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phoebepenny7's avatar
6 years ago
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Stairs open to sky despite closed room and roof above it

I have been having an issue lately with stairs and when I place them on two story lots, there tends to be no roof above it. This doesn't matter if there is a whole room AND roof above it that are completely closed. 

Attached are some of the images I have taken from within builds that show the open sky above the stairs. I'm unsure why this is happening and it means (as I have seasons installed) all sims are wearing outdoor clothes, indoors, or freezing to death because the house isn't closed off. Yet, the house IS closed off everywhere else, even the floor above. 

Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Or if there IS a fix to this?

I removed all my mods and CC and this doesn't seem to be the issue. I'm unsure what it would be, if this isn't it.

  • phoebepenny7's avatar
    phoebepenny7
    6 years ago

    I got a friend to test it out and his game does the same thing. If you have seasons, it will happen in every build that no matter what, your Sims, on cold days, will freeze to death inside without a thermostat to change the temperature. the stair glitch is something that is only the camera angle using the Sims 3 camera since the Sims 4 camera doesn't pan that way. 

    so if you have Sims 4 seasons, this will be the reason. just add a thermostat to each build and you're good. Hope that helps!

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  • quanann91's avatar
    quanann91
    4 years ago

    @Bluebellflora wrote:

    @quanann91 

    All using Sims 3 camera:

    Tab cam:

    Normal live mode cam on the entrance floor:


    The last picture is showing the sky instead of the ceiling that's what I'm getting in mine. I've been in build mode. 

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    4 years ago
    @quanann91

    Yes it is showing the sky because I was on the entrance floor in live mode, this is by design. If you don’t want to see that from the entrance floor you need to go up to the very top floor then, in live mode, press tab to enter the cinematic camera view and press Q on your keyboard to move the camera down to ground level.

    https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/controls.php
  • quanann91's avatar
    quanann91
    4 years ago

    @Bluebellflora wrote:
    @quanann91

    Yes it is showing the sky because I was on the entrance floor in live mode, this is by design. If you don’t want to see that from the entrance floor you need to go up to the very top floor then, in live mode, press tab to enter the cinematic camera view and press Q on your keyboard to move the camera down to ground level.

    https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/controls.php

    Ohhhh okay so this is just how the game is then. Okay I'm going to try that. Thank you I wasn't aware that it's apart of the design for the sky to show like that.