Thank you all for the assistance ... things are working much better now ... stopped in yesterday but my connection didn't wanna let me reply just then ... lol

I'm pretty much down to finding that system that will work for me ... I am apparently a pain in the tookus with the order-thing in those folders ... Hopefully sometime before new years, I'll be playing again! *nudgewinK*

 

Angelyne -
Ah-HA so randomness wins again eh ?     Thank you for breakin it down for me.  I do oh so  love my cleanpack installer !  *nodsnods*  And oh so handeh that if you mouseover it'll give you the mumbo-jumbo name too !  *cheers*  (alright ... sometimes it takes me alil longer to catch on to stuff ... =P)

That's what threw me off about the whole thing ... the sims DID show up in bodyshop ...

and alas ...

*chiors of angels sing!!*

It apparently was my foldering gone awry somehow ... I made just base folders (hair mesh, hair, clothing mesh, clothing ... etc.) and that seemed to do the trick ... so, I figure I'll just do it that way for my sims and their goodies ... I'm sure I won't even get to objects for a few days but ... in advance ... I read on Modthesims2 that objects can be all crazy-like subfoldered .... Anyone here got organization down to a science, that can confirm that, by chance ?  (I of course don't intend to get tooo crazy with it but I would like the by who / what kind of organization in there ... hopin not to push it past 3 folders/subfolders (they say they've up to 8, so I figure it's safe *shrugs*))

Again, thank you ever so kindly for all your imput and suggestions ...

*jig o joy*

*runs off for s'more CC bliss*

 

The file name thing perplexes me to no end ... lol

I am in awe of all of you that have any understanding of this crazy mumbo jumbo ... I am just NOT that smart ...  !!!

*cheers*

OoOodles of thankies and buckets of appreciation ...

MissDoh -
Yes, I've been particularly careful about meshes this round (meshes caused my first round of chaos! (wish i was savvy but savvy i am not)) ... and thank you for thinkin' for me cuz my brain has HAD it !

simmiecal -
I do have subfolders ... and I believe they are the eViL! *shakes fist*  Somewhere I stuck somethin' I shouldn't of, I'm guessin' ...  I've been piddling around with one sim trying to figure it out but those package names are not nice !!! "9423ad1bf1d003a3f.....package"  What IS THAT   /calm  (( Self Proclaimed Idiot - thanks!  ))  So, I'm thinking third time THIS time is a charm ... *cross fingers* 

baratron -
LoL ... I tried to be so careful to put in all the useful information ... whoops ... You are correct - NL !  *passes out cookies* I have unzipped this time ... handy that ... (another lesson learned from last time ... *blush*)

I have not touched the saved sims folder ... ever ... I've had and used custom content before with no trouble so, I'm not sure if I've a problem with that folder ... there isn't any subfolders in it at the moment, so I don't think it's the problem but I could be VERY wrong about that ... and yes, it helps OOdLeS!

ness -
Yes, the capital D ... I did check for that and had bodyshop create the folder for good measure ...

ZephyrZodiac -
Thank you for the info about the custom screen.  I DO have CEP and I do believe it is the latest version ... V 3.3 ? (not really sure what to do with it but) I installed it and have the .package in my downloads ... *hopeful grin*

So, now ... I think I'm going to give it one more go ... starting over (from the empty download folder) and see if I can't make something work ... I appreciate the time and thoughts very much ... however, I am taking a lil break right now before I take a bat to the computer 

Hello there ...

I did a search and I've looked through several of the threads here and the closest one to my "problem" would be located in the "Please Help - I'm Tearing My Hair Out!!" thread ... however, it's not exactly my issue.  Please don't shoot me if I've missed the answer somewhere ...

In pure and utter lunacy ... or OCD ... with my downloads file in chaos ... I decided I would uninstall my game ... DELETE EVERYTHING and start all over again ... Decent idea in theory ... *wiggles brows*

So, I reinstalled, got the handy patches and started the search for the good stuff (again, again) ... This time my downloads folder is all kinds of shiny and dare I say organized ... I actually "know" what everything is (or suppose to be) ... Thinking I was being smart I figured I would add slowly and check "in-game" as I go to pinpoint any troubles that may arise ... Loaded up Body shop and made a few minor adjustments to the pretty things I had found ... only one pair of earrings didn't show up - no big deal (I had a better pair anyways) ... all was well or so I thought.

I loaded up the game and went to look at my lovely new sims and well ... Out of the 5 sims I put in (3 female / 2 male) ... the three females where in my sim-bin but they were missing their outfits, jewelry, hair etc ... I checked the content (in-game through the menus) and sure enough none of the things were there ... Any idea what might be going on here ?

The things I've tried ...
1.  I checked the custom content enable on the pre-neighborhood screen (and restarted the game)
2.  I checked the custom content enable on the neighborhood screen (and restarted the game)

3.  I've scrolled down the custom content lists in the pre-neighborhood screen (and only the hacks and DMA stuff was there - Not the custom "stuff")   

4.  I've taken out my downloads folder and loaded up bodyshop and repasted all my goodies to the new downloads folder body shop made (and restarted the game)
5.  I've thrown pillows at the wall ... (and restarted the game) (perhaps that was more for me and stress release tho'  )

Please help me ... I would really like to play my game again ... *le sigh*

Thank you in advance and I apologize if I've missed a discussion on this issue somewhere else.