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Yes, I understand but my question is really simple.
Are you referring to the game installation as downloaded and launched from EA App? What is the installation location of The Sims 4 game app?
Or are you referring to the Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 folder that contains your user data? You reference Mods but a lot of users are under the mistaken impression that the game installation and their Sims 4 user data folder are one and the same thing when they are completely separate.
Just referring to "The game" is ambiguous.
I’m slightly confused but the installation location of the game is in the new drive. I guess I’m referring to the electronic arts folder and the ea app since I can’t get either running on the new drive since everything is located on the 128 gb drive if that makes since. I’m not that good with tech so I honestly don’t really understand how to explain or how to respond.
- Bluebellflora2 months agoHero+
EA App - is the client used to enable you to access, download, install and play your EA games. This should be installed on your Mac in the Applications folder.
The Sims 4 game - this is installed wherever you choose to install it as directed in the EA App > Settings > Download.The Sims 4 user data folder - this is the folder that contains your saves, mods, etc. all the user data that makes your game unique to you.
Please tell me where each of the above 3 is currently located.
- Rose72152 months agoRising Novice
Since I have no storage on my computer, all of them are stored in the same place in the current 128 gb external drive.
- Bluebellflora2 months agoHero+
Ok.
- make sure both drives are plugged in and EA App is closed
- open EA App and change the installation location in EA App > Settings > Download from the 128GB drive to the 500GB drive
- download the game in EA App
- drag and drop the Electronic Arts folder that contains the Sims 4 folder from the 128GB drive to the 500GB drive
- once it has finished copying the Electronic Arts folder trash the symlink in your Documents folder (the folder with the little arrow)
- create the symlink from the Documents folder to the 500GB drive
Guides:
Checking your hard drive will work effectively https://bluebellflora.com/2023/11/26/choosing-an-external-hard-drive-for-your-game/
Creating the symlink https://bluebellflora.com/saving-your-sims-4-folder-to-an-external-drive/