Hi, I am also having this problem. When I try to package a sim it says Error code:5 & a transaction ID number. It used to work fine. How did you fix this problem?
Thank you!

Hi

Thanks for your tutorial!!
I did what you say and yes, I successfully extracted two sims that I created during the game...well,not so successful actually. When I opened the Sim bodyshop and looked for the sims I just extracted, they icon pictures look exactly like the ones I created but when I cloned them, they appeares to be totally different then my original sims. As matter of fact, they look horrible!! My original sims are very adorable and no they look so ugly. I don't know why is that, I did every thing accoring to the tutorial. I deleted the two terrifying sims and back to SimPE to work again. However, they appeared the same ugly way as the first time.

I need help!!
Please tell me what can I do to fix this problem.

Thank you!!

I have exactly the same problem as yours.
I have two really good looking sims that i made in CAS and I would love to share and keep them in my body shop as well, so I can have the original pretty sims grow old and not to worry that if I ever want to see them in my game again.
I opened my bodyshop and found two extrememly ugly sims...that relly break my heart!!

So far so good! I had a born in game Sim that I just adored, and thought 'I'd love to be able to put him in my back up folder in case the unthinkable happened'. Thanks so much for this tut. It really came in handy!!

thank you SOOOOOOOOOOO much. i've been looking for this for so long. i made my best friend a long time ago, and i made her too pretty to age so i haven't played her cause i'm afraid of losing the sim! rofl. now i can keep an extra best friend! thanks again!!

My sims won't show up in body shop either. No one has posted for 2 months so I don't think I'll get an answer but I'll try anyways.

SP_Passion, do you see a package file in your SavedSims folder that matches the name you gave to the file you extracted using SimPE?

If the package file you extracted is in the My Documents/EA Games/SavedSims folder, when you go into Bodyshop, are you looking in the correct gender and age group?

No pictures anymore

Step 1 [b]

Open SimPE From the "File" tab-Select Open, and navigate to the neighborhood that houses the sim you wish to extract.


It doesnt seem I cant open folders only individual files.I go to the File tab and I choose Open then I go in the neighbours folder then I cant open the neighbour folder N001(the one im interested in), it only let me go inside the neighbour folder and into any of the other folders like , characters, and then inside and I have to pick up a single file.

Anyone can tell me what to do?

1) Open SimPE .
2) From the top menu, select Tools>Neighborhood>Neighborhood Browser...
3) Select the neighborhood your Sim is in (the main 'hood, specified as Normal: [name])
4) Once that neighborhood is loaded, from the top menu, select Tools>Neighborhood>Sims Surgery...
5) Wait patiently for the data to load. This may take some time. When the data has loaded, the Sim Surgery window will pop up.
6) Select your Sim from the list of available Sims in the "Sim Pool"
7) Click "use" under Patient Sim. Double-check the picture and name to be sure that you have selected the correct Sim.
8) Now click Export (next to Patient).
9) Save. (You can rename the exported file before saving it.)
10) If you want to package this Sim, create a clone in Body Shop and export there. Do not transfer the file exported from SimPE straight into another game.

Thanks so much for this explanantion, its greatly appreciated

Has anyone successfully followed the instructions without pictures? It seems like I can do without them, but I don't want to get halfway and get stuck

I had this happen, and what I discovered is that in the Saved Sims folder, somehow I had a .bak file with the sim name I saved it under instead of a .package file. In other words, instead of the file saying "Jason.package" for example, it would say "Jason.bak" -- there may even have been one of both the .package and the .bak file with the same character name, but I can't remember since it's been awhile since I've extracted a sim from my game. (I do remember getting rid of the original .package file and then changing the .bak file extension to a .package extension, so maybe that was the case.)

In any event, the .bak file is the correct one to use, so long as you change that ".bak" to a ".package" -- and ignore when your computer tells you the file might become unusable! Once I did that, the sim appeared in Body Shop.

By the way, for those who have issues with Body Shop crashing or not loading, I've found that as someone said earlier, you need to pull out your Neighborhoods folder. I pull mine out and put it on the desktop, use Bodyshop, and then after I'm done, I put it back where it belongs in the folder again. That's the only way my Bodyshop will work, probably because my Downloads folder is so huge.

I have a question, though. I know this thread doesn't get much action, but I hope someone can answer this. If you extract a born-in-game sim and clone it in Bodyshop, will you get the sim's combined DNA? In other words, if your sim is born of two sims with different skintones, will the cloned sim be carrying the DNA for both skintones, or will it only have the one it displays?

I have a question... I'm new here and ... what is bodyshop? Like the in-game bodyshop or... something else? O.o Please help me

Thanks Talbot

This should help: Bodyshop^wiki (the wiki is a wonderful thing.)

Thank you so so so sooooo much!!
=D

Hi, I have a bit of a problem--everything in my version of SimPE says Unknown. Like when I go into SimSurgery theres no picture and it says No Character Data. Its been happening in all neighboorhoods and I haven't the faintest idea why! My game is working normally though.

Slight problem here

Alright, so I do everything up to Step 10 with no problem. But, when I open Bodyshop, my Sims is not there. I have tried this with multiple sims and they are never there, no matter what I do. Someone help please?

Last edited by arinaftw : 25th Dec 2010 at 07:26 AM. Reason: Adding picture

arina, where are you saving the file you're exporting via SimPE? That .package file needs to be in your Downloads or SavedSims folder.

Are you looking in the correct gender and age group in Bodyshop? I assume she was an adult and not a YA when you exported her, so you're looking in female adult?

I'm saving the file to EA Games > The Sims 2 > Saved Sims. And about the downloads folder, is it the game's or Bodyshop's?

Also, what do you mean the correct gender & age group? There is no option for that in my bodyshop..?

And about the downloads folder, is it the game's or Bodyshop's?

Are you using the prerelease version of Bodyshop or the one that is automatically installed with the game? If it's the prerelease version, I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with its eccentricities and can't provide any help. If it's the one that comes with the game, then it automatically uses the same Downloads and SavedSims folders as the game.

The UI for bodyshop does have selectors for age and gender, but I forgot those weren't enabled when selecting premade Sims from the bin. Sorry for the confusion!

I've done this once. And it only worked once.

I had to download Bodyshop separately, not sure which one it is.

THANK YOU!
now i can extract most of the game's dead/missing/deleted sims.
: )

There's a tutorial here on Pixel Trade's page with pictures: http://pixel-trade.livejournal.com/16091.html

Last edited by LaurellKH : 10th Feb 2012 at 04:49 AM.