Can I install The Sim 2 without having to go through the whole enchilada
angelyne:
I want to reinstall my computer, but I really don't want to reinstall a million and a half expansion packs. Some programs can be happily transplanted to a new system by just copying the program files and data. TS2 apparently does not. I'm not really surprised.
I'm assuming I'm missing some key registry keys. Does anyone know of a way to backup an existing installation and to restore into into a clean system?
morriganrant:
Quote from: angelyne on 2009 February 07, 02:31:37
I want to reinstall my computer, but I really don't want to reinstall a million and a half expansion packs. Some programs can be happily transplanted to a new system by just copying the program files and data. TS2 apparently does not. I'm not really surprised.
I'm assuming I'm missing some key registry keys. Does anyone know of a way to backup an existing installation and to restore into into a clean system?
The Sims 2 doesn't just have a few registry keys, they stick them everywhere. You will need to properly install everything to the new computer.
In order to transplant all of your already played game to the new computer, you can just grab the entire The Sims 2 folder in My Documents. You do not necessarily need all of the files there, but that would get everything. Saved Sims has sims that you have downloaded and have made in CAS, Neighborhoods is your actual saved games, Downloads is all of your custom, Teleport is houses you have downloaded that are waiting to go into your game, I believe that Lot Catalog is the contents of the ...well ...lot & family catalog in game ... the list can go on. Anyway, unless you have custom walls, fireplaces, lighting configurations, stairs, camera settings, the CEP or anything in the Bins folder in your Core files, everything you need is in My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2. If you have the custom stairs or what have you, you will have to nab those txt files. The CEP will have to be installed again after you move everything.
angelyne:
I think I figured it out. Haven't had a chance to test it yet, as I'm not quite ready to reinstall, and I don't have a second computer to test it on.
If anyone is interested, I'll report my findings, once I test it
snowbawl:
I am looking to transfer the game between computers. I believe I have a handle on the no-cd crack use to avoid securom, but I have some questions regarding transfer methods...and exactly which content needs to be transferred.
CC from the downloads folder is a given. I have burned all 2.4 gigs to cd(s). That is a task unto itself. But as unorganized as it is, I could not live without some CC, some of which I would never be able to find again.
I do not really wish to burn the remaining fat lot of the Sims2 folder to disc. Is there a better/faster/more efficient way to transfer data between computers? I have googled, but it was a while ago, and I did not understand a lot of it (involving servers and what not).
Moving on to what I would like transferred. I only play one hood at this time. I have forsaken all others. It is the last hood I created, am I to understand that it would be the highest numbered and last created neighborhood in said folder? This is the only hood I want transferred as is. Would transferring the file enable the hood to be played as it is now, or do I need to transfer other bits with it, in order to play it exactly as it is now? Lot Catolog would be everything that is in the family and lot bins? I have one particular house that I use to make cookie-cutter subdivisions because I love it so much. I do not want to lose that particular house. So I would need to transfer the Lot Catalog, right?
The rest, I do not care about. There are no unused saved sims lurking in the sim bin of CAS that I care about. No storytelling bits, pictures, video, nada. I just want CC, my one hood, and one lot-bin house. And that's all I need. Oh, and this remote control. /The Jerk.
Oh, the CEP, can I just transfer that file, or do I need to redownload and install? I can also redownload camera settings/mods. And marvine's spiral stairs (no apartment life and I can NOT possibly live without these)...would those need to be redownloaded? I do not care about custom fireplaces or anything else that might be roaming around outside of my downloads folder.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Kyna:
I'm in the process of doing the same thing.
Both computers are plugged into my router, and I've set up a shared drive on the computer with more space (i.e. the one I'm transferring to). On the old computer I've copied folders to the shared drive, and on the new computer I've transferred them across to where they need to be. Makes it much easier and faster to get stuff from one computer to the other when the computers are networked.
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