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lds333's avatar
5 years ago

Mods to external hard drive - add to what folder?

I found this reddit post on how to move mods to an external drive.

My question is once I cut my Mods folder from the Electronic Arts folder in the Documents, do I just paste it onto the external drive by itself or do I put it into my The Sims 4 folder on the external drive? The post says that you can put it into whatever folder, but will the mods work if they're not in the The Sims 4 folder?

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  • @lds333  If you move the entire Sims 4 user folder to the external drive, the Mods folder needs to be inside it just as it would be if you hadn't moved the folder.  I didn't read the entire reddit post—it's a little long—but I got the sense that it was saying you could move the Mods folder anywhere IF you were only moving the Mods folder itself, not the entire Sims 4 folder.  If you were to move the Mods folder elsewhere, as in, not inside the Sims 4 folder (wherever you put that), the game wouldn't be able to find it.

    If you want to double-check your work, this guide is very thorough:

    https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/02/moving-windows-documents-folder-to-external-drive-via-symbolic-link.html