Why can't we still have separate foundations? I want to build a garage, a shed, an atelier, etc. It has been three years and this has been an issue since the release of TS4! I'm getting really desperate!

Yeah, can't download an outside patio from the gallery without it being placed on a foundation. If I delete the floor, everything that was on it goes away.

This is definitely a problem that should have been addressed.

Not just garage or shed etc. I can't build an Italian villa because in some parts of the lot, there would be an arch on the ground which you enter, to enter and go through an inner door, but on a different section of the building it would have steps up to a foundation with a door to enter there,.....it's one reason I revisit TS2 often, because I can dream almost anything there. Some parts of a building would have a porch or slab, with circular set of steps or not, and some of the building would have ground level entrances. I build what I see from other games sometimes, or paintings etc., or real life buildings, so it's a huge limitation to not be able to do this. :/

It would be much better if foundations were attached to specific rooms, rather than the entire lot, although I suspect that this may not be possible and that, even if it were, introducing such a change at this stage would mess up our existing builds. I would love to be wrong, but I don't hold out much hope.I love the different wall heights, but I wish we could use different wall heights for different rooms/buildings/sections of a house on the same level. It would make buildings look much more realistic. We used to be able to create this effect in Sims 3, by using different foundation heights and/or by adding a "frieze" layer on top of some rooms, although It was an unwieldy method and it was impossible to make adjacent rooms with different foundation heights, unless you used complicated cheats (which often ended up making your walls look weird anyway). A lot of us complained about this at the time and I really thought it would be one of the things that would be addressed in the next iteration of the game.

We still need separate foundations!

karon_shiruba
7 years ago
I am trying to rebuild Twinbrook in SIms 4, but its hard to be faithful to the original when i cant do that sort of stuff with the foundations:
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WOjiCDP0f74/UkCUNe6XgtI/AAAAAAAAIhM/4OOi_I6TFC4/s400/Twinbrook+-+Starboard+Cottage.jpg
userafw
New Spectator
7 years ago
I want to be able to build a house on a foundation, and a garden shed in the back yard without a foundation! Who puts foundations on their garden sheds?
nordling90
7 years ago
I am all for more build options since that is the way I play the sims 4. If I want simulation I go for the sims 2. However, I am rediscovering so many ways to build in the sims 2 I am finding myself building less in 4 now.
I love to build beach houses on slopes with their own docks and all and would PAY to have a pack that bring it all to the sims 4.
As it is now, the sims 4 has less build options than even freeplay and that is just sad so I agree with this 100%!
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
I can agree with that. I'd like green houses and shed on ground level seeing all of either I ever had in real life were on ground level - but I like my sims houses with a foundation and nice porch. So I do hope that changes as it's aggravating.
SarahsShady77
7 years ago
Hope this thread gets someones attention! Help us make build mode better by letting us choose where we want foundations.
Also, more stair case options. Please?
Writin_Reg
7 years ago
"SarahsShady;c-16680398" wrote:
Hope this thread gets someones attention! Help us make build mode better by letting us choose where we want foundations.
Also, more stair case options. Please?

They have already said they are working on stair options. There was a poll for them a month ago also - but there is a lot of work that goes into stair - animation, programming and such that takes engineers etc as each kind is different - but they have some in the plans for the future as well as a ton of other build mode stuff.

On a good note we got free sliding doors today. They are nice - just saw them in the live stream.

I have not heard anything on foundations though - We can hope though.
Zenionith
7 years ago
This is all we need!!
https://i.imgur.com/wMFEab9.png
anthonydyer
Seasoned Traveler
7 years ago
I totally agree with this. I wonder if they can come out with some kind of tool where you determine a foundation height, and then you click on the building that you wish to apply the foundation height to.

I see you guys have brought up the idea of new stairs. I would like to see an L shaped staircase and a U shaped staircase. That would make my house designs much better.

Although on a positive note, today's update looks pretty good.
JaseSims
Seasoned Novice
7 years ago
Yes!! I really miss having different levels of buildings on the same property. Don't get me wrong, I love playing TS4 but the building part of the game feels like it's been a bit neglected when it comes to the foundations and stairs part.
Neechan1
8 years ago
Its one of those things that sounds good on paper, but when executed it's a huge headache for others.

I don't know why this change was made, it worked fine for previous iterations. and I highly doubt that fixing foundations are on the to-do list as it would require a lot of rework/coding.

It's also probably (not sure) why spiral stairs aren't in-game yet, they have to make sure that it rises with the foundation, which we all know can get really tall (as tall as our sims.) it really makes me wonder if the foundation system was only half way done.