Moving my save files to another computer
Hello! So my current computer has completely broke and I'm fairly new to moving games around,so I was wondering if its possible to download all of your save files from your sims game onto a new compu...
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@alxsha24 Yes, you can transfer your files from one computer to another, even between different operating systems. All of your user generated content is located in the Sims 4 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts: your saves are in the Saves folder, your builds and saved sims in Tray, your screenshots in Screenshots, etc. Here's a full list of everything you'll find in your game folder:
https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/user-files-explained/
You can copy the entire folder from your old computer to an external hard drive or USB stick, although if you're switching OSs, make sure it's formatted for both Windows and macOS. Or you can upload the folder to a free filehosting site and download it on your new computer. Using iCloud would also work.
In any case, the best practice is to launch the game once on your new computer, to make sure everything is working properly. Then you can go into the new game folder in Documents\EA, delete the contents of the existing Saves, Tray, etc. folders, and copy over the files you'd like to keep.
@puzzlezaddict hi! Do I have to delete the existing saves, tray, etc. before transferring my old sims 4 save files into the folder? A new sims/save was made by someone else and I don't want to delete what they've made. If I don't delete the existing save files, will it harm anything on my computer or will my old save files just sync together in the folder with the new save files without any negative effect?
@glitterfawn You don't need to delete any of the new files. However, you may need to rename the new save so it doesn't have the same name as a save you're transferring over. Sims 4 names saves sequentially, so the first one you create on any computer will be Slot_00000002.save . (That's an eight-digit hexidecimal number, as in, it uses digits 0 to 9 and a to f.) You can simply renumber this save so it doesn't conflict, for example Slot_00000010.save ; just use a number that none of your current saves have.
