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xxlivvs
5 years ago

There is no available counter space.

Hello could someone help please. I’ve had so many issues playing sims! The latest one that I am unable to solve is I am getting this error message when I try to make food. When I click on the fridge or cooker it doesn’t give the option to make breakfast lunch dinner etc and when you click cook all the items are greyed out and it says “there is no available counter space”. I have counter space available! I have tried changing the counter tops that doesn’t work, I have removed my cc/mods and played it and it still occurs when there is no cc/mods. I have repaired the game etc I don’t know what else to do. Also another thing my sims won’t woohoo, you click the interaction and it just doesn’t work. Is anyone having this issue? I have looked online and can’t find a solution.

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  • SassiLassi's avatar
    SassiLassi
    5 years ago
    @xxlivvs Regarding your counters - do you have anything hanging over the counters? Such as lights, plants, hanging pots and pans? That can sometimes get in the way of the Sims reaching the counters.
  • xxlivvs's avatar
    xxlivvs
    5 years ago

    Hello, I do have spotlights in the ceiling but before this issue even occurred I had spotlights before and had no problem.

  • RandomBuzziness's avatar
    RandomBuzziness
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @xxlivvs Is this happening to all Sims in all houses in your game or is it just a single household? Can you try a test on a different household or temporarily moving your household to a different lot?

    Also, after you removed your mods/CC did you clear the game cache by deleting the localthumbcache.package file in your Sims 4 folder? The game will auto-generate a new cache file the next time you launch it.

  • xxlivvs's avatar
    xxlivvs
    5 years ago
    @RandomBuzziness It’s happening to all households I have tested this on two so far. I deleted all cache also. Just not sure what it could be. I did install city living and I have had the issue since then so I don’t know if it’s linked.
  • RandomBuzziness's avatar
    RandomBuzziness
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @xxlivvs I'm having no problems with City Living and the Sim I am currently playing lives in San Myshuno. Can you test on a fresh no-mods/no-CC save by starting a New Game?

    If everything works fine in a new save it might mean something is corrupted your old save. Even if this is the case I think it's safe to upload households and custom/edited lots from your old save to your Library and then import all of it into a new save.

    I'm just a regular Sims player, I do not work for EA, Sony, or Microsoft

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