A few new things to add after completing my latest build.
Requests:
- I would like more modern styled curtains/blinds and in particular, some that are sized for smaller windows.
- Thinner strips for the half gabled roof please. We could create some very neat effects if we had half tile or even thinner strips of it to work with.
Glitches:
- Graphics glitch: rooftop shadow at night. Why is it there? It's like a shadow from *below* the roof, and it exactly mirrors the structure of rooms below:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/Testing/roofshadows1_zps1351a1e1.jpg
It's only a problem at night. At all other times of the day/evening, there is no shadow:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/Testing/normalshadows2_zpscd3ab6fa.jpg
So is night lighting from the interior causing the problem?
- Rug stacking is unreliable. I guess I haven't reported this before, but I should have, because it is really annoying. I've encountered this problem since I started building in TS4. You'll lay one rug partially over another, deliberately, in order to create an effect:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/Testing/rug1_zps0fa870af.jpg
But when you reload your save or place the lot from the Gallery, they may no longer be stacked in the right order. I was hoping MOO would fix this, but it didn't.
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/Testing/rug2_zpsd8f0f20b.jpg
- Windows placed on a pool wall are too reflective; no matter how you try to light the interior of the pool, the effect will still wind up murky. Also, it appears that animated objects will not display through the window; I haven't tested everything, but fountain jets definitely will not display:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/MoodyBlues/updaquarium_zps3dc79aff.jpg
This is a shame, because given a few more aquatic themed objects, it would be great fun to be able to design fish tanks and aquariums like we used to in TS3. There were never any issues with clarity when doing this in TS3:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/Testing/ts3fishtank_zps9a8469c6.jpg
Edit: One more thing, thanks to an innovative build by @Zita1966,
Sheik Alaba's Pools, I discovered that we can place archways on pool walls. I thought this might provide a solution to my murky aquarium issue, because there are no visibility issues with the archway. However, there are also no water effects when using it, so it didn't pan out. Nonetheless, I'd like to post a photo of it, because it is certainly closer to the visibility I'd like to see!
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/Testing/archwaytank_zpsc2a33375.jpg