Hi guys. Since this is such a weird series of problems I'm going to put as much detail into this post as possible to provide the most amount of information.

Okay, so after hearing about some of the more lacklustre features on Sims 3 (like no custom content from what I've read, but that's another issue entirely) I decided to reinstall my Sims 2 game. Now, I had lost all of my Sims 2 data when I had my laptop reformatted, except the downloads folder, which I backed up. Given that this was in December and I hadn't played since like August, I didn't really care. I wanted to start fresh anyway, so I reinstalled and put the downloads folder back and went crazy in Body Shop. I mean I've spent weeks and weeks working on my Sims, so it's really upsetting about what's happened next.

First I couldn't get any families to load, and had odd glitches when making one family with kids. The kids didn't move, didn't animate, and when I went to make a second kid, the first kid was sitting in the spot too, creating sort of an overlap. I remembered then that my hacks are for Nightlife (inSim being the most significant hack) and I only had the base game running (trying to conserve memory space on this old laptop), so I installed that. Suddenly I could load families. Okay, great. I moved the two families that hadn't glitched on me into homes and furnished them.

Then, today, I went back to move in the family that did glitch up when I made them in CAS, but seemed alright besides that. Twenty or thirty minutes go by (I don't know how long exactly, I was reading) and nothing, still loading. Since I was moving them to an empty lot to give them more money for a bigger house, I found this odd and I quit (aka ctrl+alt+deleted) the game. My next idea was that the family was corrupted, that perhaps the game wouldn't realize for this family that I'd updated the expansion or whatever, so I deleted them.

I go into CAS, and this is where it gets really weird. The random Sim that CAS gives you is standing way back behind the mirror (I print-screened and graciously it worked, so check out the attachment to see what I mean). I thought that was weird, but considering my CAS glitches already and how I had worked through them, I clicked on. The music skips, the game crashes, I'm back to my desktop. Pissed but not completely deterred, I try again, figuring it could just be a hoax. Again, CAS dude way at the back of the screen. Whatever. I tried loading my pre-made Sim, tried naming him, but the minute I went in to customise his face or outfit, the game crashes again!

I really have NO idea what could be causing this. I have never experienced so much glitchiness all at once ever. This is by no means a new computer, and since I've gotten the game working from the other night to this one, I haven't downloaded a single thing. I have all my custom content enabled, and it's never given me a hard time before. Afterall, the game worked just the other night, but it won't work now.

Can anyone give me some help on this? I can't make anymore Sims in-game, and it's SUCH a bummer considering I've been working all month on all my Sims...

Thanks.

Edit to mention that I only have the base game and Nightlife installed.

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Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was born July 20, 1964 in Seattle, Washington amongst over five other siblings. Antisocial and musically inclined, Chris played in a slew of bands growing up while working at a seafood restaurant after dropping out of high school. During this time Chris would often go a week or two without speaking to any of his coworkers and nearly got fired for it.

In 1984 Chris, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Hiro Yamamato and drummer Scott Sundquist formed the first incarnation of Soundgarden. Years later, after playing various small Seattle clubs, they appeared on a musical compilation called Deep Six, which got them noticed and eventually helped them sign to a major label by the early 1990s. By 1994 the band, with a few lineup changes by now, rose to ultimate popularity with their classic album Superunknown, which features hits like Fell on Black Days, Spoonman and Black Hole Sun.

The Chris Sim that I made focuses more on that mid-to-late 90s era Chris, after the haircut, before the Soundgarden split.

Onto the credits and whatnot...

The skintone is modified off of an @stefan skintone. Eyebrows, facial hair and a modified torso are all part of the skintone.

The eyes are by JoanneDyer.

The hair is a mesh by flora.

The clothes are by opeu.

The eyebags are by cordivophile2, as are the agelines, which I modified.

Chris comes packaged with a Maxis outfit and hair.



If this doesn't set you free, it doesn't mean you're tied...

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder was born on December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois. Eddie had a tumultous childhood, moving to California at a young age and bouncing between living with his mother, step-father and various family relatives. In his late teens Eddie discovered the man who had been perceived as his real father his whole life, his step-dad, was not indeed his biological father and that his true biological father was dead. This inspired one of Pearl Jam's most classic and well known songs, Alive, off their debut album Ten.

Vedder's work with fellow Seattle musician Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden) and future bandmates Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron in the Temple of the Dog project led to the formation of Pearl Jam. Hitting their peak popularity in the mid-90s, Eddie and crew slowly backed away from the spotlight, releasing more low-key albums and embarking on less expansive tours.

