Just a note: This is not a How-to. My and Play's posts are explaining our first few experiences with the new save system and the problems we have had and the questions I and Play have for the game devs. We're more trying to get answers from one of the SimGurus, or Crinrict herself.
-- In my updated post I do note that SimGuruNick and his team have reproduced what we call the "Save As" bug. So not only do the devs know about it they can hopefully do something to fix it.
I've tried to read up on how to save files, using Save and Save As. I've tested the system and have had some issues with them not saving correctly.
First, here's the information on my game folder and game files:
Origin up to date, Newly created Sims 4 folder, No mods or cc, patched game, online features access off, copied some saves over to new folder, deleted the auto save files. -- I did my test in 2 parts, so I also deleted localthumbcache and game cache.
Going to walk through steps I've taken:
Using Save
How I use Save:
1. Pick a saved game and click the load button.
2. Click Options Menu and Save.
3. Click Exit to Main Menu > Load Game.
-- It saved as it should.
When I had tried this before, the problem was after saving (using an example of Save 1 and Save 2) Save 1, I went to load and save a different game save - Save 2. Basically save 2 had overwritten Save 1.
At this time, I can't reproduce that problem. As currently, Save is working as intended as far as I can tell.
Using Save As
No matter how many times I've tested the Save As issue, I get the same result. I have to rename or edit the name of the save, even if I'm saving over the same game file.
How I use Save As:
1. Select save game and load it.
2. Go to Options Menu and select Save As.
-- It creates thumbnail with generic name. (My Game Save 4)
3. Renamed the file. Click Save.
4. Click Exit to Main Menu, and Load Game button to go back to the load game menu.
I could use the Recover a Save to maybe (?) "fix" it. But I'd still have to rename it to give back it's unique name, due to the system giving it a generic name, like My Game Save 4.
Is this the wrong way of using Save As? The part I don't understand is, that even with using Save As, it should at least give the option to keep it's unique name that was previously given. Specially when overwriting the same game save.
I understand this is probably how it's intended to work. It's still none the less confusing and frustrating to those of us that like to use Save As. It would be nice to have the game let us have the option to keep it's unique name if we're saving over the same game save file.
