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Seasoned Newcomer

3 days ago

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Elevator stolen by a klepto, can't replace it

My sim's birthday party included a kleptomaniac guest who was somehow able to steal the elevator off of the apartment. I can't place a new one due to "out of bounds" or "outside of owned property" er...

build and buy

gameplay issue

never cc or mods

simvasion
3 days ago
If you can revert back to an earlier save, you should do that. I don't think there's any other way to fix it.

This kind of thing happened when they introduced Eco Lifestyle and the Sharing is Caring NAP let sims steal apartment lobby items, like the trash chute which couldn't be replaced. I haven't heard of anything like that happening for years though. As far as I know, elevators aren't items on a klepto's allowed list of things to consider.

simvasion

Hero

3 days ago

If you can revert back to an earlier save, you should do that. I don't think there's any other way to fix it.

This kind of thing happened when they introduced Eco Lifestyle and the Sharing is Caring NAP let sims steal apartment lobby items, like the trash chute which couldn't be replaced. I haven't heard of anything like that happening for years though. As far as I know, elevators aren't items on a klepto's allowed list of things to consider.

MondoyaZW

Seasoned Newcomer

3 days ago

I used moveobjects and freebuild, but found a tip via google to use the sledgehammer to delete the old space that the elevator was on to ensure it was fully out of the game. Another piece I missed is having that room marked as a "shared" space so that it could be fully interacted with.