Sims 3 seasons holiday lights?

eemily0246

Ok so I pre ordered the sims 3 seasons and got the game yesterday. I was really exited for winter and the lights and decorations, but I couldn't figure out how to put up the holiday house lights! I could put them up on other sims houses, except mine! I tried clicking on my front door as they said I should, but it just said "lock..." or "go home" and that was about it. I was so angry! I tried everything but couldn't figure it out!!!

eemily0246

plus, my purchase history is down so I cant download the lce lounge!

cooldiva

you need to click on the door and then lights

eemily0246

i tried but the lights option wont show up

Mrysticat

Move out from the house and up a floor (or more) until you can see the roof line. There should be icicle lights hanging from the eaves.

ewilson1114

Are yout trying on a CC house or an EA house? When I first played I was using a CC house and the lights didnt show up as an option for me. I don't know if that happens with every cc house or if something was wrong with the one I was using.

KosmoKhaos

Actually this seems to be a fault on EA's part. I had this same problem and it turns out that houses with "flat and squared" rooftops cannot have holiday lighting. Lol sucks right? I bet if you were to click on a home with a traditional triangular rooftop (yes you can change your neighbor's lights too) you would have the option to hang them.

hallegrace7

Make sure you are not inn pause mode. When I clicked on my front door the "Hand Holiday Lights..." button didn't show up and it showed up on my back door. I don't think there is a too early time. It just has to be in the season of winter. I hung mine on Sunday in the game and Thursday is Snowflake Day, or I guess, Christmas.

lisasc360

hallegrace7 wrote:

Make sure you are not inn pause mode. When I clicked on my front door the "Hand Holiday Lights..." button didn't show up and it showed up on my back door. I don't think there is a too early time. It just has to be in the season of winter. I hung mine on Sunday in the game and Thursday is Snowflake Day, or I guess, Christmas.

Welcome to the forums...

You do realize that this is from last year and I am sure that the person who posted this has already figured out how to put the lights up... You can also hang your lights up anytime of the year, it does not need to be winter. The lights will stay up all through the different seasons.

LottieLolz

I just had to replace my roof to hang lights. It turns out flat roofs CANNOT hang lights It now works!

lolzipops

its really easy i had the same problem but it was because my house had a flat roof all you need to do to make it work if get a normal roof basically... hope it helped :thumbup:

shellbeme

I also had this problem when I replaced what was the original 'front door'. It would not work for me until I chose another door to designate as the 'front door'.

lisasc360

lolzipops wrote:

its really easy i had the same problem but it was because my house had a flat roof all you need to do to make it work if get a normal roof basically... hope it helped :thumbup:

Hi and welcome to the forum...

I'm pretty sure that the OP finally got their answer since this thread was made last November. I'm pretty sure that the OP isn't still waiting on an answer...

mysimsaddiction1

I also had this problem I just switched the door and it worked

columbia93

TO the person who keeps writing and chastizing anyone who continues to reply:

There are a lot of us having this issue and, while the OP may have figured it out, we are still looking for answers. If you Google "Sims 3 unable to hang holiday lights", this thread comes up so, if others want to add additional comments, please go about your business and refrain from contributing nothing.

As for me, I'm running a game wihtout CC and can't get the lights on my house. I don't have a flat roof and can get the option for other houses. My Sim moved houses but I used the same front door - a store item - so that might be my problem. I'll try a different door and hopefully that will work.

lisasc360

columbia93 wrote:

TO the person who keeps writing and chastizing anyone who continues to reply:

There are a lot of us having this issue and, while the OP may have figured it out, we are still looking for answers. If you Google "Sims 3 unable to hang holiday lights", this thread comes up so, if others want to add additional comments, please go about your business and refrain from contributing nothing.

As for me, I'm running a game wihtout CC and can't get the lights on my house. I don't have a flat roof and can get the option for other houses. My Sim moved houses but I used the same front door - a store item - so that might be my problem. I'll try a different door and hopefully that will work.

All these people are doing is repeating what everyone else has already said so there really is no need to get rude with me and chastise me about letting people know that this is an old and dead thread... :roll:

I can post the same thing over and over if I want to, so please don't tell me what to do, so you mind your own business. Don't like what I got to say then don't read my posts. Easy as that...

VetGal1

Yeah... I can't even find lights in the catalog - can anyone help me find where they are? I probably look like an idiot, sorry... :-o

lisasc360

VetGal1 wrote:

Yeah... I can't even find lights in the catalog - can anyone help me find where they are? I probably look like an idiot, sorry... :-o

Just click on your front door and set as door. Then click again and it should bring up the little menu where you can pick hang lights. Just make sure you don't have a flat roof as the lights won't work with flat roofs.

Hope this helps...

mixhaha

To hang lights you need to have a pointed roof as such, you can't have a flat roof as the holiday lights hang from the edge of the roof that hangs!!!

donnathedog

Ok what you have to do is go up all the floors until you see the roof then click the front door it should say lock set as front door and holiday house lights click that then click hanging then it should be done worked on mine

KajiMadoushi

You know, in all these responses, no one mentionned anything about hanging lights for sims living in apartments. How do we do that since we can't change the roof?

AveryShade

I've had nearly every sims hang up the lights, the want is fullfilled.....but I don't see any lights. I don't see any icicles. I've seen screenshots from other users so I know what to look for but there are no visible lights on amy of my sims houses even though I did indeed hang them.

AveryShade

[quote="columbia93;c-11485256"]TO the person who keeps writing and chastizing anyone who continues to reply:

There are a lot of us having this issue and, while the OP may have figured it out, we are still looking for answers. If you Google "Sims 3 unable to hang holiday lights", this thread comes up so, if others want to add additional comments, please go about your business and refrain from contributing nothing.

As for me, I'm running a game wihtout CC and can't get the lights on my house. I don't have a flat roof and can get the option for other houses. My Sim moved houses but I used the same front door - a store item - so that might be my problem. I'll try a different door and hopefully that will work.[/quote]

Mhmm, it's 2019 and I STILL have questions sometimes. These old boards have helped a lot.

EA_Rtas

Hey folks, considering this thread has been inactive for quite some time I'm going to close it off. If you have any questions about necroposting you can read this thread here : Necroposting