Forum:Sims 2 - Restore an individual backed up family?

Hi, I'm not sure if this kind of question has been addressed before but I haven't been able to find an answer.

I'm getting a new copy of and reinstalling The Sims 2 (and, for what it's worth, the University EP) in a few days, and I have my Neighborhoods folder backed up. I would like to restore a single Pleasantview family I have, consisting of a mother and her child. I was wondering if it was safe to just drag those two Sims' files (the ones that are in the Characters folder) into the new Neighborhoods folder and run the game, find them wherever, and play them. I don't want to go through remaking them and would like to essentially start the game over again as if I'd just created the family.

But hey, if I have to replace the whole Pleasantview folder I will. Thanks for any help. Werockatmidnight (talk) 03:15, December 10, 2018 (UTC)