Guide to Houseboats in game & in CAW
Houseboats! They're awesome, versatile, and totally fun... but they can also be tricky, especially when adding one to a world other than Isla Paradiso. Thankfully you've come to the right place. This ...
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Hi Graham and fellow simmers! :)
I just loooove houseboats, so when I got IP, I immediately jumped in game and had to build one for my sim. :) Thank you Graham for writing this extensive guide for them! :thumbup:
I ran into a little problem with positioning the helm on my houseboat. So sorry if this has already been mentioned or asked before, I read through the FAQ, but didn't see it there. :oops:
I used the cheat 'moveobjects on' to move the helm over a pillar that is supporting the roof over the top deck of my houseboat, like this:
It's fully functional, doesn't cause any routing issues and I thought it looked pretty good. :D
Now, when I saved my houseboat to my library and placed the lot on a free port in another save of Isla Paradiso I have, the helm was moved to its original position when you start building a new houseboat, and not where I had placed it with the cheat, like this:
I then moved the helm back to the top deck, this time without using any cheats, like this
When I then saved it to the library of lots and placed it in yet another save, the helm was still in the place where I put it down, so it wasn't moved to its original position again.
I'm, assuming the helm changed back to its original position again because I used the 'moveobjects on' cheat on it the first time and, when saving to the library, the game recognized its position as faulty, and thus put it back on a free 2x1 tile the helm needs to function?
I was just wondering, is there a way to keep it on the position I put it in with cheats when I save the lot or upload it? I uploaded my house boat now with the helm in the position in the third picture, as I didn't want it to change when people downloaded it, but I really liked the place I picked out for it originally. :)
Also, other objects that are placed down using the 'moveobjects on' and are in similar 'faulty' positions do not respawn to a free place on the houseboat when saved and placed on a new lot. Is the difference here because the helm is an undeletable/required object, just like the mailbox and trash can with regular houses, and therefore other rules apply to it when saving?
Thanks in advance! :)
I just loooove houseboats, so when I got IP, I immediately jumped in game and had to build one for my sim. :) Thank you Graham for writing this extensive guide for them! :thumbup:
I ran into a little problem with positioning the helm on my houseboat. So sorry if this has already been mentioned or asked before, I read through the FAQ, but didn't see it there. :oops:
I used the cheat 'moveobjects on' to move the helm over a pillar that is supporting the roof over the top deck of my houseboat, like this:
It's fully functional, doesn't cause any routing issues and I thought it looked pretty good. :D
Now, when I saved my houseboat to my library and placed the lot on a free port in another save of Isla Paradiso I have, the helm was moved to its original position when you start building a new houseboat, and not where I had placed it with the cheat, like this:
I then moved the helm back to the top deck, this time without using any cheats, like this
When I then saved it to the library of lots and placed it in yet another save, the helm was still in the place where I put it down, so it wasn't moved to its original position again.
I'm, assuming the helm changed back to its original position again because I used the 'moveobjects on' cheat on it the first time and, when saving to the library, the game recognized its position as faulty, and thus put it back on a free 2x1 tile the helm needs to function?
I was just wondering, is there a way to keep it on the position I put it in with cheats when I save the lot or upload it? I uploaded my house boat now with the helm in the position in the third picture, as I didn't want it to change when people downloaded it, but I really liked the place I picked out for it originally. :)
Also, other objects that are placed down using the 'moveobjects on' and are in similar 'faulty' positions do not respawn to a free place on the houseboat when saved and placed on a new lot. Is the difference here because the helm is an undeletable/required object, just like the mailbox and trash can with regular houses, and therefore other rules apply to it when saving?
Thanks in advance! :)
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