The Black Family Disappeared....

Okay, I feel like crying right now... (SIGH)
My Sim family are gone!
The Blacks diappeared! I can't play with them anymore! (TEARY EYED)

EA (Electronic Arts, maker of the Sims series, including Sims 3) released a game patch today which I installed with no problems whatsoever, but when I launched the game it played on as far as the opening screens and and the main menu for the saved games, I clicked on the "Black Family" saved file and it just took me to a black screen and a message that said something like : "An error occured, please restart the game. I restarted the game and it still said the same massage, I did it several times, but it still displayed a black screen with the same error message!

AHHHHHH!!! I feels like I've lost a pet!
I don't like EA right now! They virtually killed my family!
The Black family are now reduced to just a "Black" screen! I hope EA Games can do something about this... I'm saving all the old Game Saves files and Saved Sims files in case theres a way to revived "missing families". I went to the Sims 3 Forums at the Official TS3 site and a lot of players are experiencing the same problem.

As much as I already grew attached to the Black Family (and in this case none of them has virtually died in the game yet) I will have to say goodbye to them now... but I still wish there is something that could be done to play with them again!

I'LL MISS THEM!!!
MY FIRST FAMILY OFF SIMS 3!