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S_Bahn_Berlin's avatar
5 years ago

Build Mode: Resizing objects does not work with German Keyboard (macOS)

Product: The Sims 4
Platform:Mac
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? 1.69.59
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All Expansions, all Game Packs except Journey to Batuu, Bowling Night Stuff, Vintage Glamour Stuff, Tiny Living Stuff, Moschino Stuff, Romantic Garden Stuff, Movie Hangout Stuff, Laundry Day Stuff
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Choose the German keyboard (ABC - QWERTZ) in the Keyboard Preferences. Start the game as usual, enter Build Mode. Enter the cheat "testingcheats true", select an object and try to resize it. The buttons that the QWERTY Keyboard uses for resizing are [ and ]. In the German Keyboard, these keys are occupied by Ü and +, respectively.
What happens when the bug occurs? Pressing Ü or + does not resize the object. Neither does entering [ or ] on a Mac QWERTZ keyboard (alt-5 or alt-6, respectively). Instead, + zooms closer while Ü does nothing. Changing to a QWERTY keyboard, with [ and ] in place of Ü and +, it works fine.
What do you expect to see? I want Ü and + to resize the selected object in Build mode, as it used to in previous versions, and being consistent on every keyboard, since Sims 4 has no option to change keyboard shortcuts. Alternatively, give players the option to select custom keyboard shortcuts fit to their keyboard.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Not now. I've removed them.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Neutral/Not Sure 

Edit: added diagrams of DE keyboard layout, pulled from macOS's Keyboard Preferences

4 Replies

  • I tried, these did not work either.

    Sorry for the late reply, I was pretty busy this week

  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    5 years ago
    @S_Bahn_Berlin

    I don't know what the equivalent should be on a German keyboard, hopefully someone may be able to help with that who is using one but in the meantime can you enable a US or UK keyboard in System Preferences > Keyboard > Input Sources? You'd only need to switch to it while you play the game and can add the shortcut to switch in the menu bar.