Save location of neighbourhoods?

[Wolfe1924]

does anyone know where the save files are? reason being is i have a macbook i bring for travelling but a gaming pc at home so i was wondering if im going to have manually move save neighbourhoods over or if it syncs through steam cloud or what?

[Pizzacat]

If disk space is not an issue for you, you can backup the entire The Sims 2 folder located at Documents\EA Games.

The most important folders to backup are Neighborhoods (your saved games), Downloads, and SavedSims.

Keep in mind that it will not back up custom content installed in the core game directories (if you have it installed)

[SchindlersCyst]

I'm worried. My Documents folder does not have the save games and I am experiencing an issue where my saves aren't loading after the game crashes, meaning I'm losing progress. Is there anywhere else save files could be do you know?

[SchindlersCyst]

Nevermind, I'm an absolute idiot. I use Steam Remote Play... the saves are on my PC, not the laptop I am typing this on

[Wolfe1924]

for any of those wondering i found the neighbourhoods its documents>EA Games>sims 2 legacy>neighbourhoods each folder corresponds with a specific neighbourhood the folders are named e001 f001 g001 etc just as future reference for anyone who was wondering where they are saved.so consider this questioned resolved i suppose lol.

[Vampsuvius]

Originally posted by Wolfe1924:

for any of those wondering i found the neighbourhoods its documents>EA Games>sims 2 legacy>neighbourhoods each folder corresponds with a specific neighbourhood the folders are named e001 f001 g001 etc just as future reference for anyone who was wondering where they are saved.so consider this questioned resolved i suppose lol.

hello! i can't find these, i can only find them in the steam folder, nothing in documents. i find them in EP9, EP8, EP7 etc. is it because i downloaded it on a different hard drive? i'm lost and would really like some help!

[Wolfe1924]

Originally posted by Milo:

Originally posted by Wolfe1924:

for any of those wondering i found the neighbourhoods its documents>EA Games>sims 2 legacy>neighbourhoods each folder corresponds with a specific neighbourhood the folders are named e001 f001 g001 etc just as future reference for anyone who was wondering where they are saved.so consider this questioned resolved i suppose lol.

hello! i can't find these, i can only find them in the steam folder, nothing in documents. i find them in EP9, EP8, EP7 etc. is it because i downloaded it on a different hard drive? i'm lost and would really like some help!

that's strange cause they should be there, i just double checked now and in the documents folder under EA Games i see the sims 2 (probably my ultimate collection) then there's also the sims 2 legacy and the folder was last modified when i played the game so i know they are definitely in there. i dont have the game installed on my c drive either thats an ssd i have it installed on my second hard drive which is F and they are still in the documents folder.

the path should be C:\Users\WOLFE1924\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy\Neighborhoods

if you substitute my name for whatever your account name on your pc is lets say its milo for example and you copy and paste C:\Users\milo\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Legacy\Neighborhoods into file explorer on the top it should bring you to the exact spot.

[Starwing]

Originally posted by Milo:

Originally posted by Wolfe1924:

for any of those wondering i found the neighbourhoods its documents>EA Games>sims 2 legacy>neighbourhoods each folder corresponds with a specific neighbourhood the folders are named e001 f001 g001 etc just as future reference for anyone who was wondering where they are saved.so consider this questioned resolved i suppose lol.

hello! i can't find these, i can only find them in the steam folder, nothing in documents. i find them in EP9, EP8, EP7 etc. is it because i downloaded it on a different hard drive? i'm lost and would really like some help!

Have you played any neighbourhood or made a custom one? I don't know if you get neighbourhood files in your Documents/EA Games/The Sims 2 Legacy folder without loading one.

Another thing is Windows 11 comes with OneDrive, and some default folders (including Documents) end up in the OneDrive. I've read that it's causing problems for some people when they try to save the game. I hated the OneDrive set-up, so I disabled it as soon as I could. But check there if you still can't find your neighbourhoods.

Best of luck!!

[Starwing]

Originally posted by Wolfe1924:

does anyone know where the save files are? reason being is i have a macbook i bring for travelling but a gaming pc at home so i was wondering if im going to have manually move save neighbourhoods over or if it syncs through steam cloud or what?

Also, there is no Steam Cloud connectivity. You will need to save a back-up of your neighbourhood and transfer it to the other MacBook file folder. I have no clue where the files are saved on Mac, though! Anyhow, make sure to keep back-ups of saves from both in case something goes wrong while playing on one of the devices.