"starguru;c-16744255" wrote:
Aww, thanks! :smile: Floor plan designs are a useful asset, whether you follow RL house plans or other simmers builds.
Funny thing about RL floor plans. When I was a freshman/sophomore in high school, my best friend and I would design our dream houses on paper with crude floor plans. We spent hours talking about that and dreaming of "adulthood". Oh to go back to those days when it was so much simplier...
Anyway, I've taken a look at the RL floor plan sites and it is impossible for me to envision getting that translated to TS. Your floor plans are actual overhead screenshots of the actual Sim house. No imagination needed. It's easy to count the squares and put walls where they should be. That's one reason I love your stuff. I saw a number of houses I really liked but it was impossible for me to figure out where to even start. With your design, I actually counted the squares along the front of the house and placed that many foundation squares. It was so easy to go from there. Some of us are terrible designers. Most of my houses in TS2 were either plopped down from the premades that came with it or a large square box I made. So again, thank you so much for sharing your creations in a way that others can enjoy them as well as learn from them!
"starguru;c-16744255" wrote:
Another technique I used when I first began building was to download homes from advanced and safe builders, place it on a lot near where I was building and try to recreate it for practice or sledgehammer/undo/redo parts of it to figure out how they had achieved a certain feature, in addition to a lot of trial and error and following tutorials. I learned a great deal that way before I began building for myself consistently, in order to understand all the little tricks so I could build whatever I had envisioned for a particular family.
This is a good idea. Perhaps when I'm done with my current play which is a generational challenge, I will start a new game and work on more creative things to make my city more my own.
"starguru;c-16744255" wrote:
I agree—CASt is addicting and a major reason I enjoy playing TS3 more than other games in the series. Oh, your poor Sim family! I can understand them not wanting to wait on an attached garage after weeks of standing outside already! :wink: But that feature can be saved for a future build for another save/family if you’re eventually so inclined, and I’m sure your current family will appreciate having a home designed especially for them with your new addiction. :mrgreen: And if you like the results, whatever time you spend perfecting a build with CASt is worthwhile.
This house SHOULD be the last house I need to build for a while. It's plenty big enough to house the max a family can be and that's really all I need. I loved your barn and gardens and will likely incorporate that into the home as well. With 6 more generations yet to be born, they will eventually want to do more things like enjoy horses and a farm. I'm just really glad that your designed prompted me to learn how to use CASt. I had peeked at it once years and years ago and thought "this is not my department". But it's easier than I thought. TS3 has so much more than I ever thought. Once I got over how I couldn't play rotationally like TS2 (this was before the mods were designed to allow that), I really like a lot of the improvements that were made to the series. The gardening is an entire game in itself, wine making. Even little things like the gradual pregnancy instead of a sudden baby bump that woke a tired lady from her sleep. I play a number of different games but I'm glad this one is no longer gathering dust on the shelf. I bought and installed the entire series earlier this year and have truly enjoyed it more than anything I've played in a while.