[Solved!] CC Showing Up in Body Shop but Not In-Game, PLEASE HELP!!!
First I'd like to say that I tried looking a bit to see if someone may have already had this problem, but I didn't go too far, so I apologize if this is repetitive or in the wrong section.
I've been playing Sims 2 on Windows 7 for years with absolutely no problems, until the fateful day that my laptop crashed and burned into an irreparable state. :( Thankfully I had backed up my entire "Sims 2" folder to my hard drive, although honestly at this point I'm not worried about recovering the families/neighborhoods, but thankful that I (hopefully) won't have to go re-download all my CC again lol.
A few months later, I was given my mom's old desktop (Windows 10) to use, so I cleared all of the documents that were currently on it (not factory reset though) and installed all of my discs. Deluxe installed fine, ran into the "app blocked by admin" error and fixed that, so in the end everything installed fine. After the graphics rule maker had been adjusted and seemed to work well, I then decided to copy my old Downloads folder to my new "Sims 2" folder in my Documents and see how things go. I tried Body Shop first and it came up just fine, shows my CAS CC just fine, I even made a couple sims just out of excitement. However, when I actually enter my game and go into a household, NONE of my CC shows up! I tried CAS, and not only is my CC not showing up, but even the sims I just made in Body Shop aren't showing up in my Sim Bin! To clarify, I did enable CC in the game BEFORE I even copied the Downloads folder over, and not only restarted the game after doing so, but also restarted the computer at least once.
I'm not very savvy with Windows 10, like at all, so it's very possible I've done something silly or naive without even realizing it. I'm just at a loss right now since it's showing fine in Body Shop, just not in my game.
I have all the EPs and SPs: Deluxe, University Life(combo), OFB, Family Fun, Glam Life, Pets, Seasons, Celebration stuff, H&M, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Kitchen & Bath, Apt Life, and Mansion & Garden. All have been installed exactly in this order too, but like I said installation went just fine after fixing the "blocked app" error. Just in case it matters, I followed the instructions for installing from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sf7jyo_2kQ (hopefully the link is ok for posting here) as it mentions for W10 you need to download something to avoid the update error.
Most of any other advice I find online either is out-dated and not for Windows 10, or doesn't seem to apply to my specific situation. Again, it may be something silly that I'm missing here, maybe on 10 the downloads folder goes somewhere else than it did in 7? I did notice I didn't have a "Config" folder in the My Documents/User/EA Games/Sims 2 directory either, and I was sure I had that folder and others that seem to be missing when it was installed on 7... Maybe that's part of it? Honestly I don't know, but I'm hoping someone might be able to help or give any sort of advice. I'm not home atm, but I will update with my computer specs once I can. Also I'm sorry if this post is a jumbled mess, just trying to get as much info in as I can lol any advice or suggestions are very much welcome :heart: and happy simming! :)
I've been playing Sims 2 on Windows 7 for years with absolutely no problems, until the fateful day that my laptop crashed and burned into an irreparable state. :( Thankfully I had backed up my entire "Sims 2" folder to my hard drive, although honestly at this point I'm not worried about recovering the families/neighborhoods, but thankful that I (hopefully) won't have to go re-download all my CC again lol.
A few months later, I was given my mom's old desktop (Windows 10) to use, so I cleared all of the documents that were currently on it (not factory reset though) and installed all of my discs. Deluxe installed fine, ran into the "app blocked by admin" error and fixed that, so in the end everything installed fine. After the graphics rule maker had been adjusted and seemed to work well, I then decided to copy my old Downloads folder to my new "Sims 2" folder in my Documents and see how things go. I tried Body Shop first and it came up just fine, shows my CAS CC just fine, I even made a couple sims just out of excitement. However, when I actually enter my game and go into a household, NONE of my CC shows up! I tried CAS, and not only is my CC not showing up, but even the sims I just made in Body Shop aren't showing up in my Sim Bin! To clarify, I did enable CC in the game BEFORE I even copied the Downloads folder over, and not only restarted the game after doing so, but also restarted the computer at least once.
I'm not very savvy with Windows 10, like at all, so it's very possible I've done something silly or naive without even realizing it. I'm just at a loss right now since it's showing fine in Body Shop, just not in my game.
I have all the EPs and SPs: Deluxe, University Life(combo), OFB, Family Fun, Glam Life, Pets, Seasons, Celebration stuff, H&M, Bon Voyage, FreeTime, Kitchen & Bath, Apt Life, and Mansion & Garden. All have been installed exactly in this order too, but like I said installation went just fine after fixing the "blocked app" error. Just in case it matters, I followed the instructions for installing from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sf7jyo_2kQ (hopefully the link is ok for posting here) as it mentions for W10 you need to download something to avoid the update error.
Most of any other advice I find online either is out-dated and not for Windows 10, or doesn't seem to apply to my specific situation. Again, it may be something silly that I'm missing here, maybe on 10 the downloads folder goes somewhere else than it did in 7? I did notice I didn't have a "Config" folder in the My Documents/User/EA Games/Sims 2 directory either, and I was sure I had that folder and others that seem to be missing when it was installed on 7... Maybe that's part of it? Honestly I don't know, but I'm hoping someone might be able to help or give any sort of advice. I'm not home atm, but I will update with my computer specs once I can. Also I'm sorry if this post is a jumbled mess, just trying to get as much info in as I can lol any advice or suggestions are very much welcome :heart: and happy simming! :)
