Seriously, I hate how complicated they make some things that used to be easy. Like putting a fence down, creating an open area at the stairs and most things with roofs. I just want a stairwell, it should not be complicated.

I think there were a lot of improvements. I can't tell you how much I love just building and then deciding where I actually want the house later. In the previous games I had to plan out every square or I might have needed to shift things 1 tile over. That has happened to me so many times. But I also agree that they made some things so overly complicated and it definitely wasn't necessary. Placing floor tiles and making sure a room is a room is a nightmare. Like just yesterday I build barracks and when I was adding wallpaper to the inside, it was also painting that room on the outside. So the room was not defined and I had no way to really fix it. In this game you can't just draw out the walls or it won't be considered a room. The fence can be easy because that can be drawn out. You have to select the drawing tool on the left side and then you can draw the fence the way you want it. If you use the auto-fence, it will cause problems, which sucks because that was meant to make things easier and now its a feature that can't be used.

I can only give credit for some of the improvements that was not in the older versions but it is not enough for me not to be disappointed over the rest of the game as Sims 4 for me does not have enough for me to say it is better than the older versions. So far for me the game has been successful in creating controversies. I want gameplay and not stay in CAS or Build to get some kind of joy out of the game for all parts of the game should complement each other or tie it together and it does not.

I liked the old school way of building.I still draw out my rooms, I almost never ever use the completed square room tool, like ever.I'm not too fond of the roofs either.AND I absolutely HATE that we need a "room" in order to lay down floors, I also hate that the floor is automatically placed upstairs and I can't see the lower level below. Sometimes I'm trying to figure out the best way to lay out the stairs and I need to see what is beneath it to see if I can arrange it that way due to the walls and such on the lower floor.Huge pet peeves!I also hate that when placing flowers/plants close to the house they jump up onto the foundation height when placing them, why is that!

I consider 4's BB really strong. It took a little getting used to, but overall I find it simpler and more... Permissive? I' ve been playing 3 in tandem lately and was building a house from the ground up and was reminded how annoying it could be, particularly with spacing.The biggest bone I have to pick with it is ponds. It was in Sims 1 even. I want the pond tool back. I am tired of having to use pools which have an unnatural edge around them. Other than that, though, I'm happy with BB.

I don’t mind TS4 build mode for the most part. My main issue is when something can’t be done, and the game explains it to me why it can’t be done, but I still don’t understand the problem nor what is the solution for it. For example, last night I was renovating Movers & Shakers gym in Willow Creek. I wanted to move the stairs two tiles over, and I couldn’t because it would intersect a wall or something. So, I deleted all of the nearby walls around it and on the floor above it, and I still couldn’t move them. I don’t understand what the problem is beyond the walls being an issue, and so I can’t solve the problem. This happens with other things in build mode too but this was the most recent thing.Also wish there was a proper pond tool. Another thing, and this is actually not about the complexity of the tools, but rather the quality of some of the items. As the game has aged, the quality of items has improved which makes some of the older items appear more outdated. For example, the windows that have ragged textures in the frames. I wish these things could be updated so they are cleaner like the newer objects. Another thing, because there are no flat roofs (except I guess now using the platforms as a makeshift flat roof), you can't have flat glass roofs because there are no glass floors for the platforms.

I hate how big a step back sims 4 build mode is.

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Babykittyjade
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Actually I thought it was pretty easy peasy. I cannot build to save my life in sims 3 and everything seemed so complicated lol??
ogo4141
5 years ago
"Mstybl95;c-17892714" wrote:
@wolfium - By any chance did you once have it connected and then move it from the foundation? I have run into that bug a few times when I remodel old builds. Try deleting the whole fence/half wall and draw it out again. And I'm not sure if it's because it's a half wall, but does it connect to a foundation? I've never used them outside as a fence.

@Mstybl95 Thanks, I realized that basketball court is raised for one step and that's why half wall won't connect with house. House is on higher platform than basketball court.
Magdaleena96
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
It's that darn room system, making certain things easy but also other things like stairwells needlessly difficult.

There is definitely still a lot more things you can do with Sims 4's building system, and it's also much quicker than building a house in the other games, at least in my experience. I actually do like TS4's build mode. You actually can place down a fence too, you just need to change the fence placement setting. The default one is very clunky, I agree.

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