Platform: why not recognized for a part of the room. And so on. (Build/Buy Mode)
In this bug report, @SheriGR asked me about the creation of the platform, so I move here for answer, because I think that it is different from the direct content of that bug report. This started wit...
I learned something new from your test results. It takes a lot of time to test. So please take care of yourself. When you're tired, you lose your ability to think. "You also need to give your brain a rest."
It is wonderful that you are able to create such a wonderful home even though there are many functions that cannot be used. I knew there were many inconveniences in playing on a console, but after talking with you here, I realized that it was more inconvenient than I thought. I sincerely hope that one day soon playing Sims 4 on console will be as comfortable as playing Sims 4 on PC.
Lastly. Thank you both for a very enjoyable and meaningful time. Have a nice Sims life.
Thanks both of you. @SheriGR "I just went in and tested further in that room I mentioned testing on for the bug report. I found that if I made the platform in middle of the room, the ceiling did not disappear. However, if I made the platform outside the room (in this case on the ground), then used the move tool to place the platform inside the room, then the ceiling did disappear." Yes, I confirmed this case too. The ceiling breaks once it's on the ground, presumably because the program thinks the floor doesn't have a ceiling when you put the Platform on the ground, I think. And since the floor without ceiling (= Platform) is installed in the room, the ceiling is not displayed only in the Platform part. As far as program behavior is concerned, I think this is normal. However, both @simsplayer818 and you say that the "Build Ceiling" command does not appear. This is clearly a bug. I think @simsplayer818 and @SheriGR have slightly different content. @simsplayer818 , who is playing on console, seems to have been unable to display commands since before the new update. A new feature that puts a pattern on the ceiling highlights this bug. But @SheriGR - I believe you're playing on PC - seems to display commands sometimes and sometimes not. Of course, it's about the Platform part. I still don't quite understand what the difference is. Tried the method mentioned by @simsplayer818 . See the image below. I placed Platform directly into the room without creating walls or ceilings. Then I changed the size. Images are attached in order from the top to the things operated in this procedure.
The wall has been removed at the position where the Platform was installed. But even if the Platform size is changed, only the Platform portion remains without walls. And the ceiling is not broken in the original room nor the platform part. Of course, the “Build (or Remove) Ceiling” command is also displayed. @simsplayer818, when you see what you've made, does it look different than this? I know the command about ceiling isn't shown. As for the rest. The reason I ask is because I thought the disappearing walls might have something to do with the ceiling commands not being displayed. I think you should report everything you find out. The more material, the less time it takes to fix. That's why team collect bug reports. But most people just write that they are the same.
A new function has been added, and it's now possible to see a beautiful ceiling, but it's a waste if you can't take advantage of that function.
@Pick-a-boo_doo With what you mentioned in mind, I did another test, and I edited in this result to my test in the comment above, and will add it here also (plus I will add it to that other bug report): Tagging @simsplayer818 here also, for awareness of the edit(s)...
I just went in and tested further in that room I mentioned testing on for the bug report. I found that if I made the platform in middle of the room, the ceiling did not disappear. However, if I made the platform outside the room (in this case on the ground), then used the move tool to place the platform inside the room,thenthe ceilingdiddisappear.
NEW EDIT: I tested further on the disappearing ceiling and found that the method of producing the disappearing ceiling mentioned above did not work when I moved the platform from the yard to inside a room in the main house on the lot -which has a raised foundation. It only happened when It moved the platform from the yard with the move tool to a different building on the lot that has one level only anddoes not have a raised foundation. So... if that detail is of any help, there it is.
@Pick-a-boo_doo & @SheriGR I've had a test on a few different styles of build, one flat with no platforms, one flat with platforms (used in my bug report) and one on a raised deck with a platform and I'm not getting the ceiling command pop up at all. It's not just over platforms, it's a missing command. But the workaround in the images on my bug report does work and that is to go to the floor above and surround the gap in the ceiling with a fence to fill it in with concrete.
I'm going to raise the missing ceiling command on the console feedback thread too and see if other players are affected. We've lost some functions in BB mode on console so it's possible this is linked to our ongoing problems.
@simsplayer818 Is there no ceiling command with or without Platform? You say "flat", does that mean you used the Flat tool? In short does it mean that the ceiling command works only with room tools? that's horrible... Did you build that beautiful boathouse in the situation? I respect you with all my heart. At least there is a workaround. It takes time, though... I read somewhere that PC and console are coded differently. What I have presented here may not have been helpful at all. But I hope console players will be able to play without problems (at least as well as PC players) as soon as possible.
I think you're playing on PC, but you mentioned sometimes the commands don't come out. I was just redecorating my Sim's house, so I made a room with a raised foundation and tried it. Please see the images below.
Is it made in the same procedure as what you made? Assuming it's the same, a command will appear in my room.
What's the difference? There is one thing I want you to try. If you delete the ceiling of the room outside the Platform and make it a room with no ceiling (state of the image below), if you click the central Platform part, will the command appear there?
What I see in the images you just shared looks like what I see when I highlight the platform inside the room, then I go up to the next floor level (using the arrow - see screenshot). When the platform is highlighted/selected and I then go up to the next floor level, I do see the yellow 'build ceiling' rim (if there is no ceiling). Is that what you mean?
If I make this room you made and the ceiling is deleted, if I simply look top down at the room, I will not see the yellow rim to build the ceiling:
However, if I highlight the platform either by clicking it through the hole or by highlighting it (clicking it) then using the arrow to go up a floor level...
...then I get the yellow 'build ceiling' rim and option:
I hope that's a better explanation of how I do it. Sorry for any confusion.
Note... @simsplayer818 So weird... When I just did another test with a 4 foundation levels up room like @Pick-a-boo_doo made (though hers was raised 7 levels), then making platform on the ground and moving it into the center of that room, it did delete the ceiling! Ugg...! I just added this and some other weird stuff on the bug report. I'm crying uncle at this point.
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