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Windows and doors occasionally/often glitch into walls for no reason

I'm having this issue where my windows and doors will become part of the wall and I have to go onto build mode and select, and put back down in the exact same spot they were then it's fine, then another window/door will do the exact same any reason why?? 

I'm not using mods/cc as I'm on console, and build cheats are switched off, proving it's a perfectly fine place to have said window/door without conflicts? 

It also happens to both inside and outdoor doors 

 

22 Comments

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago

    Still happening, if anyone knows why id love to hear :) 

  • Sim4Lorn's avatar
    Sim4Lorn
    Seasoned Scout
    1 year ago

    Same here. Clicking the doors/windows in build mode resets them, but it's unclear what causes them to... bleed together with walls (?) in the first place. PS4 here, so no mods, of course.

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago

    Maybe just a console glitch then, it's a tiny thing but so annoying 🤣

  • OliverWilken's avatar
    OliverWilken
    Seasoned Hotshot
    11 months ago

    I'm on xbox, and it happens to me as well. Clicking on the door or window in build buy fixes it. I have had a few doors vanish after I leave build buy, and I suspect that its connected to this.

  • Dahlianka's avatar
    Dahlianka
    New Traveler
    11 months ago

    I also have this problem sometimes…  I've had this problem for so long that I'm slowly not even noticing it anymore. When this happens to me, all I have to do is go into build mode and fix it. I play on PS4

  • This was a reported bug on AHQ. It had been open for quite a while but was acknowledged by EA and last year they asked for additional info/saves (from PS). So they are aware of it. As part of the bug report players had sent in images of the problem. So since it's been brought to their attention, hopefully it will be addressed. It's affected my game since the start, in fact I had it with Sims 3 too funnily enough. There's nothing really that can be done to prevent it, I've just learned to check doors and windows before leaving build mode and click on them all to restore them before returning to live mode. If I do it as I'm building they'll only disappear again.

    But they are definitely aware and hopefully we supplied enough info to get a fix at some point 🤞.

  • HakhaKZ1's avatar
    HakhaKZ1
    Seasoned Ace
    11 months ago

    I have that too. From the beginning, ever since I play the Sims 4. It would be nice if this could be fixed as it doesn‘t seem to affect PC Players.
    I play on the PS5.

  • katea28's avatar
    katea28
    New Spectator
    10 months ago

    I get it on pc too - it’s been happening for like a year but I haven’t bothered trying to fix it until now bc it’s just annoying not game breaking 🙃

  • HakhaKZ1's avatar
    HakhaKZ1
    Seasoned Ace
    10 months ago

    Okay, then that‘s new. Well, there have been quite a few Updates in that time.
    Yesterday I went from live mode to build mode, where I placed an object. Then I went back to live mode, and the door looked like the picture from the Thread creator. That‘s annoying because I then had to go back to build mode to update the door.
    This definitely shouldn‘t be like that. 

  • realworms's avatar
    realworms
    Seasoned Newcomer
    9 months ago

    this is happening to me too, im on my computer without mods

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    Still the same, adding a picture from today so hopefully EA team

    sees 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 months ago

    cbarber89​ are you using MoveObjects when building ? I know you said build cheats are switched of but I want to make sure that's what you mean.

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    Yes move objects turned off :) I will use it for other items but I never do for windows/doors. The picture above was with a brand new save, on console, I've not had it for a while, but after this picture I had nearly every other window do this, and some doors, clicking on it and placing it back makes it look normal again but if you go onto live mode with a door like this they don't/can't use it :)

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    3 months ago

    And other question: Do you use quarter placement ? (activated with F5 on PC, not sure how it works on console)

  • kittykay101's avatar
    kittykay101
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    I’m a pc player and it’s happening in my save. It happened while I had no cc but I do have them rn. But they’re all updated I spent like 5 hrs making sure. And I used to be vanilla for so long and I had this problem still. Not just console 

  • kittykay101's avatar
    kittykay101
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    No I don’t believe so? 

    Here’s another example in my game w/ gallery

  • kittykay101's avatar
    kittykay101
    Seasoned Adventurer
    3 months ago

    Placing it seems to make it go away. I’d have to play my game a bit longer to catch it again. It was placed with move objects but the windows aren’t placed with move object. The game recognizes the placement with or without move objects. 

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    I do, I use a keyboard and mouse on PS5, so pretty much the exact same keys as PC :) 

  • cbarber89's avatar
    cbarber89
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    I also thought that might be an issue, so made a build without F5. And it did still happen :).  When I did use quarter tile on a build, I also tested to see how far off it would be without it, and some, not all, would of been in the same position, hope that helps :)

  • HakhaKZ1's avatar
    HakhaKZ1
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    Sorry for my late reply.
    I didn‘t receive a notification that you wrote to me.
    Didn‘t you see that I made this comment 8 Months ago?
    The Thread was listed under the „Technical Issue Consoles“ category until two days ago. Based on your Bug Report, the Thread has been moved here, because it doesn‘t only affect console players.
    Based on my first comment, when I mentioned that it only affects console players, someone told me that they were also having the issue on PC. See my second comment 7 Months ago.
    I certainly wouldn‘t say something like that in a current thread, where I read that it affects all platforms.

  • kayedies's avatar
    kayedies
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    Just adding that I play on PC, have never used Mods, have nothing disabled, and I too get this bug. Sometimes it’ll happen in build mode and sometimes it’ll look normal in build mode but then will “clip”/glitch once I go into live. It’s so annoying, I try not to over decorate thinking that it’ll help but it doesn’t matter.

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