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namukoira
11 months ago
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Will my current sims 4 saves be deleted if I transfer new saves to my PC?

Hi everyone this is my first time using this uhh.. app?

My english is not the best so I hope that you guys understand what I'm talking about!

Okay so here's the problem.

I have played sims 4 probably like over five years now and on my current PC maybe two and a half years.

Few days ago I downloaded sims 4 to my school laptop because I was bored at my mom's house. In my laptop I'm on the same EA account as in my PC (wich is at my dad's house) and ofc I don't have the same saves as I do on my PC so created new game to my laptop. 

So here finally comes the question. Can I somehow transfer the saves from my school laptop to my PC, without losing my current other sims 4 saves on my PC? Like is it possible that I could play with my PC saves sims and my laptop saves sims on my PC?

I hope you understood and have some advice! ❤️

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    11 months ago

    @namukoira  Saves are only stored locally, on your computer, but can be transferred between computers without problems.  So yes, you can transfer your saves.  They're in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves.

    There is one detail to be aware of though.  Sims 4 gives save files different names starting with Slot_00000002.save , and counting up from there.  So you probably have an 00000002 save on each computer.  You'll need to renumber one of them so it doesn't conflict with, and possibly overwrite the other.  Just find the highest-numbered save on your main computer and give the new save from your laptop the next number higher than that.  These numbers are hexidecimal (0 to 9, a to f) and don't need to be in order; they just need to all be different and have exactly eight digits, includint the zeroes.

    When you transfer content from one computer to the other, I would suggest zipping the files or folders first, to protect them.  Right-click and select Send to > Compressed (zip) file, then right-click and select Extract when the .zip is on the new computer.

    Longer-term, you can pass the saves folder back and forth between computers as much as you like, or upload it to a cloud storage service (for example Google Drive) and download it whenever you want to use the other computer.

    By the way, your written English, at least, seems fine to me, and I'm a native speaker.

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    11 months ago

    @namukoira  Saves are only stored locally, on your computer, but can be transferred between computers without problems.  So yes, you can transfer your saves.  They're in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves.

    There is one detail to be aware of though.  Sims 4 gives save files different names starting with Slot_00000002.save , and counting up from there.  So you probably have an 00000002 save on each computer.  You'll need to renumber one of them so it doesn't conflict with, and possibly overwrite the other.  Just find the highest-numbered save on your main computer and give the new save from your laptop the next number higher than that.  These numbers are hexidecimal (0 to 9, a to f) and don't need to be in order; they just need to all be different and have exactly eight digits, includint the zeroes.

    When you transfer content from one computer to the other, I would suggest zipping the files or folders first, to protect them.  Right-click and select Send to > Compressed (zip) file, then right-click and select Extract when the .zip is on the new computer.

    Longer-term, you can pass the saves folder back and forth between computers as much as you like, or upload it to a cloud storage service (for example Google Drive) and download it whenever you want to use the other computer.

    By the way, your written English, at least, seems fine to me, and I'm a native speaker.

  • namukoira's avatar
    namukoira
    11 months ago

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELP AND REPLYING!

    I really appreciate that you took your time to write that to me ❤️

  • ValorVuitton's avatar
    ValorVuitton
    Seasoned Newcomer
    10 months ago

    will this bring all of the mods and ccs connected to that save with it or will i have to move the mods and ccs separately after moving the save thank you ! 

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    10 months ago

    @ValorVuitton  Mods and custom content are in the Mods folder.  If you move the entire Sims 4 folder, mods and cc will come along for the ride; if you only want to move subfolders (e.g. saves and Tray), you'll need to move Mods as well.

    Please zip the Mods folder before transferring it.  We get a lot of reports of mods being broken after this kind of transfer, and it's entirely preventable by zipping the folder first.

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