Bodyshop Crashing *SOLVED*
rwills:
One thing you might give a go is to go to My Documents--EA Games--The Sims 2--Projects and delete the contents of the Projects folder, if there are any (don't delete the folder itself).
Bodyshop projects get put there, and possibly there is a corrupted or otherwise troublesome file in there which is glorking things.
OBJ files (which are a type of text file) usually come from SimPE, and can be moved out of Downloads. PSD files are (if I recall correctly) Photoshop files and can be moved out of Downloads.
BTW, if by any chance you have any jpg or gif or txt or Sims2Pack or html or zip or rar files in the Downloads folder, take them out. They don't belong there (and the game ignores them), but they still bloat the Downloads folder.
Also would suggest running Clean Installer (it can take quite a while to scan the entire Downloads folder - for the benefit of any who haven't used CI, you can tell when the scan is done when the number of files appears up top under the name of the file being scanned), then click the 'Type' button and see if there are any files in Downloads listed under the type labeled 'Collections' -- these should be moved to the Collections folder. This can be done within Clean Installer by right-clicking on each such file, choosing Move, then Browse, and then browsing to the My Documents--EA Games--The Sims 2-Collections folder.
Another possibility (just trying to cover a lot of bases in one reply) is that you might have inadvertantly placed a custom terrain file (sc4) in Downloads instead of in the SC4 Terrains folder.
lovelygoth101:
If I delete the projects in the Projects Folder will all my saved sims (ones that came from .Sims2Packs) be deleted?
I did end up just moving the OBJ and PSD files, thanks.
I do get rid of all the jpegs, gifs, rars, etc., etc.
I will look for the Clean Installer too thanks. *Dummy me...already have it* :rolleyes:
Uh-oh...by SC4 Terrains do you mean custom ground covers? I have alot of those in my downloads folder :-O
EDIT: I have no Project Folder...I gues I'll create one O.O
EDIT II: Deleted alot of duplicate files, "empty package files", and some mods.
QUESTION: Do the Wall and Floor files need to be put somewhere else or do they stay in the Downloads folder?
Sorry for sounding like a noob, I've been downloading since 2001 and still don't know very much apparently :rolleyes:
caffeinated.joy:
The Projects Folder won't necessarily be there if you've never exported anything from bodyshop for recolouring, etc.
lovelygoth101:
OOOOOOHHHHH okay thanks Joy!!!
rwills:
The bit about the Projects folder was a stab in the dark. Don't worry if you don't have one -- if the game/Bodyshop needs it, one will be created.
Using CI to get rid of empty packages, duplicate files, etc. is a Very Good Thing and can noticeably improve game loading time and gameplay. (Standard caveat: using Remove Files in CI will permanently and irretrievably remove files -- there is no Undo nor any other way to reverse the Remove.)
As for your other questions:
Ground terrain covers do belong in Downloads. sc4 files are custom neighborhood files.
Walls, floors, etc. belong in Downloads. Rule of thumb: if it is a package file, it generally goes in Downloads.
Silly question, but are you sure you're trying to open the Bodyshop affiliated with your highest installed EP (which may not necessarily be the most recent one EP you installed, if you by chance installed EPs in an order different than the EA/Maxis release order)?
Do you have the HCDU (Hack Conflict Detection Utility)? If not, get it here (Sims 2--Programs):
http://simwardrobe.com/
Then install and run it (takes a while to scan your files). Note: Any conflicts it detects may be absolutely benign or may be of a nature to negatively impact the game. There is no way to differentiate between harmless conflicts and nasty conflicts, but the listing of potential conflicts the HCDU spits out can be a good starting point fas to where to look for possible problematic combinations of files.
Other than that, there's a ton of Bodyshop help tips here:
http://www.simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Body_Shop
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