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I have a question regarding the sims3 and the EA app

I am going to play the sims3 with my Xbox Gamepass. It is connected with the EA app so I can play the game even though I didn't subscribe the EA app(though I have installed the app).

What I need to know is that where are the save datas. You know, I could cut the subscribe in the future and may come back again, or the service could be cut due to the contract within the Xbox Gamepass and in that case I might by the game. For both cases I would need to find the save datas and apply it so I can continue from there. 

I guess the exact way to find out is I contact the EA but I don't see it's possible couz I don't see the way even though I tried my best to find out. These days all the game companies and many other software companies wouldn't allow the contact with them but only the community ask and answers services and the FAQs...... 

Please please help me with this guys and sisters and brothers 🙂

  • @BeWithYouMyLuv  All user data—saves, saved households and builds, mods and custom content, etc.—is stored in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3.  The game should use the Windows Documents directory whether it's in OneDrive or not (Users > your username > [OneDrive > ] Documents), but there is occasionally some weirdness about which location it reads, so check the other location if you don't find it in the first.

    If you're curious about the various files and subfolders inside the Sims 3 user folder, please read this:

    https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/faq-user-files.html

    It should be noted that the game itself should never be installed into Documents, nor should the user folder be redirected, such as with a symbolic link, to the same location as the game's program files.  Having these two sets of data in the same location is asking for trouble.

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  • @BeWithYouMyLuv  All user data—saves, saved households and builds, mods and custom content, etc.—is stored in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3.  The game should use the Windows Documents directory whether it's in OneDrive or not (Users > your username > [OneDrive > ] Documents), but there is occasionally some weirdness about which location it reads, so check the other location if you don't find it in the first.

    If you're curious about the various files and subfolders inside the Sims 3 user folder, please read this:

    https://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/01/faq-user-files.html

    It should be noted that the game itself should never be installed into Documents, nor should the user folder be redirected, such as with a symbolic link, to the same location as the game's program files.  Having these two sets of data in the same location is asking for trouble.