Hi there. I'm having some strange issues with the sims 4 and onedrive -- I looked through a bunch of previous topics but none of them were specifically this issue. I keep getting notifications from onedrive that thousands of files are being deleted every day, which is alarming -- and when I look further, they are all sims 4 files. The vast majority of them are files called zoneObjects with some numbers and the ending .sav -- are these save files? Does anyone know why they are automatically deleting themselves? I'd like onedrive to keep backing up my documents as I have more than sims on my computer, so I was wondering if there's a solution beyond stopping backup. Even that wouldn't explain the deleting. I have the sims 4 downloaded on an external hard drive, while most of the EA folders for it are in my pc's disk's documents and if that's the problem I can move my EA folders over, I'm just afraid that will mess something up or make the program lose track of where the files are. Would a location issue like that be the cause of mass deleting files?

Actually there is something to worry about. Temporary files should NOT be saved in the Documents folder. Period. The purpose of the "Documents" folder is to keep user saved documents, not temporary application files, not logs, not mods, not caches, not settings, not databases.The only files it slightly makes sense to keep in the Documents folder are the game saves, the screenshots, and the recorded videos. Although the screenshots would go better in the "Pictures" folder and the videos in the, wait for it: the "Videos" folder. And the game saves are not really documents anyways, since double-clicking on one in the File Explorer doesn't automatically start the game from that save, like a regular document should. But at least those are somewhat "document-like".The correct place to save temporary files on Windows is in the %TEMP% directory, which normally points to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp . This is clearly a Sims 4 bug, and the proposed solution is just a workaround for this bug.It's clear that the developers were lazy and didn't care where files should be kept on each operating system. They just created a "bucket" for everything, and put everything there. That's fine, the software industry is not what it used to be, nobody really cares about quality anymore, so I'm not surprised by that laziness. But at least they should allow the users to choose where that "bucket" should be on their computers, not just choose for them.

This is a big issue. In addition to constantly using bandwidth for no reason, One Drive now harrasses me constantly because it is "full". What is it full of? Sims 4 files I never wanted to upload at all. Almost 3 GB of it!My options are to 1. Not play the Sims at all, or 2. To disable a windows feature I actually wnat to use because Sims 4 is so badly programmed it breaks windows,

These are temporary files created when you play. they are automatically deleted when you stop playing. Nothing to worry about.

@puzzlezaddict Indeed. What makes Sims 4 different is it doesn't store just user files there. It stores hundreds of temporary files there as well. That's the bug. There is a dedicated folder for temporary files, and it's not under the user documents folder.Later edit: but I have to agree with you on one point: EA won't fix anything. They just don't care that their software is bad. The thing is, life is too short to waste it fighting with incompetent software companies. It's not worth it. In conclusion, if you don't have a dedicated computer for this game, you shouldn't buy it or any of its content.

Champion, the problem is that The Sims doesn't ask us where we want to save those files. And the question wasn't about the local space, it was about the cloud space. If you suggest disabling the backup of the Documents folder to Onedrive, that's a terrible idea, which can expose us to data loss.

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vladnc
4 years ago
@puzzlezaddict Indeed. What makes Sims 4 different is it doesn't store just user files there. It stores hundreds of temporary files there as well. That's the bug. There is a dedicated folder for temporary files, and it's not under the user documents folder.
Later edit: but I have to agree with you on one point: EA won't fix anything. They just don't care that their software is bad. The thing is, life is too short to waste it fighting with incompetent software companies. It's not worth it. In conclusion, if you don't have a dedicated computer for this game, you shouldn't buy it or any of its content.
Reuben-NSW-Aust
3 years ago
Thanks for accurately describing what is the same problem that I am having.
br08dway
3 years ago
OneDrive is deleting EVERY file from my Sims folder and my laptop will not even launch the game at this point. I literally have to 'pause sync 24 hours' DAILY, then 'restore all files' from the recycle bin JUST to play the game. It is deleting saves, mods, and all -- NOT JUST TEMP files. I am still looking for a solution that does not delete the information permanently since when you click remove OneDrive from the computer it warns you the files will be deleted from OneDrive. So that sounds like I cannot disconnect then download them again from OD because they will be gone ☹️. I really wish OneDrive would do what it says -- it says it is a back-up --- this is not backing up it is literally a cloud acting as the main HD taking over every local system connected to it. I absolutely hate it.
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
3 years ago
@br08dway You can make a backup copy of the Sims 4 folder before you unlink or otherwise disable OneDrive, then restore the backup. Or you can access your files on onedrive.com even when the OneDrive app isn't running on your computer.

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