I’ve seen posts about how to properly switch the sims 4 files to a SSD hard drive, but none on how to fix it if you’ve already switched it the wrong way. My question is, how do I get the game t...
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@tylorxmalcolm
The actual installed game or your user data such as saves and Mods?
Mac or Windows PC?
The actual installed game or your user data such as saves and Mods?
Mac or Windows PC?
Windows PC and the actual installed game plus user data is gone. I had to redownload the installed game and when I did, all of my user data was missing.
@tylorxmalcolm There are two separate processes here. You can install the game's program files on your external drive if you want, and this is as simple as choosing a different install location within Origin or the EA App.
To move your user data to a secondary drive, you need to use a symbolic link to tell the game where to look for the Sims 4 user folder, the one that is normally located in Documents > Electronic Arts. Here's how:
If you still have your previous Sims 4 folder on the external drive, you can use the symbolic link to direct the game to read it. If you don't have that folder but still have the saves and other user content, create the symlink, test the game to make sure it works, and then place the files you want to keep in the new Sims 4 folder on the external.
When I attempt to do this I'm getting "the system cannot find the path specified." I'm not sure if this is because I wasn't able to do the first steps (cutting and pasting the sims 4 document into the SSD folder) because I had already copy, pasted, and deleted the files from the original folder. I tried to change the game location settings, which just made me redownload the game without my saves available.
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