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texansky
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago

How Do I Remove These Mystery Parts


Help! I've been away from my build for a while and then I got Covid which knocked me on my bum for almost a week. When I opened the game today to make color adjustments, I found this! What are they and how did they get there? More importantly, how can I get rid of them? I tried to copy them using the eye dropper and it can't be selected. I reset the lot. I saved the family and saved the lot to the library, bulldozed the building, and put the lot back in. None of this worked.

Yes, I know how to do Save As. I know I should have been saving my build to the library. Sadly, I didn't do either of those things with this build, I just saved the world over previous versions. I hope someone can help me correct this. I don't want to start all over again!

https://texanskycreations.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/stray_parts-1.jpg
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7 Replies

  • soocoolsim's avatar
    soocoolsim
    Hero
    2 years ago
    Aw, so sorry to hear you were unwell. Thankfully great that you recovered so quickly! :D

    OK... so those are the dreaded floating tiles than can be a pain. Some folks just delete them with the sledgehammer tool, however I prefer to do it the following way since deleting can leave gaps in your ceiling IF they are misplaced ceiling tiles.

    Simply add floor tiles of a different colour along the edges where the tiles appear. They delete them using the flooring tool. And they should be gone.
  • texansky's avatar
    texansky
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    @soocoolsim
    OM Goodness! It worked!!! Thank you so much! You are awesome! Saving As right now, then saving to the library!
  • soocoolsim's avatar
    soocoolsim
    Hero
    2 years ago
    Great! Just double-check your ceiling on the interior to make sure none are missing. But typically that happens only if you painted the ceiling.
  • texansky's avatar
    texansky
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago
    I hadn't gotten around to painting the ceilings yet. Because of the floorplan of the upstairs due to the dormers, I am hesitant to try it. I did add a floor above, so the ceiling is white by default. But I'll check to make sure there are no missing tiles in that area. Thanks for the heads up.

    edited to add: No missing ceiling tiles. I continue to use Save As while I make minor modifications and test the lot with a couple with two children, two toddlers, and a horse.
  • texansky's avatar
    texansky
    Seasoned Ace
    2 years ago

    @soocoolsim
    Well, I may have to rebuild my entire farm from scratch. I found more stray floor tiles and missing ceiling tiles on the back porch. I will try to remove the strays and replace the others, but I'm not hopeful at this point. Multiple roofs are a royal pain! It may take me the entire time just to build this one lot. I'm a perfectionist, and this is maddening for me. I had to build the roof five times to get them all right, and every time I had to do the dormer roofs, I had to empty the entire upstairs to the bare walls, then put everything back again.
  • soocoolsim's avatar
    soocoolsim
    Hero
    2 years ago
    It’s OK, you should be able to fix without redoing @texansky .

    First try the same method as before by adding and removing tiles at the back as well.
    Then for the missing ceiling tiles… drag and pull flooring from below to paint the ceiling and hopefully they snap back into place.
    You can remove the ceiling paint afterwards.
    If you still see gaps in the ceiling, just go back up a level to remove and replace the ceiling tiles in that area.

    Either of the two options above should fix the tiles. Sometimes you might need to extend and remove the temporary flooring tiles further out from the structure to catch them all.

    Good luck ?
  • soocoolsim's avatar
    soocoolsim
    Hero
    2 years ago
    If the floating tiles are far away from the building… first save your game. Then you could sledgehammer them to delete. Just double check no missing ceiling tiles after in your building. If not, you’re good. If any missing, either remove and replace the flooring tiles in the area with the gap or paint the ceiling for them to drop back in place as mentioned above.

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