Hi,
I wanted to ask if someone could help me a bit with this issue... I am doing my own version of maxis creeping phlox bush. Basically like default replacement but not replacement because I had troubles with blue flashing. So this time I am doing just custom version (custom GUID, not Maxis one) and not repositoring textures to maxis. My goal is trimmable bush with lods and all seasons (summer, spring, fall, all winter stages, except that summer+spring will be always the same as in original game so there is not really need for spring but i kept it just in case). Thanks to creator called Aysarth (who made custom version of the Literal Rose using tree as a template - meaning it has all seasons stages - I was able to make it happen quite easily. I just cloned the rose, changed meshes, textures and such. But since the Rose from Aysarth had one season that is not usual for maxis trees, I think it is what causes the issue I will now describe.

Basically the issue is: When I place the bush on a lot and stay in build mode, there is no issue with the design tool. The issue happens when I go into live mode and then back to build mode, then the design tool is no longer usable for the bush as you can see: https://youtu.be/JrQPjReKTyM There is no issue with the object not being recolorable as I demonstrated when I placed the object for the first time in the video.

The Rose bush that I used as a source has one special season as I mentioned. Instead of just summer, swx01, 03, 04, 05 and 06 it also has swx02 which I think is what the mesh switches to when in build mode. I tried to remove this season and then the design tool was fixed but it caused other issues like textures switching to default texture in build mode or after trimming. So does anybody have a clue how this issue could be fixed? Someone more skilled than me? All seasons have tsDesignModeEnabled so I do not know what else could cause this.

Instead of me listing all what the object has or hasn't inside, here is the object itself for inspection. I did not change the guid so far so if you have the rose from Aysarth, you will have to change the guid so it does not clash with it.

Thank you for any suggestions and help!

My version of the Sims 2 is Ultimate Collection.