
However, you can't just place a.rar or.zip file straight into your Sims 4 game.
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These files have been compressed by the custom content creator so you can download them and put them into your game.

There's no harm in having lots of backups, and you can move any content back to your internal hard drive when you'd like to use it again.When you start downloading CC, you'll notice that many of the files end in names .7s, and so on. Or you can copy the Tray folder, which contains your saved builds and households. You can however back up the Sims 4 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts to your external drive, however many times you want. While it's possible to move the entire Documents folder to an external drive, that's not a good idea unless you plan on never unplugging that drive. That folder needs to always be in Documents\Electronic Arts, or the game won't read it. What you can't really do is redirect the active game folder, with saves, builds, and other content, to your external drive. But this doesn't always work, so be prepared to fully uninstall. You may also be able to simply instruct Origin to move the game files to the external: right-click on the Sims 4 icon, select Move Game, and pick the folder you want to use. (Saved Library entries are in the Tray folder.) Just be sure to put them back when you want to play them Yes, you can install Sims 4 on the external hard drive just as you described. If you have a number of saves you're not currently playing, or old saved sims and households you don't currently need, you can move those files to the external drive instead. The TS4 folder in Documents isn't usually that large anyway, unless you use a lot of custom content. In any case, make sure you're installing to a folder within the external, as in D:\Origin games or something similar. When it works, it should transfer and verify the install files in one step, so you don't have to redownload. You can uninstall from there and reinstall to your external hard drive, or move the files directly to the drive through Origin's Move Game function. The game's program files are wherever you installed them, by default Program files (x86)\Origin Games. (Saved Library entries are in the Tray folder.) Just be sure to put them back when you want to play them Sims 4 data is stored in two different places. It's much better to leave the Sims 4 folder on your internal drive instead. There's a way to redirect all of Documents to the external, but this isn't a good idea unless you plan on never unplugging the external at all. So moving your saves, or the whole Sims 4 folder, to the external drive won't work.

The game will only read this folder if it's in its proper place.

Your user-generated and -downloaded content is stored in the Sims 4 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts.
