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jasmynmoussa's avatar
5 years ago
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Sims Taking ALL My Space

Hi Guys, 

I play the Sims 4 and I have Seasons, City Living, Cats & Dogs and Get Famous. My computer I use has 118gb, and 29gb left. The ONLY game installed on it is the Sims. I have lots of custom content and mods but I'm not sure how many gb it adds up to - I don't think it is a lot. How much gbs does the Sims take up, and WHY! And most importantly HOW can I reduce how many gbs it takes up on my computer, I want to download other games but I can't because the Sims takes up 89 gbs! Could I potentially put my custom content on a usb and plug it in when I want to play? Give me as many ideas possible, THANK YOU!!

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    5 years ago

    @jasmynmoussa 

    SSD = Solid State Drive. The drive where everything is stored. It could have been a normal HDD but the size is pretty much a tell for an SSD commonly used in laptops not intended for gaming.

    The Sims 4 does not take up 89 GB but around 50GB with all packs. However you have other things on there such as Windows 10 and other programs you use. You looked at the total used and falsely assumed that only The Sims 4 took up space. That is not the case everything installed takes up space starting with Windows itself taking up around 16 GB. If you click on Start you can see a list of what else you have installed. So in short if you want other games you need a bigger drive at least if it is big games like The Sims 4.

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  • Vatzfu's avatar
    Vatzfu
    5 years ago
    @jasmynmoussa Could be the game's cache files, you can try cleaning them up as they grow within your play time
  • Hi,

    What is an SSD?

    Sorry I am really uneducated when it comes to computers. 

    I don't think the game should take up 89gbs of my storage though, considering base game is 14gb, and each game pack is approximately 3gb. I have quite a lot of cc and mods but I really don't think it adds up to 89.

    I just viewed how much my mods and cc adds up to - 4.49gb. Why is all of my storage gone?

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    5 years ago

    @jasmynmoussa 

    That SSD is simply too small. You need to upgrade to something bigger or if your laptop supports it install a second drive. Let a store perform the upgrade.

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