Is it possible to save Sims 2 game information on flash drive when

[chasingbutterflykisses]

switching to another laptop? My teenager has Sims 2 Double Deluxe and Sims 2 teen Style and has used these games exclusively on my laptop (because my graphics card in our home pc wasnt working well with her CD's.) i have a new laptop and am returning my old one and she has two or three months worth of gaming worksaved on her game. does this game save on the actual disk or on my hard drive. If it saves on my hard drive, is it possible to use the flashdrive to transfer that information? If so how.. please be specific....as I just learned how to use my flash drive to save documents from my word processing program, so this is new to me.

thanks for your responses... I really appreciate your advice!!!! :O)

 

[Sims2Player]

The game loads files in two spots on your computers' hard drive, but the game your daughter actually plays is only in one of those spots and that's what you need to copy to the flashdrive. I'm rather computer illiterate myself, so I'm hoping that if I can tell you which files you need to copy that you will be able to figure out how to actually get them onto the flash drive and then from that onto your other computer.

If your computer had XP on it then you will find the files you need to copy in this location:

My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2. Now, if even that folder is too large, then open the folder named The Sims 2 and just copy the following folders that are inside of it:

Neighborhoods
Saved Sims
Downloads

Ask your daughter if she has ever "packaged" a house or community lot that she made while in the game and if she did, then you would also need to copy the folder called Packaged Lots. And if she creates new stuff in Bodyshop, then there is one more folder called Projects or something Projects that you should also save to the flash drive. I don't know exactly what that one is called because I don't create custom content. That folder isn't there unless you actually use Bodyshop to make something new, then the game creates that folder, that's why I don't know what it's called.

Anyway, most people only need the Neighborhoods, Saved Sims and Downloads folder to be copied.

Then, after the sims 2 games are installed on your other computer, have your daughter start the game up one time, then exit again. Now copy the folders that you saved on the Flash drive back into My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 folder on this other computer.

But I did want to let you know that if your daughter normally clicks on her User name when she wants to play on your computer, then the files you need to copy are located here:

If you are using Windows XP then go here to find the folders you need to copy: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\

If you have Windows Vista, you'll find the right folders here: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\

I hope that wasn't too confusing. You see, I know the game fairly well, but I don't know computers that well. Sorry if it was too confusing. :-(