Ack! Bodyshop Errors

[hucklekree]

Hello everyone! This is my first post and unfortunately it pertains to an ugly situation and for that I apologize. Let me first say that I hope my next posts are upbeat and productive.
Alright, I've been having this issue with Body shop for awhile. It will work fine for a month or two after I reinstall my games and then all of a sudden for no apparent reason it won't start up. I really would rather not have to reinstall everything again... So if any of you lovely people wouldn't mind helping this newbie out I'd much appreciate it!

[caffeinated.joy]

Take a look at this post (it's about 1/2 way down the page )

[hucklekree]

Thanks so much! I'll give it a try :oD

[hucklekree]

I tried what was suggested and still no luck. Is there maybe something else that would be preventing start up of body shop?\

I'm not really sure what triggered it. But what happens when I start BS up is that it loads half way and then the screen goes blue and another window opens saying that the application has crashed.

[ancienthighway]

One thing EA doesn't do when you install new EPs is update any shortcuts you have to Bodyshop.  It's easy for overlook manually updating the shortcut and end up running the wrong version of Bodyshop.

Make sure you are running the correct version by using the Start Menu/EA Games//Bodyshop.

[hucklekree]

Thanks for the reply ancient highway but I've already checked that out. :oD

[Theraven]

also delete the ContentRegistry file.

I usually clean up the projects folder after every time I use it. I save the files I've put layers on (photoshop files), and delete everything else. then I delete the groups/accessory/contentregistry/cigen files.


and remember that the more CC you've got, the longer it takes for bodyshop to start. it is generally very slow. I started it yesterday with almost no CC (only a couple of meshes and the clothing I was working on), and it still took some time before it showed up. just be patient and it will show up (unless it's being buggy...).

[hucklekree]

Thanks for the help!