There is buildung related question I have to ask. It is about stairs. In the following picture you can see that the builder built stairs at the border of the boat, yet the stairs have those walls beneath them. How can I recreate that? I always thought walls beneath stairs are only created when the stairs are enclosed by walls. You can enclose the stairs by building the walls at the border of the lot, however that would not result in the way shown in the picture. Any ideas?
Is there are cheat that forces these beneath the stairs walls?
I was asking myself the same thing. However, when I just put stairs, without placing any walls before, the stairs had walls. It seems like it doesn't work with all stairs, but with most of them.
I absolutely love this sticky, however, when I go to click on some of the tutorials it goes to the users stories and I have all the words that I can see but no pictures in the tutorials. Is this normal or am I having issues? I have updated flash and java. here is one of the links for example: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=197187
I have a tutorial for how to build a Dive Area on land so you don't have to deal with the annoying way the camera pops out over the ocean when you scroll backwards:
The reason that some links don't show pictures anymore is because the creators have removed or ea has removed them.... if you let me know which ones no longer work ie name and link, I will try removing them. Some of the building tutorials have been around for two or three years.
You know there is little point in asking for specific help on this thread.... it is a list of tutorials not a help place. Sorry but you might get more help on an appropriate thread,
Here is a tutorial I found, not sure if it has been posted yet or not, but it is on How to make your own Shirts for your Sims, and Install Custom Content, how to Save money and how to Do it Yourself for the Sims 3. Looks really cool. Found this and thought I would share.
Sorry if this has already been posted, but didn't see it and thought I would add this l;ink to the other tutorials in this thread. If I find more, I will surely let you all know.
Tutorial I found for building a Houseboat with or without Island Paradise expansion.
this tutorial I am not sure has been added to this thread, but it does resemble Houseboats made on Island Paradise. So for those who have either not gotten Island Paradise, or who do not know how to make a houseboat, here is a step by step tutorial.
Sorry Lady Tess, but the shirt making tut is not building is it? and the second link you posted, the blog has been removed. So I have not added either. I wonder if there is a list somewhere of how to make clothes and stuff........
I`ve noticed that some of these links dont work anymore, and i dont see any pictures on either of them that are working..
I also found a great link on easy building, but today the site is no longer up and going it seems like (simmerssociety.net).
I really want to learn how to build houses and stuff, with just a simple abc turtorial, im really not into all this building yet, and all my stuff just gets boring and mostly too big :P
I've been looking for deck building tutorials in the hope of finding the one that I need, but unfortunately none of them so far have helped. I've also skimmed through the list of tutorials in this thread and have been unable to find what I'm looking for. I apologize if this has come up already in this thread somewhere, but I don't have time to read through all 20 some pages. I'm hoping someone here can either help me with this problem or direct to the right tutorial.
Let me see if I can explain this without confusing anyone. I'm building a house on a lot that's up on a hill and has two different levels. The front half of the lot is at street level while the back of the lot drops off to the bottom of the hill. What I'm trying to do is build the house on the front of the lot with a back and side deck that extends out over the drop off. I used the constrainfloorelevation cheat to extend the foundation to where I wanted the deck to be and leveled the back of the lot so it looked like it dropped off. I added flooring and then deleted the foundation with the exception of three columns so it wouldn't look like the deck is hovering in mid air. I've pretty much got the deck the way I want it. But after I deleted the foundation, the flooring disappeared with the deleted foundation. I was able to put a wall up around the deck and put some flooring in, but I still have holes that won't fill in. Does this makes sense? How can I fix this? Thanks for the help!
Hey, I don't want to use cc in my game as it's crashed in the past, but I've seen some people have made kitchen units which are diagonal, become joined, really want to know how to do this and if it's even possible without cc??
FIRST: Thank you so very much for this thread! I've book marked it for future reference.
SECOND: Is there a tutorial for building piers? I have the Paradise Island EP but can't figure out how to build piers.
Thank you!
Joanne
I might be able to help? I don't have IP yet, but the game has updated since, with new foundations. You know the grids you place in your world, to build upon? Sorry, I can't remember what they're called. Well, as long as part of that grid is on land, you can place them over water. Then you use the different foundations to build a pier. I built an entire house on one
Also, change of a topic, I have a question for everyone. I know I need to upload a Sim, to have that Sim as my avatar. For some reason I can't upload Sims. I've seen some people have edited avatar pictures. Can someone tell me how they've done that? I'm a bit bored of my avatar picture now lol
I've just made a tutorial on how to download and use the Sims 3 UIC. I don't think anyone's really seen it, so is it okay if I share the link on here? I spent a lot of time on it, and I hate that it's just be buried under all the other threads.
