On your external drive, placea copy of the origin and origin games folders. Then, in the origin settings, under installs and saves, change the download destination to the origin games folder copy you made on your external disk drive.
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Does that me download Origin again on the external or I have to find all the application folders saved on my hard drive or just copy the app itself? Sorry I'm new to doing this?
@artisticnightowl The current way to install Sims 3 on an external is this: Download the EA App, let it install on your internal drive (it doesn't want to go anywhere else), create a folder on the external drive where you'll install the game, and name it something that isn't "The Sims 3." For example, Games is fine, or EA Games, or Sims. Tell the EA App to download Sims 3, and you'll be asked where you want to install. Choose the folder on your external.
If you want to move your game data—saves, saved households and builds, mods, etc.—to the external, that requires a symbolic link and a separate conversation. But it's also not recommended for Sims 3, as it will increase loading times by a substantial amount, particularly with well-progressed saves.
Since this thread is quite old, I'll lock it here.
