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fattybeeow's avatar
5 years ago

Disappearing objects

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.71.86.1220
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Snowy escape, eco lifestyle, discover university,, seasons, cats and dogs, get to work, realm of magic, tiny living, bowling night, movie hangout
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Build on a residential lot a 2 story house where part of the floor of the 2nd level is deleted so you can see down to the first level. Put furniture on the first level. You will be unable to see it from the 2nd level. Same bug that was fixed in patch 1.52.100 for apartments, but I am having it in a residential lot.
What happens when the bug occurs? My furniture on the first level (residential lot in brindleton bay) is invisible form the 2nd level.
What do you expect to see? I should be able to see furniture on the 1st level from the 2nd level if the floor has been deleted.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

This bug was supposedly fixed, but I guess they only fixed it for the apartments. 

8 Replies

  • @fattybeeow That is odd. I haven't encountered that in my builds so far. I'm wondering if it could be related to the open-to-below stair routing issue, although I didn't notice it in the builds I had to fix to get the stairs working again either.

    Did you knock out the upstairs flooring with the sledgehammer, or did you select the upstairs "room" created by the stair "fence" and choose "remove floor"?
  • I clicked “remove floor” but I had to do some finagling to get the fences how I wanted. So now that area without floor technically isn’t a room anymore (I collapsed the room so that it has no area- just the wall making the front of the house). I’ve been doing some investigating and I noticed 2 things:

    1. Some objects flicker in and out of view as you rotate the camera.

    2. I found it doesn’t happen on every lot. For example, I built on a Newcrest lot and everything works as expected!

  • stjmk's avatar
    stjmk
    5 years ago

    @fattybeeow'Tis a puzzlement. Never seen that one before. One thing I would try is replacing the front of the house wall to see if that helps. That lot might be confused about it. Also, are you using the Sims 3 camera mode? (Sims 4 camera mode is a bit weird sometimes.)

  • Yep, using sims 3 camera. So replacing the wall didn’t work, but it did lead me to another interesting observation. When I expand that front wall so that it is a full room again, and then delete the floor, the objects under that new room are visible again. So the issue seems to be that there is no real room above the objects. It’s just open to the outside (besides the roof). However, I’m not able to place the fencing where I want if I have a full room there (I want that opening at the top of the stairs and I haven’t figured out how to draw the room, replace and delete walls in a way that works). So I think I either have to sacrifice my fencing or being able to see my furniture lol. 

  • stjmk's avatar
    stjmk
    5 years ago
    @fattybeeow Don't think you need a "room" to see furnishings below. At least, I haven't noticed it in my builds (re-builds, really, because Stairs and, of course, Sims.) Of course, in a lot of my re-builds, I had to put a fence on the "third" floor above the stairs to replace deleted ceiling. (Fortunately, you can delete fencing and the ceiling is still there.)

    I'm still wondering if it's that lot in particular because your other lot is working fine.

    One other thing that can make a lot and stairs wonky is platforms. Even if you just placed one and deleted it. There are visibility issues with platforms as well.
  • @stjmk Oh, and never compromise! You're almost there with your build. You'll make that thing work.
  • stjmk's avatar
    stjmk
    5 years ago
    @fattybeeow Hey, if I could get my Coorinberg Cottage to work, I am sure you can get yours working.