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New Medieval Stuff added to the store. Sorry I could only get 3 of the Male outfits. I only had $5 bucks to spend. I am missing the 4th selection. I haven't even seen all the new additions so I hope some of the rest of you  can also "spread the wealth around."  ::)

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=ab4f7dc872c7b3cd5c09f191a64e2498f25f26965a238973

Ok, I'm greedy I went back for more.They haven't finished updating the store yet but there is this really neat castle set for 325 points. Here are some of the new Hair styles.

Thanks for sharing. You posted the same link twice though.

Wow, thanks for these. I'll see if I can buy the castle set and some other stuff; I specially like the chest, door, arch and window. I may buy them today, perhaps tomorrow. So do not spend your money there.  Sorry, >:( I cannot buy beacuse I'm from Mexico!

Edit: Here is a list of the new items.

Buy Mode:
Destiny Dining Chair (100 pts)
Lord and Lady Living Room Chair (100 pts)
Lord and Lady Loveseat (100 pts)
Royal Rest Slab-o-Wood Double Bed (100 pts)
Destiny Dining Table (100 pts)
Noble End Table (75 pts)
Troubadour Table (75 pts)
The Great Lord So-and-So's Shield and Sword (50 pts)
The Banner of the Bold (50 pts)
Treasures of the Realm Chest (75 pts)
Monarch's Mat (50 pts)
Monarch's Runner (50 pts)
Armor Armoire (100 pts)
Beacon of Brightness Floor Lamp (75 pts)
Fleur de Luce Chandelier (75 pts)

Build Mode:
The Complete Castle by Castle Kits, Inc. (includes 15 pieces) (375 pts)
Royal Front Door by Castle Kits, Inc. (100 pts)
Royal Back Door by Castle Kits, Inc. (100 pts)
Regal Window by Castle Kits, Inc. (100 pts)
Royal Back Arch by Castle Kits, Inc. (100 pts)

Thanks to everyone who contributed, Buy and Build Mode Sets are complete!

Edit:
The clothing works, there are three empty packages (two female, one male). Also one male clothing shows up but it is weird (borked Lifo).

(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/Richi3f/medStoreKnight.jpg)

Two hair packages are not working; "afhairfullbob" and "afhairlongloosebraid". The other two DO work.

I have 300 points so I am going to grab 3 of the adult female Hair do we have any already?

I have added an updated file for you all to download. I've experienced much the same problems have you have. For some reason the SCSKINS package file isn't being updated. I had to delete it  several times to allow the EA downloader to re update.  I have the same problem with the corrupt black knight skin (no clue what the deal is with that) but now all the hair files and all the female outfits are now showing up in CAS.

The afbodymedievalceltic_purple, ambodychainmailleknight_blue, afhairfullbob, and the afhairlongloosebraid are empty packages.  I looked at the hair and the clothes with the clean installer.  Somebody who knows what they are doing could see if they could fix the messed up black knight skin.

The messed up black knight is hopeless broken the biggest texture has a corrupted alpha and because of this texture is also ruined. There is nothing we can do. I would suggest to wait with redownload because it looks like they are still working on the fileservers. If i go to the store site there is nothing listed in clothing and hair. Maybe its fixed later.

Here is the message i get if i open the borked packagefiles in SIMPE.


There is a big mess at the store.

The best way to find this stuff, btw, is to go to the Collections area of the store, where you can go to Exclusives, then Castle, and it should have everything (right down to 2-4 versions of various hairstyles and outfits for multiple ages). But right now it seems like we'd better watch the BBS for reports of an update. :P

Will collection files be made again for the new stuff once it's completed? :)

I have the new Teen hairs with the exception of the female teen bowl cut. All work (they showed up in body shop )
included in zip is
tf curly bob
tf smooth bob style
tf long braided style
tm emo style
cf long braid style
Updated with new link that also included the child female long braid style

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?okn5mnbitgz

UPDATE
I now have the following:
 
Lord and Lady Living Room Chair
Lord and Lady Loveseat
Royal Rest Slab-o-Wood Double Bed
Monarch's Mat
Monarch's Runner

get them here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ergt0motn0y
Whoops!  The bed and loveseat were missing! Here is the link to get the bed and loveseat.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zyezqrkydm0

Grumble.. can't use the store as I live in Sweden.. grumble. Yearns for those medieval items.. lol. /end whining :P

Thought I'd let everybody know I reported the messed up black and red knight outfit.  I even included the picture that Richief had put up just so that Maxis would have proof that it needs fixing.  They have a Sims 2 Store stuff thread over at the site on the BBS.  I had reported the problem there and included that picture.  Hope they fix it.