This has probably been asked many times before and if so, I apologize for asking again but I've just spent the last hour googling and can't find the answer: Is there a way to get more pictures for your uploads to the Exchange? I'm only getting five pictures for my lot (I'm using UIC to replace the pics with custom ones). My last lot was a small one, but my current one is 64 x 64 and I was hoping that I would get more than five pictures because there's a lot of house to show, but nope, only five. So, is there any way to increase the number of pics?
This has probably been asked many times before and if so, I apologize for asking again but I've just spent the last hour googling and can't find the answer: Is there a way to get more pictures for your uploads to the Exchange? I'm only getting five pictures for my lot (I'm using UIC to replace the pics with custom ones). My last lot was a small one, but my current one is 64 x 64 and I was hoping that I would get more than five pictures because there's a lot of house to show, but nope, only five. So, is there any way to increase the number of pics?
You have to have a certain amount of levels. The size of the lot doesn't matter. If there's only one level, you'll only get 2 pictures, whether the lot is 10x10 or 64x64.
The only advice I could give you is to use collages to show each room on each level. Or, you could open a thread to show off all the pictures.
It appears at some point, probably when they overhauled the exchange listing page, that things created in Create a Story lost their pictures. Unless the creator has been back and redone the images, they will show blank in the tutorial. I think a number on the list on the front page have this issue and sadly it makes them less useful than they used to be.
If you think my own tutorials are good enough to add to the list, then I would be delighted if you would add them. If I come across specific one already on your list that are suffering from the picture issue I'll pop back and let you know
Hello Created a few tutorials and I was wondering how I could get them on this list. Not certain if there is a form or anything I didn't see one, or if there is some kind of guideline, but if my tutorials are any good, I thought they might be useful to fellow builders Here is the link to them
And while I was here I was wondering does anyone know how you do the thing where you get a link to a certain number message in your thread like if I wanted to create links to each tutorials in the first message to make it easier for readers, cannot seem to figure it out, thank you!
Hi there,I've been developing my own build tutorial thread starting with building seasonal festival lots because I've built two of my own custom versions.I started doing these lots myself after discovering the EA designed ones were beautiful,but lacked functionality. TAD'S BUILDING TUTORIALS
Hi, I don't know how to post a Tutorial, but I do have a few Tips on Foundations - the friezes Cheat: Cntr+Shift+C ,to open Cheats Console:
1) testingCheatsenabled true - ENTER
2) Moveobjects on - ENTER
3) placeFriezes on - ENTER
REMEMBER: some Cheats ARE Case sensitive and your spelling has to be correct, otherwise the Cheats won't work at All.Also Remember to turn off the placeFriezes Cheat after you have finished building on top of walls with it..
A VERY important Tip: check to NOT put roof tiles on the floor that you want to build the Foundation on - just place ordinary floor tiles/carpet etc. and the Cheat will work correctly then.
is there a tutorial for changing your avatar picture with a custom one? i've been tring and failing! did i just over look something in this thread about it?
And while I was here I was wondering does anyone know how you do the thing where you get a link to a certain number message in your thread like if I wanted to create links to each tutorials in the first message to make it easier for readers, cannot seem to figure it out, thank you!
Pretty easy to do. Just right click on the page icon next to the date of when the reply was posted. Select "Copy Link" That will give you the url to go directly to the post you want.
is there a tutorial for changing your avatar picture with a custom one? i've been tring and failing! did i just over look something in this thread about it?
Well fist of all you should upload a sims to your studio with your avatar. then just go where you usually go to change it but instead of "default avatars" in the dropdown menu in the right upper corner you should chose uploaded avatars. I don´t know if you know how to change a photo of your uploaded sims's but if don´t, just let me know :)
I am sorry but I really don't come to this forum much nowadays - I guess because I don't seem to build much now..... and I will not update my game again (it works right now, and without Twallen to fix it I am not taking that chance).
So I will not be updating this tutorials list.
Most of the tutorials still help though.
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Is there are cheat that forces these beneath the stairs walls?
I was asking myself the same thing. However, when I just put stairs, without placing any walls before, the stairs had walls. It seems like it doesn't work with all stairs, but with most of them.
Hi, Smoky!
The correct link for the Zoo U Master Thread is:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/499348.page
The link that is currently listed takes you to Joolster's (very excellent) Photography Thread.
If you could fix that I would be most grateful and thanks again for including Zoo U!
Zoo
http://trystianesims.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/building-dive-lots-on-land/
The reason that some links don't show pictures anymore is because the creators have removed or ea has removed them.... if you let me know which ones no longer work ie name and link, I will try removing them. Some of the building tutorials have been around for two or three years.
