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Theorist
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#1 Old 20th Oct 2018 at 8:16 PM

This user has the following games installed:

Sims 3, World Adventures, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets
Default Changing location of EA/TheSims3 folder
Hi. I'm wondering if there's any way to change the location of that. I'm not talking about the install location folders, I'm talking about the folder where your saves and mods go. Thanks!

#BlairWitchPetition
TS3 NEEDS: TENNIS COURTS > BUSES > PIGS/SHEEP
Can't find stuff in build and buy mode? http://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/1/?
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Theorist
Original Poster
#3 Old 20th Oct 2018 at 10:05 PM
Thanks, however that's a bit too complicated for me lol.

#BlairWitchPetition
TS3 NEEDS: TENNIS COURTS > BUSES > PIGS/SHEEP
Can't find stuff in build and buy mode? http://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/1/?
Test Subject
#5 Old 20th Oct 2018 at 11:32 PM
You don't have to do the whole RAMdisk thing. Here is a guide for only using symbolic links on windows. All you really need to know is where the folder currently is, where you want it to be and a single command to make the link. (And how to move a folder.) It allows you to move the TS3 home folder to a faster drive, off a smaller drive or to use multiple home folders to quickly switch between different mod setups.

Edit: Beaten by two minutes.
Theorist
Original Poster
#6 Old 21st Oct 2018 at 2:15 AM
Well, I've just tried it.... when the cmd box comes up I pasted the line
mklink /J "C:\Users\TizerisT\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\" "E:\GAMES\SIMS 3\DOCUMENTS FOLDER\The Sims 3\"
and then it says
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong...any ideas?


edit: wait a min... i might have it

#BlairWitchPetition
TS3 NEEDS: TENNIS COURTS > BUSES > PIGS/SHEEP
Can't find stuff in build and buy mode? http://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/1/?
Theorist
Original Poster
#8 Old 21st Oct 2018 at 11:58 AM Last edited by tizerist : 21st Oct 2018 at 12:29 PM.
Ok, success!

This is the ultra simplified steps I took:
1) Move TheSims3 folder to E:\GAMES\SIMS 3\DOCUMENTS FOLDER
2) Make sure Documents\ElectronicArts folder is empty
3) Put in the code
mklink /J "C:\Users\TizerisT\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\" "E:\GAMES\SIMS 3\DOCUMENTS FOLDER\The Sims 3\"

Thank you so much, you two! My loading seemed a bit longer but maybe thats just because it was the first time. Regardless, this allows me to store the folder on a bigger drive as the original was only 139gb, including Windows etc. Back to work! Cheers :D

#BlairWitchPetition
TS3 NEEDS: TENNIS COURTS > BUSES > PIGS/SHEEP
Can't find stuff in build and buy mode? http://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/1/?
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