Fixes some issues with how Simitone loads user data from Steam sims, and some updates for handling install paths

TSOClient/FSO.UI/GlobalSettings.cs

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public GlobalSettings(string path) : base(path) { }
 
             { "TS1HybridPath", "D:/Games/The Sims/" },
             { "TS1HybridEnable", "false" },
+            { "TS1IsSteamInstall", "false" },
+            { "TS1InstallationConfigured", "false" },
 
             { "Shadows3D", "false" },
             { "CitySkybox", "true" },
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ public override Dictionary<string, string> DefaultValues
 
         public string TS1HybridPath { get; set; }
         public bool TS1HybridEnable { get; set; }
+        public bool TS1IsSteamInstall { get; set; }
+        public bool TS1InstallationConfigured { get; set; }
 
         public bool Shadows3D { get; set; }
         public bool CitySkybox { get; set; }

TSOClient/tso.content/Content.cs

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public static bool TS1Hybrid
         }
         public static FSOEngineMode Target;
         public static string TS1HybridBasePath = "D:/Games/The Sims/";
+        public static bool TS1SteamInstall = false;
 
         /**
          * Content Manager

TSOClient/tso.content/TS1/TS1NeighbourProvider.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using FSO.Common;
+using FSO.Common;
 using FSO.Files.Formats.IFF;
 using FSO.Files.Formats.IFF.Chunks;
 using System;
@@ -53,25 +53,61 @@ public void InitSpecific(int id)
             var udName = "UserData" + ((id == 0) ? "" : (id + 1).ToString());
             //simitone shouldn't modify existing ts1 data, since our house saves are incompatible.
             //therefore we should copy to the simitone user data.
-
+            
             var userPath = Path.Combine(FSOEnvironment.UserDir, udName + "/");
-
+            
             if (!Directory.Exists(userPath))
             {
-                var source = Path.Combine(ContentManager.TS1BasePath, udName + "/");
+
+                string source;
+
+                // Check if user selected Steam install via Content.TS1SteamInstall flag
+                if (Content.TS1SteamInstall)
+                {
+                    // Use Steam's "Saved Games" location (used by The Sims Legacy Collection)
+                    source = Path.Combine(
+                        Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile),
+                        "Saved Games", "Electronic Arts", "The Sims 25", udName + "/"
+                    );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // Use install directory saves (non-Steam installs)
+                    source = Path.Combine(ContentManager.TS1BasePath, udName + "/");
+                }
+
+
                 var destination = userPath;
 
-                //quick and dirty copy.
+                // Normalize paths for comparison (remove trailing slashes, use consistent separators)
+                var normalizedSource = source.TrimEnd('/', '\\');
+                var normalizedDest = destination.TrimEnd('/', '\\');
 
-                foreach (string dirPath in Directory.GetDirectories(source, "*",
-                    SearchOption.AllDirectories))
-                    Directory.CreateDirectory(dirPath.Replace('\\', '/').Replace(source, destination));
+                // Create directory structure
+                foreach (string dirPath in Directory.GetDirectories(source, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                {
+                    var relativePath = dirPath.Substring(normalizedSource.Length).TrimStart('\\', '/');
+                    var destDir = Path.Combine(normalizedDest, relativePath);
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(destDir);
+                }
 
-                foreach (string newPath in Directory.GetFiles(source, "*.*",
-                    SearchOption.AllDirectories))
-                    File.Copy(newPath, newPath.Replace('\\', '/').Replace(source, destination), true);
+                // Copy files with error handling
+                foreach (string srcPath in Directory.GetFiles(source, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                {
+                    var relativePath = srcPath.Substring(normalizedSource.Length).TrimStart('\\', '/');
+                    var destPath = Path.Combine(normalizedDest, relativePath);
+                    try
+                    {
+                        File.Copy(srcPath, destPath, true);
+                    }
+                    catch (IOException ex)
+                    {
+                        throw; // Re-throw to show error dialog
+                    }
+                }
+
             }
-
+            
             UserPath = userPath;
 
             MainResource = new IffFile(Path.Combine(UserPath, "Neighborhood.iff"));