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New computer - Transfer files
JSimmy
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Hey I want to be able to transfer all my sims 2 families, mods and cc to my new computer. Is there anyway I can do that! Any help is much appreciated!
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If you HAVE shut it down as you say, then no, you can't transfer anything.
Do you only have the base game, or do you have the UC? I know that in the base game only, you need to go into the neighborhood files, but I don't have the UC, so I can't guide you on that one.
Anyway, you're welcome. I'm sorry my assistance was so limited.
Again though, wait a day or two for someone else to see this thread and help. There are some very knowledgeable people around here who know much more than I do about transferring the files you'll need. I do know though, that you SHOULD be able to transfer your families.
Best option would be to grab the entire Sims 2 folder in My Documents if you've got something that will hold it. Then you won't miss anything.
Since most folders aren't used you can grab the folders with relevant things in it.
Downloads - has your mods and CC, and I see you've got that file
Neighborhoods - You can grab the entire thing or just the inside folders: N001, N052, G001, etc. E001, F001, G001, N001, N002, and N003 are the neighborhoods that shipped with the game. N004 and higher are your custom neighborhoods.
SavedSims - You won't have this folder if you've never opened BodyShop. I don't think installing Sims is enough to generate the folder, but I don't know. But if you've made Sims in BodyShop, they'll be in that folder.
LotCatalog - If you've saved any lots you've built to the bin or installed any lots you don't have the .sims2pack file for anymore, this is where you find them.
PackagedLots - If you've ever packaged a lot to file, this is where they end up.
SC4Terrains - If you've downloaded/created any custom neighborhoods for Sims 2, this is where those files go.
PetBreeds - If you've saved a pet breed from a born in game or created in CAS pet, this is where they go.
After reading everything you posted, I do have one question re: bodyshop and Sims created in it and supposed to being in a "SavedSims" folder. If this is where they're supposed to be, why does the bodyshop put an icon of my created Sim on my desktop? I don't want my SavedSims there.
When you package a Sim in Bodyshop, after making them then going to the Package option, the package file is put on your desktop. If you only make a Sim in Body Shop then it is placed in your SavedSims folder.
I never went to the Package folder thing before today. The icon was put on my desktop the very first day I used the bodyshop. Can I put the icon in the Package folder to get it off my desktop? I don't want it there.
The only thing the game puts in the PackageLots folder is from in-game lots you package to file. Which doesn't mean you can't move the Sims into the package folder or anywhere else on your computer.
You can make a folder just for your packaged Sims and put them anywhere.
Neither Sims 2 nor Body Shop puts anything on the desktop that you need to put anything into for the game to work or to have Sims show up in game.
The files with the numbers and letters are the Sims you've installed from downloading or Sims you've made in Body Shop (the ones you packaged in Body Shop would have a version in this folder from creating them).
So what icon on your desktop are you talking about? What is the literal name and file extension (.sims2pack or .package are the only two options)?
You can put it anywhere but the game won't see it. I would make a folder in my Documents for them, if you want them.
Ah, I see. OK, thank you.
It doesn't have an extension file. When I finished making this Sim in the bodyshop, it asked me to save it and gave me the chance to name it, so I named her Clarice, and it then saved it to my desktop. I just moved it to a newly made folder in My Documents, and under the "type" it says, "SIMS2PACK File."
Ah, ok. And Sims2pack is the file extension. File type/extension are the same thing.
You don't have to do the Packaging step to get them to show up in CAS. You just have to make them in the Build/Clone section and hit the ok button in Body Shop.
You only need to use the Package Sim side of Body Shop if you're wanting to share a Sim with someone.
Making the Sim is different than saving in to a package file.
Build a Sim - 2 options: Create a Sim and Package a Sim.
Going to the Build or Clone a Sim section is where you create the Sim and they are saved to the SavedSims folder in the EA Games folder. Making them there is what makes them available in game CAF/S.
Going to the Package Sims is where the program packages the Sim and leaves it on your desktop. You don't have to package them to have them in the game.
This shows my created Sim for in game in the Build/Clone a Sim section.
You Stop it by not packaging them, doing that is not necessary.
They're saved in the Create and CLONE section. Click on the Sim in the panel, then at the bottom of the program, near the trashcan icon, is the Clone option.
It will bring that Sim back into Body Shop and you can edit it again plus you can save it again. I have several that look nearly the same showing in the picture because I edit them while I'm making them.
Clicking on the big green area with the + sign makes a New Sim. Clicking on a Sim and then the Clone icon makes it where you can edit the Sim Clone. It won't save the changes to the original but it makes a clone with your changes.
Depends on if you want to get rid of the original or not.
OK, thanks. Does it matter if I've used the original in the game? I haven't yet, I'm just curious.
Nope. Both are fine to use in game. Can even have them both in the neighborhood at the same time if you wanted.
Thanks, I meant for deleting though. If I've already used them in game (which I haven't, but if I decide to) and then decide I don't want the original anymore if I make changes to her, will it affect her having already been used in the game?