Sims 4 Building Bugs Exposed
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2024
- Live mode/ gameplay bugs are notorious in sims 4- from broken packs like for rent to base game updates. But today I'm discussing the top reported build mode bugs. This includes: visual glitches, items disappearing, crashing, and so much more. There is also a top compiled bugs list to figure out why building is sims 4 may not be working for you. For live mode bugs, see my previous video description below.
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Compiled Build Buy Bugs List:
answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports...
Previous Video:
Ever since the crystal creations stuff pack release, base game updates and patches, it's more clear than ever that many find sims 4 gameplay broken- but today we're breaking down the most report bugs, glitches and crashing issues for Mac, pc, console for live mode. Many (if not most) are likely vanilla bugs without the issues of broken mods and cc. From gardening to aspirations to bills, animations, glitchy infants, gallery not working, and so much more, here's what you need to know about sims 4 top bugs in early 2024. (This does not cover build mode, create a sims and many pack specific issues- though my wedding stories, high school years, and for rent are frequently mentioned).
Compiled List Gameplay Bug Forums:
answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports... 
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I swear a person could have a full RUclips channel focusing just on the many bugs that Sims 4 has.
definitely could
@@SimmerErin I'm glad you don't! Hearing only about bugs would be so boring.
I'm certain those channels exist. Every video they say 'stay away from ts4' multiple times. Oh and likely covering the other 3 games as in 'these are much better than Sims. Don't support EA. The franchise is dead' and putting down players who don't agree. At least Erin just gives the news/ information. She does sometimes give opinion like in this video stay away from curved walls, but no rant about things being rushed, poor QA etc. That's why I like her videos.
It seems the amount of bugs and glitches in this game far outweigh the features that actually work. The most annoying ones to me are the railings overlapping, and the roof glitching into the house when trying to make open staircases/lofts
for me that isn't the case, but I agree there are some substantial issues for sure
The annoying thing is I've noticed most bugs don't happen to everyone. Adding to the difficulty to find the culprit. Except for console players. I'm certain most of the problems are extremely common. Course I know the argument is the gurus aren't bothering with the bugs. Who knows.
It's really unfortunate, but I agree the best solution for the round walls right now is to just avoid them :/ they have so many problems
unfortunately that's my only recommendation- and continue to report problems
The best solution is to report it!
You literally can’t put ceiling colors and patterns on round walls. I’m a builder and this freaking sucks. 😠
My solution is to use them sparingly in builds and don't look up to the ceilings around these walls.
Roof sections glitching through walls when a room has a fenced in area on the second floor. Second floor fencing is such a pain.
I just wonder.. when did we last get fixes for build mode? Cause a lot of This has been going on for so long, and these are very common bugs :(
@@SimmerErin the last time they made changes to build mode was when we got rounded walls added? Maybe there was a patch after.
But let it be known that the biggest issue with build mode in my opinion isn't even the Bugs, I can work around those... it's how Buy mode is so disorganized at this point. We need more organizational categories for decorative items.
I have also been noticing so many more bugs in build mode lately. I've had to restart the game a few times because clicking the mouse just suddenly wouldn't select objects anymore.
Same and it’s been happening for me for two months
Build mode was the main reason I kept going back to the game, before pretty much giving up awhile back. The lack of matching swatches and full sets of furniture were always major bugbears for me. You find a piece you like, then struggle to find anything to go with it.
Curved walls pretty much sums up, not only build mode issues but the game as a whole. They added it in a broken state and many months later it still needs fixing. I decided to ignore them, they're just not worth.
yeah, I will say even I get annoyed by the swatch options and that's saying something. good that all the future games we know about look to be incorporating a color wheel from the get go to avoid that issue
I low key wish they'd just not added curved walls at all! clearly they were not ready to be added and now they're neglected
I like the idea of a game bug series. You could start with the base game and go through every add on pack. The sheer number of bugs has got to be good for 10 episodes or so
I def have considered it, I'll have to think about it.. it seems it's not doing what I hoped
I have to say, since my game became unplayable two months ago (it is slowly coming back) because of the update that broke everything for everyone, I have started playing stardew valley and I must say playing a game without bugs (at least I have encountered none so far) feels like HEAVEN
the crystal creations update/ patch?
