February 2021
Game was running great since December when the last fix came out but since the recent update, I am not able to place objects within houses. When I do, they disappear after trying to apply it... or... when I apply it, it says that I cannot intercept walls but there is nothing there for me to intercept. I have no custom content, and have done all of the basic troubleshooting etc. and it's still happening. I can build walls, pools, and place landscaping items, but lights, furniture, outdoor items etc. won't show up after placing the item. When I tried to start a fresh lot same thing. I tested it in different worlds and the same problem is happening. I tried to load homes that were built prior to this glitch and several of the items that I was not able to place were missing from these preloaded homes like lights for example. They are no longer in any of the homes I've previously built. Everything is missing.
Is anyone else having this same issue?
I am using MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3, Radeon Pro 560 4 GB, Intel HD Graphics 630 1536 MB, macOSBigSur 11.0.1
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Yep done that. I did all the typical fixes and it still does it even with a fresh reinstall with no packs. So EA games will need a fix for this. It happens with lights consistently, as well as a bunch of other furniture. A fix would be needed for this as it's likely a programming error because I never had this issue before.
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Bizarre. I have it installed on 3 different machines, 3 different OSs and not one is experiencing it. One of them is the same as yours which, until it had a new top casing and logic board replacement last week, was running 11.1 and I still didn't experience it:
Are you sticking at 11.0.1 for a reason?
I believe there is a bug report for missing lights, have you checked the bug forum - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs
Players have reported missing items over the years, both Windows and macOS, it's nothing new with this patch but often seems to happen after a patch. Repairing the base game does not touch DLC and sometimes packs can become corrupted when updated in which case you need to trash the DLC in the Sims 4 Packs folder and force a re-download. This is nothing to do with the programming of the game but rather Origin corrupting files, no conflict. This can also happen - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/-Game-Data-Incomplete-grey-llamas-red-and-white-sims-...
February 2021
I am thinking I am just done with the Sims4 games. I hate that I have invested so much money and there is no one I can physically call to troubleshoot the issues. The lack of support has exhausted me and especially when these bugs happen on some machines and not the others. I've done everything I can and as mentioned, I have updated my computer to the latest os so I think I am just done with it at this point. Loads of money down the drain and I'm done. Thanks for your assistance.
February 2021
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February 2021
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