Cerridwen, the loveseat and the double bed aren't in your zip.  Just the chair and the 2 rugs are.

Whoops! Thanks jaldeer, I updated the original post with the link to the other items. 

Thanks to JDFrankFan it looks like we now have working files for all the new hairs now? 
Some from bzrburns in the original post, some from myself and the rest from JDFrankFan. 

nekonoai, I'll make (and update) the collections, once we get all the stuff.


Unfortunately, The Sims Store does not accept my credit card (I'm from Mexico). Weird, my card got accepted three times , perhaps they updated their system to only accept US and Canada credit cards. Sorry, but I cannot contribute this time.

PS: I got 25 pts, is there a way to transfer them?

That's ok Richief - I plan on buying $20 worth of points Friday (my husband says I have to wait till Friday).  I'll buy what's needed.  I thought I'd start with the objects that aren't bought at that time and I should still have points left over to buy some more of the clothes and hair.

Edit:  I don't think there is a way to transfer points - if there is, I'm not sure on how - Just wanted to thank everyone who bought and shared so far.  I'll do my part on Friday.

Here is what clothes and hair that are left -

Clothing & Hair:
Adult Female: Celtic Princess Dress in Purple (75 pts).

Adult Male: The Blue Knight (75 pts),  The Red and White Knight (75 pts), Lord of the Manor in Black (75 pts), Lord of the Manor in Blue (75 pts), Lord of the Manor in Red (75 pts), and Chainmaille Adult Male Hairstyle (100 pts).

Female Child: Celtic Girl's Dress in Blue (75 pts), Celtic Girl's Dress in Green (75 pts), Celtic Girl's Dress in Purple (75 pts), Celtic Girl's Dress in Red (75 pts).

Elder Female: Celtic Queen Dress in Teal (75 pts), Celtic Queen Dress in Purple (75 pts), Celtic Queen Dress in Red (75 pts), and Celtic Queen Dress in White (75 pts).

Elder Male: The Black and Red Veteran Knight (75 pts), The Blue Veteran Knight (75 pts), The Red Veteran Knight (75 pts), Duke of the Manor in Black (75 pts), Duke of the Manor in Blue (75 pts), and Duke of the Manor in Red (75 pts).

Teen Female: Celtic Baroness Dress in Teal (75 pts), Celtic Baroness Dress in Purple (75 pts), Celtic Baroness Dress in Red (75 pts), Celtic Baroness Dress in White (75 pts), and the Cute Bowl Cut (100 pts).

Teen Male: The Black and Red Young Knight (75 pts), The Blue Young Knight (75 pts), The Red Young Knight (75 pts), The Red and White Young Knight (75 pts), Lord of the Manor in Black (75 pts), Lord of the Manor in Blue (75 pts), Lord of the Manor in Red (75 pts), and Chainmaille Teen Male Hairstyle (100 pts).

I noticed that the adult female celtic purple and the adult male blue knight outfits are empty packages.  That's why I have them listed.

Feeling bad  :'( about the snafu's with the first upload so here are the perfectly  ;D working Castle Kit, Doors and the Dining Table and Chairs

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w1z10zn0mwo/CastleDoorDiningObjects.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/file/w1z10zn0mwo/CastleDoorDiningObjects.rar)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/43niwmtgtrg/CastleWallObjects.rar (http://www.mediafire.com/file/43niwmtgtrg/CastleWallObjects.rar)

Edited November 8 2:40PM EST

Some of you have indicated that you have problems downloading probably due to bandwidth issues. I've split the two rar's into four so try this link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=dd08e264235b7f20ab1eab3e9fa335ca6695848f138494c4 (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=dd08e264235b7f20ab1eab3e9fa335ca6695848f138494c4)

I have 300 points what do we need, I'm willing to grab some items.  Can someone post the still needed items.

Thanks

The amhairemocut does not seem to be enabled for elders.  Does anyone have a fix for this?  I tried doing it myself, but my skillz are lacking.  Thanks.

