Trouble Placing Lots Again

[Sonshine]

Hi, I'm having trouble placing lots again in RH. I can't place 64x64 lot on the same sized plat, but I can place a smaller lot on it sometimes, but in then it doesn't always work. I'm wondering if anybody else has this problem or is it just me? I'm getting a new video card Mon so we'll see what happens after that is installed. The big lot isn't the only one I have problems with. There doesn't seem to be any set pattern. I just tested in another hood and still can't place the largest lot.

The Grandpa's Grove lot, is that a residential lot or a community one? Thanks!

[Nettlejuice]

Grandpa's Grove is a residential lot, it always confuses me too. As for the lot placing, I can only suggest minutely checking to see if there is something on the lot already that's stopping you install a new lot.

[Sonshine]

Thanks Nettlejuice! I've done that before and the lot still won't place.   I'm out of ideas now.

[MrsFlynn]

Hi Sonshine,

Hubby and I did a test game to see if we could duplicate the problem (Replacing lots).

Our best guess is that there are lots that just can not be replaced if/when the original lot gets bulldozed.  We're thinking these lots may have been placed using EA's version of Create A World.

We got messages like:

Can't place on unrouteable terrain

Can't place on Roads

Can not place on lots - acting as if there's already a lot there, when there isn't.

I found I can place a 64x64 lot somewhat at 2345 Waning way. It won't place exactly in the same place as original lot, but slightly to the side.

Hubby found:

36 Riverside Terrace
If you bulldoze this 64x64 lot, you cannot place any lots against the road.
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20 Paradise Drive
We're able to bulldoze and replace this 64x64 lot with any lot size we want.

I'm not sure if there's anyway to actually fix this. Maybe try (?) creating a new game with the same town? But can't promise that will exactly help. As when you bulldoze some lots, there's just no way to replace them.

MrsFlynn

[Sonshine]

Thanks Mrs Flynn! I think it is somewhat fickle. Also, even w/o bulldozing some of the lots, when I try to place a lot, the moment I click on "place a copy," the icon for the empty lot just disappears. Not sure what EA was thinking, but RH just seems to be a VERY buggy world.

[DanBrunetu]

Hi, have you tried to edit the empty lot after you buldoze it ?  Buy some objects on the lot and then exit and buldoze it again.  I had in the past this problem and this method should to the trick and let you place another lot. 

[MrsFlynn]

Hi Sonshine,

I'd like to make a correction, I should have asked what you meant by placing a lot, instead of assuming. * Blush*

It sounds like you might mean that you're not able to place houses or community lots from their libraries to an empty lot?

I took it from the point of view that you weren't able to replace the empty lots with new lots using the in-game world editor.

That's why I said what I did. I am very sorry for the confusion. As being able to place houses or community lots themselves may be a different problem.

Would you mind clarifying what you meant by problems placing a lot?

Lots disappearing after placed/replaced has happened to me quite a bit. I figure it's an over-looked bug. I sometimes/most often replace the lot till either it shows up correctly, or I give up in frustration.

MrsFlynn

[Sonshine]

Hi Mrs Flynn! In this post, yes I meant that I'm not able to take any lots from the library to place them. The moment I click on "place copy," the lot icon disappears.   As you have tested out, I also can't place some empty lots. I finally just moved that family to a new world. I couldn't move them to a bigger house b/c it seems like I couldn't place user made houses and the EA ones were just not my taste. Thanks!