Didn't know stairs could do this... *pic*
I'm making a house, and I was putting some stairs down. It was a bit finicky to put down the stairs outside. I zoomed out and saw this. I kind of want to see a sim try to walk up it, it looks so weird...
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"simsgal2227;14519927" wrote:"Karritz;14519897" wrote:"simsgal2227;14519642" wrote:
@Karritz Thanks, glad you like it. I like yours as well! It's quite unique. Why do you usually avoid foundations? I understand the friezes, but why the foundation?
I like to have maximum usable space and the foundation takes up a whole floor that I can't do anything with, unless I make it a walk in basement at the start.
Well, you can have a foundation basement without it being a walk out basement. You just level the terrain everywhere underground except right by the edge of the foundation. It's worth it if your house is somewhat big. If the house is on the smaller side, a foundation basement may not do much.
I did that with the pre-built house my sim in my current game is living in. But I'd prefer to not have the foundation. However, I won't say I never use foundations, and I am quite likely to have one in a house I build from scratch at some stage. I just usually prefer to not have them.
That house on the hill that I posted a picture of has a foundation - it is on stumps. That is the sort of foundation most houses have where I live as they are built to be cool. If the stumps are high enough it is possible to add a living area underneath. And In my opinion I don't need to use a foundation to get the same effect in a house I build in Sims 3.
I needed to use the foundation stumps for that particular house as it was on a hill and I wanted to keep the hill. If I have a flat lot I usually prefer to not have a foundation.
I can actually do foundations and friezes and things. I just prefer my houses to maximise the available space.
I build for fun. I rarely do anything modern. I don't worry about particular styles of building. And I know about them too but I just don't worry about them. Needless to say if I start building something I can be influenced by existing real life building styles.
I tend to make it up as I go along just because I want to do it that way.
I start small with a basic few rooms a Sim needs to survive and as I think of things I want to do with them I add rooms and other facilities. If I start out with a basement and a frieze I immediately have reduced my options for future development.
I always used to start with a 64x64 lot too and fill it up with stuff. Recently I've started challenging myself with smaller lots.
It is only when I'm making a community lot that I will just sit and build for weeks until I have it all working and looking just the way that I have most fun with it when I send my Sims there during a game.
This is the house I've currently started building for the sake of building something.
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It doesn't have a foundation - but it doesn't use up all available space either. It is fully furnished on one level and the top level is barely started inside. Then I lost interest in it and have it in a separate Sims 3 folder where there is no custom content installed. Just Store content and what came with the Sims 3 games.
I suspect I may get back to it one day. But I don't know when.