Buymode items left in order of the Collection are:

Dressers:
Armor Armoire thx jaldeer

Hanging Lamps:
Fleur de Luce Chandelier thx jaldeer

Floor Lamps:
Beacon of Brightness Floor Lamp thx jaldeer

Sculptures:
Treasures of the Realm Chest  thx hobbitgrl

Wall Hangings:
The Great Lord So-and-So's Shield and Sword thx jaldeer

The Banner of the Bold thx jaldeer

Coffe Tables:
Troubadour Table thx jaldeer

End Tables:
Noble End Table thx jaldeer

Thanks to all who share the stuff with us.

Please, Havelock can you do a listing of all the Bodyshop stuff left?

is that the only non-elder hair?   

i was gonna wait till we got all the hairs before i looked an them an enabled the ones that needed it for elders

I'm pretty sure.  All the female hairs show up enabled for elders in my game.  The only other hair left is the male chainmail one.

Knightguy, also from the Spooky theme, the adult female messy style from beyond the grave isn't enabled for elders either.  That one never got enabled for elders.

Just went into Bodyshoop, and the files still needed for bodyshop are:

Child: The little girl dresses
Teen: Both Male and Female Clothing
Elder: Both Male and Female Clothing
Adult Female: Purple Dress
Adult Male: Chain mail hair, Red and White Knight, Blue Knight, and the Black and Red knight has the bad file.  Also the Lord of the Manor Clothes.

I'd love to contribute to this, but seeing as I just lost my job, money's a little tight.  Maybe I'll ask the hubby in the morning if I can get at least a small something to help.

Edit: The female hair is enabled for Elders. For the person that wanted to know.

Child Female
Celtic Girl's Dress in Blue
Celtic Girl's Dress in Green
Celtic Girl's Dress in Purple  Thx hobbitgrl
Celtic Girl's Dress in Red


Teen Female:
Celtic Baroness Dress in Teal
Celtic Baroness Dress in Purple Thx boo
Celtic Baroness Dress in Red
Celtic Baroness Dress in White Thx boo

Cute Bowl Cut

Adult Female:
Celtic Princess Dress in Purple

Elder Female:
Celtic Queen Dress in Teal
Celtic Queen Dress in Purple
Celtic Queen Dress in Red
Celtic Queen Dress in White

Teen Male:
The Black and Red Young Knight
The Blue Young Knight
The Red Young Knight
The Red and White Young Knight

Lord of the Manor in Black
Lord of the Manor in Blue
Lord of the Manor in Red     
Chainmaille Teen

Adult Male:
The Black and Red Knight, broken texture dont download at the moment.
The Blue Knight
The Red and White Knight

Lord of the Manor in Black
Lord of the Manor in Blue   Thx hobbitgrl
Lord of the Manor in Red 

Chainmaille Adult

Elder Male:
The Black and Red Veteran Knight
The Blue Veteran Knight Thx boo
The Red Veteran Knight
The Red and White Veteran Knight
Duke of the Manor in Black
Duke of the Manor in Blue
Duke of the Manor in Red

Edit: Sorry i missed JDFrankFan got some hair.

Big thank you to jaldeer who got the rest of the Clothings and Hair.

amhairemocut  was already enabled for elders it just was missing the hairtone setting  ::)

http://www.mediafire.com/?nyq3ywkmjmy


an the spooky hairs were enabled for elders in TS2 Store Stuff Posts 518 & 534

Here is existing hair fixed,family binned and removed duplicate textures. Textures are shared by all ages so no need to have them in every file. I will update if the missing hairs are posted.

Edit: removed broken link.

Well, I went to purchase the rest of the missing furniture items, but when I went to buy points, I got an "error occured" message three times. Meanwhile, going to my card webpage, I have three charges. Guess I get to fight with EA in the morning about getting my $ back, as I don't want to spend the total amount I was charged. F-ers!

I'll grab the lord of the manor black and the celtic dress in purple as soon as I get home today.

Typical EA.  ::) Let us know what they say.

Lord of the Manor Black and Celtic Purple

http://www.mediafire.com/?jbwzyoy3bzn (http://www.mediafire.com/?jbwzyoy3bzn)
Please let me know if there is a problem

Treasure of the Round Chest

http://www.mediafire.com/?52kjmwgy5t2 (http://www.mediafire.com/?52kjmwgy5t2)

I just grabbed Lord of the Manor Blue

http://www.mediafire.com/?wzyywmmyooo (http://www.mediafire.com/?wzyywmmyooo)


Moderator edit: triple posting fixed

Heres the cletic dress for teens in colors purple and white and the male elder knight outfit in blue: http://www.mediafire.com/?jqmmzztniom

Tried the castle bed in game last night and found it strange that the only bedding available to it was the old EA bedding. None of any new bedding and none of my custom bedding was showing in the catalog for this bed. I was wondering if anyone else had this problem?

