Ressetting the game, "options.ini" verses "options" ?

sooozeeebeee

In researching how to do this the files to put back are "tray", "screenshots", "saves", and "options.ini" but I don't see the "options.ini" only "options". Is this the same file? I copied the entire Sims4 to a back up device before having my computer repaired.

luthienrising

It's the same file - you just probably have your folder set not to show file extensions.

rosemow

Hello,
They are the same files. It depends if you have the computer setting ticked on to show file extension endings.

sooozeeebeee

thank you! I have been without my game for weeks now and I want to make sure I am reinstalling and setting up correctly.

rosemow

You're welcome I hope that the reinstalling/setting up of your game goes well. You will enjoy having fun simming, after it is all fixed up.

Sid1701D9

Yes, that works but I find the Sims 4 folder more forgiving than the sims 3. I also tested the Sims 4 using a network drive on a virtualhost and except for the longer saves to offline directory it has too advantages, one you can switch from 1 computer to another easily. The second is the saves are not even on the computer your playing the game on, so you have more room. I found this setup really good as it helps me to not have to worry about my games when I want to change computers its already ready on that computer with one exception since the computer is a virtual machine I have to have offline files on my host just in case it goes down so I can play until computer restarts it. The good news is that if host computer hard drive ever dies, I have my games on the other hard drive in the host computer so all I have to do is just install all my Sims games back in and reconnect them, simple and fast.

Edit: If hard drive is mechanical you need at least a 7200rpm hard drive.

sooozeeebeee

Been playing for two days and so far everything is working great! Keeping my fingers crossed though. I am going to try and back my game up on a regular basis from now on though. I was just barely able to transfer my game data to an external hard drive before my computer died.

rosemow

sooozeeebeee wrote: »

Been playing for two days and so far everything is working great! Keeping my fingers crossed though. I am going to try and back my game up on a regular basis from now on though. I was just barely able to transfer my game data to an external hard drive before my computer died.

I am glad that everything is working well! That is great! It is a good idea to keep regular backups of your game.