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zman197
12 years ago
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How to transfer my old Sims 2 backup files to Ultimate Collection?

I had several Sims 2 expansions installed already. When I saw that Ultimate Collection was added to my account, I decided to uninstall all of my games and install Ultimate Collection.

Before doing so, I copied my game files into a folder so that I could transfer everything to Ultimate Collection, such as sims, lots, custom content, save files, etc. However, now that I've installed Ultimate Collection I can't figure out where I should put these files.

I would do the live chat but OF COURSE its down for maintenance when I need to use it...lol

Any help would be appreciated! 😕mileyvery-happy:

  • Henalexandre's avatar
    Henalexandre
    12 years ago

    Folders you are talking about musn't be where crinrict says. You must look into Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection and not C://Program Files/EA Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection 😉 Folders you have seen are the installation folders.

    You just have to copy and paste the content which is into Documents/.../The Sims 2 to Documents/.../The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.

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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    There should be a folder for the ultimate collection in your doc folder:

    For most it's: C:\Users\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection

  • zman197's avatar
    zman197
    12 years ago

    The thing is, inside that folder is all of these folders and I'm not sure exactly which folder to use:

    _Installer

    Apartment Life

    Best of Business

    Bon Voyage

    Double Deluxe

    Free Time

    Fun With Pets

    Glamour Life Stuff

    Seasons

    Support

    University Life

    __________

    I was going to move the files to the Double Deluxe folder, but the folders inside of it are a lot different than the folders from my backup for some reason, so I don't want to take the chance of messing anything up...

    @crinrict wrote:

    There should be a folder for the ultimate collection in your doc folder:

    For most it's: C:\Users\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection

  • Henalexandre's avatar
    Henalexandre
    Hero+
    12 years ago

    Folders you are talking about musn't be where crinrict says. You must look into Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection and not C://Program Files/EA Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection 😉 Folders you have seen are the installation folders.

    You just have to copy and paste the content which is into Documents/.../The Sims 2 to Documents/.../The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection.

  • zman197's avatar
    zman197
    12 years ago

    Thanks. That's really weird because I checked my Docs folder before and didn't see a folder, but after reading your post I checked again and it was there...strange lol.

  • SimsLovinLycan's avatar
    SimsLovinLycan
    12 years ago

    I'd like to transfer my old game saves to Ultimate Collection, and I know how to get to the correct file locations, but could someone please give me some step-by-step details on transferring my custom neighborhoods and such into the game? I just finally got everything downloaded, installed, and running, and I don't want to screw up any important data (my haxor skillz are fail...😕mileyfrustrated🙂.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    well I've been trying to figure this out for aaaes. I think you just saved me. do I delete the files curently and paste all my old files? if so what about the files of the games which I didnt have. 

  • Henalexandre's avatar
    Henalexandre
    Hero+
    12 years ago
    In Documents are mostly located your save files. In Program Files are located your game files. So even if you delete the old files in Documents, it will not change anything between old and new games 😉

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