Transferring Games Between Computers Myhusband and I are about to get a new computer. We plan on networking our two computers together so that both of us can play game at the same time. I was wondering. If I install TS2 and TS2U on the new machine and locate and copy both my current game folders and downloads folder to the shared files folder that both machines have in common then drop them into the installed game on our new computer, will I have perfect copies of my game on each machine? Or will that not work and I have to start a new game from scratch on the new computer.
Legally you have to have two copies of the game to be able to play it on two computers. But you can move perfect copies between computers if you want to have the same game information on both computers (but have two copies of the game so that you can play it legally at the same time JMPescado wrote this: The only directory you *NEED* is C:\DOCUME~1\<USERNAME>\MYDOCU~1\EAGAME~1\THESIM~1\NEIGHB~, but other directories also hold configurational data that you may want to keep...or maybe not, if you use different graphical settings on your computer. 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 (which are 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) 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 if 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.
Technically, I know I'm supposed to buy two copies, one for each computer, but I think it's pretty asinine for a software company to expect one household with two computers to buy two copies of the same stupid game just to satisfy that. It's not like we'll both be playing the game at the same time, and it's not like the computers will ever go to different households because we're just roomates. I rather admire City of Heroes for admitting that there are people who do have more than one computer in their house that might want to play their game. They don't make you buy two full copies of the game, they only charge you for a second CD key which is considerably cheaper than the software. I wish more companies would wake up and smell the future. I merely wish to be covered in case the computer with TS2 on it is being taken up by my husband, and I want to sit down and Sim. I wanted to know if there was any way to put my game on each machine so it wouldn't matter which one was free when I got to it. Besides, I was having interesting ideas about parallel universes diverging since each game would be impossible to replicate once I started playign them on separate machines.
Me and my fella have done exactly the same thing. All I did was installed sims & the EP on the other computer & copied the whole file called EA Games (I only have the sims) from 'my documents' to 'my documents' on the new computer. I do this to back up my game now too. Men, they're such a pain!
It's still considered piracy. (And an online game like City of Heroes is a different case entirely. They're getting their monthly fee per subscriber so the software costs are negligible in comparison to that.) I can sometimes, through our network, access things. I haven't tried putting my game on one drive and remotely accessing it. That would be a way that you could play the game even though your husband is on his computer where the game is installed. But you'll have to experiment to see if it works. (You'd put the CD/DVD in your computer so it would see that you own the copy.)
Please do not discuss how you do that on this board. It's against the forum rules as it *is* considered piracy. People have gotten their accounts banned for this sort of thing.
