TS4 Paranormal - Haunted House Residential lot reverts to just 'Residential' [ Edited ]

[laurent413]

Hi guys- I'm having a similar problem to another thread that was solved by deleting mods. However, I do not have any mods installed and have still not fixed the issue.

The Paranormal pack downloaded as usual, I can access all the clothes and items. However, when I placed the prebuilt Haunted House lot, I was unable to actually use it as the Haunted House. The lot says "Haunted House Residential" when I move a sim into it. But once I play the sim and then go back to the world, the lot type has reverted back to "Residential".

I do not have any mods installed and I have tried repairing the game, clearing my Origin cache, and a clean boot as suggested by EA support. The only thing in my mods folder is a "Resources" file that I have tried deleting but seems to reappear every time I start Sims again.

Thank you in advance for any help!!

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[laurent413 · Accepted solution]

Changing the lot type back to Haunted House in Build mode fixed the problem! It seems to stay as a Haunted House even after I go back to Manage World. Thank you so much for your help!!

[kelleybb1024]

So I just bought the game pack paranormal, and I can't go into build mode to make it a haunted house

[jpkarlsen]

@kelleybb1024 

What happens when you click on build mode?

[laurent413 · Accepted solution]

Changing the lot type back to Haunted House in Build mode fixed the problem! It seems to stay as a Haunted House even after I go back to Manage World. Thank you so much for your help!!

[kelleybb1024]

it doesn't give me the option only on certain lots Well when I put a house down from the gallery it won't let, I tried a new save file and it's weird only some lots let me do it maybe it has to do with the size of the lot? 

@jpkarlsen its weird sometimes it will ask to make it retail, restaurant, and stuff like that, and sometimes it will only ask if I want to make it s tiny house resident

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[jpkarlsen]

@kelleybb1024 

When you place a lot from the Gallery it will default to the current lot type. You can change it from the dropdown or afterwards in build mode.

[MapleSimmer]

FYI, even when I choose the gallery/library lot type of haunted house lot it still places as a residential lot.  I've noticed this the two times I've placed a haunted house lot, the first was the one that comes with PSP and the second time was my own lot that I had made a haunted house and then I placed it in another save.  The second time I realized to check if it placed properly right away and I changed it immediately (unlike the first time where I was wondering why nothing was happening which then prompted me to look at the lot type in build mode  ). 

Best regards, 

Jennifer

(No mods/cc, game version is PC: 1.70.84.1020 and I have all the packs up to and including PSP )

[gnarlysiims]

I'm having the same issue. It'll let me choose the Haunted House Residential, but none of the Paranormal lot traits are appearing for me

[jpkarlsen]

@gnarlysiims 

There are no special lot traits for it.