Let it be noted that all the bedding is showing up in my buy catalog for all other EA beds and my custom beds.

I haven't checked the stuff in game yet, but I hope if there is a problem, the bed can be fixed. I never use EAxis's bedding except maybe the few new ones added in the last few packs.

I just checked the bed in my game and it works.  There are 2 bedding that came with the bed - one is blue with some castle design on it and the other is brown and gold with some castle design on it and the custom bedding shows up too.

Boy this is strange. I think I'm going to delete this one and try a redownload and  reinstall of the bed. Maybe I missed something the first go around.

As for the hair styles, I didn't try them yet. I just tried the bed and the castle build stuff. I made a tiny castle on one of those special tiny lots for a new sims I have with "airs".  Or it looks like someone who'd look down at their noses at others anyway.

Thanks everyone for answering. By the way on those EA bedding I didn't even show any of the newer bedding just the old fugly as hell stuff. I could have tolerated the newer ones, but not those.

OK, off to try again.

WEll, went I went back to the card webpage, the charges were gone, yay! Still get the stupid error message. Waiting to see what kind of "help" the ahemcustomerahemserviceahem gives me. DO hope Disney buys them, but the "The Sims 3: High School Musical MMCMXVII" EP DO NOT WANT!!! lol!

Anyone know if I can change the codes on the items (using SimPE) to make them viewable in BV?  I have all expansions through BV and KBID packs and none of them show.

As BastDawn posted http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12303.msg348611.html#msg348611 (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12303.msg348611.html#msg348611) here.

Try the instructions in this post by Bastdawn (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,12303.msg348611.html#msg348611).  Earlier in that thread is also another suggestion for creating a directory structure which mimics what TSStore does to install objects.

If you modify the objects to work in earlier EP configurations, would you mind posting again to share? :)

Thanks for doing this guys I'm sure it's appreciated by the rest of the world that doesn't even have the option to purchase from the Sims2 Store. I nearly wet myself when I saw this "stuff pack" then I realized it would cost me US$61 (that's about $100 Aust). Anyway enough rant. Thanks again. :)

bzrburns just letting you know that these two links

http://www.mediafire.com/file/w1z10zn0mwo/CastleDoorDiningObjects.rar

http://www.mediafire.com/file/43niwmtgtrg/CastleWallObjects.rar

are producing a 404 not found message  :(

   

Finally, here is what's left of the Castle theme - the rest of the objects, clothes, the chainmaille hair for adult and teen males, and the teen female bowl hair.  I didn't get any empty packages.  Everything shows up.  Here is the link to the objects http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?tmuxozvt2gn and here is the link to the rest of the clothes http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ynimdzmugjm. 

I still haven't went in game, but the hairs aren't showing up in BS. The clothes show fine, but not the hair. I'll check again to see if I missed them, but is anyone else having trouble with the hair?

EDIT: Ok, I checked again and they are there, they just show in a different spot than the other store hairs.

ShortyBoo which EPs have you installed? Store Hair needs FT or later EP and latest FT patch to be visible in BS and Game.

Thanks to jaldeer it was possible to fix the black and red Knight we got from bzrburns  because Elder has the same Texture as Adult.

Just a quick note, the chainmaille hair that's for adult and teen males, doesn't show up in bodyshop, just CAS.  I noticed when I started up bodyshop, that the adult male black and red knight outfit was ok.  I had reported it messed up.  I'm guessing it got fixed.   But, I'd rather have  Havelock's fixed version.  Thanks Havelock for fixing it and the teen modern bowl cut.   I hope they're done with new things at the Sims 2 Store.  I'm sure they'll add stuff from Apartment Life and Mansions and Garden after it comes out.

They have been posted in the thread, but if you would like them sorted and renamed try:
Castle Set Clothes (http://www.mediafire.com/?mtizmmx0myo)
Castle Set Hairs (http://www.mediafire.com/?mky4xoox3uw)
 Castle Set Objects (http://www.mediafire.com/?qn1kljmjkum)
Castle Set Walls (http://www.mediafire.com/?l2ime2dm0fw)

Edit: The only thing missing is EM The Red and White Veteran Knight skin.

Are there all of the Castle objects, clothes and hair in this arhives?

Build and buy collection files for the Castle objects. I think we have them all?

Thanks everyone who collected this stuff.

