Ceilings

This is so helpful, thank you!

thanks

"ArielDelphinus;12561542" wrote:
I just found out for sure how to get a ceiling thanks to my daughter. What you do is click the top of the wall like your going to adjust the size. Up at the top a yellow line should show up. Click on that yellow line and build ceiling choice should come up. Click on the build ceiling and there it is your ceiling. Woot :D

Does this work on premade EA houses as well?

For the first time I was able to get the camera angle such that I could see open sky for my ceiling (including from the lower level of my 2-story house). I did a search on ceilings and this is the only thread I could come up with that had an answer for how to add them. However, I can't get this to work. No matter where I click, I can't get a "yellow line" to show up. All I get is a white line surrounding the room, and this is true regardless of which floor I am on. No where does an option to "build ceiling" come up. Am I doing something wrong? I'm wondering if the lack of ceilings I specifically put into place is the reason my sprinklers didn't work last time I had a fire. Seriously, a ceiling should just be added automatically when adding a second level or a roof. If not automatic, it should at least be obvious how to do it yourself. This is irritating.

ETA: Hmm, never mind... I think. I had the walls cut away when I did this last time. With the walls fully up, it is very difficult to get a view where the ceiling is visible because you can't look up from horizontal, but I was just able to see a bit of a corner of a ceiling. Still doesn't explain why the sprinkler didn't work.

I figured it out! If I remember correctly, a ceiling is only there as long as there is flooring on the above level. I'll try to break it down for a single story house.

1. Go to the roof level and press END until you can't see it.
2. Select the room you would like to add a ceiling to
a yellow ring should show up around the upper perimeter of the room
3. Click said ring and select Build Ceiling

Taaa-Daaaa

Now if someone can figure out how to colour the ceiling, that'd be cool.

Wow THX 4 the info =)

Thanks so much! this should be very helpful. I'm still a little confused about the whole ceiling thing but this should help me figure it out. I have a slightly different problem. While working on a build I saw that some rooms had ceilings (eh, I guess they all did, but anyway..) and the option to remove the ceiling if you clicked on the room. I have a room where I want to remove the ceiling and I can't get the option to come up. The ceiling is there...I see it when I angle up, I just can't figure out how to remove it. Any suggestions? maybe I'm having the non-room, room issue?

@gamergirlgeekfreak; Sometimes when I find that I have a "non-room/room and it's creating a problem I find it easier to use the room tool to build the exact same shape of the room with the room tools (not with the wall tool) somewhere else on the lot. Then I move it and place it on the non-room/room. If it was decorated it usually doesn't interfere with anything unless there is some other kind of conflict. Anyway, it just creates an "ACTUAL ROOM" and you don't have to change anything else in the build.

YAY thankyou I couldn't figure it out!

When I click on the yellow line, all I get is xRemove Ceiling. I was hoping there might be choices for the look of the ceiling (which seems to be already there).

Thank you so much, I didn't realize I had to be above the room!!!