Newbie question about saving Sims
Can someone explain the difference between households, the library and the gallery? It's a little confusing that you can make a Sim but you can't save the Sim, you have to place them to a househo...
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Hi, the question is a bit intricate, but I can tell you how I do it.
When I just want to create a Sim, I select New Game and automatically I am in CAS, at which point I create the sim and then to save it I click the top right button (the one with the folder and arrow) and it is saved in the Library (which I can only see, as it is not shared in the Gallery). At that point I can exit CAS without saving the game, because the Sim remains saved in the Library. The next time I restart the game I can choose New Game again and recall the Sim in CAS, or select an existing game, open the Library, and place the Sim in any lot worth at most $20000.
I hope I could help you 😊
@GiardiniDiMarzo Thank you! So is the public gallery the only way to save Sims in 'the cloud' so I can access them from another PC? (I'm playing on a laptop)
If you don’t want to upload your sims for public, you can just copy/upload your Tray folder (Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4). There are your saved sims/households (local). I generally don’t share my sims for public but have a backup from all my sims/houses on my USB-stick + extern cloud service. // of course, if you create a new sim + save this sim in your library you need to make a new backup.
- @Bouberri There's a difference between the Gallery (where you can share your creations and it's public) and the Library (your private space where others can't access). When you upload/save something on your Library, only you (through your EA account) can see it.
I play on both my desktop and my laptop, and... this might be overkill for most users, but...
I use SyncThing. (If I include a link, will they edit it as being "commercial"? it's free and open source!) Basically, I have it synchronizing my entire Sims 4 folder between the two machines (with a few exceptions, notably cache and ini files).
Again, this is almost certainly overkill, but... your Sims, your saves, your builds, your mods... they're all saved as files. Anything that synchronizes the files between the two machines should work; I mainly use SyncThing because it's free and doesn't leave my home network. You could instead copy files to and from the cloud service of your choice at the beginning and end of all play sessions (which is what I used to do).
