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Re: Can't rotate house or rooms in the sims 4 ps4

@IndieRainbow   Hello!  For rotating, the house / lot / room must be highlighted first.  Please click the spoiler below and try the steps after placing.

Note: The images I've used here are from the PC version, so some will have keystroke commands, like "U" and "Y", that you won't see on PS.  I usually take photos of my PS games with my phone and upload here but screengrabs from PC are easier. :-)

Spoiler

For rotating a house:

1. Select the crossbar (Move House) at the top of your screen.

2. In the drop down menu, select Move House.

3. Select the house or whatever building you want to rotate to highlight the house / building.

4. Press the right and left bumpers (R1 / L1 on PS) to rotate the house / building.

Note: If there are any structures or terrain and landscaping elements that conflict with the placement, the house / building may not rotate.  You may see an error when this happens.

For rotating lots:

1. Select the crossbar (Move House) at the top of your screen. (Same as step 1 above)

2. In the drop down menu, select Move Lot.

This will highlight the entire lot to look something like this.

3. Once the lot is highlighted, press the right or left bumpers (R1 / L1 on PS) to rotate.

Note: Any items outside the lot boundaries will have a yellow outline and may be deleted (even if you have Move Objects enabled).

For rotating a room:

When placing a room, the room is automatically highlighted but if it isn't, then simply select a wall or floor of the room to highlight it.

Once highlighted like this, then use the right or left bumpers (R1 / L1 on PS) to rotate it.

Please come back and update if these steps work for you or not.

4 Replies

  • IndieRainbow's avatar
    IndieRainbow
    New Novice
    5 months ago
    @JonaO703 For some reason the most recent time I played it worked like normal, but it usually doesn't, even with highlighting stuff. I think maybe it was a different lot where it did work. This does happen pretty frequently still, even though I use the same method every time. Unfortunately right now my TV is broken (I think, it's being weird) so I can't get on the Sims to check if it's working or not right now.
  • JonaO703's avatar
    JonaO703
    Hero
    5 months ago

    @IndieRainbow   That's a bummer about your TV! :-(   Hopefully you can get it fixed or get a new one ... holiday gift maybe?  :-) 

    Whenever you do get the chance to check it again, please come back and update if you need more help.  If it still isn't working the next time, perhaps you could try deleting the game and reinstalling from your game library.  Your saves, sims, and builds are stored separately, so you wouldn't lose anything.

  • IndieRainbow's avatar
    IndieRainbow
    New Novice
    5 months ago

    Managed to get my TV on temporarily. On one save, rotating works fine. I was playing on that save for a while. Rotated house and rooms perfectly fine. Then I switched to the lot on the save file I made this post for and for some reason it works fine. I guess it's not actually an 100% chance of it happening, sometimes it just randomly says "nah, no rotations for you." When I played on that lot originally and couldn't rotate, I tried the usual method. Didn't work. Tried reloading the game and everything but it didn't help. For some reason it's working now. Didn't delete and reinstall or anything. No clue why all my technology is messed up recently! TV won't turn on properly sometimes, phone screen falling off, laptop isn't able to open files... Anyways, back to the Sims. I'm not sure why it's suddenly working again. Hopefully I don't jinx it.

  • JonaO703's avatar
    JonaO703
    Hero
    5 months ago

    @IndieRainbow   Thanks for the update!  Ah, technology ... it's such a blessing most of the time but definitely a curse when things don't work properly.  Sorry you've had so much trouble.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything continues working for you!

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