First off I think the introduction of curved walls is neat. It’s something a lot of people have requested and it’s cool to see it implemented. That being said I can’t help but feel the execution, sparing bugs and glitches, is… kinda bad. From what I can tell none of the previously released windows or doors have any added curvature or updated meshes to conform to the curved walls. There are a handful of compatible options, and those just seem to be assets that didn’t look awful without modification and still have noticeable overhang. Meanwhile windows that come in the new pack appear to have additional curvature to actually morph to the wall properly. I get that updating every window and door is a big undertaking but how does management green light a feature like curved walls while denying the functional requirement of updating doors and windows to actually work with them? I don’t see the point in patching this function into the base game while the truly compatible assets are still locked behind a $40 purchase. Are all future windows and doors going to be properly compatible with the curved walls? Are base game + other dlc windows being updated to be compatible? I think the developers backed themselves into a corner here and I think this feature will end up falling to the wayside out of the expense of upkeep.

I suspect we'll get a handful of adjusted windows and doors in the forthcoming monthly updates (along with a scattering of wants/fears for previous EPs).My bigger query is what to do to roof curve-cornered buildings.

ceilings go octagonal at times which is tad frustrating too I just started trying to build my first rounded thing and its already looking glitchyalso some of the doors say medieval entry from gt for example go completely missing on round walls theres just hole in the wall nothing elseaaand its annoying how its basically impossible to connect round room to square room but i suppose thats not gonna change no matter how annoyed by it i be

"Benjamilian;c-18161475" wrote:I suspect we'll get a handful of adjusted windows and doors in the forthcoming monthly updates (along with a scattering of wants/fears for previous EPs).My bigger query is what to do to roof curve-cornered buildings.Have any of the gurus said they will be updating the windows? For a feature as large as curved walls I would think a handful is not nearly enough considering the dozens of windows and doors this game already has. I truly dislike this practice of pushing the bare minimum out the door and sporadically finishing it over an extended time through game updates.

I created a replacement build for ThrifTea recently using primarily rounded walls and ran into so many issues, especially when using platforms and foundations. I think one of the most frustrating things I found was an "Invalid Rounded Room" error. If you place a round room inside another room and delete the straight walls, the game gets big mad lol. It seems like free-standing rounded walls within another room really confuse the game and can prevent you from painting the interior/exterior of your build because the room become invalid. Another issue I found is that when you place a rounded room inside another room and on top of a platform/foundation, the game may automatically generate a secondary diagonal wall that's attached to your current wall. This seems to originate from the platform/foundation below and really makes it difficult to place anything on the rounded wall. :neutral: (I actually made a video about this on my youtube channel if anyone is interested lol. Link in signature)

I downloaded a lot that had curved walls. The builder placed a ton of items using MOO against the wall, I moved them and took a look. There was a gaping hole and you could see down to the floor below! I tried using a curved wall in one my builds, the floor buckled horribly. The execution of this is dreadful. I'm abandoning curved walls till this gets corrected. My OCD can't handle the buckles and gaping holes.

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JesLet40
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
My personal experience is that it is harder, and sometimes frustratingly so, but fully possible to build with the curved walls. As for windows and doors, you just have to choose the ones that the game says fits. What I did find was a roofing issue, which I have solved by creating rounded platforms as balconies above my rounded walls. Larger is easier than smaller rooms, overall, and you have to be careful where you place furniture as they can sometimes be hard to pick up again. The flooring is also important, only some floors look right in a round room.

So, yes, it could have been done better, smoother and simpler with fewer issues. But no, it's neither impossible or improbable - just a bit difficult and needlessly frustrating.

Some of my curved wall builds can be found here:
https://ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/381145D40FEC11ED8603B676E60D36BD
https://ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/5E178D2011E311ED85D124432DB1AECE
dianed485
New Scout
3 years ago
They’re so glitchy!! Also round platforms are basically unusable on an upper floor since there’s a weird glitch with the floor under them.
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
I love the new Curved Walls, especially considering I only play vanilla on my PC. So happy about this new build feature. I've now build 2 round circular homes so far & saved them in the Gallery under my username SEREFRAS.
Aushze93
3 years ago
I love the idea, I'm just waiting for them to work out the bugs.
I'm working on a 3 tier birthday cake house and I had to take a break from it. Round walls are too buggy to perfect my house.
The flooring doesn't always meet the walls and there are a ton of bugs to work out.
Aushze93
3 years ago
And you can't place additional round rooms on top of platforms. Platforms are the only work around to putting a balcony on top of a round room. I want a balcony on each cake layer. I can't wait until they update it more. I was disappointed that the last update didn't fix round room bugs, but I know they're doing what they can. They'll get to it eventually and I'm being impatient lol.
Urame
3 years ago
I am having trouble creating a round platform base for a bed inside a room. When I place the round platform to the corner the walls disappear of course, but when I try to replace the walls I lose the round platform and it becomes square. It's frustrating because I have a bedroom build in mind and just cannot make it happen
Goodywood
Seasoned Scout
3 years ago

The walls are still glitchy. Is EA working on fixing this? They don't seem to show that they acknowledge this issue. I would like to use the round/curved walls but I can't with this glitch.

"gc6164;c-18163632" wrote:
So I finally updated after the aging fix. Is this a bug or is it only happening to me? When I place a curved room I get this ceiling glitch. The only way I can get rid of it is if there is another floor with walls above it, If I remove the walls and keep the floor the glitch returns.https://i.postimg.cc/gkpVL4V3/Bug.jpg

I have the same issue and I'm guessing all Simmers do. It the same issue here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Round-rooms-have-blue-ceilings/m-p/11668696#M221160

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