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Wizards of SimPE & SimPE Bugs > Save error; Access to path... denied
Bugreport       Priority ; State Open; SimPE Version SimPE 0.72; Operating System Windows Vista
lestybossLink to postposted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:52 pm

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  I dont know if this is a Sim PE issue or a Sims Modding Issue, so I apologize if this is posted in the wrong site. Because of the error, I thought I would start here.

 

Ive created skins for the Alien and the Zombie and am trying to replace them as the games default.I followed the tutorial at Mod the Sims to do so. It does say "open the file to replace" but doesnt say which directory to open it from, whether from the the base game- or the game currently running, or which package it can be found in (Sims 07, Sims 06, etc, or even whether it is in Res/- config- etc, or Sims 3D etc, or if its even a package file at all. No inclination of the path to find them. So after a few days of opening each and every file possible, from my documents to my programs using the Sim PE, this is the path that I have found that A: the skin is in it, and B: its a TXTR image, and C: it lets me right click and change it.

 

However, after building the DXT and replacing them, I click to save and I get this Error: 

 

 

Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\EAGAMES\The Sims 2 Double Deluxe\Base\TS Data\Res\Sims3D\Sims07.package' is denied.

 

same error but different path for the other skin

 

After clicking details, the link just dissappears and doesnt give me any other details. I have repeated this 3 times, checked all settings I could think of to check, triedagain and failed again. It could be Im trying to change the wrong file. I have changed my alien default skin before, but not the Zombie. I used a different method in which to do that by using the folder scanner method, and it worked fine. But when I tried to repeat the same process with the new zombie skin, (alien to alien default, and zombie to zombie default) it broke sims hair, had mismatched heads, paper hats with letters and red lines, and all my aliens were alien faced/zombies skin. This is what they are atm, I am completely stumped as to what went wrong or how to correct it.  Any suggestions?

GhostLink to postposted: Sat Jul 03, 2010 3:42 am
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The Details box is weird. You have to grab the bottom and expand it to see the rest of the details.

The rest of the problem could be due to Vista UAC being a pain while it tries to protect you from yourself, or it could be a problem with something else using the files. If the game or Bodyshop is open while SimPE is open you are likely to get errors.

If you got that far, you are probably running with Admin access for SimPE under an Administrator level account, but if not, that is -certainly- part of the problem.
pljonesLink to postposted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:27 pm
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Copy the files you want to modify out from under Program Files - say to My Documents or the Desktop.

 

Modify the files you copied.

 

Copy the files back over the originals.  (Probably wise to have taken a backup just before that...)

lestybossLink to postposted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:39 am

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Oh OK, that makes sense, not sure why I didnt think of that lol. Had to do that with another project too, for adding a TV channel I think it was. Thanks!

 



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