@laijahd There are two separate locations for Sims 4 content, and they need to be handled differently. The game's program files, those that Origin installs, can just be installed to the external drive, and if Sims 4 runs, you've handled that fine.
But that doesn't cover custom content, which is stored in the Documents directory. If you simply move the Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts. or move the Mods folder inside it, the game won't read the folder in its new location and will instead spawn a new instance of that folder, one with new content. The solution here is to create a symbolic link within the Documents directory pointing to the location of the Sims 4 folder on your external. Please see this guide for details:
From your description, I don't think you need to wipe your computer and start from scratch. However, when creating the symlink, please be very careful to get the commands exactly right—one small typo can ruin the whole process.
ive moved my game onto an external disk and none of my saves or mods moved over, so I tried doing what the link said to do, but my cmd says ''Cannot create a file when that file already exists'' however said file isn't visible, at least for me. any idea what I could do to fix this? other than that, my game works just fine
@Majale2006 That error means exactly what it says: that wherever you're trying to create the symlink itself (the link, not the destination), there's already a file or folder with the same name. It'll be easier to help you if you simply post the command you used.
Please also list the default location of Documents on your computer. Write "command" in the Windows search field, open Command Prompt, and enter this command:
reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Personal"
Then post the result.
the command ive previously used was MKLINK /J “%UserProfile%\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4” “D:\The Sims 4”
Ive tried the "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Personal" command, yet command prop says The system cannot find the path specified.
is there anything else I could try?
@Majale2006 Please post the results of the second command, and I'll tailor the first command to your setup.
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