"Karababy52;12814634" wrote:
Edit: On a sidenote, but still a 'color' issue, the lighting is frustrating when designing too. You can change the intensity and color of lights in 'live' mode but not in build mode. The default is the yellow lights and it makes all the whites look yellow or gray, blues look green, etc. The default really should be the neutral white AND we should be able to adjust lighting in build mode. Does anyone else find that annoying?
OMG! You can change the color of the lights? I don't have to stick with that really really ugly yellow???!!! Wow, I did not know that you could change the lights. Well, I remember in TS3 you could. But I always had a problem changing the color of the hot tub lights, so forgot about it. Oh, hey, I just remembered... the hot tub I was using was CC... maybe that's why the lights on it didn't work properly... hrmm... But, I didn't really realize that you could change like the overhead lights and wall lights. Bummer that it can't be done in the build mode too, it would really be benificial to be able to see true colors. Maybe that's something that can be worked on?! =) Right now I try to design in afternoon mode and then I always check late night mode to make sure that the interior (and exterior) is well lit.
"DieterPrivate;12814891" wrote:
It's not that the engine can't handle it, it's the way they programmed the engine. They just decided not to have CASt and now the engine is implemented in such a way that it will be very very difficult to add it in. You can't change a basement/footings of a house after it's been build, though some modification is possible.
I know... it's just frustrating when you are trying to make things go together and the color scheme does not match up. It's like the color combinations were not thoroughly thought out design wise - such as in traditional architecture types and in interior design types. I have no idea how they came up with the idea that CASt was a good feature to leave out. It was sooo popular with TS3... It's just one of those things I'll have to learn to live with or go back to the soooooooo slooooooow TS3... that's one thing I love about TS4... it runs soooo much better on my laptop! And the CAS and Build Mode have some very nice improvements! There's lots to love about TS4. Just really missing some of the things from TS3 that gave me the ability to make everything match...
And I apologize if I sound like I'm whining... I don't mean to... I love this game and I will learn to live with its short comings and keep loving all the great things there are about it. I've just been having a rough patch of extremely bad pain days...
Oh, and I ended up bull dozing my design instead of trying to re-size it. It would have been too much of a PITA. I am liking where the new design is going though! =)
