Switching between computers

[Vindicator]

Hello there.
Sorry in advance, my written english is so bad, but I have a question:
what should I copy between my home computer and travel notebook in order to continue playing the same game, and don't lose anything, i.e. house, friends...?
The whole neighborhood, \My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\N00#? Or there is another way?

[ManagerJosh]

You should probably copy the entire \My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\ folder over.

[Vindicator]

Thank you. But I don't think so. Gotta test my way today...

[J. M. Pescado]

The only directory you *NEED* is C:\DOCUME~1\<USERNAME>\MYDOCU~1\EAGAME~1\THESIM~1\NEIGHB~1, but other directories also hold configurational data that you may want to keep...or maybe not, if you use different graphical settings on your laptop. If you use the Storytelling options and the snapshots, you may also want to take your STORYT~1 folder, despite its somewhat hefty size, and if you have lots sitting in your lot catalog that you made or want to keep, you can take LOTCAT~1 as well. Unless you used SC4, however, you probably want to just omit taking SC4TER~1. COLLEC~1 holds your collections, which, if you used anything from the SimPE folks regarding buyable aspirational or career objects, you'll want also.

So, basically, I recommend you pack the following folders, all inside C:\DOCUME~1\<USERNAME>\MYDOCU~1\EAGAME~1\THESIM~1:
NEIGHB~1 (need)
DOWNLO~1 (need)
LOTCAT~1 (if used)
STORYT~1 (if used)
COLLEC~1 (if used)
CAMERAS (if you use a custom camera)

This should be comprehensive.

[Vindicator]

So, basically, I recommend you pack the following folders, all inside C:\DOCUME~1\<USERNAME>\MYDOCU~1\EAGAME~1\THESIM~1:
NEIGHB~1 (need)
DOWNLO~1 (need)
LOTCAT~1 (if used)
STORYT~1 (if used)
COLLEC~1 (if used)
CAMERAS (if you use a custom camera)

This should be comprehensive.
Wow, thanks a lot, J. M. Pescado. Because I only build and live (no storytelling, messing with cameras and such) amount of data which will be copied changed from 333Mb (whole C:\DOCUME~1\<USERNAME>\MYDOCU~1\EAGAME~1\) to 64Mb(only ...\Neighborhoods\N00#)
And I can't find downloads folder, possible because I didn't downloaded anything

[J. M. Pescado]

That's fine, if you don't have a downloads folder, it would be empty even if copied. But if you had one, you sure as hell better not leave it out, because otherwise Bad Things Happen. You can prune this further, too:
If you don't use any of the standard Maxian neighborhoods, you can omit NEIGHB~1\N001 through N003. If you use ONLY the standard Maxian neighborhoods, then you need to copy *ONLY* the N00X, where X corresponds to the neighborhood(s) you actually use:
1 - PleasantView
2 - Strangetown
3 - Veronaville

So if you use none of these neighborhoods, copy the entire neighborhoods directory, but omit the 1-3 directories, as these will already be included on a standard install. If you use ONLY these neighborhoods, copy only the ones you use....and nothing else. Ignore all of the above, as you don't use any of it. After a standard install, if you copied any of 1-3, be sure to NUKE the corresponding directory on your new install before copying them in, or else you'll have comingled directories that include both valid and invalid data.