I built a basegame home and went to place it on Pique Hearth. I had bulldozed Pique Hearth on a previous occasion. When I went to place the house I'd built from my Gallery I get a "system error"...
Ideas
Hi all — I’m hoping someone has seen this before, because I’m absolutely gutted.
I spent about 10 hours on a detailed build, and after saving it, the lot suddenly broke. Now every time I try to place it, I only get a blank lot with a “System Error” message.
Background:
- This was a custom venue built on a lot in Tarsota.
- I use minimal mods and no CC was used in the build.
- Despite that, the game marked the build as containing custom content, which was the first red flag.
- As soon as I saved the build, it started glitching.
- I unfortunately bulldozed the original lot, thinking I could just place my saved version — but now it won’t place at all.
What I’ve Tried
- Clearing cache
- Removing mods completely
- Restarting the game
- Repairing the game 5 times
- Trying to place the lot in multiple ways:
- Switching from custom venue → residential
- Placing from world view
- Moving a sim in and placing from live mode
- Uploading to the Gallery (fails with an error)
- Placing the lot on other lots
- Trying in a different save file
- No matter what I do, I get the same blank lot + “System Error.”
My Question
Has anyone else had this happen recently — maybe connected to the new pack?
If so, were you able to recover your build or get it to place again?
I’m so, so bummed to lose this lot and hoping there’s a fix out there.
lurveislurve and all other posters on this thread. Try this if you still have the original lot you built. No guarantee that it will work but you never know. I've had it work once or twice though. Clear everything off of the first perimeter tile all the way around the lot. If you are able, flatten the lot. The goal being that the last tile is flat when compared to the world around it. One thing I have noticed is that sometimes if you have a MOO placed or rotated object on a perimeter tile, it will cause problems. 1 tile objects usually get deleted but bigger objects sometimes block you from saving or placing the lot. Another thing that you can check is your roof overhangs for extending into that last tile or even overhanging the edge of the lot. Pull the eaves in as far as you can before saving the lot. If the lot places then, you can pull them back out and/or replace anything you deleted on the perimeter tiles.
Another thing that may be happening is something I've seen in the SM apartments when you try to place a renovated apartment over them in one go by using the delete a tile between rooms so the apartment will place complete rather than separate rooms. Sometimes, you have to delete everything including 1 tile of any connecting wall, on the tiles on the last perimeter tile against another apartment to get it to place. Something like that might be going on here. If the lot will place for you, everything will probably be one tile off in at least one direction. I have no idea if this will work as I have no way to test it.
Another thing you can try is to save the build with no furnishings. I'm assuming most people build like I do, constantly placing and deleting a ton of objects along the way until I get everything like I want it. Sometimes, a deleted object leaves something behind blocking tiles and causing other problems including corrupting a lot. Platforms are really good for doing that. So, one way around that is to not save the building with the furnishings. There's a couple of ways to do that, but I find that moving a sim in, then moving them out and keep the furnishing works best. That tends to clean out all the invisible objects. Then all you have to do is place the lot where you want it unfurnished and then redecorate.
Hope this helps.
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