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I've made default replacement eyeshadows and I can't get them to show up! They do 'work' because in-game (in CAS), the new thumbnails show up just fine, and the actual eyeshadows themselves are perfect. But I can't get the thumbnails to show up in Bodyshop. Is this normal? I've searched and searched and can't find anything. I've deleted every cache-type-thing in the main Documents\EA Games folder and everything in \Thumbnails about 10 times. That's working, as in, everything slows to a crawl for it to regenerate - but not eyeshadow (or other makeup, from what I can see), which is what I want to regenerate. Please advise, I'm at my wits' end! :(

Delete the file cigen in your My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 and it should reload them.

Thanks, but I've done that a few times already and it isn't working :(

Check the Thumbnails folder under 'The Sims 2' -- I believe there's a file there for Bodyshop.  Just delete it and BS will regenerate it when it needs to.

Have you used CTRL + Right click on the thumbnails in CAS?

Have you replaced the thumbnail swatch?
Makeup doesn't automatically generate thumbnails, you have to create them.

In My Documents? I've deleted everything in there. I did find another file in Program Files\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\UserData, but I don't know if this is used - the modify date is just off the cd, and it has some thumbnails in for things like face templates, which don't show up anywhere in my actual game as they've been replaced (they show up properly in Bodyshop, too!) :/


I might try this 'cause I'm all out of ideas and this can't hurt. But in CAS, they already have properly-updated thumbnails. It's just a Bodyshop problem.


Yeah, I replaced them, they show up fine in CAS - I just can't get them to show up in Bodyshop :(

Are you using the correct Bodyshop exe for the latest EP/SP you have installed? I was having Bodyshop problems, with stuff not showing correctly, etc until I realised I wasn't using the K&BI bodyshop.

I haven't worked much in bodyshop, but I seem to remember that it works oddly, especially with replacements.

Hur. That answers one of my own nagging questions, and makes me so stoopid.

This isn't it, but thanks anyway :( I'm running BV and using BV's Bodyshop.


Yeah, I think I've pretty much resigned myself to loading the actual game whenever I want to check the swatches. It's probably better to check makeup in the in-game lighting, anyway. XD

Oh well, thanks everyone for all your ideas :)

I just checked my own makeup replacement, and their thumbnails don't show in bodyshop either.
Since the replacements themselves work fine, I can't really be bothered to do anything about it.

Phew! It's not just me :) I guess I can live with it if I can't fix it. Thanks for checking yours.