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CEP Installation Help
elanorbreton
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Howdy peeps. Unfortunately, a few weeks back I lost everything on my pc when I had to do a new re-installation. Now... in the past I have had no problems installing TS2UC, or any of the extra bits of software. But this time I just cannot get CEP to install.
I read up on it and it seems that it has trouble installing due to the new set up of the UC and where files are located, so there is a manual installation one available. Trouble is, the instructions for putting all the bits in all of the places are wrong for me - I do not have the folders listed and therefore don't know where to put the bits.
Is anyone able to help please? I am on Windows 7, I installed the game through Origin and it is the Ultimate Collection.
I read up on it and it seems that it has trouble installing due to the new set up of the UC and where files are located, so there is a manual installation one available. Trouble is, the instructions for putting all the bits in all of the places are wrong for me - I do not have the folders listed and therefore don't know where to put the bits.
Is anyone able to help please? I am on Windows 7, I installed the game through Origin and it is the Ultimate Collection.
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I have only just reinstalled CEP today on UC after a reinstall but thankfully the auto program worked for me if it had not I was going to follow the manual instructions for UC on the link below which is also the download link for CEP. If you have read this already what folders are missing/changed? I have just checked where mine auto installed in my folders and its the following path
To see what needs to be done I have downloaded CEP again as if I am going to add it manually and follow the install instructions to see if my auto install CEP files are in the same place and they are.
When you download and unzip the CEP folder there are the following 2 files:
EnableColorOptionsGMND.package
This file must be copied into your Downloads folder (overwriting any older version you might already have in there).
so I just looked in my own my documents/ the sims 2 ultimate collection/ downloads folder and that package file is there
next file is
EnableColorOptionsMMAT.package
This file must be copied into your *PROGRAM* installation folder (not in the Documents folder!).
computer/program files (86)/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Double Deluxe/Base/TSdata/Res/ Sims3D
the file needs placing in the Sims3D folder and I can also confirm that file is in the same folder from my auto download
Extras" folder:
Open it and you will find 2 subfolders, "MyDocuments" and "ProgramFiles".
click into the my documents folder and you will see a zCEP-EXTRA file and inside that file the top package file reads
CEP EXTRA automatic angel lamp so you know you are in the right folder.
copy this ZCEP-EXTRA folder and place it in my document/the sims 2 ultimate collection folder, again I can confirm this is where the auto install put mine.
next the program files folder
you will see another folder names zCEP -EXTRA
the first file so you know you are in the right place is CEP EXTRA 2 storeyOFBcolumn package
copy the zCEP -EXTRA folder and place this in the following
computer/program files (86)/Origin Games/The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection/Double Deluxe/Base/TSdata/Res/catalog and place the folder in catalog again I can confirm from my auto install those files are in that folder.
Further info for manually installing is the same link as the download, however I have faithfully followed all the manual instructions from this link and the info from downloading the manual CEP files and everything was where it was supposed to be.
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=92541
I hope that can help you in some way as I know from past experience with UC the file paths are not the same as when the disc version of the game was used.
EDIT: just remembered to add I am on windows 7 OS as well..
You are very kind to have typed all that out, it must have taken a while. The folders I have quoted from your instructions are the ones that were different, as when I opened the notepad instructions it gave C:\PROGRAM FILES\EA Games\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Sims3D and, for the life of me, I couldn't think where else to look!
It all seems to be set up now, I loaded up my game and CEP was listed in the CC start-up thing.
Thanks once again, you're a star
You are very welcome I am glad to be of help I know what its like trying to set everything back up
I have to confess right from the start of playing 2 and downloading CEP the recolor CC I have added to my game sometimes does not show up for reasons I will never know why so I started downloading one set of creator re-colors at a time then testing in game to see if they were there so perhaps remove those and try something else to test..
try something you know worked before and see if that works other than that I am almost positive your manual download of CEP is correct as it was in every folder the same as my auto install download...
When you install CEP there will be a box that pops up that lists what items recolors will show up for. Make sure that everything is checked off, because sometimes they are not, especially if whatever recolors you downloaded added a CEP extra to it. (they added the item into CEP and therefore was not there as a default to be checked off automatically) Ya I learned that after much confusion why things were not showing up. I think there is a way to get to that item list through the files, but it has been a while since I tried. I will see if I can figure it out again. Reinstalling also works (no need to uninstall just override) just watch for that box to pop up and scroll down to make sure everything is checked off to show in game.
Thanks for that info I never knew that I just used to keep deleting recolors that never worked so if I could find a way to check those boxes without reinstalling I would try but at this point I am not reinstalling anything because almost every time I have it has gone wrong
Anyway, I put the bits and pieces back into the program folders and - hey presto - I have my toilet stall colours back.
Thanks for your replies gals (guys?) xx
do you know where i could find that box to check if things are not ticked as I really don't want to reinstall the program and I am not sure where to look..
What did you mean about recolours that don't work? Do you have an example you could tell us about?
It was with @JULES1111 mentioning that some recolors don't show up in game because not enough boxes were ticked on initial install of CEP so I was trying to find a way to possibly be able to tick any of those boxes now its installed as right now I am not prepared to reinstall the program again as I would not be able to bear it if anything goes wrong
@SPARKY1922 Sorry I was looking in the files and can't find the box. It seems your only option is to reinstall to see if everything is checked off. If you wanted, and I tested this, you could begin the reinstalling process, when the box comes up check it out and see if everything is ticked. If it is..then you can just abort the process, no harm done. If not I guess you will have to decide if it is worth it or not for you. I have reinstalled and overwritten mine myself before, and no harm came from it at all.
Edit: Do you have a example of one of the recolors you could not get to work? I would go in and test it in my game if you did.
I have not tried anything yet since the reinstall as I am working my way through all my folders trying to arrange them better and get rid of things I don't want anymore however the daunting thought of going through the recolor folder has me running for the hills almost so for now I will start to test one recolor at a time and then if something does not work I may ask you if you mind testing it for me and if it works for you I will know its not checked all the boxes on the install.
I know I sound paranoid re not wanting to download again but I just want to get everything else finished first and not give anything else even a smigen chance to go wrong
That's ok, get things arranged first. I hear ya about the recolors folder!