game crashing

[Pallycoo]

not sure what happened but I downloaded some hair/outfits/furniture from rose sims and now my game is crashing at the load up screen. Help?

edit** i read something about deleting(didnt actually delete just removed just in case) cache files, I did so and no change

[Theraven]

A couple of questions:

Does it still crash if you remove the Rosesims items? Could be one of the items needs an EP you don't have, and causes trouble.
And have you tried to delete the cache files? (you find them in the "The Sims 2" folder: accessory.cache, cigen.package, groups.cache and contentregistry)

[Pallycoo]

I'll try removing rose sims items and get back to you

[Pallycoo]

ha so yea....removing those downloads worked. I thought it might be that issue but I wanted that cc lol. Is there any easy way to see exactly which cc is crashing the game or do I just have to put one back at a time? because that would be such a pain  seeing as how I downloaded 32 things....i tend to get download happy 

[Theraven]

One at a time. Clothing and hairs usually don't create problems, so if you downloaded poseboxes or other hacks, try with those first.

Did you try deleting the cache files? They can sometimes go corrupted, especially when adding, moving or removing CC.

[Pallycoo]

I didnt download any poseboxes or hacks. just clothes, hair, ear rings/necklaces, and furniture. I did remove the cache files.

[Pallycoo]

okay well I have come to the conclusion that it is either the sofas or earrings......I have put everything else except those three items in and game still works. Thanks for the help.

[Theraven]

Clothes and accessories don't usually cause crashes if they're made correct or if you've got the EPs and SPs needed. They can crash your game, though. If that's the problem, in my own experience the crashes happens when looking through the items in CAS or the buy catalog. Accessory and jewlery items made with Bon Voyage, and outerwear made with Seasons could in some cases cause EP-related troubles, especially if you don't have those EPs. In some cases the items can conflict with each other, especially if you're using default replacements and double up for one item.

Furniture could also cause EP related problems, depending on which item they're cloned from, or which mesh they are recolored from. They could also conflict with other items you have.

Going through the items one by one (or maybe half by half at first - furniture, then hairs, then clothes - to see where the trouble lies) is usually the best method to sort out bad CC.

[Paden]

Pallycoo, while I and many others appreciate the updates to what you're doing to solve the problem you're having, it would better to edit your post than replying to it, in essence, double-posting. When you do that, it looks like you're bumping your thread and trying to force a response. Just a heads up from a staffer who is in a good mood.

[XPTL297]

For people that are only downloaders, not modders, there's a lot that can crash a game, mainly if you don't have all the EPs and SPs. Every EP changes the formatting of the game, this is the reason you are required to save your played games before installing an EP. Hairs and accessories shouldn't crash your game but it all depends if the person that creates the accessories did a good job. Some sites place free items available just to capture an user to buy the ones they put more work on. In the case of other objects that have interactions (a sofa for example), they have to have a pie menu for interactions. Pie Menus have several instance formats (0001, 0081, 0083) and each of them have own meaning. A pie menu with format 54, separates advertising for "humans" and "animals". If you don't have pets, they crash your game.