Working in build mode on the Oakstead mansion. I removed the trees in the backyard and installed a pool. No problems so far. I decide to surround the pool with the same bricks used for the walkway wh...
@Nimbindi I'm not sure what would relieve the odd behavior you're having issues with, but something you could try is to remove the path and use a spray path instead. Or you could try using the pool trims for around the pool instead of the floor tiles and see if the tiles would go up to the edge of the pool trim then correctly? (Btw... nice looking build!)
@Nimbindi, since @SheriGR has addressed your first problem, I will address your second one. 🙂 The outdoor "room" that are available will usually only work on houses that don't have foundations. 😉 If your house has a foundation (like the one you are using now) then you can either re-create the "room" with the same items (tedious, but at least you get the same look) or you can extend the foundation to cover most of your yard and put the outdoor "room" on that! 😎 Here are some pictures to better explain:
House as is
Option #1: House with "room" & stairs added
Option #2 : House with "room" added and extended foundation to make backyard cohesive
Same as above but different view
And yet another view
Option #3 : "Room" recreated by hand to get the same look
Option #4 : "Room" attached to a house with no foundation giving no height problem
@PugLove888 I'm so glad you clarified that as I had no idea what a 'waterslide room' was. I figured it was something from a pack I don't have and I was literally thinking of a room in the home, so I was way off-base! (I was thinking it was something different than the patio/backyard pack 'slip-&-slide' thing, which I don't have.) 😃 Well, it was also the middle of the night and I was getting a migraine, so there's that too. Couldn't see 'outside the box'. Literally! 😉
Anyway, your excellent explanation makes perfect sense. That thing where ALL of the same floor on any level in any building - or out building - on a property must have matching foundation &/or wall heights per the floor-level wall is annoying. It is nice that you can vary the wall heights on different floor levels, though. But I digress...
@SheriGR, LOL yes, a "Waterslide Room" is not normal thing in real life 😃 (although it should be! 🥳 )
And yes, when I think of a "water slide" I think of a giant one at a water park. But the one I showed pictures of is a slide with water, so the term "water slide" is logical. 😉
There are some other outdoor "rooms" in the pre-made room section that you might have since you don't have the Backyard SP. There were a few outdoor "rooms" with the base game, as well as many other packs. I think the Romantic Garden and Toddler SPs might have the most. Here is a picture of a house I made with an outdoor "room" garden that came with Seasons:
I purposely made the house without a foundation in order to accommodate the outdoor garden "room" ! ❤️
And yeah, I had to include pictures since it was too difficult to explain otherwise! Did you know that sometime next month we are getting a game update that will give us Terrain Tools? 🤨:eahigh_file: I saw the Maxis Monthly livestream last week announcing this. It was supposed to come out this month, but had to be delayed since it wasn't quite right yet. So, this might change this backyard "room" issue and how we deal with it! We should be able to just raise the portion of our yards to the height of the foundation, but with smoother sloping sides! 🙂 (But if you make the slope steep it won't be able to be covered with grass 😕 -- but I don't know if we will able to use the spray paint terrain covers on the sloped sides or not. 🤔 My guess is that we will. 🤞 But I agree that the current foundation height issue is annoying! 😞
I just hope that @Nimbindi finds a solution to at least one (but preferably both) of their problems! 😉
@PugLove888 That is definitely good news! I remember using the Terrain Tools in Sims 2 (and possibly Sims 1). Sims 3 never stuck with me so I didn't get as far as working on terrain. Ya, the rooms thing when all things must match per foundation or wall height is probably no fun for some folks who download some of the greenhouses I made. Some are a building that would have to be placed before your home or it will place instead of your existing building, I assume. That's how I place them when using them with a new house build when I use them. Otherwise you just need the greenhouse or plant rooms. I have gone so far as to, when I wasn't positive I had enough yard or building room space to place a room without destroying anything, to go 2 layers down (two basement levels, since I occasionally have issues when only going one level down for this, and making a room there bigger than the room I'm placing and with extra tall walls if there are trees in the room (greenhouses) then placing the new room there and bringing the items up one at a time to the yard or home area that I want them. Gotta do what works, and be creative often, with sims.
Anyway, the Terrain Tools will be very helpful for your situation @Nimbindi , once they come out. I suppose, as @PugLove888 said, you can just do something temporarily until then. They should provide you a lot more versatility if they are like the old ones and allow you to raise and lower terrain to fit your needs, for example. So, @PugLove888 - do you just need to raise the ground where the room or item will be placed/built to the height that would match the house (in other words raise the ground the amount of height the foundation has added to the home) then the foundation will not automatically be added to the 'room', gazebo, greenhouse, etc., that you are placing in the yard? Do you happen to know if there's a video or information about this upcoming release that we could also view?
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7 years ago
Thanks. I ended up buying the items I wanted, and gave up on getting the room.
@Nimbindi I'm relieved to hear you found a way to get what you wanted... at least you own it now and there won't be any issue for using it here and in other builds. Downloading the rooms can sometimes get messy or not work out, depending on the room, the content you own, mods or CC they or you may have in place, and a number of other factors. Anyway, I'm glad you have your waterslide in the end. Looks like fun. I actually have been building so I haven't tried it yet, but after all of this waterslide talk I started also thinking about the hot tub more. In Sims 2 my sims always loved their hot tub. (Kind of like the gaming pad now... if they want to have fun or are stressed... better check the game pad as there's a good chance that's where they went!). 😉 Anyway, I am looking forward to giving the pack a test drive myself!
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