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patti2297's avatar
11 years ago

Flat roof?

I am trying to build a Spanish stucco type house and for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do a flat roof. Do I just using ceiling tiles? I don't see a flat roof option under roofs. Building in Sims 4 is sure different than Sims 3, but the longer I do it the more I like it save some texturing issues. Thanks!

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  • "peacemaker_ic;12611942" wrote:
    To do a flat roof, you first need to create a ceiling for the boxes underneath, then take the foundation box from the build section (the one with no walls on the thumbnail) then place and drag where you want your flat roof to be. Then this will allow you to place the cornices/architraves to this box to cover the tile edge.

    Another bonus I have found is you can actually apply some, if not all, of the roof patterns as flooring for your roof or elsewhere. Select to roof style you want then apply it to the flooring you just placed. I recently used it in my latest creation and works a treat.


    I can't seem to figure out how to add foundation to anything but the first floor since I think I have to have the walls built before the foundation will go down? Possibly I am missing something though in your explanation on how to do it.
  • "pchapman;12615714" wrote:
    "peacemaker_ic;12611942" wrote:
    To do a flat roof, you first need to create a ceiling for the boxes underneath, then take the foundation box from the build section (the one with no walls on the thumbnail) then place and drag where you want your flat roof to be. Then this will allow you to place the cornices/architraves to this box to cover the tile edge.

    Another bonus I have found is you can actually apply some, if not all, of the roof patterns as flooring for your roof or elsewhere. Select to roof style you want then apply it to the flooring you just placed. I recently used it in my latest creation and works a treat.


    I can't seem to figure out how to add foundation to anything but the first floor since I think I have to have the walls built before the foundation will go down? Possibly I am missing something though in your explanation on how to do it.



    Yes. before you can do foundations, you have to have a room built. then you can raise the foundation. and here is a pic of my house with flat roofs.





  • "darkside266;12616692" wrote:



    Yes. before you can do foundations, you have to have a room built. then you can raise the foundation. and here is a pic of my house with flat roofs.


    Darkside,

    Wow, that is really good, I mean really good! The part you have on the top, I know where it is, but on my build I cannot seem to get it to work so this is the roof I finally went with. I spent hours making this tiny house. :smile:

    https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3886/15169860661_084c459617.jpg

    I also seem to be having trouble getting pictures to post. ( Crosses fingers)
  • I built a 3rd floor directly on top of the 2nd floor (same exact size and shape). Then replaced the 3rd floor walls with fencing (was unable to just place fencing without wall ? Will have to experiment with this more). This is my very first sims 4 build so it's a learning experience.

    That gave me a flat roof on top of the 2nd floor surrounded by a fence. In Willow Creek a lot of the houses have roofs like this.

    But I noticed it actually created a 3rd floor, the game considered it a 3rd floor. And from world view you could SEE a weird floating 3rd floor flat roof. I remembered reading in a different thread that I can't seem to find now something about the sledgehammer tool! I sledgehammered the 3rd floating roof! Thank goodness.

    I've been entering the other pre-made houses to look at their roofs and sure enough it looks like it was made the same way!

    I am however, concerned IF seasons EP were added, would this "roof" keep the rain and snow out???
  • I made a room on top of my house with the room tool and i deleted the walls on the top of my house and it made a flat roof
  • "zorba2357;c-12790139" wrote:
    But I noticed it actually created a 3rd floor, the game considered it a 3rd floor. And from world view you could SEE a weird floating 3rd floor flat roof. I remembered reading in a different thread that I can't seem to find now something about the sledgehammer tool! I sledgehammered the 3rd floating roof! Thank goodness.

    I've been entering the other pre-made houses to look at their roofs and sure enough it looks like it was made the same way!

    I am however, concerned IF seasons EP were added, would this "roof" keep the rain and snow out???


    As long as the ceiling is intact (no holes) it will keep the weather out in Seasons. Notice that a roof and a ceiling are different things. Roof alone doesn't protect from the weather, the interior ceiling does.

    You don't need to sledgehammer the floating ceiling and/or floor, although it's the quickest way, it may also cause unwanted additional loss as it may actually remove the entire room instead the ceiling and/or floor. The safest way to do it, is to click the room active, get your view in such an angle so that you can touch the ceiling or floor with your cursor without touching the walls (notice, you can't see the ceiling, if you don't "page up" to the level above the active room), then simply click the ceiling and choose "remove ceiling" and it clears the ceiling from the active room. (Notice that if you add a roof to the room without the ceiling, weather will come inside in Seasons pack.) Same with floor, however, unlike with ceilings, the floor option is found on the same level as the active room - click the floor without touching the walls and choose "remove floor" and it will remove the floor leaving walls and ceiling intact. (If you'd sledgehammer the floor, it would delete the entire room.) Also with this exact same way you can add floor and/or ceiling to an active room :)


    "peacemaker_ic;c-12611942" wrote:
    To do a flat roof, you first need to create a ceiling for the boxes underneath, then take the foundation box from the build section (the one with no walls on the thumbnail) then place and drag where you want your flat roof to be. Then this will allow you to place the cornices/architraves to this box to cover the tile edge.

    Another bonus I have found is you can actually apply some, if not all, of the roof patterns as flooring for your roof or elsewhere. Select to roof style you want then apply it to the flooring you just placed. I recently used it in my latest creation and works a treat.


    If you use the cheat bb.showhiddenobjects, you get a ready flat roof in the roof catalog - basically the very same 3x3 square foundation tool found in foundations and works the same way.. it just shows in the roof section ^^

  • You build your four walls, then you go up one floor, then select the room. You'll see a yellow highlight around the top. Select that, and select "build roof." It automatically puts a flat roof if you use the auto-box tool.
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    6 years ago
    Hey! It's awesome you're putting in how you were able to do it so as to help other users but unfortunately this thread is a bit old so I'm going to close it off. If you have any questions about necroposting you can read this thread here : Necroposting

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