Okay so I downloaded a ruthless_kk lot into my game but the front of the house (has a fence as well) is facing the wrong way on the lot. I know how to move a whole house but how can I rotate the entire lot so its facing the correct way?

not sure if you can rotate the lot...great question. You may just have to rotate the whole house.

That'll be annoying to rotate just the house and having to try to replicate the fencing and landscaping so it's facing the correct way ;-; Or I'll just have to use that particular house on a different lot.

The lots cannot be rotated. I think this is on purpose....had you ever noticed in the Sims 3 how sometimes terrain paints are "shifted off" to one side and not where they are supposed to be? It is because the lot was not oriented the exact same way as when it was created. By having all the lots oriented in one direction that doesnt move, that wont happen.We can move the house and rotate it, but....yeah...have to redo the landscaping and such. Which I would rather do than have to rebuild a house from scratch because it ended up being too close to the street. :)

Thanks ruthless! It's the Contempo one you did that looks amazing. I'll just have to try out rotating the house and see if I can replicate the fencing and landscaping as best I can :D It's a shame that we can't just rotate the whole lot but oh well, I can deal with it lol.

Personally I think it's ridiculous that we can't rotate a lot. I downloaded a lovely house but I can't use it because it always faces backwards and the whole point of downloading a house is to save me spending ages building one so I don't want to have to delete all the landscaping so the house on its own will rotate.

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WarriorPrincess
10 years ago
Thank you LittleMermaid540. Your trick of going into build mode, bulldozing the lot, moving the mailbox, and hitting F4 worked beautifully. My house is now facing the correct way! :)
rosemow
Hero
8 years ago
"lucasabelleyra;15437980" wrote:
save the house go to a bigger lot download the saved house and rotate it there. then save it again and place it in the lot you want

Hello @lucasabelleyra :) Welcome to posting on the forums! You are very kind to post your building tip.

Just a little information. You need to have 50 points and 30 posts before you can become a full member and can then post pictures, have a signature, edit posts , post links and change your profile picture.This thread explains about it.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/770609/member-or-new-member-everything-you-need-to-know

Happy simming and building! :)
ButtersQ
8 years ago
I downloaded TheSimSupply's awesome Garden Secret Lot. It also faces backwards and trying to rotate the whole Lot in build mode comes up with 'Object is currently locked. View unlock conditions in Build Mode'

I have tried bulldozing and moving the postbox and other suggestions that just don't work. I really don't want to have to try rotate just the house and then try move all the landscaping.

Does anyone know what the 'unlock conditions in Build Mode' are?
rosemow
Hero
8 years ago
"JonoQ;c-16047778" wrote:
I downloaded TheSimSupply's awesome Garden Secret Lot. It also faces backwards and trying to rotate the whole Lot in build mode comes up with 'Object is currently locked. View unlock conditions in Build Mode'

I have tried bulldozing and moving the postbox and other suggestions that just don't work. I really don't want to have to try rotate just the house and then try move all the landscaping.

Does anyone know what the 'unlock conditions in Build Mode' are?

Hello @JonoQ
Welcome to the forums :)
I am not sure if doing this may help, but try entering these cheats and see if that helps.

Type into the cheats bar
testingcheats true
Press ente
Type in
bb.moveobjects
Press enter
Type in
bb.showhiddenobjects
Press enter
Type in
bb.ignoregameplayunlocksentitlement
Press enter
Then see if that helps.
ButtersQ
8 years ago
@rosemow
Thanks so so much. It worked!
Really appreciate your help!
New to these forum chats so don't know if I did this reply correctly either lol.
Thanks again!
rosemow
Hero
8 years ago
"JonoQ;c-16048819" wrote:
@rosemow
Thanks so so much. It worked!
Really appreciate your help!
New to these forum chats so don't know if I did this reply correctly either lol.
Thanks again!

You’re welcome! @JonoQ :)
Happy simming !
BachPatu
5 years ago
"LokiSimsies;c-12603986" wrote:
"MelRedux;12603531" wrote:
To get around that 1/4 turn thing, pick up the house then use < or > on the keyboard to rotate.

OMG! *writes it down 'cause my memory stinks*

Thank you!! I was using the build mode thing.

You guys are all confused between rotating OBHECTS ONE BY ONE vs rotating AN ENTIRE LOT OR BUILD

I dunno about YOU BUT I don't have time to rotate OBJECTS for some lot my sims aren't going to LIVE OR WORK in ONE BY ONE just so everything looks right

GURUS - This problem is SIX YEARS OLD - FIX THIS CRAP !! >l( #GRR
Ash072
11 years ago
Good luck! If you find out how, be sure to post it here please! :smile:
MJSimKat_14
11 years ago
Have you tried moving the house itself? Press "U" and then select the house to move it. Press "U" again to get out of the move house mode
exodid
11 years ago
> @koschevy said:
> I've been having the same problem. I was able to fix it by bulldozing the lot and moving the mailbox on the empty lot so it faced the right way. Then I brought the house back into the lot and it was facing correctly. However, now I have the same problem on another lot and I tried this same fix and it didn't work. So frustrating.

Thanks that work for me too !