Build Mode Feedback for EA
This thread was designed to provide feedback to EA/Maxis regarding things that we need and/or want in build mode in order to make it an even better experience. Contributions and commentary from my fe...
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A lot of great ideas. I'd like to see many of those additions as well :mrgreen:
I have a few things I'd like to see added to the game:
Biggest thing for me atm is brighter lighting indoors! Everything is so dark I need fill a room with light fixtures to a ridiculous degree.
I would love to have more versatile curved fencing similar to the curve adjustment of the roofing instead of the presized sections. For one, if your house is on foundation then any curved fencing has to be as well, which is annoying.
It would be great if they introduced a system to create landings for stairs like at 1/2 wall height, which would make grand and L-shaped stairs possible. I had to use CFE to get something like that, but now it's not possible at all.
I would love something like modular arched doorways or even windows. They start out as single tiles then you can click and drag them to increase the width to 3 or 4 tiles. Maybe even add the ability to increase the height from small, medium, and large without separate sized objects in menu. Just choose the style you want and size it afterwards.
I really like the new chimneys, but they don't work very well when you want exposed chimneys running down the height of the house. You have to create your own using walls, but the wall textures don't match the chimneys very well and the chimneys are smaller than the width of 1 tile of wall so it looks off. It would be awesome if you cold grab one of those chimney pieces and if it reaches the edge of a room it would automatically create new chimney pieces running down the wall.
I have a few things I'd like to see added to the game:
Biggest thing for me atm is brighter lighting indoors! Everything is so dark I need fill a room with light fixtures to a ridiculous degree.
I would love to have more versatile curved fencing similar to the curve adjustment of the roofing instead of the presized sections. For one, if your house is on foundation then any curved fencing has to be as well, which is annoying.
It would be great if they introduced a system to create landings for stairs like at 1/2 wall height, which would make grand and L-shaped stairs possible. I had to use CFE to get something like that, but now it's not possible at all.
I would love something like modular arched doorways or even windows. They start out as single tiles then you can click and drag them to increase the width to 3 or 4 tiles. Maybe even add the ability to increase the height from small, medium, and large without separate sized objects in menu. Just choose the style you want and size it afterwards.
I really like the new chimneys, but they don't work very well when you want exposed chimneys running down the height of the house. You have to create your own using walls, but the wall textures don't match the chimneys very well and the chimneys are smaller than the width of 1 tile of wall so it looks off. It would be awesome if you cold grab one of those chimney pieces and if it reaches the edge of a room it would automatically create new chimney pieces running down the wall.
