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Yes, but it needs to be done in a certain way. It can’t just be copied from one drive to another, as Sims will not know the new location, and therefore create a new user folder.
Can I move Electronic Arts folder Sims 4?
Re: Moving Sims 4 Electronic Arts folder to a different place? Dragging and dropping The Sims 4 folder into the new drive will not work. The Sims 4 is designed to have it’s folder located on the Documents folder. If you want to move The Sims 4 folder, you’ll have to move the whole User folder to the new drive.
Can I move my Electronic Arts folder Mac?
Re: Origin Mac creating New Electronic Arts Folder But if your Electronic Arts folder is already on your external, there’s no need to move anything else. If certain files didn’t get copied over, you can move them manually.
What happens if I delete my Electronic Arts folder?
If you just deleted the EA folder, you might look in your recycle bin for it. If it’s there, select Restore to restore your EA folder. If it’s not in the recycle bin you could login to Origin go to Games Library and right-click and select Repair on Sims 4. The folder should re-appear in Documents.
Can I move Sims 4 to D drive?
Re: Moving Sims 4 From C Drive to D Drive Create a new folder on D, name it whatever you want, and move all the files inside D:\Documents to that new folder. Then repeat the steps to redirect Documents to D. Once Documents has moved, you can sort through the other files and folders.
Where should my Electronic Arts folder be?
It should be in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4.
Can I put my Sims 4 game on an external hard drive?
Yes, you can play The Sims 4 with an external hard drive but it will load slower, that “problems” are reduced if you connect it to your 3.0 USB ports but still going slower.
Can you move the Sims 4 mod folder?
There is your current game – mods folder, saves folder, library – Tray folder and so on. If you will move this folder to another drive the game simply will create and use the next folder on C drive in Documents. So you have to move the whole Documents folder to another drive.
How do I move my Documents folder to another drive?
Once there, you can move your documents. Right-click the My Documents or Documents folder. Click the Location tab. Click the Move button. In the resulting dialog box, go to your name folder in drive D:, create a new folder inside it called documents , and select that. After you click OK, click Yes to move your files.
What happens when you repair Sims 4 on Origin?
Re: Repair Game in Origin Essentially, it compares your installed game files with the files on the Origin server and re-downloads any files that are different. It will also repair registry entries for the game if any have been altered or erased. Hope this helps and happy Simming!Oct 21, 2014.
What happens if you accidentally delete mods folder Sims 4?
If it’s missing, the Mods folder and resource file will be regenerated by the game the next time you open your game. Once the game has created the Mods folder and the resource file inside it, you can install your games as usual.
How do I backup my Sims 4 files?
Backing up your game: Go to My Documents. Open the Electronic Arts folder. Find The Sims 4 folder. Right-click on it and choose Copy. Go to your Desktop. Right-click on a free space and choose Paste. Right-click on the copied folder and choose Rename.
How much SSD do I need for Sims 4?
Re: Gaming Laptop for The Sims 4 – Help @simkreator A 512 GB SSD is more than enough for Sims 4 and all the custom content you could ever use. A 256 GB is enough, although maybe not by a wide margin, depending on your other uses. If you install all current packs together, the game’s program files take up about 40 GB.
Can I put Origin on an external hard drive?
Yes, it is possible. Go to Origin advanced settings and setup the folder for your games. Download and install the games you want to install under that folder. Repeat the process for all hard drives you want to use.
How do I save a game to my root directory?
Re: Origin can not save games in a root folder. Select another folder. What you can do is that install the games under the folder as origin indicates, and later on, use the “move game” function to move the installed games to root directory.
Where are Sims 4 files stored on Mac?
Mac Open up Finder. Click Documents on the left hand side of the Finder window. Go through the following folders: Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves.
Where is Electronic Arts file on Mac?
When you launch the game a new Sims 4 folder should be created in Documents > Electronic Arts. The Electronic Arts folder will also be created if there isn’t already one there.
How do you download CC for Sims 4?
How to install mods and CC on Windows Download your mod or CC of choice. Unzip the download, if it’s a . Move the unzipped files to the mods folder. Open The Sims 4. Open the options, and then select the “game options” tab. Select the “other” tab. Make sure “enable custom content and mods” is checked.
How do I move my Battlenet game to another drive?
Open the Blizzard Battle.net Desktop Application and go to the correct tab for the game you’d like to install. Hit the Install button. Under “Install Location,” browse to the correct drive and folder you’d like to use for the installation.
How do I move my EA Games to another drive?
To move your game files to a new place on your PC: Find the game you want to move in your Game Library. Right-click the game tile and select Move game. Find the new folder where you want to move the game to.
