Build mode not working 8/24/2024
My build mode won't work. I turned off mods and cc completely off. Still not working. Simple things like the hammer tool, the back button, and actually trying to build doesn't work at all. When I try...
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I have a similar problem. Sometimes when I exit and reload the game it works for a little bit, but eventually it stops again. I can click the eyedropper and back to the mouse to place objects, but I have to do this EVERY time I place something, and it makes the game unplayable. They need to patch this ASAP. Not sure what happened. I am going to try to uninstall T.O.O.L.
Real. Someone help us we just trying to play the game fr 😭
Since you are playing with mods and CC, the proper way to test a problem like you're having is to take the mods folder completely out of the game path. Using the Game Options and unchecking the boxes but leaving the mods folder in place isn't enough to keep a lot of things in the mods folder from being picked up anyway when you quit and restart the game. Another thing is that some mods will leave residual code behind attached to a build object on a lot even if the mod have been removed or deleted.
To make sure the issue is not mods, just drag the mods folder to your desktop and then start the game. Go to the lot where you were building and enter it from the map and see if you still have the problem, if you don't, it's something in your mods folder and you'll have to find and remove the problem causing file. If you are still having the issues after testing that way, you can further test by dragging your user folder (The Sims 4) to the desktop, start the game, go through making the sim and placing them, then test a few lots, going to them from the map, to see if the problem shows up in the new folder, then save and quit. It probably won't but if it does, then do a game repair or a full uninstall/reinstall. Then copy the saves folder from the original user folder to the new one and restart and load the save and check the lot and a few others again. If it works, then try copying your mods folder from the original to the new user folder and test again. If it comes back, then again, it's something in the mods folder. If it doesn't, then it was something in one of the other folders like a game override.
If the problem is only on that one lot, then there may be something on the lot causing it. Crashes can leave residual code behind sometimes so if your game crashed or you did a hard reset with the lot open, that could be the cause and the only way to fix it is to bulldoze the lot or load another lot on top of the one that is there, replacing it. Either way, you will lose everything on the lot and will have to start the build again from scratch. If the lot was a gallery download, there are a lot of lots in the gallery that cause problems for those who download them and it could just be something like that, so you'll just have to find another lot.
If the problem is on most or every lot in that save, then other things you can try if none of the above works is to try a game repair or a full uninstall or reinstall. But tbh, if the problem continues even after doing everything I mentioned above, it might be the save is corrupt and you'll have to start over in a new save to get things to work properly.
Hope this helps.
Its doing this to me as well but the save/lot ive been working on for months without any issues it is only recently with the new updates that I am getting this problem. I deleted the cache and it worked for about two placements before it stops again. I have no cc or mods. So I'm going to try a complete wipe I will make a back up and clear away everything and start over completely without restoring any of my saves and if that doesn't work then i dont know whats left.
Managed to fix it but my sim cant write novels now...
How I did it
1 Cleared the cache (localthumbcache)
2 Went into the game and deleted my downloaded gallery items
3 Went out of the game and back into files and cleared out any junk files/caches
4 Cleared the EA app cache
5 Uninstalled and reinstalled
6 Ran a game repair
7 Put my save file back in the saves folder
8 Ran another game repair
9 Went back into the game and opened a test file
10 Did 2 build lots noted entering build from play mode was still glitching
11 Deleted last remaining gallery linked lots or unlinked them from gallery
12 Went and retested in test file - no issue
13 Tested main save - no issue
14 Exited game again and redeleted localthumbcache and ran repair
It took awhile but I have not reencountered the issue just the usual glitches left. Honestly none of us should have to do this... Oh yeah check your content and tray files as well for junk and any downloaded stuff it could also be a cause if linked to the gallery.
