
If your game crashes and needs to be reinstalled or your computer dies, you will be happy you did.īacking up your game data not only preserves your saved games but also the changes you've made to the settings in Options and the downloads you've installed, including Riverview.Įverything you need to back up is in the Sims 3 folder in your Documents folder. Otherwise you should make a backup before uninstalling the game, installing a new EP, installing updates. If you don't mind having to start all over as if you just bought the game then don't bother with backups.

It has been on our forum a very long time and helped a lot of people.

I published this on the guide to give it more visibility. It covers the process of backing up your saved games, downloads, and everything else. This information was written by PJSim at our Sims 3 Forum's technical help board. The Sims 3 Technical Help: Game Data Backup and Restore Saved Games and all CC
