Okay, I'll try to word this as simple as possible so that it makes sense. I started playing Sims 4 on my PC. I have save files for those households that I played on this PC. Then, the PC quit working. I downloaded Sims 4 onto my laptop and played all new save files there. BUT my original PC is working again. Is there a way to merge the save files that are on my PC and my backed up ones from the laptop? If not, how can I continue to play my backed up saves from my laptop? Will I need to make a new user account for my PC for them? Thanks in advance for your time.
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You can make a copy of your save game files that are in your Documents -electronic arts -sims 4 -saves folder that are on your laptop and place them on an external drive. Then copy these save game files from the external drive and place them into the saves folder in the sims 4 folder on your pc.
If the save game files have the same slot numbers in both saves folders , you will need to first go into the game on your laptop and keep using " save as" so as you get a version of the save game that has a later slot number than the slot numbered games in your PC saves folder.
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My laptop is fried. All the files I am referring to as the "laptop" files are saved on an external hard drive already.
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Hello.
If you haven't played the game since you had the PC issue, your save game files may still be in your saves folder. If they aren't there, you can transfer the save game files from the external drive back into the saves folder on your PC.
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Okay, on the left are the files on my PC currently. These are the games from when Sims 4 first came out. On the right are the files that are currently on my external hard drive that were saved before my laptop was fried. As you can see the file numbers are the same. I have access to the PC files obviously. Is there a way to change their save numbers? Or should I just make a new user name for the PC for the laptop saves?
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Okay, sounds scary. Thanks for the help.
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Because you saved the files to the external drive though, some of the earlier files may be exactly the same as those that are on your PC. You may only need to use the " save as" option for the later save game files.
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These links may help.
MDianaSanders has written a very helpful post.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/14585710/#Comment_14585710
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/783120/how-to-roll-back-your-save/p1
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If you have already installed the game, you can always open it and then play that game for a while so you will get a current time. Then, close the game and just go back to your saves folder to see which files have the same time.
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I hope that your work with your saves goes well tomorrow.
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Thanks! I'm enjoying myself for the moment playing Sims 3 for the first time in a year and a half, lol.
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Thanks a lot. I really appreciate all the help everyone!
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You're welcome. Always glad to help.
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I think that you may need to keep the same format as the original file, and only change the number. It may cause issues by renaming it any other way.
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Nope.
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It is good to ask beforehand to prevent issues occurring.
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You can always try it out yourself, just make sure you copy or back up your current saves somewhere first. If anything bad happens, you can just delete the bad ones and place your old ones back. I haven't tried it, but I'm guessing it might not work since the game opens the game via the specific numbers. It might work if you have something like "slot_0000001.simshousehold.save" but I'm not sure.
i'm doing the same thing with a challenge i was playing on my laptop. my laptop is insanely slow and i enjoy the challenge so i wanted to play it on my gaming desktop.
i saved the laptop/challenge saves to a flash drive, changed the name of the saves on the flash drive to end in random numbers (like 68) and test pasted one of the saves into the desktop saves folder. when i launched the game, however, the challenge save wasn't listed; just the previous games already being played on the desktop. what did i do wrong?