Re: Any way for terrain tools to go right up to walls?

That’s not the issue.

I want the raised terrain to be touching the top of the wall, so that that side of the room is underground.

The closest the terrain will get is about one block away. 

@GeordieJLK Yes, I get that same result. If you do a plain foundation that is colored in a way that helps it not look like foundation, you can sometimes achieve the look of it not being foundation. Sorry I don't have a workaround that is more to what you're looking for.

But... I am wondering if what Aljay did with this build may be of interest to you. If you download it and look up close at how she tackled some of these challenges I hope you will find it as interesting as I did:

• Slideshow: https://imgur.com/a/KaXFrLy
• Gallery: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/1789EA6DC15E11E98F288BD3E38CA615 

First, create a basement. then select it underground when you cam above ground it will look like pic one. Then you click on the yellow line and then click remove. then you have what you see in pic two. Otherwise, then no the terrain tool will not let you push the dirt up against the walls.

I hope this was some help

@RavenLure awesome! I hadn't tried it that way! Great job!! 🙌

Nice idea, and I wish that would work, but I need only half of the room to be submerged underground.

What I’ve done is used potted willow to cover the gap, and that will have to suffice.

Thanks for trying to help 🙂 

@GeordieJLK  I tried @RavenLure 's method and was able to make the full floor above ground. I will try to make you a video to show how. It will take me a bit... hold on.

@GeordieJLK Okay... I hope that I did this correctly for what you want to do in your build, and for what @RavenLure was intending. Please let me know if I did it incorrectly. If I did it wrong hopefully RavenLure will come back and demonstrate it correctly. Sorry if I misunderstood anything.

https://youtu.be/ZcRAqpfF7PM

I appreciate the effort, but I want it so that the terrain is only high on one half of the room, not all the way round.

The attached photo is what I’m trying to do. It’s the grass bit under the balcony that I want to get it to reach the wall. 

@GeordieJLK Yes, that won't work with what I tried. Perhaps I misunderstood what @RavenLure was recommending and she will have a clarification. Your photo is a great goal! Interesting and lovely build! That does remind me of the build from Aljay. I would dearly love to make a proper walkout, but it just won't work as, in any way I've found. But she did some clever workarounds, as it looks like you are finding some creative ideas as well.

@SheriGRYes Sheri Thank you. I think I may would have made a whole picture book lol, Screen recording and voice over not so sure if I can do! That was great. And yes that is what I was getting at.

I watch too much Youtube instructional videos and play with building a lot to see what I can and cannot do, I do that more than build.

But clearing one side to make a basement entrance or garage area like in your picture.. You can try, not sure it would work well but to make the tool smaller and clear out part of the side a little at a time. I will have to give it a try later, It is morning and need coffee first. lol

coffee can wait 5 minutes.

First pic. Foundational issues. I got it to look something like the pic. but the foundation 

Second Placing Walls.. ya it is a bit Frankenstiened and would not be too functional. I did this by making a single wall then placing it so the foundation would not show up, but, still would not let me complete the floor/ceiling. Because of Blockclusters.

Unless there is a more experienced builder. I am not sure I know of any more tricks. @SheriGR  if I do learn more tricks about this I will definitely let you know,. I am always goofing around in build mode.

@RavenLure I had misunderstood that the goal here was not simply getting the terrain to go the the top of the 'first' floor.

Yes, I found similar results in my experiments with your method. I also found that I could attach to the floors built this way only with underground extension or an above ground attachment that included foundation attaching to the 'faux-first floor'. And yes, you cannot then attach to that foundation level - there will be a one-tile space/gap ('conflicting block cluster'). You will not be able to add an exit to ground level (walk-out) to that 'faux first floor' (It will not accept an exterior door or window since it's technically a basement room).

I will also be interested to see if there is a way to manage this without 'tricks and band-aids'. I will contact Aljay and tag in a couple of other builders to see. I'm just so curious. 

@kreatora

@BryonyRae 

@SheriGR I am curious as well. Will continue to watch this thread.

@GeordieJLK Just to clarify, by chance, is this what you want (generally)? 

I want a room on flat ground, which has terrain half the way round it which is up to ceiling height and touching the wall.

I want to be able to have doors and windows on the part of the room not surrounded by terrain. 

Starting to think it’s not possible. 

Thank you both! This works - around the 26 minute mark where she’s doing the hills. 

I really appreciate the help 🙂 

I have not found a way for terrain tools to go right up to a wall. There are ways I've found to give it that illusion though. If you create the floor above about one - two squares wider than your base floor you can level off your terrain to make that floor (the second level) appear as your ground floor. 

I often like to do this by adding a deck.  [img]https://i.imgur.com/NWlRxI4.png[/img]

Gallery link: https://www.ea.com/en-ca/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/7462794A960511EA81C06DF9283A9788

Slideshow : https://imgur.com/a/we9gC1P

In this case I got creative with a roof and used them as planters to disguise the gap [img]https://i.imgur.com/PTkMdMs.png[/img]

Gallery link : https://www.ea.com/en-ca/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/1789EA6DC15E11E98F288BD3E38CA615

Slideshow : https://imgur.com/a/KaXFrLy

This is my most recent attempt if you want to check it out as well

Gallery link : https://www.ea.com/en-ca/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/4DBE96B4A73F11EA8BF34E0411273BCB

@GeordieJLK and @RavenLure I'm so happy that the video was helpful to you!! As I mentioned above, @Bluebellflora found the video. I agree with you, it is very clever indeed!! I guess we may all be playing around with these techniques. You should check out her other tutorials... they are just amazing!

@AlJay2000 I love that idea and thank you so much for the description!! I was checking out the build where you used the roofing for planters (so darn clever!) and used creative ways to create a walkout (LOVE it!! - the one for the 'A Chalet Getaway' challenge). I added a link above to it (comment #6). Can you please add a browser gallery link to this second one? I find it very helpful to download them and check out your clever tricks up close. Thank you so much!!

Thanks @SheriGR I edited my previous post ( #24 ) to include the gallery and slideshow links for those builds 🙂

Awesome @AlJay2000 ! I'll have a look at it. Thanks for sharing! 🙌

Sorry to me to-post, do you mind explaining how you managed to get the room above ground and the terrain flush? I have built a whole house already and really want to be able to do the terrain as it needs to be. 

@nottovvy Welllll... Terrain height tools are my friend and nemesis. Terrain height can be super easy, extremely fidgety, or somewhere in-between, depending on your goals, lot, and the stage of building that you are currently at. Hopefully this info will be of some use to you in your situation:

• Use the"Raise Terrain" / "Lower Terrain" tools to raise or lower the terrain.
  Note: With this tool and the other terrain tools, you can adjust the shape, size, speed, and softness of the brush/raising process in the slider settings:
  
  
  
• A handy thing I usually follow up with after raising the terrain is to follow with the "Smooth Terrain" tool:
  
• The "Flatten Terrain" tool is handy  if you want to flatten an area of the raised/lowered terrain to a specific height. (the height will be where you place the white square in the center of the tool.):
  

Edit: Please note that in the case of what I mentioned above the home is on a foundation already. Does your home have a foundation? If the above is not what you meant, and if it doesn't help to read through the posts on this thread and to watch the video linked to in the solution (post #21), can you add a post with a screenshot and clarify what is different in your lot from the above and from the information in this thread?