I am so happy I don't use TS4 as my only source of gameplay or entertainment. I actually haven't been on for a few months so I haven't categorized any new bugs but so many had plagued me for so long, I am happy to just be playing other games and not feeling like I'm missing out.
I get the sentiment. I do hate having to update my Stardew mods thanks to the recent update. 😅
I always think even if a game is great, it's best to not rely on one game
The Gallery needs to be monitored and reworked. I only play basegame (+whatever freebies were added to it), all my builds are just basegame and when I go into the Gallery and set it to basegame I still get EVERYTHING, I can't download 99% of the Gallery and all my builds are buried under builds with two-three dozen packs with #basegame in their description, how do they keep getting away with that? Basegame is one of the most searched hashtags on the Gallery and yet there's practically nothing there that's really basegame.
I should check that out.
@@skyydancer67 I don't even bother looking to download anything from the Gallery anymore, I just practiced building until I got better at it than most of the Gallery homes, they're kinda boring, most basegame builds are just shells or there's no real thought put into them, they all look the same, floorplans to colours, or go all out being gaudy & grotesque. Any real effort put into builds are done by people using multiple packs and kits that basegamers can't have.
I just started playing less than a year ago and uploaded a handful of lots to the Gallery, they actually get a pretty good initial response in the first few hours but there's so many continuous uploads, 75-80% of which are absolute garbage, my builds get buried pretty quick.
My in game name is HumanFella but on the Gallery it says my name is csag4m248z7k, my last couple of uploads are called Rustic Retreat and Unconventional Whimsy. Very not normal looking but designed for fun and function, and I scrutinize them in detail to make sure I didn't miss something, but then it's impossible to get every single detail right, I sometimes find something wrong after I upload it to the Gallery and if it's a big problem I fix it and reupload. Someone has to look out for the basegamers, most of us basegamers (and by us I mean not me) can't build worth a sh!t and the Gallery options aren't that great.
yeah, the gallery is a whole topic in of itself
Curved walls, platforms, and roofs have been problematic since they were introduced. I suspect it has to do with something integral to the game engine. Many of the other wall/roof problems can be worked around by changing how they're done (such as doing the room in sections rather than on one piece.)
The terrain paint problem has been going on practically since TS4 started. They fix it and then the next update messes it up again. (It seems to happen with several glitches. The gardening glitches are another example of something that gets fixed but then the next update messes it up again.) The game apparently is very picky about some issues with apparently unrelated systems having unexpected connections.
Some of the things mentioned will probably be fixed fairly quickly because they're easy to fix (such as the outdoor light that doesn't work properly.) It's probably a matter of "flipping a switch" in the tuning.
However, some of the things mentioned are probably never going to change. For instance, the narrow dishwasher you'd think would fit in the narrow end piece. But it is not actually "narrow" but is the narrow plus the rest of the width in its underlying mesh. I wouldn't be surprised if some mesh-makers (such as Felix) could make one that is actually narrow, but it's possible then you couldn't use it except in a narrow end piece. The same goes for the cooktop and oven. They were specifically designed to be separate (otherwise you would just use a regular stove rather than the separate parts.)
Yeah I kinda feel like maybe they should not have added platforms or curved walls in general
and I do agree that this is a mix of likely easier fixes and things that might be more deeply rooted and trickier to address
@@SimmerErin The curved bits do have their problems. However, you can work around most of the glitches. It just takes more work than most of us would like to do. They are fun to work with despite the frustrations. I tend to focus more on the outcome than the bugs. (which is probably why I don't complain as much about the bugs!)
