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Sims 2 NHOOD Backup Batch Script

You'll need to have the command line version of 7-Zip to make this work..

Also remeber that your first paramater must be the folder (name) of your hood (I.E. N006)



@ECHO OFF
ECHO using %1_%DATE:~0,2%%DATE:~3,2% in addition to a random number.
ECHO Beginning backup of %1
ECHO Navagating to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods
CD C:\
CD "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\"
CD %1
ECHO Running 7Zip

D:\COMMAND\7Zip\7za.exe a -t7z %1_%DATE:~0,2%%DATE:~3,2%_%random%.7z *

Batch Scripts are pretty straight forward, and as short as this one is, I didn't comment it.

How to make it work for you

As always, this is the script I use, but that's not to say it will work for you as-is. There's a few things you will need to alter before it will work for you.

Line #5 needs to change to the volume / drive that your User Data for the Sims 2 is on.
Line #6 need to change to the directory where your user data is. Unless you did some Registry-Fu, this will be in your .\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighborhoods\ folder. (Yes, I am aware that there is a system variable which can point there and would make less work for you, but if you don't know where your own files are installed you shouldn't be playing with Batch Scripts.)
Line #9 needs to Point to where you installed 7za.exe, the command line version of 7-Zip.