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2 years ago

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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 ...

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puzzlezaddict
2 years ago
@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.

puzzlezaddict

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2 years ago

@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.