I’m currently on a building streak at the moment and it’s so annoying to realize you can’t fully use all the tools offered to you. Build mode sadly reflects the game state: you can do great things with it, but there are many things I wouldn’t recommend using and usually it’s tools that auto place: wallpapers with ugly side on corners that won’t place everywhere, friezes, stair railings. Sims 4 doesn’t recognize greatly what walls are outside walls and inside walls, railing can only be placed on both sides of the stairs directly when you sadly don’t always want that (and mostly don’t), modular furnitures from Dream Home Decorator tend to disappear, and the list goes on. I think there are core problems in TS4’s build mode (and the rounded walls also amplify those) that are hard to correct (like the stair railings), but I hope for project Rene they’ll take that into account, especially if they want to be on par with all games having a building mode at the moment.
speaking of wall papers.. is it just me, or could we use some better ones ha?
I actually as odd as it is to say am hopeful about at least build mode for rene, based on the bit they have shown off
@@SimmerErinexactly! When I played TS3, I used a lot of CC wallpapers because of a lack of colors/patterns that I liked. My TS4 is vanilla. It's choose the least offensive wallpaper!
I have all those problems, plus a wall panel or two greying/blacking out randomly. Thankfully that can be fixed with deleting the panel and replacing it. I also have problems with windows/doors/arches glitching to where it only shows up on one side, and on the other, it's either empty space or blank wall panel, just clicking it fixes it.
Add my name to the list of people who are annoyed by stair railings glitching through in places they shouldn’t be. I also get frustrated by exterior friezes that can’t be placed on certain walls; apparently this is due to the game not recognizing the wall as being part of a complete room (but building the room over again from the ground up has never fixed this issue for me). And then there is the live mode bug with a build item: the chimneys from Cottage Living are beautiful but unusable for me, as the smoke leaks out at the base and makes it look like the roof is on fire. At least the “windows and doors turn into frames stuck in walls” issue is an easy fix: just pick it up and plunk it back in place. 😅 Thank you for an interesting discussion!
I'm a builder mostly. The things that annoy me the most are:
1. rounded rooms not working right most of the cases + placing stuff inside being very hard unless you drop down walls
2. roof coming through the house at some times and not being able to do anything about it without altering the whole roof
3. the crown molding, I don't remember the name of it, being weird, can't be placed in certain conditions (like a combo of balcony with a roof, on the inner wall)
4. different issues with stairs and things not working right near them (like railing issues, platform issues) etc
5. stuff disappearing when placing other stuff; I do use a mod for that but it doesn't keep the items all the time; I don't understand why this has to happen like this at all; I can somewhat understand the other bugs, but this one I don't.
6. The more annoying of all I think, the windows & doors disappearing thing - melding with the wall rather; they need to be replaced but sooner or later they're gonna meld again
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7. (issue I made on their dedicated site) transparency issue with some plants and windows, window panes showing through the plants
8. (another issue I made on their dedicated site) the Decorator cubbies and such disappearing at times and / or items placed inside them; there's a workaround by re-placing the whole room, but it's annoying so I tend to just avoid them.
In general, they don't bother me too much, but sometimes I simply can't fix through any means if I want a certain feature to my building and it's annoying.
yeah, I have heard most of those, and certainly experienced a lot of them too. the missing items is weird.. because I have gotten it off and on, and I see next to no pattern for it.
there are a range certainly of sort of annoying to more serious.. I feel console probably gets the worst of it
I avoid build/buy and CAS when I can. I don't use mods, but one bug that has been popping up for me recently is the lot trait off-the-grid (OTG) is not working. That is, even in a household has plenty of water saved it will still say that plumbing doesn't work off the grid (yes, it is OTG plumbing, when anyone wants to take a shower. I checked multiple times in each of the 2 games in the past few months as well as turning the trait off, getting out of the game and clicking it back on next time I played but that doesn't work. Nor does replacing all the plumbing.
As someone who loves classical buildings, friezes are the bane of my existence.
This video is great!!! There’s so many things wrong with build mode as much as I love it!
Some of the things I can think of is objects not flushing right into walls, like part of it disappears!!
Maybe this may not be a bug but I wish they could make basements so you see it from the glass floor for example
I just avoid round walls and platforms completely. Tried to have a rounded deck in a beach house one time and the sims could not use the furniture on the deck. I get roof and stair railing glitches and modular items disappear when entering live mode. Also doors and windows need to be reset a lot because of visual glitches. Haven't experienced much else, maybe the occasional lighting glitches
Same, the round walls feature just isn’t worth the problems it causes with Sims getting to objects. Same with most angled walls, I usually just end up squaring out everything.
