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5 years ago

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Sims 4 - terrain tool doesn't work at all

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? Most recent
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Tiny living Seasons City living Laundry day
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? * Choose a lot (any world, any lot), without a familiy to move in there. * Go to Buildermode to work on the lot. * Try do anything with the terrain tool, it doesn't work. No height changes, no texture paint, nothing EXCEPT the sound (whoosh). * Yes, I am trying it on the actual terrain, on grass, not indoors, and not out of bounds, with nothing aroud within 20 blocks radius.
What happens when the bug occurs? * I do see the cursor tool changing shape when selecting different terrain or texture options etc. * Only the sound "Whoosh" happens when I click and drag, but nothing happens to the terrain. * Repeated clicking or simultaneous shift or any frantic key or mouse combinations also fail to help.
What do you expect to see? * I expect to see terrain moving up or down, textures to be applied,
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 newly bought and installed sims 4, although I did work with it years ago on a different EA account.

My PC specs are as follows:

Asus B350-F

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

ASUS 8GB D5 GTX 1070Ti

16GB DDR4

M.2 EVOBasic 500GB SSD

And I have updated and double-checked the latest drivers of my video card.

Additionally I have updated all my other hardware drivers (chipset etc)

Bluebellflora
5 years ago
@humanrest

Crin shared the Willow Creek build (very nice!) and the Del Sol Valley one with me. The lots have the Out To Pasture flooring tiles placed, not terrain paint. This is why it seems like the terrain tool is not working. You can easily test this by using the eyedropper tool and click on the grass outside on either of these lots. Or just use the sledgehammer outside and drag over an area of grass.

12 Replies

crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
Hi @humanrest

Have any of you tried a game repair yet ?

For Origin

Close the game

Right-Click on the game in the origin library

Choose Repair game

For Steam:

Close the game

Right Click on the game in your library

Choose Properties

Choose tab Local Files

Press Verify Integrity of Game Files
humanrest
5 years ago
Hi @crinrict,
I have done as you said (I have the game on steam).
Unfortunately, your solution doesn't work for me.
Do you have other ideas? I would really like to adjust the terrain.
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@humanrest Do you get the same on every save or is it limited to a certain save game ?
humanrest
5 years ago
@crinrict going to try tonight!
humanrest
5 years ago
@crinrict
Yes, I tried and in a new game it does work.
I don't really feel like discarding 40 hours of work though.
Any way to fix the save?
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@humanrest Would you mind sending me your save ? Instructions in my signature
humanrest
5 years ago
@crinrict
Hi Crinrict,

I will PM the link to you, thank you for your help so far!

Best regards,
Niels
crinrict
Hero+
5 years ago
@humanrest I tried several lots in your game and most seem fine. There'one lot in Del Sol Valley where I can duplicate the issue.

Bulldozing the lot there reveals several changes done to the territory. It's like the house overwrites them.

As I'm not a build I'm unsure what exactly breaks it. Do you have issues on any other lots ?

Maybe it's the fence around ?
humanrest
5 years ago
@crinrict Thank you for trying, seems strange that you only have it on this lot.
Could you try willow creek as well? The 50×50 lot doesn't work for me either.
I have tried another lot on which I have never build before and somehow there it works. I don't understand but thank you for the bulldoze option 😊
Bluebellflora
Hero+
5 years ago
@humanrest

Crin shared the Willow Creek build (very nice!) and the Del Sol Valley one with me. The lots have the Out To Pasture flooring tiles placed, not terrain paint. This is why it seems like the terrain tool is not working. You can easily test this by using the eyedropper tool and click on the grass outside on either of these lots. Or just use the sledgehammer outside and drag over an area of grass.