Sunlit Tides, Terrain help

Liziann1

I have today discovered that the terrain paints that are used in ST are not in the build mode, therefore I am unable to match my lot with the surrounding land ( grass)

can anyone tell me why this is or where I can get these paints ?
this is the lot Ive been trying to match - these are examples of what I have available,which as you can see are hopeless!

Writin_Reg

You don't need to repaint any lot - what you need to do is after you place the lot go to where the terraine paints are and click on the eraser there - now erase all your terrain paint on your lot and the paint underneather will come through and of course match perfectly. If you have painted walks etc, you can repaint them after you are done erasing all paint on your lot just by switching back to the paint brush and picking your terraine paint of choice.

I love the erase feature especially if you build a lot in a grassy world and need to place it in a desert or beach world - you can match perfectly just by erasing. But to make it easy on my self I generally drop the house down to ground level so I can see all the ground area better, put the eraser on the largest circle and just erase away. It goes pretty quickly. Once it is all erased it will match exactly the terraine of the lot the house was added to. You can then proceed to paint anything you want added back like walks or dirt in gardens, mulch under plants etc, etc.

Liziann1

Thank you, for a speedy reply!
I will give it a go and report back later x x

Liziann1

It Works !! PERFECT ! TYVM

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Jillyson_Twozaks_1

Writin_Reg wrote:

You don't need to repaint any lot - what you need to do is after you place the lot go to where the terraine paints are and click on the eraser there - now erase all your terrain paint on your lot and the paint underneather will come through and of course match perfectly. If you have painted walks etc, you can repaint them after you are done erasing all paint on your lot just by switching back to the paint brush and picking your terraine paint of choice.

I love the erase feature especially if you build a lot in a grassy world and need to place it in a desert or beach world - you can match perfectly just by erasing. But to make it easy on my self I generally drop the house down to ground level so I can see all the ground area better, put the eraser on the largest circle and just erase away. It goes pretty quickly. Once it is all erased it will match exactly the terraine of the lot the house was added to. You can then proceed to paint anything you want added back like walks or dirt in gardens, mulch under plants etc, etc.

Thanks! I didn't know this either!

cherid87120

Writin_Reg wrote:

You don't need to repaint any lot - what you need to do is after you place the lot go to where the terraine paints are and click on the eraser there - now erase all your terrain paint on your lot and the paint underneather will come through and of course match perfectly. If you have painted walks etc, you can repaint them after you are done erasing all paint on your lot just by switching back to the paint brush and picking your terraine paint of choice.

I love the erase feature especially if you build a lot in a grassy world and need to place it in a desert or beach world - you can match perfectly just by erasing. But to make it easy on my self I generally drop the house down to ground level so I can see all the ground area better, put the eraser on the largest circle and just erase away. It goes pretty quickly. Once it is all erased it will match exactly the terraine of the lot the house was added to. You can then proceed to paint anything you want added back like walks or dirt in gardens, mulch under plants etc, etc.

It took me forever to figure this out in Lunar Lakes!

Monet11

I didn't know this either. Thanks for asking... and thanks for answering.

Writin_Reg

It's a trick I learned early in sims 3 trying to match an egyptian made island. I could make good desert houses but we had no sand terrain in game like was in egypt which the world creator had used. Our sand was too light or two dark. So while I was trying to make something that at least wouldn't look totally bad, I went to erase my first attempts and discovered that underneath it all was the actual desert terrain. It was a big uh huh moment for me for sure. So for most of the Sims 3 I have used that trick. Glad it finally helped someone else. I know it cuts down a ton of time using downloaded lots in our fav hoods and have them look like they belong for sure.

Just pass it on, and everyone can benefit. It's a neat time saver besides not having to look for matches all the time.

CandySims14

I found the link to this thread through a google search & it was so helpful, I thought I'd reply to say "thank you" and maybe it will help some other newbies like me.