Difference between revisions of "Body Shop"

Revision as of 07:01, 23 January 2007

What is Body Shop?

The Sims 2 Body Shop is a program created by Maxis that allows users to create new textures for sim-related content like skintones, hair, clothing, makeup, eyes, etc.

Where to get Body Shop

Body Shop installs with the game itself - if you have the game installed, you have Body Shop.

If you have expansions installed, you should use the Body Shop shortcut from the latest installed expansion to run Body Shop. For example, if the latest expansion you have is Pets, you should use the "Start - Programs - EA Games - The Sims 2 - The Sims 2 Pets - The Sims 2 Body Shop" shortcut to start Body Shop.

To get any patches that may be available for Body Shop, check out the EA Games site for the most current updates.

http://thesims2.ea.com/help/?pid=Help_tutorials

The Pets Expansion and Body Shop

The version of Body Shop that installs along with the Pets expansion contains certain flaws that cause most of the content made with Pets Body Shop to work incorrectly for users without Pets. Items will show up as naked full body sim thumbnails regardless of type, and will not work properly. Maxis has released a patch which fixes this problem. You can get the patch here: http://thesims2.ea.com/help/index.php?pid=Help

Pets Body Shop also now packages custom meshes for any custom clothing or hair a sim may be wearing when it packs a sim. This has not been corrected with the Body Shop patch. You can find instructions on removing the included meshes here: http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=202512

There is a script, in the R programming language, that loops through all package files and detects which were wrong. See in Detect Pets Body Shop bug/Source Code.

• Numenor at MTS2 made a BaseGameStarter PRO - Game Modification that allows you to test your creation in a specific EP ONLY Or, to test your creations in all games up to a certain EP. It also features a 'Legacy' Body Shop.

Note: You will need the EP software to use this Mod. If you don't have EP software, you don't need the mod.

http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=107015

Body Shop Issues

Is Body Shop making all your creations blurry? Try this: http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=147242

Is Body Shop crashing, not running, or otherwise acting badly? Look here: http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=177332