This version of Eddie is the late 90s version, namely 1996.

As for the credits...

Skintone is modified off of a @stefan skintone. Eyebrows are attached to the skintone. Features Eddie's ankle tattoo as well.

The eyes are by Jessica2020.

The eyebags (which I modified) are by cordivophile2.

I can't find the exact maker of the hair, but it's called RogerHair and I know it was someone's Sim for the Rent project over at mts2. I recolored it.

The clothes in the pictures are by opeu.

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Eddie comes packaged with Maxis hair and outfit.




Paint Ed big, turn Ed into one of his enemies...

Rejected by mts2 because she is just that badass (or perhaps because she's not top 40), coming straight from a pouty photoshoot right to your game is the lovely, the beautiful, and most importantly the TALENTED Fiona Apple!



Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart was born September 13th, 1977 in New York City. A reclusive, antisocial child who was raped at 12, Fiona spent most of her childhood years in therapy and writing piano pieces to animal chases she saw on TV. Fiona wrote her first song at 11, putting lyrics to her music years later. By 17 she headed to LA to record a demo tape, and one of the seventy-something copies she made (which included the beautiful piano ballad Never is a Promise which later wound up on her debut Tidal) went to a friend who babysat for a record executive bigwig.

At 19, Fiona released her debut, Tidal, which features such classics on it as Sleep to Dream and everyone's favorite Criminal. This is the version of Fiona I made, the young waif straight outta New York, the one who cries at photoshoots, won't touch meat or dairy, and has a huge soul and voice in one tiny little body.

Alright, so...to the credits!

The skintone is by jirka (thesimssi2 at mts2) and modified by me.

The eyes are by @stefan at mts2.

The hair is by Maxis, as are the clothes that are included in the file, which is the pink spaghetti strap tank top and the black jeans.

**About the skintone** The eyebrows are attached to the skintone, and Fiona wears no makeup, so all eye and lip detail are a part of the skintone.

Skintone is modified off of a Warlokk Bodyshape mesh. Fiona's skintone utilizes his Milla Johovich Bodyshape mesh...meaning she should have that Bodyshape when naked. When clothed, unless you utilize Bodyshape meshes, it shouldn't matter.

Want your Fiona to have that waif look she is so well known for? Download some of warlokk's fantastic Bodyshape work to give Fiona a bit of realistic flair.  

BOTTOM MESH (utilizes 32" hips): http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=4384

TOP MESH (utilizes 34A breast size): http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=4386

SKINTONE MESH ****NOTE: LINKS TO INSIM ADULT!!!**** (Uses MillaJ skintone base): http://www.insimadult.org/showthread.php?t=20158
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It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion...

My apologies if there's been a thread like this before. I've looked and didn't see one.

When I play Sims, I love taking pictures and then posting them to share. The only problem is though that organizing the pictures in the order I took them takes forever! In the actual game itself, if I were to go into story mode, all of the pictures I have taken are in the order I took them in, but as soon as I quit the game and go into the neighborhood folder, it's a free for all in terms of the picture order. They're all ordered alphabetically in terms of these crazy file names: snapshot_749c0969_b49c0f1f for example.

What I do is upload them all to Photobucket, view them all and organize them that way when posting...but there has GOT to be an easier way to do it, right?

What I'm wondering is if there is any hack/download/whatever that allows you to name the file your photo is saved to. Even if I can just call them 01, 02, 03, etc., it'd be a lot better than going through a dozen 'snapshot_random numbers and letters combo' files.

Thanks!

Hi guys.

I messed up my laptop the other night and now have to send it to Best Buy to get it fixed. They're obviously going to back up all of my information, but I'm wondering how much of my Sims stuff will be able to be retained. Will I lose all of my Body Shop creations (crossing my fingers that I won't)? What about the families I recently just made?

I'm pretty sure my keyboard is all that is messed up (had a spill but can't type the main computer password because half of the keys don't work), but I don't think, even with a new USB keyboard that I would be able to access Body Shop and back up the few Sims I've recently made because I don't know the extent of the laptop's damage. For the past week or so I've been doing a major overhaul with my game...remaking my whole neighborhood. The other night I just made every family in the actual game, so it's a sucky time to lose my computer. I just want to know the chances of what I'd lose if everything were to be backed up and replaced (hopefully on the same computer, not a new one). If Body Shop is going to be empty when I get my computer back, then I want to try to get a USB keyboard and back my Body Shop files up.

