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columbia93
New Ace
12 years ago

Installed Seasons and my indoor/outdoor basement pool has quit working EDIT: Pics may work now

Prior to Seasons, I built this house on a small lot and, to increase the size of the house without sacrificing the yard AND for the really cool effect, I build a basement that was larger than my house, built a swimming pool within the basement (1 tile in) and then built the ground floor smaller so the pool would be outdoors. I added picture windows the the basement/pool wall and - VOILA! - had a really cool house!

http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/923/937/015/00/screenshot_original.jpg

 IMAGE OF THE POOL FROM THE OUTSIDE

http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/917/937/015/00/screenshot_original.jpg

 IMAGE OF THE POOL FROM THE BASEMENT THROUGH THE WINDOWS

Now, swimming in the pool means my Sim sinks to the bottom and swims around there. So far, I'm having the direct my Sim to the stairs to get them out. I don't have this problem if the basement pool is indoors (meaning the ground level is large enough to incorporate the pool area indoors) and I don't have this issue if I build the pool on the 2nd floor, w/pic windows into the living area.

 http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/899/937/015/00/screenshot_original.jpg

http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/902/937/015/00/screenshot_original.jpg

http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/871/937/015/00/screenshot_original.jpg

IMAGES OF 2 DIFFERENT POOLS WITH THE SAME TYPE OF POOL AND THE BOTTOM SWIMMING GLITCH.

Don't know what EA did to break this ability but, with several houses built using this great technique, it would be terrific if you put it back to where it was. Used to be we could build a pool up to a basement wall but EA took that away. This seemed like a great alternative but now that seems to have been taken away too! Why?

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  • Bumping this because I think the pics work now. I used "Edit" but that doesn't change the post in the queue.

  • yami8727's avatar
    yami8727
    12 years ago

    Did you fix this problem?

    I have a same problem.

    I do format and reinstall window, I can't fix this problem.

    Testing on only sims3 original & latest contents patch(1.57), still have a same problem.

    I've searched a solution but cannot find.

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