I sadly recommend everyone avoiding curved walls idk platforms seem pretty problematic too. Sadly, it shouldn't be that way.. and of course, having to dodge stair issues and roofing is really miserable and not really acceptable :(
I don't do much building in TS4, but I've watched other simmers experience many of these glitches in their build videos. I doubt many of these will get resolved any time soon.
yeah, have seen a lot of simmer show it, discuss it, or struggle with it during streams and such
The stair glitch and the terrain paint glitch have been around for as long as I have been playing. I don’t think it’s fixable as EA refuses to acknowledge the bug exists
I agree. I have had many problems with the stairs and well as the walls. I am also NOT that good at building but have noticed some things when trying to build as beginner builder. Some ththings I can laugh at but some thongs I find to be fustrating too. Like when my windows disapear or the walls don't want too work rite. But the stairs are the Most agrivating of all
Those deffinetly NEED some fixing.
Ty for the post and take care. ✌💖
All true especially the terrain paint disappearing, and the round walls, ceilings and stair rails all drive me crazy! Oh and the non matching swatches like why! Just make matching swatches I think most of us playing have anxiety or OCD lol Another reason I have really built or uploaded in 5-6 months. Sims 4 Got Bugs and at this point they should just release an infestation pack lol zap the bugs!
I'm not good and building and I found some of the bugs so jarring.
yeah, I'm not good at building either. I def don't touch platforms or curved walls ha
There is also a bug with terrain where sometimes placing a tile near the edge tile of the lot will slightly distort the ground upwards even when they ground has been completely flattened. But I doubt half the bugs the game has created will ever get fixed at this point sadly.
I had the undo button opening the search bar one and it was the most annoying glitch I’ve ever had lol it was a lot more annoying than it even sounds.
One i have alot is when i try to change ot make a roof on rental lots i get "Can't expand to Ops" no clue what it means either
Often when I build, build mode will just stop functioning you can't place move or do anything, if you save your game build mode will be corrupted forever on that save
Platforms are so screwy, i can see into the void and the void sees me. Not to mention railings not existing sometimes
Very concerned Sometimes I play Sims 4 but not very often. I had the wall problem but it went away but had to fight it.
I love this 'deep dive' video topic :-)
I stopped playing years ago (there are so many other games I'd rather spend time in than this buggy mess, but I do fell sorry for all the simmers out there), so I mainly know about the bugs because I watch people playing here on RUclips, and the exponential amount of bugs are noticeable even watching content that has been edited to make the experience more enjoyable: trimmings, wallpapers, and other objects that disappear when placing stairs, half walls or fences, windows that clip in the wall when you go to live mode (so you have to go back to build mode and place them again), round walls and rooms shouldn't be in the game as they are extremely glitchy and unusable (it really looks like they rushed that in because people was praising Paralives having round walls), items that do not place how they should or disappear, roofs doing weird stuff... Idk, it's a constant. The community has to learn to circumvent too many bugs in all categories.
If it was any other game, it'd be considered unplayable.
The biggest bug for me is the roof bugs and ceiling bug that came with for rent pack, as long as I’m not using rental properties I have no issues with ceilings or roofs
I get lots of glitches in build mode too
I also get clipping stairs clipping trims clipping columns etc so much clipping!
So far not experienced that many bugs with build buy mode. The ones I noticed are the railing on the stairs and, the curved walls are very glitchy in play mode so I don't use them anymore.
The ceiling of the room made with a curved wall is not painted, the handrail, the roofs that appear inside the building are annoying, they are quite limiting, I always have to think of solutions to make the building look presentable. 😞
Round walls where the start of the apartment walls being messed up... A curse upon them walls. If I could remove those d*** wall, and get back old apartment walls... In a heartbeat I'd do it.
Honestly, the build mode in sims4 is so intuitive and easier than sims3. But compared to the sims3, once you get the hang of it, it offers less flexibility, and you're just stuck with what the sims4 offers. I feel like in the sims3, with enough effort and time (a lot of time) you could make any idea come through, while in the sims4 you're just stuck with what the game offers.
