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Harukotyan's avatar
2 years ago

After patch aplying wallpaper deletes build and some adjacent buy items.

Hi. I'm on PC. My game is fully patched to the latest version and repaired. And I have no mods - absolutely fresh game folder in my docs. Since last two patches I have some issues in build mode. For all situations MOO cheat is ON

  1. Re-applying different wallpaper deletes build and adjacent buy items. I've attached a small capture from game. I know it was a bug a while ago in the game but I had no issues for ages, so it's a returning bug?
  2. I can no longer place columns if there's anything near them. For example I can't place a column near the door. I must first delete the door, place the column and then place the door again. But the columns with adjacent objects constantly get deleted with any change of wallpaper or movement of the wall (any wall even not connected to them)
  3. With MOO ON previously I could place objects slightly sticking out of lot boundaries i.e. to put mailbox a bit closer to lot edge. Now it's impossible even for the slightest with the message "can't place outside the boundary of the lot". Guess it's not the bug but the new design just making a notice.
  4. For lot type Community Space lot designation selected in build mode i.e. Market does not stick to it. The moment I'm going back to neighborhood screen the lot reverts back to initial Community Space.

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  • @Harukotyan 

    I tested all 4 of your issues in a vanilla test game with no mods and CC.  I tested on 2 different lots.  My game is fully updated, and I have all packs including the new one.

    For items 1-3, with MOO on, those work just the way they always have for me.  They did not do what you say they are doing for you.  I was able to change wallpaper at will without deleting anything.  I did notice that with MOO off, several things on the wall, in my case, a door and an over window upper cabinet, highlighted in yellow but the after changing the paint, they did remain in place.  I had no problem whatsoever placing columns.  Again, nothing got deleted.  And I was able to place a tree and a mailbox with the footprint slightly off the lot with no problem.  However, I don't recommend doing that if you are going to save the lot to your library or upload to the gallery as it is very likely that they will disappear when the lot is reinstalled.  It does work if you play the lot where you built it.  I've had items placed like that disappear on a few of the lots I've built when I reinstalled the lot.  I did get the error message though if i tried to place the object with too much of the footprint off the lot.  Again, that is normal.

    For item 4.  By default, whenever you exit one of the Eco Lifestyle multi lots directly from build when you go to build from the map, it will revert to the community space.  To get the Market or other two lot types to stick, you have to do it by voting in live mode.  It's always been that way.

    So, it appears that something is off in your save or the game.  I suggest another repair.  I have found that sometimes, it might take doing a repair twice for it to stick so try doing another one.  If that does not fix it, then I suggest you create a new user folder and move your save from the old folder to the new one.  You might want to start a new save in the new folder first and check if the issues you have reported are present in the new save before opening your old one.  There might be a problem with the save where you ran into these issues rather than with the game itself.  A repair won't fix problems with a save, only the game files.

    Hope this helps.