Ceiling Beams

Lesamith

Hello, fellow Simming friends. I've been playing the Sims since the first game was released when I was in high school. It, along with many other games, are a way for me to relieve the symptoms of my severe anxiety. However, I've been finding it pretty difficult to play the Sims 4 lately without getting really stressed out. You see, though I've spent countless hours playing the Sims and dictating their lives, I spend most of my time building and landscaping. I'm fascinated by creating different architectural builds that I find interesting or beautiful. These could be simple things like great big family homes, tidy modern houses, or tiny Victorian cottages. But, I've found myself growing more and more irritated with the limited amount of furnishing items and their limited amount of colors/styles. That alone, for someone with anxiety, can be very counter-productive...but I digress...

I've been toying with a new build for a minuscule Victorian cottage. One thing I thought would make this house interesting are beams of wood going across the ceiling. However, I'm finding this difficult. So far I've tried the Corbel by Corbelian wall structures...but as you can see in the pictures below, and please don't judge the state of the house because I've only just started building it, the clipping is a real problem.

My question for you all is what do you think about using the Corbel by Corbelian? Do you guys have any other tricks I could try? Are there objects that I haven't seen in the game that would work better? Honestly, I'm just trying not to use custom content or mods because I share my houses with my sister who doesn't like adding too many extra things to her game. Any insight or suggestions you might have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Lesamith

Just ignore this post...lol

pronterus

PetiteTaurus wrote: »

Sorry! Here are the links again...hopefully they work this time because I don't see a way to edit posts....I must learn!

That's an awesome idea! Did you use frieze trims for those wooden beams?

Lesamith

No, I went into the wall sculptures in the building tab. There is one there called Corbel by Corbelian that I was able to use yhe following 'bb.moveobjects' cheat. Then I just made sure they overlapped all the way across the ceiling where I wanted the beams.

Danuta720

This is a fantastic idea. You can make screen where to find them?

Lesamith

Hi, @Danuta720! Thanks for your feedback! Here are some screen captures to show you where to find them! You go into Build mode, click on Wall Sculptures, and if you have the Get Together expansion it should be at the beginning of the list.




I hope that this helps you!

Danuta720

Oh! that's it! Thank you very much!

Lesamith

Danuta720 wrote: »

Oh! that's it! Thank you very much!

Not a problem at all! I'm always happy to help out.

KojiK

trying to answer your question I did a few tests and I think that using Not do Invisible shelves works

Lesamith

KojiK wrote: »

trying to answer your question I did a few tests and I think that using Not do Invisible shelves works

Oh!!! That's so awesome! I didn't even think about doing that. That's exactly why I came here! I wanted to get new ideas. That's very cool though, I'll definitely have to give this a try. Thank you!

Ash072

this is an awesome thread and great ideas! I've always wanted the ability to at least color my ceilings..now I can add beams!

Lesamith

That's awesome, @Ash072! I'm glad that others are getting a use out of this thread as well!

SimmerNickYT

Hi! Super cool idea! I came up with using Corbel by Corbelian as a ceiling beam too a few months ago.
The clipping is so terrible though, but the overall concept is nice. It would be nice if we could have spandrals that look like beams that don't sink in the ceiling, so that we could use that as a ceiling beam.
I used Corbel by Corbelian as a ceiling beam in a chalet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrE8ui14w0

spiffeh

Ceiling beams would be amazing. In the meantime, these are lovely!

RamblineRose

Omg these are awesome

SimmerNickYT

In case you didn't know, @Lesamith, we now have the Cats and Dogs spandrels with which we can make ceiling beams. I have a tutorial video on it, but it's not that hard.
https://youtu.be/V9N8-tfU2q8

spontaneousivy

NickSims wrote: »

In case you didn't know, @Lesamith, we now have the Cats and Dogs spandrels with which we can make ceiling beams. I have a tutorial video on it, but it's not that hard.
https://youtu.be/V9N8-tfU2q8

This looks awesome!! Does the game not count the spandrels as separate rooms?

SimmerNickYT

spontaneousivy wrote: »

NickSims wrote: »

In case you didn't know, @Lesamith, we now have the Cats and Dogs spandrels with which we can make ceiling beams. I have a tutorial video on it, but it's not that hard.
https://youtu.be/V9N8-tfU2q8

This looks awesome!! Does the game not count the spandrels as separate rooms?

Yes unfortunately it's not perfect, but it gets the job done for some houses. But don't expect to share seperate rooms on The Gallery with these beams.