Free place with Alt w/cheats on doesn't work

I tried again last night and yes it's still a problem.

I play the Sims with Steam as well as the EA app, but there aren't any overlays that are visible during the game. Just that initial pop-up about how I can see the steam stuff if I want. And the input language is always the windows standard American English. (... Many years ago a laptop of mine convinced itself I was Canadian, but this one hasn't. Yes, this is not my first chaotic computer moment.)

@QFirefrorefiddle   Okay.  Thanks for the info.  I wonder if you could try a "factory reset".  Please follow the instructions for this at this link.

https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/resetting-the-game-to-factory-settings-without-reinstalling/

These instructions were created by AHQ Hero crinrict.  Basically, it walks you through creating a backup of your user folder and forcing the game to generate a new one.  This will allow you to preserve all your saves, tray files, mods and such, and then test the game with the default settings.  If this works, then there are also instructions for moving your important files into the new TS4 folder.

So I finally had time to try this. And no, alt place, with move objects on and testing cheats set to true, still did nothing.

The whole moving things up and down with 9& 0 still works without the Ctrl key. And both alt keys work in other applications.

Hi! I don’t know if you still need help, but I was having the same issue on my Mac. I found out that I wasn’t placing the surface far enough away from where I was trying to free place items. I moved it out of the same grid line, so like against another surface for my counters or across the room if it was a dresser, and it worked! Hope this hopefully helps(:

I’m having the same problem & it’s so frustrating. Did you ever find a solution?

@lovemelanierose What have you tried so far? If you use any mods or CC, have you tested without them?

Exact same boat here.  It was working perfectly for me until one day it just stopped.  I've tried removing all mods, all saves, all tray files, and nothing.  So now half the houses I decorated have items exactly where I want them, but now I can never move or update anything because it'll never go back to the same spot since I can't freely place anything anymore.  ;(

Hello.
I am having the same problem.
I am playing Sims4 on PC, Japanese and suddenly one day the alt key stopped working.

List of things I did to fix the problem. ↓ 

・Remove mods.
・Play with new save data.

・Initialize Sims4.
・Fixed the game on EA app and STEAM.
・Reinstall Sims4.
・Turn off the overlay in EA Apps and STEAM.
・Update windows.
・Intel update.
・ Keyboard driver updates.
・Disk cleanup and defragmentation.
・Clean boot.
・Change keyboard settings.
・New keyboard.
And much more.

Still, it did not fix the problem.
I now use the screen keyboard only when I want free placement of objects as a temporary fix.

It is a bit silly, but the ALT key on the screen keyboard is reflected in the Sims4 game.

I hope one day this problem will be fixed or I will find the cause.
Sorry for my poor English.

Thank you.