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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GawdSB
11 years ago
> @LostDono said:
> Ok I tried this twice on 2 separate lots, so I'm pretty sure it works. If anyone is still getting the backwards, first off you go into build mode on the lot and then bulldoze it. Move the post box facing the correct direction and by the street. Do NOT exit build mode, instead press F4 or open the gallery and apply the lot while in build mode. It should fix the backwards facing lot thing.
> Hope it helps any of you still having that problem.

Thanks this works.
AshleyHammond
11 years ago
I was just having that same issue and i put it in build mode and placed it and it was perfect :)
RionKatt
11 years ago
So I tried the mailbox thing and it didn't work. What /did/ work was placing the lot from map mode. It was weird.
wilko1971
11 years ago
> @uo_2272 said:
> I have the same problem with a few downloaded lots. "They place backwards". Rotating the house doesn't work because the game says the house becomes out of bounds when I attempt it.
Ive been having the same problam. I wish i knew how...
wilko1971
11 years ago
@uo_2272
I went into the lot and faced the way I wanted it to look then went into the gallery and lot it and when it came into the lot it was the way I was facing. Hope this helps! :)
lovesstorms
10 years ago
"CreativeRoyalty;13274331" wrote:
After I bulldozed my house, I repositioned the mailbox to the front of the lot and then I placed my house down. That worked for me.

This works for me half the time. I just keep deleting and reuploading until it works (or I get frustrated). I guess they know about the issue and are trying to work on it. :D Once fixed, I'm sure my neighborhood will look much better. Haha
Ethyrdude
10 years ago
"LostDono;12668919" wrote:
Ok I tried this twice on 2 separate lots, so I'm pretty sure it works. If anyone is still getting the backwards, first off you go into build mode on the lot and then bulldoze it. Move the post box facing the correct direction and by the street. Do NOT exit build mode, instead press F4 or open the gallery and apply the lot while in build mode. It should fix the backwards facing lot thing.
Hope it helps any of you still having that problem.

This worked for me. Trying to rotate everything may work if the lot is a perfect square but if its a rectangle then it keeps giving "system error" every time you try. I even tried to use the < or > keys. Just move the mail box, you can blow the house up before or after ( I love destruction! ), then grab another copy and it works.
LeahPet
10 years ago
> @althekoolkid3 said:
> For people wanting to move the lots and are worried about fencing and such. . . Press U to enter move mode click the house, then hold shift and click the fencing/yard/etc. You can move both simultaneously.

Yes! This! It totally worked. I was going crazy trying to fix this lot. Thank you!!!
kellygirl924
10 years ago
> @althekoolkid3 said:
> For people wanting to move the lots and are worried about fencing and such. . . Press U to enter move mode click the house, then hold shift and click the fencing/yard/etc. You can move both simultaneously.

Hello :smile: I can tell you this DOES work!! I am so happy I looked this up. After reading the first couple comments I felt it was hopeless but when I tried this it work for me. Try it again if it didn't work for you the first time. Make sure you press and hold shift when clicking on the fence. Then you can use the rotate and all the landscaping goes with it. Happy Simming!!
tidele
10 years ago
Go to the build mode and click the icon with arrows going in all four directions and there you have it! Youtube helped better then the forumns fortunately.