Yipes: no makeup and no new clothes?

[ZiggyDoodle]

On 8/24 all was well in Pleasantview.  Katie Avio changed her hairstyle and makeup, and bought some new clothes.

Yesterday (8/25) I download some hair.  Before I installed the CC I made a backup of my game.  Decided to bin the hair into its own folder using Clean Installer.

Started the game and opened my Montrose home.  Sent Zach to change his appearance and all the makeup option buttons are greyed out, except for the face makeup - and that only has "none" and one choice.  Their son had just transitioned to a teen and had gone clothes shopping, but none of his purchases show up in this closet.  Poor kid can't even choose a pair of PJs!

I removed the downloads folder; same problem.  I reinstalled my August 24 backup game with and without the downloads folder.  Same problem.  Moved all hair and meshes back into the general downloads area.  Same problem and it affects all households.  Didn't go into Uni but am sure it is a game-wide glitch.

Am guessing some file is corrupted and remember a somewhat similar issue I had in the base game with clothing, before any EPs came out.  I recall I had to regenerate an objects type file, but can't remember which file or the instructions. 

Probably not noteworthy, but against my better judgment a couple of weeks ago I did install the OFB patch - but got an error message and haven't tried since.  Only thing I noticed from that was a half-assed reset and a couple of my toddlers had lost all the skills they had earned.

Have not exerpienced any other glitches.

Any awesome advice most welcome and appreciated, as I can't imagine getting through the day without makeup or decent clothing.

[Simsample]

You could try replacing the objects.package file (that's probably what you are remembering that you did before):
http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=134921

[ZiggyDoodle]

Yes, that was the file I replaced in the base game; had missing memory icons and it did the trick.

This afternoon I decided to just uninstall and reinstall OFB, since that file would be regenerated.    After all, it rained all day and that gave me the excuse to devote the day to my 'hood.  Fat chance.

Reinstalled, but no solution. When a Sim goes to change appearance, if she is female there is no makeup, glasses, eyebrows or facial hair option.  The guys have no makeup, glasses, eyebrows but do get a choice of two beards.

Checked Uni and it is the same there.  I've now taken out my downloads folder.  Had done that before with no success but I don't think I rebooted the computer, so will try that. 

Am clueless - maybe I'll run SimPE and see what shows up there - not that I comprehend anything in SimPE, but maybe it will jump out and show me the light.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Okay, I've diddled around with my game for hours to no avail.  Followed all the suggestions over at MTS and even replaced my game files with an August 11 backup, trying it with the downloads in and with them out.  Game still works fine but the makeup/facial hair, etc. options under the change appearance command don't work (buttons greyed out).  That bugs me.

What is in an objects.package file?  Since my glitch deals with things that were set in the base game, if the objects.package file includes this stuff, could I copy that file from the base game CD and replace it?

The base game and every EP has an objects.package file.   I just have no idea what this file is.

Maybe I'll just have to bite the bullet and do the disk dance of uninstall and reinstall.   

[Avalikia]

Decided to bin the hair into its own folder using Clean Installer.

I'm sure someone more awesome than me will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe hair doesn't work if you put it in a subfolder.

[neriana]

Decided to bin the hair into its own folder using Clean Installer.

I believe hair doesn't work if you put it in a subfolder.

That was true until Nightlife. It works perfectly well in a subfolder now.

[Avalikia]

*shrugs* Well, hair never works for me in a subfolder and I have all the expansions.  I actually only realised this recently.  Then again, I have a grand total of 1 custom hair in my game.

[Lythdan]

I have all the EPs (not that family fun thing though) and all my hair is subfoldered.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Thanks for the suggestion, but moving the hair and meshes back into the dowloads folder had no effect nor did moving the downloads folder out of the game, although I saw a couple of my lady Sims visiting community lots with newly shaved heads.

In searching the archives, I did find a post by Motoki stating he had lost all Maxis hair and makeup, and that only custom content was showing up.  My glitch deals mainly with missing makeup, although some custom hair does appear in the noncustom Maxis hair options. 

Some game file is corrupted as removing my game folder to the desktop and generating a new game folder produced the same glitch.  Which is why I'm curious about what the objects.package files contains. 

If it does deal with makeup, hair, etc., then replacing the objects file for the base game and each of my EPs might be quicker than doing the dance of the ten disks (or whatever the number is). 

We'll see...

[Jelenedra]

Mine is subfoldered, and not even as subfoldered as I would like. 

[Gwill]

All my hair (and I have a lot) is subfoldered in many levels (sorted by site, artist, and mesh), except for one hair that only works if it's in the Saved Sims folder.  I never figured that one out.

[Avalikia]

Maybe it's the same thing that's going on with my custom hair.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Well, I think I'll leave the hair out of any subfolder, presuming I get things fixed.

By the way, do we get prizes for joining the uninstall/reinstall club?  A star for our forehead?   A big red "UR" for our chests?   

[ZiggyDoodle]

Three hours later (includes one hour to defrag disk), things are back on track after installing the base game, three EPs and the holiday pack (because I had holiday roasts in my deli).

I give JadeElliot a shiny star to wear on her forehead for her suggestion (found during a search) to copy all the game files after a total reinstall as a backup.  If I screw up again, the reinstall time will be 15 minutes.

Now, off to fgure out what the heck was happening before things went wacky.

[ElfPuddle]

*gives Ziggy a gold star for joining the dancing disk club*

I wish you luck.

[ZiggyDoodle]

Ziggy sticks gold star on forehead and jumps up and down

Thank you ElfPuddle!