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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{GameHelpHeader}}<br /> <br /> ==Some/All Content Not Showing Up After EP/SP Install==<br /> <br /> You have enabled custom content and restarted twice and it's still not working. This is actually a pretty common problem after installing a new expansion or stuff pack.<br /> <br /> ===The Body Shop Trick===<br /> <br /> To knock your content back into working, we're going to do something called The Body Shop Trick. This trick will force the game to regenerate a new Downloads folder. This is especially helpful if a particular category of content is still not showing up - i.e. if all of your objects are not showing up, but they were working fine before you installed that expansion/stuff pack.<br /> <br /> Please make sure you follow these instructions to the letter - where it says cut, you CUT, not COPY, etc. - if you don't do it exactly right, it simply won't work!<br /> <br /> Here's exactly what you should do to perform the Body Shop Trick:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> :1. Open your ''My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\''' folder. Select the Downloads folder.<br /> <br /> <br /> :2. Cut (ctrl-x) your Downloads folder and Paste (ctrl-v) your Downloads folder to your computer's Desktop. There should now be no folder called Downloads in your ''My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\'' folder.<br /> <br /> <br /> :3. Run Body Shop. Body Shop comes with your game and is already installed. If you have never run it, you can find a shortcut to it under Start - Program Files - EA Games - The Sims 2 (or your newest EP) - The Sims 2 Body Shop. It may seem like nothing's happening as Body Shop starts to load, and it may take several minutes to finish loading fully. <br /> <br /> <br /> :4. When Body Shop has loaded, just close it by hitting the X in the top right corner. You just needed to run the program, not do anything in it.<br /> <br /> <br /> :5. Open your ''My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\'' folder again. You will notice that there is a new Downloads folder in there, which Body Shop made when you ran it. This is what we wanted - Body Shop has generated a brand new Downloads folder.<br /> <br /> <br /> :6. Go to your computer's Desktop and open the Downloads folder you moved there.<br /> <br /> <br /> :7. Select All (ctrl-A) and Cut (ctrl-x) to take out everything in that folder. <br /> <br /> <br /> :8. Now go into the newly-made ''My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads'' folder and Paste your custom content files back into it.<br /> <br /> <br /> :9. Delete the now-empty old Downloads folder that is on your desktop.<br /> <br /> <br /> :10. Load the game and see if your custom content is there.<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Does it work now?===<br /> <br /> * Once the game has loaded, check and see whether your custom content is showing up now.<br /> <br /> * '''Does it work now?'''<br /> <br /> {{WizardOption<br /> |link=Game Help:Sandbox 9<br /> |text=No, some or all of my custom content is still not showing up.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{WizardOption<br /> |link=Game Help:Sandbox Done<br /> |text=Yes, it's all showing up just fine now!<br /> |image=[[Image:Icon-hardhat.gif]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{GameHelpHeader}}</div>

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