[CURRENT ISSUE 64-bit] Keyboard commands don't release
Update: After today's (November 9) patch, cmd-Z and -Y should now work exactly once rather than undoing or redoing every change made in Build or Buy mode. If you'd like to undo or redo multiple changes in a row, please use the UI buttons instead.
A number of players have reported that keyboard shortcuts seem sticky or are continuously applied. I found two obvious examples.
In Build or Buy mode, cmd-z (undo) and cmd-Y (redo) are continuously applied after being used once.
I applied six floor tiles one at a time, then clicked Undo six times, and the tiles disappeared one at a time, as expected. I then hit cmd-Y to redo, and one tile appeared, and a second later the others appeared in quick succession. I clicked cmd-Z to undo, and they disappeared in the same pattern. From there, I tried to place a tile, and it was instantly undone, over and over, with the money credited to the sims' household funds as when a purchase is undone.
- I reproduced this multiple times, including in a new save in a clean user folder, in both Build and Buy modes.
- Switching to another category of item, or even to Buy Mode, does not break the pattern.
- Switching to another window (in this case a browser) and then back to the game sometimes breaks the pattern.
- The Undo and Redo UI buttons are unaffected.
- Occasionally, the keyboard commands work correctly a couple of times in a row before defaulting to this behavior.
The cmd-up arrow and cmd-down arrow keys move the camera to the maximum (top down) and minimum (parallel to the ground) viewing angles, respectively.
- I see this in Live, Buy, and Build Modes.
- Once one command has been used, the other usually doesn't work.
- Once one command has been used, the UI buttons don't work.
- Switching to another window and back restores the function of the commands and the UI buttons.
- Clicking somewhere in-game, not on the UI, restores all functions.
