How Do I Save Games to the D: Drive?

aquilifer

My computer has two hard drives. The C: drive is solid state, and runs the operating system, but has a relatively small storage size. I generally save everything I can, including game files, to the very very large drive. All of the game files for Sims 4 are on the drive, but all of the screenshots I take and all of the saved game files end up on the C: drive, which is quickly running out of space. Is there any way that I can change the settings somewhere so that they save to the drive instead?

DJSparkles

This sounds like a good idea, even for those of us with regular (not SS) hard drives. I use Google drive to keep everything synced across multiple computers. Might this be a way to play the same game on diff machines, depending on which one I'm using at the time? Just save everything to the google drive folder? So yeah, I'm interested in an answer as well.

JoxerTM22

You can't do that.
You can however set windows to store user profiles on another drive instead of C: which will automatically mean sim saves also on that other drive.
Use google for instructions on that. But be very, very careful!!!

My opinion is you shouldn't do this at all.
Buy a bigger SSD, transfer OS image on that new one and sell small SSD on ebay.
My SSD (and I'm not really an average user, I do all this and that stuff, have many apps, but games are not installed on SSD):


I'd say don't buy SSD lesser than 120Gb. But also not bigger than that. As you can see from the pic, 240Gb is an overkill.

ceejay402

unlike programming files you should be able to just move my documents/electronic arts/sims4 folder to a new drive like you can with sims 3 game data folder see this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147

chesterbigbird

ceejay402 wrote: »

unlike programming files you should be able to just move my documents/electronic arts/sims4 folder to a new drive like you can with sims 3 game data folder see this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147

Ceejay is 100% correct.
I have used this method in the past with zero problems at all.
It does not change the performance of the game or have any negative impact on your pc what's so ever.

lloyd118

hello sorry to but into someone else's post. Can you use this method without having to move the Sims 3 folder as well? thanks

rosemow

lloyd118 wrote: »

hello sorry to but into someone else's post. Can you use this method without having to move the Sims 3 folder as well? thanks

Hello
You need to change the location of your Documents folder
This thread explains about it
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/914231/installing-game-into-bigger-drive

lloyd118

[quote="rosemow;c-15883364"][quote="lloyd118;c-15883247"]hello sorry to but into someone else's post. Can you use this method without having to move the Sims 3 folder as well? thanks[/quote]

Hello
You need to change the location of your Documents folder
This thread explains about it
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/914231/installing-game-into-bigger-drive[/quote]

Does this mean say I have my ADrive:Doc/Electronic Arts/TheSims3 and then on my BDrive:Doc/Electronic Arts/TheSims4 and have both games running fine?thanks :)

rosemow

lloyd118 wrote: »

rosemow wrote: »

lloyd118 wrote: »

hello sorry to but into someone else's post. Can you use this method without having to move the Sims 3 folder as well? thanks

Hello
You need to change the location of your Documents folder
This thread explains about it
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/914231/installing-game-into-bigger-drive

Does this mean say I have my ADrive:Doc/Electronic Arts/TheSims3 and then on my BDrive:Doc/Electronic Arts/TheSims4 and have both games running fine?thanks

Hello
You need to have your Documents folder on one of the drives. It is the Documents folder location that you need to change from being on the c drive, not the individual sims 3 and 4 folders. The Documents folder contains the electronic arts folder which contains both the sims 3 and sims 4 folders. You don't have to be running both sims 3 and 4 at the same time when playing.

SongSaLueng

Thank you

rosemow

SongSaLueng wrote: »

Thank you

Hello
This video shows how to move your documents folder to another drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYfNmGnbxNw

Coruscafire

> @rosemow said:

> Hello
> This video shows how to move your documents folder to another drive

Thanks, this is super helpful!

rosemow

Coruscafire wrote: »

> @rosemow said:

> Hello
> This video shows how to move your documents folder to another drive

Thanks, this is super helpful!

You’re welcome

SheriSim57

@rosemow I am looking for a new gaming laptop and the one I will most likely be getting will have an SDD drive and a 1 TB drive or a 1 TB hybrid drive. I am going to have my daughters boyfriend transfer my old files over to the new laptop when I get it into the 1 TB side rather than the SDD. I was wondering once he transfers the game over, when I buy new expansion, game and stuff packs will they automatically know which drive to go into, or will I have to custom install them?

rosemow

SheriSim57 wrote: »

@rosemow I am looking for a new gaming laptop and the one I will most likely be getting will have an SDD drive and a 1 TB drive or a 1 TB hybrid drive. I am going to have my daughters boyfriend transfer my old files over to the new laptop when I get it into the 1 TB side rather than the SDD. I was wondering once he transfers the game over, when I buy new expansion, game and stuff packs will they automatically know which drive to go into, or will I have to custom install them?

Hello @SheriSim57
Once the base game is installed on the 1 TB drive, all the packs will automatically install there also.
Happy simming on your new gaming laptop when you buy it

SheriSim57

Thank you! @rosemow

rosemow

SheriSim57 wrote: »

Thank you! @rosemow

You’re welcome

dopaminedroid

I just bought a laptop with a 128gb ssd and a 1tb hdd and I'm currently setting it all up. I already changed the default documents folder to the D drive. Do I just install The Sims 4 normally now, or should I custom install the game itself onto the D drive too? I changed all default storage locations from C to D, except for 'new apps', I left that for the C drive, like the instructions I followed suggested. I have 82 gb left on the ssd after basic setup of my laptop.

rosemow

dopaminedroid wrote: »

I just bought a laptop with a 128gb ssd and a 1tb hdd and I'm currently setting it all up. I already changed the default documents folder to the D drive. Do I just install The Sims 4 normally now, or should I custom install the game itself onto the D drive too? I changed all default storage locations from C to D, except for 'new apps', I left that for the C drive, like the instructions I followed suggested. I have 82 gb left on the ssd after basic setup of my laptop.

Hello @dopaminedroid
You should install the Sims 4 game onto the D Drive. To change where the sims 4 game is installed , make a new folder on the D Drive then log into Origin, go to Application settings, and the setting will be under "Installs and Saves "

dopaminedroid

@rosemow Thanks a lot for the fast help!

rosemow

dopaminedroid wrote: »

@rosemow Thanks a lot for the fast help!

You’re welcome Happy simming on your new laptop!