non working SHIFT + LMB
Subject: Broken Sim textures (red-white checkerboard) and non-working Shift+LMB after the latest update
Message:
Hello,
After the latest game update, I encountered a severe technical issue that completely breaks my gameplay. The Shift+LMB (Shift-click) combination has stopped working, but only when clicking directly on Sims. It works completely fine on furniture, mailboxes, and other objects in the game.
Additionally, my Sim's face now displays a broken red-and-white checkerboard texture ("missing texture" pattern), which means the game engine is failing to render the default skin. Because the 3D model/hitbox of the Sim is corrupted by this texture glitch, the game completely ignores any Shift-clicks on the character.
I have already spent 7 hours troubleshooting this and tried every possible solution, but nothing works:
- Completely removed the "Mods" folder and cleared the localthumbcache.package, AvatarCache, and retained_metadata files.
2. Repaired the game files via the launcher multiple times.
3. Created a completely clean "The Sims 4" folder in Documents and started a brand-new save with a new Sim. The issue persists even in a completely vanilla, fresh game.
4. Enabled testingcheats true (and testingcheats on) — the console confirms cheats are enabled, but Shift-click on Sims still does absolutely nothing.
5. Switched between 64-bit mode, launched the game as Administrator, tested both Left and Right Shift keys, and changed mouse polling rate / Windows scaling options.
This is clearly a core engine/script bug introduced by the latest patch (likely related to the DirectX 11 transition and Sim asset rendering). Please report this issue to the dev team so they can include a fix in the upcoming hotfix.
Thank you.
