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Re: Sims game takes forever to load on external hard drive

@JJJxiii

Did you reverse the symlink for the Electronic Arts folder from the previous drive before attempting the new one?

If the game recreates an Electronic Arts folder in Documents it means there is no symlink to the external drive.

The game library location for the game installation can be changed in Origin/EA App but this is a completely separate to the Electronic Arts/Sims 4 folder (which is where the symlink is applicable).

2 Replies

JJJxiii
2 years ago
I reversed the symlink for the Electronic Arts folder before attempting the new one. Seeing that the EA app doesn't really have a directory to change the game library folder I just ended up installing the game on my external hard drive and the Electronic Arts folder was loaded there after launching the game on the external hard drive. Thanks so much for your help!
Bluebellflora
Hero+
2 years ago
@JJJxiii

You're welcome 🙂

You can change the game library location in Settings > Download:
santilu31
Rising Novice
2 months ago
Hello, I’m having the same issue. I followed your instructions on how to move the folder to an external drive and create a symlink but it takes forever to load. Can you explain what you mean by reverse the symlink? When I created the symlink it created the linked folder in the Documents. Mind you my Documents folder is attached to my iCloud, which was originally working okay but the files were taking up to much space in my System Data on my computer.
hextrees
Seasoned Newcomer
2 months ago
Im having the same issue after installing to a ssd. I also don't know what they mean by symlink reverse so when they reply lmk