Solved
[FIXED] Invisible Walls
As of the 6/2/16 patch, people have begun to notice invisible walls showing up in some builds. We are not yet sure of the cause. We thought that perhaps it was certain wall patterns/colors due to what we discovered in testing the Villareal lot in Windenburg:
Our testing process:
1. Open Villareal lot in Windenburg in build mode. Note that a bathroom on the second floor has invisible walls:
2. Move the affected room to another area on the lot (it will make walls temporarily visible again). If you don't have space on the lot, use available space on one of the two basement levels.
3. Eyedropper the wall pattern and note the pattern/color.
4. Copy the pattern to another room on the lot.
5. Save, exit, and re-load.
6. Enter the lot in build mode and the additional room will now also have invisible walls.
We thought that the Mosaic Mania wall pattern (the one used in this room) was bugged. However, in follow up testing, I found that if I placed that wall pattern in a new room on a different lot, the walls did not go invisible. Also, if I went back to Villareal and created a new room or rooms away from the main structure and placed the wall pattern in them, not only did they not go invisible, but doing so seemed to fix the bugged room on the lot.
My theory at this point is that there is some sort of corruption occurring with certain rooms and it may or may not have to do with the wall patterns used. When those rooms are connected to other rooms, the problem can spread. Since the bug occurs in a pre-made residence, I hope that EA has what they need to track it down.
Workaround: Using the room or custom room tool, redraw room and then apply the wall pattern. If you still have problems with a particular wall pattern, choose another, and please let us know the pattern that caused you trouble.
This bug appears to be fixed now in the latest patch (7/14/16). I tested the Villareal lot in Windenburg, which originally had invisible walls, and all walls are now present on the lot. I would like to get feedback from other people who have experienced the bug before we mark this one as solved. @KrazyAngelKat81@Jaldeer @dolldrms1 @meanerbeanerr @thecharsims @jenn451 how are things now?
