[NEEDS SAVES] Can't make changes to build

by vanillabean3
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Build/Buy behaving strangely. Not working properly.

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This seems to have started after the update that I received yesterday. My current game version is 1.104.58.1230. 

 

Yesterday was working on a house that I had downloaded from the gallery. Everything was working fine until suddenly it wasn't. I could no longer move walls or items. They would snap back to their original position. When I couldn't move an item, I could copy it, put the copy in a new location, and then delete the original with my delete key. Then that stopped working. Then I was able to still delete items with the hammer a couple of times before that stopped working. 

 

The house was occupied, so I evicted the family and went back to try to work on the house. Everything worked. So I finished my changes, moved the family back into the house, and had no more problems. When I quit, I repaired the game - just in case. 

 

This morning, I went to make some modifications on a wedding venue in Tartosa (one that comes with the pack, not from the gallery). Same problem as yesterday. I would make changes for a while and then I couldn't. 

 

I'm on a MacBook Pro with an M1 chip. 16gb RAM, running MacOS 14.2.1.  I have all the expansion packs and most of the other packs. No mods or CC.

 

Does anyone have any idea why this problem keeps happening?

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I'm having this same problem now. How did you fix yours?

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Hero
@sparilis I merged your post with the bug report but I believe this is a sign of the save game starting to corrupt.

Do you a have a backup from before you downloaded that gallery lot ?

Good Luck
Crin

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Hero
@Dreamerka_09 Do you also have no mods/cc ?

What exactly are you seeing ? The build mode not placing/saving or also crashing ?

Good Luck
Crin

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@crinrict I had the same problem with a Maxis lot. Do you think the gallery lot was the cause?
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@sparilis It's possible. Before or after you downloaded that other lot ? So did it spread after you downloaded that lot or did it happen before ?

There's currently lots of issues with gallery lots so it's possible that corrupted your save, showing symptoms in other lots.

Good Luck
Crin

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Yes, there are no mods, and I created a new save.
The problem is still there. The build mode stops working after a few minutes. I can't delete or move an object, even though the sound of the action remains, but nothing happens to the object. If I try to save the game, the save screen will play forever until I force close the Sims game. The same thing will happen with the loading screen (it will be forever) if I try to exit to Manage Worlds.

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Hero
@Dreamerka_09 Moving your posts over to the bug report on this.

Good Luck
Crin

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@crinrict wrote:
@sparilisIt's possible. Before or after you downloaded that other lot ? So did it spread after you downloaded that lot or did it happen before ?

There's currently lots of issues with gallery lots so it's possible that corrupted your save, showing symptoms in other lots.

I've had that gallery lot in my save file for months. The problem only started recently - after the last update. 

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Hero
@sparilis The for rent patch made many gallery uploads problematic.

Good Luck
Crin

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