Like even the stair railings, in the silms3 you could choose which side to put the railings on. It's just so dissapointing to see these bugs happen while we've see better ways to handle build mode
oh yeah I def think sims 4 build mode is way easier to work with than sims 3. sims 2 was pretty easy too, I have to say *do miss that auto roof
I like sims 3's color wheel of course and such, but it's a lot more daunting and not that user friendly
One of the reasons it takes hours to build sometimes is due to making work-around-hacks work in build mod. Thank God for Tool by Twisted Mex. You can't even use curved surface areas effectively since it glitches and effects placement of objects on the floor. It's sad that 10yrs + going that so many basic issues on building are outstanding. And by the way, talking about issues, Erin, how has the switch over EA app been going for you? Have you been able to play Sims 3 at all with it? Had any connection issues with the new app? Thank you for your report on these issues, Erin.
I do know lots of people love that mod.
haven't dug into the app enough yet to know if I'll be having lots of problems, but will see after a bit!
Right now my build mode is incredibly slow and glitchy. I’ve tried with and without mods and it’s horrendous either way. Plus the EA app keeps crashing while I’m playing. They should never tied gameplay to that app. I miss Origin. The game working didn’t rely on Origin being online.
I havn´t build that much for some times. the only thing I got that it´s sometimes hard to remove the foundation. when I want to build ha basement.
I am very much a download a build or just renovate person ha. I can't build well to save my life
Apartment/rental units walls being broken!!
you mean not being able to put them down
I haven't been able to use Move Objects in awhile 😕
I wonder why that's happening- and when it started
I play on ps4 and still can't change my lot type
First.....three probably 😀 Have a great weekend Erin
You as well
It doesn't surprise me at all that curved walls are STILL broken..
EA hasn't given a shit for so long that the game is beyond unfixable and it's unfortunate.
They're too busy selling broken packs that they won't fix the game. What a joke..
Other than a brief mentioning using curved walls corrupt saves, that I haven't heard anything about for a few weeks, I'm curious how uncommon or common are these bugs? Oh and yeah the curved walls are picky with windows and terrain paint. Haven't heard about this one for a while but I heard about it for a while.
No surprise Console is having a lot of issues. I do think part of the problem is people say fix gameplay so ignore build/ buy. Also how common or uncommon the bugs are. It's interesting but also not with the community argument. Like if a pack is announced next week oof.
I don't build enough to say I would substantially run into everything, but the compiled bugs list presumably would be the most commonly reported
@@SimmerErin ouch. I'm hoping to build this weekend so I'll see if I have issues. The last build (at least 8 months ago, maybe a year) didn't have issues. I'll see what bugs I have with everything.
@@AutobotSimmer best wishes!
I think a lot of people really underestimate how valuable actually REPORTING BUGS instead of just yelling at people on RUclips and Twitter really is! Some things to consider: The reported bugs list is what is referenced when bug fixes are done. If it isn't reported, it won't be referenced and will never get fixed. The devs play a completely different version of the game that we do, so they often don't have anywhere near the same experiences that we do playing the game. While posting something on Twitter or RUclips is a great way to raise community awareness on issues, it doesn't bring attention to the people who can actually FIX these things. Like Erin said (with dramatic effect added), REPORT, REPORT, REPORT, AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE, GO AHEAD AND REPORT!
That's why quality testers exist, but EA and TS4 unfortunately aren't interested in hiring them.
@@oceanegougeon3025 That's why we have to report, it's the option that we have and it's all that's working right now, and that's actually a lot for poor, hardworking EA, I'm sure. Take full advantage while we can, I'd say.
@@Anunnymuss I prefer playing games that work, I'll leave you to your reports
@@oceanegougeon3025 Then don't play I guess idk what else to tell you. I can't force EA to do anything and neither can you so.
They need to put that report function in the game
I don't have to care anymore about bugs and glitches of Sims 4 since I uninstalled the game couple weeks ago. My computer was glad to have those storage back for something else.
do what makes you happy, I suppose