Quick replies would be appreciated...I'm going to get the computer fixed in a few hours, so any immediate help would be MASSIVELY appreciated.

Thank you!

Hi guys. This past weekend I lost my entire game after I uninstalled Pets and it dumped everything. As you can imagine, it was a pretty tough loss. This time I'm backing everything up. I'm slowly rebuilding my custom content and starting from scratch, but since I've been playing and and downloading for about two years, it's impossible to remember every single site I downloaded things from.

That's why I'm asking for your guys' help. I can't find this one hair mesh that I had. As you can see in the picture, it was quite convenient for most of my guys, and if I had it back I'd be really happy. Does anyone know what that mesh is or can they redirect me to the thread that has it for download?



Thanks so much guys.

Hi guys! Remember me? I hope so.

Anyway, I've been gone for a while, but I've still been making some outfits, mainly Fiona Apple dresses (hee hee), and other stuff too, Sims and non-Sims.

Here's a dress I made about a week ago. Fiona wore it to the '98 Grammys. It's a strapless long dress with little apples printed all over it.



No mesh required. Enjoy.

Hello everyone.

Since tomorrow night I'm going to see Fiona Apple in concert (yay!), I figured I'd commemorate that by posting an outfit. It's the dress that Fiona wore to the 2006 Grammys.

Originally, when I made this dress, the mesh was just a dress mesh, so the sleeves weren't puffy. I kept meaning to upload it here, but every time I'd play my Fiona Sim I never felt like taking her downtown to buy the dress. Then, strangely enough, one day on modthesims, I saw somebody who made a Sim wearing a dress with a mesh with puffy sleeves, which was perfect for Fiona's dress! So, of course, I downloaded the mesh and redid the outfit, which now matches Fiona's actual Grammy dress more accurately.



My only regret is that I couldn't include the beautiful necklace Fiona wore with the dress in the outfit. I tried for over an hour to make it work, but it kept looking strange, so I had to exclude it. I don't know how to make meshes, so I couldn't make the necklace as a separate accessory. Still, this is just the dress.

The mesh is from All About Style, and is included with the download 1930's Satin Gown. http://all-about-style.com/themes_1930's.html

Feedback is welcome.

My obsession with Pearl Jam finally gave me the motivation to make some clothes for Eddie Vedder...one of my most played Sims. I decided to start off with something easy, so this is the blue t-shirt for the Who that Eddie wore to a recent photoshoot.



Anyway, this is just a t-shirt, and doesn't require a mesh. Enjoy!

I'm posting this outfit I made a while back in honor of the ninth anniversary of Jeff's passing tomorrow (May 29th).

I don't know if any of you here know who Jeff was, but he's one of my favorite musicians of all time. His first album, 1994's Grace was never a big seller, but is one of the most influential albums of the 90s. Jeff only finished one album in his brief lifetime (he drowned at age 30 in the Wolf River in Memphis, no foul play involved), but a plethora of rough tracks and live albums have been put out since.

Anyway, this outfit is based off of the glitter jacket that Jeff tended to wear a lot. The jacket is actually a woman's jacket, but Jeff pulled it off quite well. Included in the outfit also is Jeff's typical white t-shirt, his necklaces, black jeans, and a chain on the side of the pants.



The outfit utilizes a mesh from hnote.net (the mesh is the third one down on page 11).

Even if you haven't heard of Jeff Buckley, this is a cool outfit for your more confident male Sims.

Okay, I'd like to start this off by saying that this is my first Sims upload anywhere.

Now that we're past that, I'd like to introduce my first outfit I'm sharing with people online.

For those of you who have heard of Fiona Apple and have seen her music video for Criminal (c'mon...1996 wasn't that long ago ), this is the underwear outfit that she wears in that video. My Fiona Sim is one of my two most played Sims, and one day when I was playing I asked myself how cool would it be if she could wear the outfit for the Sims? So I decided to make it.

Here are the pictures I used to make the outfit (there are a few others, but  I'll just post these)...





As far as I know, the outfit need any special mesh, so it should just work when you install it.

You could recolor it if you'd like; that'd be cool.

Even if you haven't heard of Fiona, I'm hoping your female Sims can still enjoy this cute outfit.

Please give some feedback if you don't mind, because I'd like to know what people think.

Thanks!