warning message "textfield"
I want to delete a lot but keep getting a red flashing message, "textfield" and not able to bulldoze.
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Gosh thanks for sticking with me on this!! I sure appreciate it! I must be doing something wrong or maybe there is just a glitch with that lot? I went to the San Sequoia world. Clicked on it. Then clicked on the problem lot. It does give me the choice to "build". However when I click on that, it quickly shows the "scale/squares" (don't know what they are called) but they quickly leave. I have deleted/bulldozed lots before and it is usually easy.
Apparently the family that I moved there is still there although it never shows them. Scroll over the bed and it shows designated side etc. When I sent a Sim from another lot to visit, is when the mother, baby & babysitter were out front but I couldn't go inside house. Could interact with them tho. I am never shown the family icons/faces at bottom left to select one to have them do things.
This is getting frustrating! Guess I just can't play on the lot? Maybe you can figure out what I am doing wrong? BTW the name of the house on the lot is: "Modern Townhouse" by simmarysims.
A thought....should I try to just replace lot with something else from Gallery? Or could I sell it somehow?? Keep in mind it is considered a rental.
If we ever get this fixed I have another lot in another world that has an issue! I just don't play with it. There are plenty of lots etc. to play with!!! LOL I have all the worlds.
Thank again!
@2paula22 I think I've figured out what is happening. First, let me say that it is not a problem with the lot created by simmarysims. I know you were worried about causing trouble for them. The problem causing the glitch is with placing a Residential lot on an existing Rental lot.
I found an existing bug report that I believe matches the issue you are having.
Please click "me too" on the first post and, if you want to, reply and share any details you think are relevant.
The reason I believe this is your issue is based on my testing. I found the Modern Townhouse lot and placed it on the Anchorpoint Abode Rental lot in San Sequoia based on the Gallery photos. The first thing I noticed was that the game didn't prompt me to change the lot type, although the type displayed as Residntial after placing it. When I first placed the family, I had no problems while I was playing them. However, I noticed some of the issues you've mentioned after I deleted the family or if I exited the game and loaded again. I didn't see the warning error you first reported but I did have problems with getting into build mode and had the goofy music when clicking the build button. Also, I was not able to play the family there.
To make sure it wasn't a problem with that specific lot, I tested this in Tartosa on the Villa Vigna Rental lot. I tried various lot types.
When I attempted to place any Residential lots, including Haunted House Residential, I had the same issues. It didn't prompt to change the lot type and the lot was basically broken.
When I attempted to place public lots (lounge, nightclub, etc.) I immediately got the prompt to change the lot type.
Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to fix the lot once it's broken. The only options I can think of are:
- Try to recover a save from before you placed the lot on the Rental lot. If you're able to do this, and you still want to place that Modern Townhouse lot in San Sequoia. First go into build mode for the Rental lot and change it to Residential. After that you will be able to place the lot without any problems. Click the spoiler below for instructions on how to recover a save.
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To recover a save, click on the Load button and click the save you want. Then click the Recover Save icon and choose a save point from the list that pops up.
- Continue playing that save knowing that you won't be able to use the broken lot.
- Save all the households you want to keep playing and add them to a new game save which will give you a fresh start. Just remember not to place Residential lots on existing Rental lots before changing their lot types to Residential first.
I wish I had better news for you. Hopefully it helps to know that you're not crazy, it's not just you? Other people have had the same problems. Whatever the case, I wish you good luck and happy simming!
