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Which are the save folders? - Cororon - 10-07-2009 02:16 AM
Which folders should I backup? "Saves" and "SavedSims" only or are there more?
Re: Which are the save folders? - phoebe91 - 12-07-2009 06:33 AM
Saved Sims are the sims you've saved in CAS to the sim bin. Saves are your saved games.
EDIT: Now that I think of it, I probably read your question wrong. BUT, I think those are the only two, aside from your "Downloads" and Riverview, if you want/need to back those up. But I haven't backed up my game yet so I can't be too sure.
Re: Which are the save folders? - Cororon - 13-07-2009 05:16 AM
I did a back up before I uninstalled Sims 3, but wasn't sure which folders were the important ones so I did a back up of Saves, SavedSims, Screenshots, DCCache, WorldCaches, InstalledWorlds, userPresets.package, Downloads and some more... They looked important, but I hope they won't destroy my game when I install it again. {blush}
Re: Which are the save folders? - phoebe91 - 13-07-2009 05:32 AM
Hopefully ^_^ I'm just copying and pasting the whole folder xD I'm going to install the patch and I'm afraid that it'll destory zee game xD
Re: Which are the save folders? - Cororon - 13-07-2009 11:06 AM
(13-07-2009 05:32 AM)Phoebe link Wrote:Hopefully ^_^ I'm just copying and pasting the whole folder xDThat's what I did and it contained all the folders I mentioned. I did that with Sims 2 too and it worked.
I think userPresets contains the settings you used? I use to copy the screenshots to another folder, both as a back up and so I can do what I want with them.
Re: Which are the save folders? - phoebe91 - 13-07-2009 08:11 PM
It might, I have no idea. With my screenshots, I usually move them to a different folder alltogether, but there's always a backup online.