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lcinsightsie
Rising Scout
3 months ago
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Import Family or House Lot in WRONG Directory (4th Feb Patch) Sims 1 Legacy BUG

Hi there, I want to report this issue I believe others have had, but with more information. This is tested with The Sims 1 Legacy Collection with the 4th of February 2025 Patch "Executable version: ...
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    EA_Solaire
    3 months ago

    Hi all,

    This issue was resolved in today's patch:

    • Importing Sims or Households was looking in the wrong path. Sims and households to be imported can now be placed in “C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\Electronic Arts\The Sims 25\UserData\Import”

     

    If you're still experiencing this issue, please create a new thread so we can investigate into this further. 

    Thank you! 

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navykat88
Seasoned Novice
3 months ago

Interesting. I bought the birthday bundle shortly after it was released, and then found that I could not import families. 
At that time, the folder was located in: Users/Lenovo/Saved Games/Electronic Arts/The Sims 25/User Data/Import. 
But when I placed .FAM files in there, the game did not recognize them and did not show any families to import. 
Coincident with the release of the patch, I used the EA interface to delete Sims 1 and reinstall. 
After that, the folder location was changed to: Program Files/EA Games/The Sims Legacy/User Data/Import.
And when I placed the .FAM files in the folder the second time, the game was able to see them and ask me if I wanted to import the families. But when I clicked yes, I'd get an error. After three tries the game would crash. 
I believe this is what others are experiencing as well. But it was interesting to me that the folder seemed to change location. 


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