How do I transfer Sims 4 data, rewards etc to a new computer?
Hi, so recently, I got a new laptop, and I am trying to figure out how to download the sims 4 and transfer my data to my new laptop
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Oh, but I placed the Sims 4 folder in the usb drive
Are you on a Mac or Windows computer?
Oh, but I placed the Sims 4 folder in the usb drive
Have you created a symlink from your Documents folder to the Electronic Arts folder on an external drive? Or do you mean you have copied the Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder to an external drive and are now unsure what to do?
Assuming you haven't created a symlink:
You shouldn't copy the contents of the entire Sims 4 folder to the new computer because the graphics settings you had stored on your old machine will also copy over and it is much better to set the graphics options yourself on the new machine. And there are cache files in the Sims 4 folder that don't need to be copied over.
If you use Mods and have issues getting them to show as installed on your new computer you should zip up the Mods folder on the old machine and copy it over to the new one then unzip it.
