Sound and wise advice which I have taken to heart.  Thanks!   

I took the "Nuke It" advice and just totally deleted the entire DCCache folder and then reinstalled things.  But before I did that, I went through EACH package (quite tedious) and looked inside them with the Sims3PackCleaner.   Anything that had clothing marked "naked" was discarded forever.  That FINALLY took care of the problem.  It took deleting the content of both the DCCache and the DCBackup folders. 

Anyway, no more Exchange stuff for me.  I am curious as to why EA set it up to where everything installed through the launcher is shoved into the DCCache that way.  Makes it very difficult to deal with problem CC.  Its not always easy to find the problematic CC by looking at the "Installed Content" thumbnails.  Thank goodness for the Sims3PackCleaner. 

Thanks for the help everyone!  Yours was especially valuable, Spock, as was the "Nuke It" advice.   

Okey dokey!  Sounds fair.  I actually didn't mean to quote it twice.  It was an accident.  I will pay better attention from now on.  Thanks again for all your help!    

lol OK I will.  I deleted it, btw.   What a space hog it is! 


I won't, I know how to install them.    Thanks! 

OK.  Will the files from the store and such still be installed?

Edit: BTW Spock, thanks again for those links.  I actually found MANY of those mis-categorized files in my DCBackup folder.  I had no idea I had so many, SO, even if I did ever manage to find the stupid centaur package or the boots, other problematic packages would have simply filled the gap. 

I believe so, but I think I picked up an older version or a modified version because I purposely downloaded the lastest version and the dang thing is existing side-by-side with the newer version in CAS.  Anyway, the problematic version MUST be in the DCBackup folder.  The trouble is that I do not know the name of the package file as it would exist in that folder and I have quite a hefty amount of junk in there.  I know that if I delete it all, all of the store content and the GOOD files I have installed will be gone too.   If only I knew the file name for the centaur mesh and those stupid female boots.

Thanks again!  I will do so, and if I figure out the problem I will post it here for anyone else who might be having the same issue. 

At any rate, thanks for the info about the game all the same.   I had always used the terms "CC" and "Mods" interchangeably, but I will cease and desist doing so from now on.  I still cannot figure out which CC is the one that screwed my game up though.  I am strongly considering going to every house I got from the exchange and disabling custom content for it.  Perhaps that will help. 

I have tried that, but I will try again.  I just can't seem to find the culprit.  lol  Thank you though!  


Thanks, and I just changed it and so now because you said it I have to put it back or create an as equally gay combo so that people don't think I changed it because you said that. lol   I was gonna go with a Jeanette/Cthulhu theme having been inspired to do so by the glitches in my game.  

Edit:
"Changing it after the fact" hadn't been my intent, I had started to change it after I posted my question and before I knew I had responses.    

I have a serious annoyance in my game and I cannot imagine what is causing it.

Anyway, somehow this female centaur mesh has worked its way into my game and I do not recall downloading anything that would have caused that.  At least on purpose.  And its clearly been set to be used by EVERY age group and EVERY clothing option, including nude.  I have babies being born with it, but it seems to be designed for teens and adults, so babies born with it are invisible or they look like sticks.   Toddlers wind up looking like squid-like monsters out of an H.P. Lovecraft story.  Children look like grey centaurs with misplaced heads.  And it shows up for teens and adults as well, at the most annoying of times.  In the shower, when pregnant, when swimming, etc.  Even for males, so in the case of males, they wind up looking like female-bodied centaurs with breasts.

Does anyone have any idea what mod might be doing this?  I wish there was some way I could delete the problematic mesh in-game, but the delete option is greyed out for it.  

There are also some female boots that have been set up the same way that are equally annoying, as well.  Babies, children, toddlers and males with these boots look ridiculous, but its not as bad as the centaur body.  I would love to get rid of both though.   It seems I am not the only one with this problem, I found this when googling the issue:  

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101228204309AAOVY8k

Thanks in advance!  

P.S. anyone else around here experiencing this?