Death to Emma.

Death to Pescado.

To Ladyangua


A new Link for the Castle Kit and Dining Objects has been posted.

Is this something that can be fixed in SimPE as with some of the earlier store objects Havelock?  Or do you think the game engine itself must be upgraded?

Also, has anyone else noticed that the single-story, 2-tile door has fucked shadows?  The left side of the double door is distinctly darker than the other in my game.  ???

Yes you could change the EP/SP bits in Propertyset. You could look in the older Store tread what bits EPs have.


Yes its the same in my Game but all 2-tile doors have it, its not only the Store door.

Aren't ALL 2 tile doors like that? I don't think there's a fix for that.

Oh!  I was using TS2 on the Windows side to check out the store stuff, and I rarely do any actual playing with it. :D  Ironically, the mac version of the game is pretty much inferior in all respects, except this I suppose.  All double doors in my mac game display properly.

Thanks Havelock, for the info and the fixes.  I shall research and learn. :)

This is true, Castle Bed doesn't accept custom beddings. It only accepts basegame and BV beddings. I made a fix for it. Download here (http://www.mediafire.com/?jdnwy2zu5yx).

Fixes:
- Castle bed accepts all beddings including custom ones.
- Castle beddings are available to all beds, not only this one.
- Removed duplicate files.

Where do I drop the clothes for them to work?  :-[

I just put mine in a sub-folder in my Downloads folder.

Can they be binned? The reason I'm asking is that I have downloads turned off in my game so I bin everything so that the game doesn't blow up.

They might work being put in the C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\YOUR LATEST EP\TSData\Res\Catalog\Skins folder. Try it and see.

Here is an utterly dumb question. I have *tried* to read all of the posts about the store before asking this but, what ep does the game need for the objects from the spooky and medievil sets? The cubic and deco show up fine and all the clothing and hair from every set does as well but the furnishings do not. I have FT as my latest ep (with no patch). Is there any suggestion as to making this work? Sorrry to waste post space  :'(

I have been using the Store hair and clothing in a couple of different installation setups; up to Seasons only, and up to Bon Voyage only, without any trouble with the package files in a subfolder of my Downloads folder. My main computer that I play Sims 2 on does not have the EADM software on it, either. Therefore, I have not found the above quote to be correct.

*Thanks to everyone here for their generous sharing.

I've found the same to be true for the hair and clothes.  Skins appear properly in my BV game without modification.

Objects are a different matter.  So far, I've been able to get all the Cubic and Deco objects to show up except for the dining chairs in my game, so I think those require FT+.  The Spooky objects mostly don't show up in my BV game.  I can get maybe half of them going, even after checking the EP flags to be sure they are set for base game.  If they don't work in FT either, then I guess they must have true AL dependencies.  Of the Castle objects, I managed to get all but the bed and chest to show up.

I haven't given up hope for those last 2 objects, though.  I'm still looking into whether the bed can be made compatible for earlier EPs.  I have a SimPE question in regard to this though: I have SimPE installed next to an AL game, so I cannot clone an appropriate bed to get the resources.  Could someone toss me a cloned Maxis bed from a Pets/Seasons game installation?

Once I get some idea of whether I can expect to include the bed and chest in a timely fashion, I'll offer up whatever objects I have.

I also only have expansions to BV installed.  I set the flags as per the post by Bastdawn and everything shows up in game excluding the chest and bed, and the single story spooky windows, spooky columns, and the deco bar stool.

All the hair and skins show up just fine in my regular Downloads folder.

I'm having similar issues with Sims Store objects showing up in my game.  I'm a Mac user, so I have all Sims EPs and SPs that are out for Macs (EPs through BV, plus FFS, GLS, and Holiday).  All Cubic and Deco objects show up with the exception of the dining chairs.  Most of the Spooky objects don't (with a couple of exceptions).  So I'm basically having the same results as seelindarun.

Given that, I expected to have all Castle objects show up in my game except for the bed and chest.  But I currently don't have a single Castle object showing up.  I have no idea if this has to do with base game flags or not - SimPE isn't available for native Mac environments, so I can't check this out or fix this problem on my own.  Do the objects posted in this thread have base game flags?  If not, is this something someone might be able to help me out with?

Many, many thanks for any and all help.

