Missing the Universal Control Panel

[Josh88p]

Hey guys...please help me out here.

I have had a nights worth of issues to go through before I was even able to get through the game's load screen.

I have hiked through all those issues and now there's only ONE teeny tiny thing that is hindering me.

I have The Double Deluxe version of the game that includes Nightlife and Celebration stuff.

Problem: When I move a new created sim family into a house, The UCP (Universal Control Panel) is missing.

This is the blue section at the bottom of the screen with all the buttons...meters, etc.

It is not there, the sims interact and I can direct them by mouse but this problem comes along with not being able to use any hotkeys...in fact the keyboard is totally non-responsive with the new family...not even the arrow keys work to move the screen.

Why is this happening and HOW can I fix it, please help if you know because I've spent a good 7 hours on my computer just trying to get the game to start and when I think I'm about to finally play the game, something like this happens...it is extremely saddening {wacko}

[Bat]

Topic locked as you have also posted this in the Technical section.