All of my files from Sims 4 are saving in Onedrive, but I want them to save on the desktop of my PC. How do I more all my files from Onedrive without deleting any of my saved games, and how do I change the settings so that everything from Sims 4 automatically saves on my desktop and not Onedrive?
@JINXEDFOXY Please disable OneDrive entirely for now; you can start using it again later. You may need to pause syncing or cancel the current sync before you can disable OneDrive.
Then restart your computer and see where your user account's Documents folder is located. There's a way to force-move it to wherever you want, but that involves editing the registry, and it's simpler to avoid that if possible.
I got my mods and custom content to work, but now I'm missing some saves.
I can only pause syncing for up to 24 hours. I can't find the disable feature. Is it the same as unlinking? When I look it up that's what I find.
@JINXEDFOXY Yes, unlinking would disable OneDrive. You could also uninstall OneDrive entirely, but that's not necessary.
Thank you for your help! Now to find my lost saves...lol
@JINXEDFOXY You can look for saves on your computer by opening a File Explorer window, clicking This PC in the left panel, and searching for Slot_ , which should turn up any saves stored locally. You can also check OneDrive without reenabling it: just go to onedrive.com and sign in with your Microsoft account details.
It will be something I will have to work on. There are ones marked slot_0000001 but it is not my first save (which is one that is missing)
There are also a, b, and c in some of the slot numbers. Mostly I'm just finding .ver files. Which I read isn't needed.
Thank you! 🙂
@JINXEDFOXY Saves use hexidecimal (16-digit) numbers, which run from 0 to 9 and then a to f before rolling over. The saves start with 00000002, with ...1 being the auto-save that's no longer used. The .verx extensions denote backups, so they can be useful: if a given save doesn't load or is running poorly, you can try restoring one of its backups instead of starting from scratch.
To restore a backup, you only need to remove the .verx from its file name. If the backup is going to be in the same folder as the original save, be sure to renumber the backup first so you're not trying to create two files with the same name in the same location: your OS won't allow it and will prompt you to cancel or replace.
Thanks! I was able to find my first save. I was looking for a 1 not 2.
I tried to rename one of the ver files, but it told me if I rename it, it could become unusable.
I will search now for my other missing saves.
Thank you for your help! Sorry i had to drag it on lol!
🙂
@JINXEDFOXY You can ignore the message about a file potentially becoming unusable if you change its extension. That's just a generic system warning, not anything particular about the backup saves.
And you don't need to apologize for this process taking a little longer. I didn't feel like it was dragging or anything, and besides, if I didn't want to help with potentially complicated or involved issues, I wouldn't.
Ok so I was searching for my four other missing saves. There is one I can't find. I found the others and went to put them in the current save folder and
found out they are already in there. Idk why they aren't showing up in the game if they are in the right save folder. I was able to find and place my first save in
that folder and it is back in the game. I don't understand why the other three aren't. I have a lot of sims and I probably won't play them again, but I'd still like to have
them anyway.