The earlier links for Castle objects didn't have base game flags.  I have done this now; this set (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=0ebec3ba58c50333d2db6fb9a8902bda) doesn't include any version of the bed nor the decorative chest, because I could not make them load properly in earlier EPs.  If someone else would like to try it, I'd welcome that.  I tried to replace all of the resources I could think of that might have been updated in AL (BCON, TRCN, BHAV, TTAs, TTAB, OBJf, STR#), but did not meet with success. :(

To reiterate, the objects in this set may not be compatible with the base game even though flags were set, and in fact many objects probably won't be.  If you cannot see some objects with your EP configuration, it's because the object has intrinsic dependencies on a missing EP.

Most Castle Objects are Pets enabled which means bed has joints for pets to sleep and slots for sratch and chew on them. Its the same with other objects if one has no Pets EP Objects may not show up in Game.

Something different is going on with the Castle bed, though.  I tried to load it (with basegame flags set) into a game with all EPs up to BV.  When that didn't work, I replaced resources which I extracted from a cloned Colonial bed (with EPs up to BV), so I think the Pets issue is covered.  Nonetheless, I must have done it wrong, or else I'm replacing the wrong resources. 

Interestingly, none of my experiments caused the Castle bed to break in my AL game; it just absolutely refused to load into the BV game no matter how I mangled it. ???

Since I don't think it's been posted yet.. I've made a package for Elder Male "The Red and White Veteran Knight"
Unfortunately, I can't buy from the store, so it's just a recolor of the mesh using the texture from the Adult outfit (Better than nothing in my opinion!)  It'll show up along with the other store outfits.  I didn't include the mesh in the package, so you will need one of the other outfits of this mesh.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ktwwobennng (http://www.mediafire.com/?ktwwobennng)

Has anyone ever gotten the toddler mummy hair working?  ???

TS2 Store Stuff Collections  Post #20

Oh, thanks!  I don't know how I missed that.  :)

Has anyone else noticed that the castle windows don't shed any light? I guess EA thinks castles should be dark.

Do you have all EPs?  When I checked with all EPs up to AL, the windows lit the room properly (as did the doors) if they were put into a wall receiving sunlight.

seelindarun, I just wanted to thank you so much for the base-game-flagged castle set you shared. I'm on a mac with all eps up to BV and everything showed up perfectly, the windows let light in too :)

Is there any chance you could also do the deco & cubic desk chairs? And the spooky set? (Only the small gargoyle, streetlight, and wall light show up for me.) Please please please?

Yeah I do have all EPs and all SPs except for ikea and H&M or did have until my computer crashed Saturday night in the middle of furnishing the castle. :'( .
Before that I had experimented a bit and the castle windows were not casting light into the room like the other windows but the room was not suffering a hit to the enviroment score like it would have if it had no light.
Now that I think about it maybe it was my graphics card because I'm pretty sure that is what caused the crash.

Snoopy, the items you mention do not currently work for Macs.  As I understand it, they need resources from one of the EPs we don't have yet in order to work properly.  The Castle bed and treasure chest are the same way, which is why seelindarun didn't include those objects when he/she changed the object flags for this most recent set.

I've been having trouble getting my game to load with this stuff installed.  The Cubic and Deco sets both crash my game as soon as the loading screen is about to fade to the neighbourhood-choosing-thing.  I changed field 0040 to 0x0001 in SimPE, to no effect.  Is this because I only have the base game and University, or did I screw something up while editing?

Please read the thread you are posting in.  We've already discussed the problem of missing EPs with respect to store objects.  The issues with mac players with BV have nothing to do with macs specifically.  They apply to anyone who does not have a complete set of EPs up to AL.

To elaborate on what Grania wrote, the objects which will not load for BV players require more extensive modification than just setting flags.  (Read my earlier post in this thread for an idea of what I tried on the Castle bed as an example.)  Essentially, it's the same principle as updating CC for later EPs, except in reverse.  If you want to learn, there are tutorials for this.  Unfortunately, even though I understand what must be done in theory, I don't have enough experience to know which resources need to be replaced for each object x each EP.  For some objects, it would probably be easier to remake them from scratch using only the mesh from the store object.  I continue to read and learn and try different things with those stubborn objects, but it's mostly just to advance my own learning process.  Anyone else who is interested should feel free to try their hand at it.

Oh sorry! I saw Cynarra had tried it but I guess I just hoped :-[ (And why would newer eps affect dining chairs? Stupid Eaxis...)

But thank you again to the original uploaders for the castle set , to seelindarun for flagging it base-game, and to Richief for the bedding fix.