You know there is little point in asking for specific help on this thread.... it is a list of tutorials not a help place. Sorry but you might get more help on an appropriate thread,
http://www.how-to-diy.org/wEzM9FiX7WRLZu/LGR-Sims-3-Tutorial:-How-To-Make-Your-Own-Shirts-&-Install-Custom-Content.html
Sorry if this has already been posted, but didn't see it and thought I would add this l;ink to the other tutorials in this thread. If I find more, I will surely let you all know.
Sincerely,
LadyTess37
Happy Simming!
this tutorial I am not sure has been added to this thread, but it does resemble Houseboats made on Island Paradise. So for those who have either not gotten Island Paradise, or who do not know how to make a houseboat, here is a step by step tutorial.
http://reokossims3guide.blogspot.com/2013/07/simgurugrahams-port-building-guide.html
I also found a great link on easy building, but today the site is no longer up and going it seems like (simmerssociety.net).
I really want to learn how to build houses and stuff, with just a simple abc turtorial, im really not into all this building yet, and all my stuff just gets boring and mostly too big :P
Let me see if I can explain this without confusing anyone. I'm building a house on a lot that's up on a hill and has two different levels. The front half of the lot is at street level while the back of the lot drops off to the bottom of the hill. What I'm trying to do is build the house on the front of the lot with a back and side deck that extends out over the drop off. I used the constrainfloorelevation cheat to extend the foundation to where I wanted the deck to be and leveled the back of the lot so it looked like it dropped off. I added flooring and then deleted the foundation with the exception of three columns so it wouldn't look like the deck is hovering in mid air. I've pretty much got the deck the way I want it. But after I deleted the foundation, the flooring disappeared with the deleted foundation. I was able to put a wall up around the deck and put some flooring in, but I still have holes that won't fill in. Does this makes sense? How can I fix this? Thanks for the help!
Thanks!!
SECOND: Is there a tutorial for building piers? I have the Paradise Island EP but can't figure out how to build piers.
Thank you!
Joanne
I might be able to help? I don't have IP yet, but the game has updated since, with new foundations. You know the grids you place in your world, to build upon? Sorry, I can't remember what they're called. Well, as long as part of that grid is on land, you can place them over water. Then you use the different foundations to build a pier. I built an entire house on one
Also, change of a topic, I have a question for everyone. I know I need to upload a Sim, to have that Sim as my avatar. For some reason I can't upload Sims. I've seen some people have edited avatar pictures. Can someone tell me how they've done that? I'm a bit bored of my avatar picture now lol
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/712472.page
You have to have a certain amount of levels. The size of the lot doesn't matter. If there's only one level, you'll only get 2 pictures, whether the lot is 10x10 or 64x64.
The only advice I could give you is to use collages to show each room on each level. Or, you could open a thread to show off all the pictures.
Hope this helps
Make interesting beds without CC, a beginners guide to MOO. http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=354424
Not Just Fog, a beginners guide to fog emitters. http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=368417
Sumptuous Starters, a guide for using room markers. http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=458451
It appears at some point, probably when they overhauled the exchange listing page, that things created in Create a Story lost their pictures. Unless the creator has been back and redone the images, they will show blank in the tutorial. I think a number on the list on the front page have this issue and sadly it makes them less useful than they used to be.
If you think my own tutorials are good enough to add to the list, then I would be delighted if you would add them. If I come across specific one already on your list that are suffering from the picture issue I'll pop back and let you know
Many thanks
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/724342.page
And here are the contents -
Guide to Constrainfloorelevation and CFE basics
Guide to Basic Wall Curving
Guide to advanced wall curving
Guide to sunken rooms
Guide to Walk-out basements
Guide to above-ground basements
And while I was here I was wondering does anyone know how you do the thing where you get a link to a certain number message in your thread like if I wanted to create links to each tutorials in the first message to make it easier for readers, cannot seem to figure it out, thank you!
TAD'S BUILDING TUTORIALS
1) testingCheatsenabled true - ENTER
2) Moveobjects on - ENTER
3) placeFriezes on - ENTER
REMEMBER: some Cheats ARE Case sensitive and your spelling has to be correct, otherwise the Cheats won't work at All.Also Remember to turn off the placeFriezes Cheat after you have finished building on top of walls with it..
A VERY important Tip: check to NOT put roof tiles on the floor that you want to build the Foundation on - just place ordinary floor tiles/carpet etc. and the Cheat will work correctly then.
Pretty easy to do. Just right click on the page icon next to the date of when the reply was posted. Select "Copy Link" That will give you the url to go directly to the post you want.
Well fist of all you should upload a sims to your studio with your avatar. then just go where you usually go to change it but instead of "default avatars" in the dropdown menu in the right upper corner you should chose uploaded avatars. I don´t know if you know how to change a photo of your uploaded sims's but if don´t, just let me know :)
So I will not be updating this tutorials list.
Most of the tutorials still help though.