natural Cook.
Everyday