Grania, do you mind mentioning which objects do work for people who have Macs with all EPs and SPs?  Trying to keep track of this gives me a huge headache. 

EDIT:  Sorry, I saw your earlier post, but it still does give me a giant headache.  I'll try things a bit at a time. 

Lo, how I hate the Sims store.

PB, the Sims 2 Store items that have not worked in my game to date are:

EDIT: All Sims Store build and buy objects now work in game thanks to the efforts of seelindarun and the wisdom of Lord Darcy.

My game includes the following EPs and SPs: Uni, NL, OFB, Pets, Seasons & BV; FFS, GL & Happy Holiday.

 Figured it was shorter and neater to list what DIDN'T work than what did.   ;)

Castle Bed, Castle treasure chest, and the two dining chairs work for me. All EP, H&M, K&B, Ikea, and now M&G. Worked before M&G. I can't speak for the spooky items as I had no interest in them.

Please don't spread the confusion, Zazazu.  Grania, professorbutters (PB) and I were posting about which store objects work if you have all EP/SPs in OS X.  FT/AL/M&G are not available for macs.

However, it doesn't actually matter whether you're on a mac or PC.  If you have all EPs up to BV, Grania's list of broken TSStore objects is accurate.

Grania, could you please edit your post to explicitly include what EPs you have, instead of posting "all EPs".  I'm sure professorbutters isn't the last to ask about this, and it would be nice to be able to link to your post, for the benefit of anyone (mac or PC) who has your EP configuration.

I have downloaded the castle walls pack from the link here.  Normally I would have been happy to purchase it legitimately, but they seem to hate Brits at EA.

Anyway, I do have EA Store edition installed (I did that before I knew I could not get the objects).  Should I uninstall it first in case it phones home and gets me into trouble?

I did exactly the same Inge. They hate Swedes too. I haven't had any problems so far.

The EA store edition annoyed me, because it's a pointless, useless folder that's just there to remind me I was dumb enough not to go here and download the stuff in the first place instead of trying (and failing because I wasn't from the right side of the pond) to throw money at EA so they could magnanimously throw broken shit at me, so I got rid of it fast as I possibly could.  ;D Everything works perfectly fine for me without it.

could someone with the know how please lower the Fleur de Luce Chandelier so its not sticking thru the ceiling  ???

I would prefer two versions - one without the annoying chain sticking up on upper floor, and one with a longer chain which could hang in a room with a two floor high ceiling.

seelindarun, previous post has been edited.  Link away!

New items found:

Ultimate Interior Castle Bundle (includes 21 pieces)
1,275 SimPoint
 
Now your Sim's desire to live and dress the part of royalty has finally come true. The Royals will enjoy home even more with plush interiors and grand lighting. This bundle contains hand carved living, dining and bedroom furniture, beautiful rugs, a one of a kind tapestry, chest, door, and window. 21 separate pieces

http://thesims2store.ea.com/productList.html?gender=male&startAt=0&categoryId=10658&scategoryId=10751&index= (http://thesims2store.ea.com/productList.html?gender=male&startAt=0&categoryId=10658&scategoryId=10751&index=) See it yourself!

Anyone still have enough points for that?  :P

Grania, Thanks for the list. At least now I can give up on those objects for the time being. However, I have to ask- is there a reason that I can't get any of the beds to show up in my game? I'm not talking about just the castle ones.

I'm not sure about that, this seems to be a new item. If only EA provided more pics instead of this:

(http://na.llnet.sims2store.ea.com/u/f/sims/sims2/sims2_se/thumbnails/Objects/aCastleInteriorBundle/Thumbnail_145x145.png)

I have it. It's in the Castle collection here, where else would I have got it?

Yeah the ultimate bundle thing is new. If only people bother to take a look closely at the link siupang posted. The one we currently have is the one with 15 items, this has 21.

The one I have, called Castle Objects, has 21 objects in it. I am in Europe so I have obtained it here.
ETA: its the one posted here:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13577.msg387229.html#msg387229 (http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13577.msg387229.html#msg387229)

It looks like they made a additional royal part with different objects in it.

Those are not the ones... I know you have those new items... But the 21 new ones are different!

I guess those are new... So, I am not slow  ;D

I will check it out when I get home. But, even if they call it plush, the description (dining, bedroom, chest, door, window..) sounds a LOT like the previous items.

I notice they've now uploaded the Christmas Tree and Snowman set from the holiday crap packs of olde. I can just imagine what the EA execs (provided they are indeed human) are thinking... "AMAZING OFFER: Your two favourite christmas items + SecuROM for FREE!"

