Picture Imperfect - Solved, thanks!

[Hecubus]

Okay, this one has me stumped.

Up until a few days ago, I had available to me many recolors of the Lady in Red, Bella Squared, and other paintings. At some point - time specifically unknown - all EA/Maxian paintings became 'undesignable', with recolors unavailable. (No, I did not delete them. In fact, I added a few to test further.)

All other items recolor just fine - I tested Mr. Generic's Sign,  the Country Comfort Corner Table, and the Majestically Medieval Double Bed, as I KNEW I had recolors for those. I also noticed that wall hangings that are NOT pictures were recolorable (Seasons pans, masks, etc.).

So it's just paintings.

I deleted ALL content downloaded since April 8 (when I last recall having a recolorable Bella)...and did a complete reboot....no change. I looked in SimPE for any clues, but I guess I don't know enough/there aren't any. There are no error logs suggesting there are any problems. I can't seem to force any errors on the objects...they are simply nondesignable.

ANY ideas?

[Tamha]

Have you tried reinstalling CEP?

[witch]

Have you recently removed TwoJeffs' old visitor controller that used the Lady in Red paintings? Could that have upset anything? (Wild shot).

[Hecubus]

Witch...I did! I followed his instructions to remove, load, close, and add....I think I'll try that sequence again....stay tuned.

ETA: Just did the sequence again...no change. I THINK this started before twjeff's new controller; I believe I had noticed that the original painting wasn't working right and decided to ban kids so I could use a particular painting.


ETA after reloading the new CEP (seemed like a longshot at the time...but what the hell, I'll try anything): It worked. I don't know why a reload would work, but it worked.

Thanks, all.

Still wish I knew what caused it though.

[Tamha]

I figured that if your CEP install somehow got corrupted, certain recolor options disappearing would be a likely indication. :shrug: Glad it worked, whatever went wrong.