You can probably tell what I'm trying (and failing) to do here, but...https://abload.de/img/roof7mdbo.jpgThis is a science in itself. Even after two years of playing with all the options the game offers, I can never get a decent-looking roof on top of my houses. Unless the area that requires a roof is a perfect square, whether or not my ideas are going to work is completely hit or miss.Is there an option (or a mod) for automatic roofing like in TS1 that I somehow haven't discovered yet? Because that would be a godsend!

I can't, because those roofs are on two different floors. And it's not the length that is the problem, it's the height.I've decided to go with this for the time being:https://abload.de/img/roof2q7eye.jpgNow this wannabe comfy old-fashioned home looks even more like a factory than it did before, but... oh well. :/

O...M...G...I feel your pain...I spend sometimes a couple hours toiling away trying to solve this exact (as well as a few other) roofing problems...drives me crazySadly i know of no way to help fix this or I'd gladly share

"Keffers;c-16777642" wrote:Is the house on the gallery? Your roof issue seems like a fun puzzle to try solve.Nope, I'm only just building it, and I'll have to wait for the terrain tools patch to finish it. (There's supposed to be a cave behind a waterfall originating from a lake on higher ground behind the house.) But oh well, I guess I can live with what it looks like now, and recreating the problem shouldn't be too difficult, I keep running into it with my builds... :/"Voldarian_Empire;c-16777644" wrote:O...M...G...I feel your pain...I spend sometimes a couple hours toiling away trying to solve this exact (as well as a few other) roofing problems...drives me crazySadly i know of no way to help fix this or I'd gladly shareRemember back in the good old TS1 days where your only concern was that the house looked pretty on the inside? :D Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that we can now create our own roofs in a variety of ways, I just wish we still had automatic roofing as an option. Because it's not only the roofs I completely suck at, it's the entire exterior, including gardens, those always take me forever, and in the end, half of it is a waste of time anyway because you rarely actually see the exterior facade and the roof while playing.

Yeah, I tried to build a house with a fancy roof, but because of the way it was against a wall the walls inside couldn’t be painted. Also octagons are really annoying to use since they’re either a little off or the trim is broken up.

If you hold alt you can change the roof pitch in very small increments. Hope this helps!

Anyone else going crazy with roofs?

14 Replies

keflynmahon
7 years ago
Can you not just use one roof?
Or pulling the bigger roof back (making it longer) should connect them.
GrumpyGlowfish
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
I can't, because those roofs are on two different floors. And it's not the length that is the problem, it's the height.
I've decided to go with this for the time being:

https://abload.de/img/roof2q7eye.jpg

Now this wannabe comfy old-fashioned home looks even more like a factory than it did before, but... oh well. :/
keflynmahon
7 years ago
Is the house on the gallery? Your roof issue seems like a fun puzzle to try solve.
Voldarian-Empir
7 years ago
O...M...G...I feel your pain...I spend sometimes a couple hours toiling away trying to solve this exact (as well as a few other) roofing problems...drives me crazy

Sadly i know of no way to help fix this or I'd gladly share
catitude5
7 years ago
I wish you could pull roofs to half a square, but you can't.
zisp
7 years ago
story of my life.
GrumpyGlowfish
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
"Keffers;c-16777642" wrote:
Is the house on the gallery? Your roof issue seems like a fun puzzle to try solve.

Nope, I'm only just building it, and I'll have to wait for the terrain tools patch to finish it. (There's supposed to be a cave behind a waterfall originating from a lake on higher ground behind the house.) But oh well, I guess I can live with what it looks like now, and recreating the problem shouldn't be too difficult, I keep running into it with my builds... :/

"Voldarian_Empire;c-16777644" wrote:
O...M...G...I feel your pain...I spend sometimes a couple hours toiling away trying to solve this exact (as well as a few other) roofing problems...drives me crazy

Sadly i know of no way to help fix this or I'd gladly share

Remember back in the good old TS1 days where your only concern was that the house looked pretty on the inside? :D Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that we can now create our own roofs in a variety of ways, I just wish we still had automatic roofing as an option. Because it's not only the roofs I completely suck at, it's the entire exterior, including gardens, those always take me forever, and in the end, half of it is a waste of time anyway because you rarely actually see the exterior facade and the roof while playing.
Babewire
7 years ago
The roofing always will be a challenge :D Most of the time they dont wanna do what i got in mind hehe
jdunklin1
7 years ago
that roof especially makes my soul enraged lol
ValiantRedKnight
Seasoned Ace
7 years ago
Yeah, I tried to build a house with a fancy roof, but because of the way it was against a wall the walls inside couldn’t be painted. Also octagons are really annoying to use since they’re either a little off or the trim is broken up.