Downsides of The Sims 4 Building
The Sims 4 is commonly touted by players to have the best building tools - easy and intuitive design, relatively fast game performance, etc. However, I have discovered that The Sims 4 Buy/Build Mode h...
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I've seen a number of comments that Sims 4 is "really a building simulator" as if the building aspect is the only thing the Sims 4 has. I can tell you it is deffinetly not a building simulator. I find the build mode way too restrictive for this game to be considered a building simulator. The build mode is actually more restrictive than CAS and live mode.
Where the build mode is good:
• Ability to copy, rotate or move entire rooms.
• Ability to move the entire building or lot.
• You can drag walls out to change the size of the room.
• Adjust the wall heights at any point during the build.
• Add a foundation, or change the height of the foundation at any time.
• Drag out the roof to get the roof size.
• Freely place and stack windows.
• Adjust platform height during the build.
Where the build mode is restrictive:
• No pond tool.
• No auto roof. Not even preset L and U shaped roofs.
• No curved walls or roof. I can not even place a curved shelter over a curved deck.
• No flat roof option. This would be great for sheltered decks.
• Can not place lots.
• When applying patterns to the walls attached to the roof, all walls both inside and out have the same pattern. You can not have one square of timber cladding, but the rest brick. You can not have brick outside, but GIB inside.
• You can not remove floor tiles individually. Ctrl + click and drag does not work for floors in this iteration.
• You can not use wall textures on foundations. They have their own very limited selection which often doesn't match the walls exterior cladding.
• Not enough variety of wall paterns like vertical timber cladding and there's no plain cream coloured interior wall pattern. Same with roof patterns, only 1 longrun roof option and the colours are ick.
• Can not have one building on the lot a different wall height to another. Eg. A wedding venue I built has medium height walls to fit the wedding arch. The bathroom, which is not attached, is stuck at the same height. I can not make the bathroom a small wall height without changing the height of the other buildings on the lot.
Where the build mode is good:
• Ability to copy, rotate or move entire rooms.
• Ability to move the entire building or lot.
• You can drag walls out to change the size of the room.
• Adjust the wall heights at any point during the build.
• Add a foundation, or change the height of the foundation at any time.
• Drag out the roof to get the roof size.
• Freely place and stack windows.
• Adjust platform height during the build.
Where the build mode is restrictive:
• No pond tool.
• No auto roof. Not even preset L and U shaped roofs.
• No curved walls or roof. I can not even place a curved shelter over a curved deck.
• No flat roof option. This would be great for sheltered decks.
• Can not place lots.
• When applying patterns to the walls attached to the roof, all walls both inside and out have the same pattern. You can not have one square of timber cladding, but the rest brick. You can not have brick outside, but GIB inside.
• You can not remove floor tiles individually. Ctrl + click and drag does not work for floors in this iteration.
• You can not use wall textures on foundations. They have their own very limited selection which often doesn't match the walls exterior cladding.
• Not enough variety of wall paterns like vertical timber cladding and there's no plain cream coloured interior wall pattern. Same with roof patterns, only 1 longrun roof option and the colours are ick.
• Can not have one building on the lot a different wall height to another. Eg. A wedding venue I built has medium height walls to fit the wedding arch. The bathroom, which is not attached, is stuck at the same height. I can not make the bathroom a small wall height without changing the height of the other buildings on the lot.
