Platforms are difficult!

"elanorbreton;c-17719784" wrote:

"AquaGamer1212;c-17719756" wrote:
One long platform connecting and then two smaller platforms on top on both sides.

If you do one platform reaching from one side to the other it instantly sets at the current floor height (rather than the grass height), then there is no way to lower it towards the grass height because the sides stay up.

What I was trying to do was use platforms instead of stairs to get down to the ground.

Maybe it will work if you replace the foundations with platforms?

Game changers make everything look easy, they’ve had more practice... We’ll be able to use the tool eventually.

(I’m not updating my game until Thursday, I’m resting!)

"AquaGamer1212;c-17719788" wrote:
What do you mean by sides stay up?

This:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/yuomxkxawk7l4xw/11-10-20_11-18-35%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

"crocobaura;c-17719865" wrote:
Maybe it will work if you replace the foundations with platforms?

Genius! Thank you <3 I didn't want to change the original lot until I was sure it would work, so I tried it on an empty lot:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/gdr9ku9ruxm7keo/11-10-20_11-17-23%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

So, we now have a way to make diagonal stairs!

https://i.postimg.cc/4x2tSS3F/11-11-20-2-08-20-AM.png
I have tried this three times and it still wont acknowledge the living room is a room, I have a roof over it and I still have it snowing in my living room. is anyone else having problems. ?? I have a slight sunken kitchen, a raised bed room and a raised bathroom.

"feetinstockings;c-17720198" wrote:
https://i.postimg.cc/4x2tSS3F/11-11-20-2-08-20-AM.png
I have tried this three times and it still wont acknowledge the living room is a room, I have a roof over it and I still have it snowing in my living room. is anyone else having problems. ?? I have a slight sunken kitchen, a raised bed room and a raised bathroom.

Do you have a ceiling? Those aren’t the same as having a roof.

"AquaGamer1212;c-17720282" wrote:
Do you have a ceiling? Those aren’t the same as having a roof.

I thought in TS4 roofs were weatherproof? I know in earlier games the space under a roof wasn't regarded as indoors, but Kate Emerald does a lot with ceilingless attics and she says her builds are weatherproof.

no ceiling. I made the kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, then joined with a wall the bedroom wall to the bathroom wall in an oblong shape, hold on I'll take pics. it let me place a ceiling light above the living room space. but the snow comes in. i have a roof, but no ceiling. and someone suggested you can add a roof by clicking, but clicking where??? I also tried making a flat roof with the platforms, like Ytube says you can. it still snowed inside, so I added a short gate but that takes away the look of a flat room made with the platforms. hold on I'll add more pics. maybe someone can tell me what I have done wrong.

"feetinstockings;c-17720462" wrote:
no ceiling. I made the kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, then joined with a wall the bedroom wall to the bathroom wall in an oblong shape, hold on I'll take pics. it let me place a ceiling light above the living room space. but the snow comes in. i have a roof, but no ceiling. and someone suggested you can add a roof by clicking, but clicking where??? I also tried making a flat roof with the platforms, like Ytube says you can. it still snowed inside, so I added a short gate but that takes away the look of a flat room made with the platforms. hold on I'll add more pics. maybe someone can tell me what I have done wrong.

Put your walls up and go up to the next level, click on the rooms and you should see a yellow highlighted area, click add ceiling on the yellow highlighted part.

"DragonAge_300905;c-17720472" wrote:
Has anyone tried to knit something after adding a platform inside? I have a platform for the bedroom and in the living room area I told my sim to knit something and she can't. She has both the basket and bag in her inventory.

She's probably just far too excited about her new platform to focus on knitting. She doesn't want to drop stitches :)

I did not grab the patch yet, but I know in previous building sessions, what I though was a room turned out to not be a room. It might cause the ceiling issue above. I normally fixed that bu clicking on the floor to see the room borders, then either adjust/move the "invisible" walls, or delete that room and add a new room. I often struggled with this when we got the module stairs. Might be more tricky when the room/house is already equipped, but replacing the room should fix most ceiling problem if there is no easier way.