Can't create lots in CAW?
So, my game is updated to 1.67, and my CAW version is 0.2.0.197. I have not updated to the most recent versions due to various reports that the latest patch causes the game to stop working for many people. Also, the first time I noticed this issue I was working with Windows 8.1 on a desktop computer, currently having the SAME issue on a new laptop running Windows 10, on a brand new installation of Sims 3 and all expansions and stuff packs. I have not even played the game, nor do I have any custom content installed at this time.
Some weeks back I was working on a new world and my CAW did something it had never done before: It would allow me to create 7 and only 7 empty lots. It didn't matter if I was creating residential or community lots. It didn't matter what world size or geography I was using. I even attempted to edit a different premade world (Riverview, which I did have installed at the time) and the same issue happened. If there were seven lots on the world, no more would be created.
I didn't worry about this so much at the time; I thought perhaps some piece of custom content I had installed was preventing CAW from working correctly, and I knew that it wouldn't be long before I was going to be buying a new computer, so I thought with a fresh installation and no CC I might be able to build the world I wanted and have no further issues.
However, the other day when I got my new laptop up and running, and installed my game, expansions, and stuff packs, then downloaded CAW, I started it up, and... same weird glitch. Has anybody else experienced this? If so, is there a solution?