CTRL+F: While laying down flooring, use this shortcut to switch to half-tile mode, which will cut your floor tile square into a triangle.You can also hold down the Alt key while painting to cover an entire straight wall section with that wall covering. Moving the mouse left or right while you have an object selected in this way will also rotate the item freely in a 360 degree circle instead of snapping to 90 and 45 degree angles. Hold Alt (Option on Mac): With an object selected, hold down the Alt key to place it freely instead of along the grid lines.When you’re applying friezes to the exterior of a building, you can hold SHIFT to only apply the frieze to that wall section rather than the entire room. With the wall covering or flooring tool selected, holding SHIFT will fill the entire room with that flooring or wall covering. You can also hold down SHIFT while placing objects in Buy Mode to place more of that item easily without having to grab it out of the catalogue again. Hold SHIFT: With the wall or room tool selected, holding down SHIFT will switch between the wall and room tools.It will also erase any terrain paint when held down in terrain paint mode. Hold CTRL: Holding down the CTRL key while using the wall tool will delete existing walls and fence pieces.Very handy for quickly playtesting something you’ve done in Build/Buy. F1, F2, F3: These keys will switch between Live Mode, Build Mode, and Buy Mode.F5: Toggles between full, half, and quarter grid placement mode.Useful for when you realise that you don’t like the placement of your build after you’ve already built it. U: Easily move and rotate the entire structure of your building.Hit this key again to switch back out of this view. R: Use the R key to recolour an item more easily.You can also choose the time of day in your Gallery preview image when you upload a lot by using this tool. It’s just so you can see what your build looks like during different times of day. This is a visual change within Build/Buy only. L: Switches between morning, afternoon, evening, and nighttime lighting.K: Switches to the sledgehammer tool which destroys objects.Pressing the H key can be a lot faster than clicking the on screen icon. It’s what will allow you to grab and move objects around. E: Switches to the eyedropper tool which allows you to copy items.

B: Just hit the B key to quickly switch to the wall building tool.Next time you’re in Build/Buy, try out some of these hotkey shortcuts to save you some time! It’s definitely one of the game’s strong points but did you know there’s a way to make Build mode even faster and easier to work with? Using hotkeys can save you a lot of time and open up Build mode features you might not have known about! The Sims 4 build mode is probably the most versatile we’ve seen in the series.

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