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Hello i am here to report a bug that occurs on skyscrapers and allows me to upgrade my level 4 to level 5 without providing them every goods they need.

Context :

  • I am playing a sandbox game with every dlc up to seeds of change wich i don't have.
  • The bug occurs on crown falls, but i have not tested if it can occur somewhere else.
  • I don't have any mods activated.
  • The main mechanic here revolve around the mechanic of panorama.
  • I have a lot of buff applied on my skyscrapers, i don't know if it makes a difference.


The procedure :

  • I have a skyscraper level 4 ( i will call it the "main" skyscraper) surrounded by other skyscrapers (3 level 2, 3 level 3 and 2 level 4, for a total of 8 adjacent skyscrapers) .
  • The level 4 skyscrapers has every needs fulfilled except for the typing machine.


  • I upgrade 2 or 3 of the level 3 skyscrapers to level 4
  • This reduces the panorama on the main skyscraper wich reduces its max population, but not its current population.
  • The main building is now massively overpopulated and for some reason, this unlocks the upgrade button, despite having a good not provided. The button should be locked because of "need not fulfilled" but it isn't.
  • I can now upgrade it to level 5. If i don't upgrade it, it stays in this state until the population of the skyscraper drops under the max population, then it goes back to normal.


Additionnal informations :

  • A video that shows me doing the glitch : ">
  • The link of the save where the glitch happenned : https://we.tl/t-7ikHleZkVO: (https://we.tl/t-7ikHleZkVO)
  • I have tried reproducing the glitch on a level 3 skyscraper but it didn't worked despite a massive overpopulation when i reduce its panorama.
about 2 years ago - Ubi-Thrupney - Direct link

Hey @toutoun72 , welcome to the Discussions forums! I really appreciate this write-up of an exploit you've found with skyscrapers, that really helps us out. I've gone ahead and passed all this information on internally so we can look into it.

Your link for your save file had expired by the time I've got to the thread, sorry about that 😞 Can you reupload it for me? I'm not sure yet if we'll need it, but I'd appreciate having it just in case.

Thanks once again for your help with this!

about 2 years ago - Ubi-LadyBlue - Direct link

Perfect @toutoun72, thank you so much. 💙

I've gotten these over to the teams to help with the investigation. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or need anything else.