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Riverleigh
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4 years ago

A Builder's Frustrations

Sul Sul!

I mostly build houses in the Sims. Occasionally I play but I find the game-play a bit repetitive so I just build houses and occasionally create sims. I have a couple of requests as a builder:


  • Please create a bannister to match every fence you create! Nothing worse than placing a lovely fence around a porch only to discover there is no matching bannister for the stairs.
  • Please create a range of curtains that will actually fit the windows you create. I hate that curtains just won't fit certain windows. There are times I want to use a specific window for my build and there just is no curtain or window dressing that will fit it. Super frustrating.
  • Please create more paintings for walls. There are a whole tonne of kiddy type pictures but not nearly enough variety for more mature wall decorations. I'd love to see a whole range of beautiful flower and plant pictures as well as more abstract and realistic, maybe even some impressionism paintings that I can adorn the walls with. I know Sims can paint these and put them on the walls, but when I build, I like to decorate the walls nicely.
  • I would love to be able to place stairs on an angle. In fact, angle building needs an overhaul. It's clunky and frustrating when trying to place furniture on the angle. Windows get elongated, cabinets don't click together, curtains go out of shape... it's a nightmare. And don't even get me started on roof placements!
  • Can we please have the ability to create ponds using the terrain tool? I loved that feature in Sims 3...
  • Upper kitchen cupboards to match lower kitchen cupboards.
  • And while we're at it... how about cabinets that match the bars so we can make longer bars???
  • I would like to add: Vertical half-walls. Let us build and connect walls half-grid
  • Roof gutters
  • ceilings textures and beams
  • Triangular shaped windows to put on the sides of A frame roofs
  • Curved fountain and pool pieces
  • modern/contemporary cabinets and counters with natural wood tones
  • less stylized ceiling fans and ones that include a light source.
  • normal sofas with normal designs and colors, with nice matching or well accented pillows
  • rustic iron fireplaces


    So that's a few I can think of now. Feel free to add any you think of too.

    Dag Dag :smiley:
    • "Simmingal;c-17861972" wrote:
      i mean i get what you mean but i really don't want them to mess with angle building this far in game because ive used it quite a lot and it could break lot of stuff ive already created if they changed it up

      id like angled stairs though so if something probably that

      and as for wall pictures id just really like better frames for photography and paintings our sims make themselves so i could use those in older fancy houses of mine

      like having frames like those cats and dogs paintings or ones from vampires or such for photography & paintings would really solve about 99% of my problems with wall art


      Very true!
    • @redrogue60 Yes, sorry, stair railings is what I meant :smile:

      Thanks for the suggestions. I'll add them to my initial post!
    • Flipping ROOFS--particularly for angled or octogonal buildings--are the bane of my Sims 4 existence. I hate how octogonal roofs snap-to at a certain size and you have to keep resizing the room to make the dang thing fit. I love all of these ideas, keep them coming!