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okay, well I downloaded Bon Voyage and when I went to play it, all of my custom hacks and buy/build mode stuff was gone!

it was a lot of stuff, and I don't entirely know where to download it all again...

is there a way I can get it all back?

it all shows up in my download folders but not in game...

go to settings and check that your cc is displayed when the game comes on, if it is then when the game comes on enable cc then exit. Reload game and it should display now. If it's not ticked then tick the little box save then exit. Now follow above steps this should work

You should have backed up your Sims 2 folder. When I uninstalled BV, the entire Sims 2 folder was deleted. Luckily, I had copied it. The only thing I can suggest is to do a system restore and restore it back to a point before installing BV.

You downloaded Bon Voyage?

Take out your downloads folder. Restart BV.  Close out of the program.  Put your downloads folder back in.  Restart.  See if this works. If you don't have your CC yet, close out and restart again.

Here is what I had ot do to get my CC ot show up in game.

Go to my downloads Sims2 folder
Cut the downloads folder and place it on my desktop do not copy and paste it will not work
I also did this with my saved sim file as some were not showing up

The close sims 2 file access and open body shop.
Let it open all the way once it is done close it do nothing else.

Then go back to the sims 2 file and open it bodyshop should have created a new downloads folder. Open the Downloads folder on your desktop and copy and paste the files into the new downloads folder.

If body shop created a bew saved sims folder do the same if not copy and paste the one on the desktop into the sims2 folder

Now start the game make sure CC is enabled and all that and see if it is there is not close an re-start.

I had to do this for my game now I am happy finding my lost CC

Be well and Be loved

okay well these seemed to help, I have them all back but...
I think one of my hacks is kind or interferring with BV

I can't try different lodging, I will click on the option, and a little message will come up saying a shuttle will be dispatched, and than either the shuttle never comes or it just passes by the lot.

Inteenimater will interfere with shuttles, walk to, etc because it's not available for BV yet.  The BV Help forum has several threads with this problem that have other mods/hacks identified as causing this problem also.

How come nobody is paying attention to such an important question??? O_o

why do you care?  for some odd reason many people these days say they downloaded something instead of saying they installed it  


which drives me nuts cause there is a big difference between the two actions...

Some people use ELink to download from the EA store.

But the actuel problem is not if he/she meant installing or not, the question is has he/she ilegally downloaded it. Cause I don't think that people are saying "downloading" and meaning "installing" .I think most of them actually do mean that they "downloaded" it.
And I didn't see that BV was already available on EALink, I always thought it'd come out later.

Actually people do mix up the install and download thing on too many occassions.
 Not just for this game, but for many things. I have seen it on many help forums and tech forums. Though I must be honest I rarely see anyone make a comment about it. Well that is not true it gets done a lot in the Sims community. Wonder why?


Oh and the EA link was actually available before the game was even released.
So it is quite possible they downloaded it from there the day it came out.

 I am going to make an assumption here in regards to why no one answered the question. Maybe people figure it is really not up to them to Police the neighborhood and go after people for downloading anything.
After all  would it really change anything? Make a difference somehow?
It also would mean you would be assuming they downloaded it from someplace other then EA. Who are we as fellow players to Judge other players? isn't there enough Judging as it is in this community? Heck for that matter in the world.

actually... i think that how person get their hands on a game is no business but their own..

I agree with Netza.  

A member of this board shouldn't freely admit they download the games, but if they accidentally slip, it doesn't mean its time for the inquisition.

Besides, before anyone judges someone who may or may not have downloaded an expansion.. they better check and make sure they don't have a few mp3's they didn't pay for on their drive.. or perhaps a few pictures they snagged from a website. :)

I'm confused b/c there is no way to play CC in BV since there isn't a downloads folder when you install BV. The only CC that will appear in BV are makeup, hair, genetic, clothes, lots and sims and nothing else - no hacks, furnitures, cars and etc. And even with the few CC that can appear in BV, it still causes the system to crash, so how are you guys able to play hacks in BV?

This is a confusing thread haha..

Custom content works fine in Bon Voyage, just certain hacks cause issues.  Inteeniator doesn't work properly in the game at the moment and a few other hacks cause random issues.  But most of crammyboys mods work and quite a few other hacks at maty work totally fine with the game.

Sometimes after you load a new expansion, enable custom content.. stuff still will not show.  There's an easy fix to this.. you just need to delete a few files..

accessory.cache
groups.cache
contentregistry
cigen.package

All four files should be located under..

c:\my documents\yourname\ea games\the sims 2\

The files will re-spawn after you play the game again but they'll be updated with the custom content.

Make a Downloads folder.  You can do it by using the Sims 2 Installer, or Clean Installer to install a .sims2pack file.  Or run Bodyshop.  Even using Windows Explorer to create My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads works.

Well i installed BV, and my CC and global mods work fine as long as i dont go on vacation, or try to go on a community lot. if i try to go on vacation, the "shuttle" which is usually green is the same as the taxi and it never stops. also, if i want to go on a community lot and i click on a car or try to use the phone, the option is no longer there....its very frustrating to have to play the game without CC...hopefully EA games will come out with a patch to make the game more CC friendly.

Did you remove the outdated version of the Inteenimater?

Take a look at removing your phone hacks too.

no actually i didnt..maybe i should do that..i dont know if i have any phone hacks in the game, i will look for them. so i guess i will take out inteen and replace it with the updated one, and cross my fingers and wish EA Games will have a patch soon.

But, even when i disable all my CC's and mods, do the mods such as inteen still effect my game play even though i know the mods arent active?

I'll just keep my life simple and NOT download BV..

me too Dobygog for the moment

Sorry it took me long to post again lol...but i took out inteen but all of my other CC's are still active and it works just fine.  TY for the advice ancient! :)