I just went to Store and counted... *19* new items, that's exactly the number of the Castle objects given previously.

So, i guess this newly-added download may not really be *new* to many of us here who have got more awesome version (as we have fixed most of them) of those items!  ;D

Yes, now I had a look - and I am sure, it's just a bundle of all the objects, that we already have.

It's an attempt to con people out of their money by selling them something they already have, by being ambiguous as to what exactly the compilation actually contains. To what low will EA sink?

Yea, now I can see why EA is trying to sell its shares to Disney  :-\

Just wondering when will EA stop milking the Store? Do you think they will still create new exclusive downloads when Sims 3 is out? Since the Store is still in their Beta phrase, what will happen when it has gone Gold?

I do like new items by EA but I really hate the way they are milking them... I would rather have new stuff packs instead!

hhmm lets see  a new theme came out yetesday an a new thread was made for it?   so i'm guessing yes we're doing a new thread for each theme  ::) as there 4 sim store threads already

I think we can stick with having one stickied thread for the newest set while we're collecting (and repairing) its files, and a main sticky for the completed sets to download.  It keeps things current and is less confusing.

I bought the holiday edition of the Sims 2, instead of the Holiday Stuff pack; so I'm missing a few items.  Is there any way I can get them from the EA store without getting stuck with Securom?  (As of right now, my new rig is Securom free.)

Try this

http://mavrev.com/hosted/sims/?page_id=2

shesim no, there's no holiday stuff there  :(

I'm the same as lovejoyriteia. i bought the festive edition but not the festive holiday stuff & i'd love to get my hands on the diet festive tree, the magic mistletoe, holiday greetings! from Cold Traditions snowmad card holder, the divine kadomatsu & the huge tree extravaganza! by Big Yard Dudes Inc but as I live in the UK, I can't  >:(

Try this: The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff (http://www.mininova.org/tor/972880).

Richief, went to get Holiday downloads and I have never used mininova for downloads..what are the steps?

Thanks,

Twink

1. Download Bit Torrent (http://www.bittorrent.com/btusers/download/?).
2. Install Bit Torrent.
3. Go to Mininova, download the torrent (http://www.mininova.org/tor/972880).
4. Open the torrent (with Bit Torrent).
5. Wait download proccess.
6. Use 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) to extract the file (The Sims 2 Happy Holiday Stuff Pack.iso or something else.iso) somewhere.
7. Double click setup.exe and install it.

sorry, thought we were talking about store items but then go with richief download. It gives you the whole ep.

good luck  ;)

Is there any possiblilty that someone might be willing to upload the Holiday Stuff From the store to here? I've tried Dling it from TPB & Mininova but it gave me viruses & a bunch of other stuff. It would be much appreciated.  :-[

Considering the legal threats, probably not.  MediaFire on the other hand.....   ::)

Why should we spend money on stuff that is already working? Try Mininova or any other torrent source.

I downloaded mine from Mininova and I don't have viruses, nor a bunch of other stuff  ::). Follow the instructions I gave earlier and you'll probably have a bunch of holiday items.

The link to Mediafire for these sets and for Havelock's Fixed Set in the reply#49 above, show an invalid file error.  Quote:  "Invalid File. This error has been forwarded to MediaFire's development team.
The key you provided for file download was invalid. This is usually caused because the file is no longer stored on Mediafire. This occurs when the file is removed by the originating user or Mediafire."

Was this intentionally removed by Havelock and NoneTheLess?

I notice that there are no TM clothes in that. Has no one bought them? Are they not top priority? ....it is of course possible that I missed the link to any linked in this thread. It is so long.
The school uniforms would make pretty good defaults.

The TM outfits are included in each set zip, the uniforms are part of the Asian Fusion set, they are the last files in the clothing folder. The separate files marked AF, AM & TF are the store exclusive outfits that were not part of any sets, which there were none for TM.

Ahh, this computers browser settings give some issue with the catalogs on the Store so I hadn't gone through all of the catalogs. It didn't really make sense to me for the uniforms to be in any of the collections up.

Actually, there is a second set of uniforms now, those (the prep school ones) are in the Art Nouvelicous collection.

http://www.mininova.org/com/2180048
Hai sup meet my friend mininova.

I'm looking for the Store item called Spooky Pumpkin Head. Does anyone stilll have this one? I've tried all the usual suspects :(

Also the Missink Point Topiary.