Thank you Squinge. I feel bad for you, it must take a lot of time to modify the mods you work so hard on, only to have a new expansion pack break them, but I do appreciate all your hard work. I do know that MATY has mods also, but............I like yours better.

Thank you Micco, but I already have the updated CEP. I really don't know what is going on, but now -at least today- everything is as it should be. I can play in every neighbourhood again, and for whatever reason, today all my previous neighbourhoods showed up and they too are playable.

Moderators you can delete this thread please as everything seems to be fine.

So....... I finally got brave, cleaned out my downloads folder, got rid of all my hacks, and installed Seasons. Stupid me, forgot to backup my neighbourhoods, so yeah I lost them. Oh well.
I backed up everything else, don't know how I forgot that one, but that's ok. I went to University, played for a while just to see how things go, because I can't find the Prima Guide anywhere in my city. I hate not having the guide!:(
Then I saved and quit. Went in the next day and thought I'd try Riverblossom, curious about the winter (I'm such a dumb-ass, I live in Canada, I know about winter-lol) and for whatever reason I could not play. The game ran, the Sims did their thing, but I could not click anything. So I quit and restarted the game, and everything is like I never played at all, the Seasons-creating weather comes up, then creating Pets comes up. Weird, not sure about that one. But now............a lot of my clothes in CAS are blackened, and they were working fine before.
*cries* I'm so confused------what am I doing wrong??? *cries some more*

Yech!!!!!!! Oh that just really gorssed me out.  rotflmao

I thought at one time there was a list on No atonomous mods, but I can't seem to find it. Could be my spelling *red face*
If there still is, do they work with Seasons, or are they in the "to be updated process"?
Because I am computer technically challenged I removed ALL my hacks, and I'm starting fresh. I've got the Updated for Seasons. but I was just wondering about the atonomous ones.
Sorry if I missed the post. And I'm not asking for an update, just wondering is all.

Thanks for the quick response, I never knew that. I'll be sure to make her clean up her act before I send her on a date. Good grief, she'll gross the poor unlucky fellow out!

I was playing in my University and I forget which Sim, she lives alone, anyway............I sent her to the fridge for a snack of chips and she went nuts! The way she gobbled them down, and the noise she made *yech*-what a pig!
She wasn't in danger of starving, I was just topping up her hunger level before I sent her to study and work on her term paper.

Not to take away from Delphy's awesome programs, but I had problems with Q-Install from the get go. I found a program that works consistently for me at: http://www.neoscrib.com
It's the robotic version of Sims2File Maid, and I haven't had any problems with it at all. Actually it was amazing the speed with which it installed everything. (I don't know what I did, but Sims2 File Maid quit working for me a while ago, I tried redownloading it and a fresh install but it never worked for me again.)

Hi Diantha, I use subfolders for everything. I have my favorite creators, and their stuff all goes into their sub-folders. The only subfolder I have that is different is my "hacks", I gave them a different name so I would know where they are, and be able to take them all out at once, and put them back in, one at a time to test them. It could be that you are missing a certain mesh for what isn't showing up.

I am in the process of cleaning out my downloads folder before I install Season's. I'm actually getting rid of stuff-hard to believe, download addict that I am--but stuff is actually being deleted. LOL
I have mastered the Hair Binning Tool from MTS2, and am in the sssllloooowww process of cleaning out my hair recolors. (Sometimes I think this is gonna take forever)
My question is: Does it make that much of a difference when you un-check unwanted or non-existant hair colors? I remember reading about the polygons for hair meshes, but I'm curious as to the actual recolors themselves. BTW by unwanted, what I mean is the hair style recolors that repeat themselves, or weren't made for a particular age group.
Thanks.

The Lot Expander program at MTS2 does not work from Pets on up. If you really like the house layout, and I have that problem too, what I did was to map the house out on a piece of graph paper, and then just rebuilt it on the lot size I wanted. As far as I know this is the only way to get around that.

As for the hack, is it the updated one for EP5, or an older one?
Squinge has a list of updated hacks for Season's, just check the list.

Thank you so much. You really are awesome!
So for Christmas, what video card should I beg my husband for? And I do mean "beg", he thinks my obsession with this game is overboard. LOL

I'm sorry, I don't have a solution, but I just can't help myself. Non diapered babies----they love to pee on you, and little boys have that deadly arc aim.

Hi, this is what I did, I made a downloads folder in "My Document" folder, called it Insim, and what I download from this site I put in that folder. You will need winzip, and rar programs to unzip the files, that you extract into your downloads folder located in your documents, EA Games, the Sims,....if there is no downloads folder, then just make one.
If  you go download crazy like I did, then it might help to search the posts for info on how to organize your downloads folder. And you will want to register at MTS2, and get the lated CEP, from there. (color enabler package)
ModTheSims2.com
I'm sorry but I'm a clueless middle-aged lady, and I don't know how to get the site addresses so you can click on them to go there.
This could very well be the case of the blind leading the blind.

Oh btw, could you please add the expansion packs you have, it will help anyone else who reads your post.

I have Season's, but I haven't installed it yet. I read your info about Season's but I'm a bit confused. I'm really sorry to be such a bother, but my video card is-HIS X1600Pro 256mb ICEQ AGP8x, and I purchased an additional 1GB of ram. I have 120GB Sata 7200rpm hard drive, with an additional 80 gig hard drive for storage for my downloads (By storage I mean the zip and rar files I download).
Is this good enough, or should I get something better? Somewhere else there was a test you could run to see if your system could handle Season', and I need to upgrade my video card driver, and my sound card driver, (which I will get my computer technicians to do, as I just don't know what is what) Without Season's installed my game runs beautifully, and if possible I would like it to run just as well when I am ready to install Season's.
I realize you are very busy and lots of people have lots of questions for you, but you always give such comprehensive explanations that I didn't know who else to ask.
Thank you very much.  
ps---I forgot, I'm planning on buying another gig of ram at the end of the month.