Cannot paint the foundations.

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.51.77.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Exp: Seasons, Cats & Dogs, City Living, Get Together and Get to Work Gp: Strangerville, Vampires, Dine Out, Spa Day and Outdoor Retreat. Stuff: Romantic Garden
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Build a house, raise the foundation, try to add any paint or wallpaper to it.
What happens when the bug occurs? After selecting the brick design I want, I click on the foundation and it says nothing to change. I know it is possible as I have done it in the past (a long time ago) plus all the other pre-made houses in the game have foundations which have bricks etc.
What do you expect to see? I expect to be able to change the look of the foundation with any wall pattern.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure

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I cannot use Wall Patterns on my foundation.

I also had a problem with the terrain tools not doing anything, but I found on the forum that deselecting the laptop mode fixes that, which I did and that worked, but it has made no difference to my foundation pattern issues.

I recently started playing sims4 again after not touching it for a year and a lot has changed in that time so I believe the issue happened on an update during that down time. I could not specify which one however as it has been so long.

EuphorialQueen
7 years ago
@sindidoll @crinrict
Foundations only use the special textures/paints under the foundation tool.

11 Replies

EuphorialQueen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
@sindidoll @crinrict
Foundations only use the special textures/paints under the foundation tool.
SindiDoll
7 years ago
Doh! Never occurred to me to click the foundations on the left image! Thank you, this will be a huge relief 😁
EuphorialQueen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago
@sindidoll wrote:
Doh! Never occurred to me to click the foundations on the left image! Thank you, this will be a huge relief 😁
I am happy to help.
dayiam
5 years ago
Those do not work for me either.
philsonface
5 years ago
Same, I can build foundations but even using the FOUNDATION Wallpaper as seen in the post above, it does not let me apply to the foundation, in fact it looks like the foundation doesn't get added at all, it looks like the floor inside the wall lifts but the wall doesn't.
Thats_Me_Madz
5 years ago
@philsonface sounds like you are using the platform tool, rather than the foundation tool. When you click on a room to add the foundation, there are a number of arrows which appear.
In the middle of the selected room, there is a double-ended arrow with a box in the middle - this is the foundation tool
When you click on a room, a little white box appears giving you the option to move the room around/copy the room etc. The up and down arrows on the left-side of this white box are the platform tool.

https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/tutorials/building/platforms.php
philsonface
5 years ago
I was using the double ended arrow in the middle, too. It didn't seem to make a difference, which is weird if they are completely different tools
rosadbs
4 years ago
Personnally I haven't been able to put pattern on my foundation even if I use the up-and-down arrow. The foundation raises but I am not able to put any of the foundation textures. It says there is nothing to modify.
Panther204
3 years ago
Regardless of which tool I use. Whether it's the platform or the foundation. It adds a giant trim that I can't change, as well as the foundation itself being unchangable. (Change meaning 'add or replace colors/wallpapers; Yes I am using the foundation wallpapers and not that regular wallpapers)
EDIT: So maybe it was miscommunication. But on the image of the house, I clicked on the visual foundation link and it took me to an even DIFFERENT (3rd kind of "different") Foundation wallpaper tool. THIS one did actually work for me.
6qstewnzlgf1
Seasoned Newcomer
2 years ago
@Thats_Me_Madz No. I'm using exactly what you mentioned and just raising the house. But the foundation wallpapers do not apply to the foundation at all. They pretend to, but no changes actually happen.