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Calista098's avatar
Calista098
6 years ago

[OPEN] Can’t delete/select walls or add wallpaper

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%) What is your current game version number? 1.58.63.1010 What...
AnthonyLahmann's avatar
AnthonyLahmann
6 years ago

You cannot delete walls or add wallpaper in The Sims 4. EA is planning to add this feature in a future update, but it is uncertain. Sorry!

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    SheriGR
    Hero
    6 years ago

    @AnthonyLahmann I'm not sure if I'm understanding your answer correctly. If you're unable to delete walls or wallpaper in your game then your game is not functioning as intended. Perhaps you could clarify what you mean?

    There is some good information about both of these functions in Sims 4 at these links. I hope they will prove useful:

    • Building Walls: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/tutorials/building/houses.php
    • Deleting Walls: To delete a wall please use the wall tool and hold down the 'Control' button on your keyboard at the same time. Alternatively you can use the sledgehammer tool to delete sections of wall.
    • Adding Wallpaper: https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/tutorials/building/decorating-inside.php
    • Delete Wallpaper: To delete or change wallpaper pleas either select a new wallpaper and add it to the wall, in which case it will delete the old wallpaper and add the new wallpaper simultaneously. If you want to remove the wallpaper completely and get your money back for a different wall covering, please replace the current wallpaper with Drywall, which costs $0. Drywall can be found in the paint menu as the first item.

    If you're getting an error message like Calista098  when you try to do these things as mentioned then can I ask if you have Mods or CC, or if you ever had them in your game? If you do/did, please check out the directions in the spoiler tag below: 

    Spoiler

    If you do have Mods/CC, please remove them in this process and try the troubleshooting as described below. (If you don't have Mods or CC, just skip the part about removing the Mods folder, but still delete the cache files mentioned and run the repair.) If you ever had Mods or CC in the past then do the steps as if you have them currently (removing the Mods folder), as there could be damage that has remained after you removed them.

    • Exit your game then exit Origin. Please drag the Mods folder from your 'The Sims 4' folder onto your desktop (for future reference) then delete the localthumbnailcache.package file in your 'The Sims 4' folder. Also delete any other folders in the 'Sims 4' folder with word cache in the name. (When you restart the game it will automatically create a new Mods folder.)
    • Next please run a game repair [ Open Origin, click 'Game Library' then right-click Sims 4 > Repair Game ]. Make sure to let it run until it has completed all repairs (it will do the base-game first, then run through each of your expansions/packs). After that, please see if the issue has stopped.

    If it was Mods/CC: If this fixes the issue I would recommend that you check with the Mod and CC creators to see if there are any known issues with their Mod/CC clashing with the recent update and if so do they have an updated Mod/CC that will address the changes in the game's code from the update. You can then re-add your updated Mods/CC one at a time to see if one was conflicting with the function/causing the glitch - but do not re-add the old config file from the old mods folder, as it is possible for it to have become corrupted also.

    SheriGR ☕ – I don’t work for EA

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