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  • liquid144liquid144 Posts: 10 New Member
    > @SimGuruBChick said:
    > So, we think we've worked this out. You need to place ceiling blocks over the sauna. You may think you have blocks over the sauna because it's in a basement but you should check. In other words, make sure that your sauna is fully under a building. Let us know if it works.
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    > BTW - helloooo everyone.
    > /waves
    > /smiles

    Yes, it works. Once I placed the sauna in an area in the basement that was completely under another room in the house it could be used normally. However if I place it in a room in the basement that has plain, uncovered ground above it, it does not work and cannot be used even though I confirmed that ceiling blocks are present.
  • meubanksmeubanks Posts: 445 Member
    Saunas currently don't work in basements at all. The issue was covered in LGRs review. Not sure if that's intentional or if it's just another case of build mode wonkiness. It's not a bug though, and you're not placing them wrong. Unless it gets patched or modded you won't be able to use them in basements.
  • ceejay402ceejay402 Posts: 24,507 Member
    So, we think we've worked this out. You need to place ceiling blocks over the sauna. You may think you have blocks over the sauna because it's in a basement but you should check. In other words, make sure that your sauna is fully under a building. Let us know if it works.

    BTW - helloooo everyone.
    /waves
    /smiles

    thank you! and great to see :)

    so i tested i figured out the room for the sauna needs to be directly underneath an upper level structure that has a floor and a roof. the basement can extend pass the upper level but the room the sauna can not.

    hey @BryonyRae thought you may want to see this build issue. :)
  • catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,258 Member
    meubanks wrote: »
    Saunas currently don't work in basements at all. The issue was covered in LGRs review. Not sure if that's intentional or if it's just another case of build mode wonkiness. It's not a bug though, and you're not placing them wrong. Unless it gets patched or modded you won't be able to use them in basements.

    Did you see Simguru Sarah s response see I left above?
  • greytorrent1greytorrent1 Posts: 80 Member
    I had the same issue, and building a room on top (creating a ceiling) worked. I just knocked down the walls above, left the floor and vola.
  • Colton147147Colton147147 Posts: 10,452 Member
    So, we think we've worked this out. You need to place ceiling blocks over the sauna. You may think you have blocks over the sauna because it's in a basement but you should check. In other words, make sure that your sauna is fully under a building. Let us know if it works.

    BTW - helloooo everyone.
    /waves
    /smiles

    You're back!
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    I hope you didn't get trapped in my basement... It is nearly impossible to get out once you enter.
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  • 06Bon0606Bon06 Posts: 11,614 Member
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  • Drummzz7Drummzz7 Posts: 4 New Member
    Same issue here. Can not even use the styled room sauna that came with the game in the basement. :( I hope they issue a fix for this soon.
  • K4le8K4le8 Posts: 217 Member
    So, we think we've worked this out. You need to place ceiling blocks over the sauna. You may think you have blocks over the sauna because it's in a basement but you should check. In other words, make sure that your sauna is fully under a building. Let us know if it works.

    BTW - helloooo everyone.
    /waves
    /smiles

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  • ceejay402ceejay402 Posts: 24,507 Member
    Drummzz7 wrote: »
    Same issue here. Can not even use the styled room sauna that came with the game in the basement. :( I hope they issue a fix for this soon.
    hi @Drummzz7 it can work if you see postings above :) you will see if you place the room with the sauna directly under a top floor that has flooring and ceiling it will work. the room with the sauna needs to be completely below a top floor build, HTH.
  • catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,258 Member
    So, we think we've worked this out. You need to place ceiling blocks over the sauna. You may think you have blocks over the sauna because it's in a basement but you should check. In other words, make sure that your sauna is fully under a building. Let us know if it works.

    BTW - helloooo everyone.
    /waves
    /smiles
    Welcome back Simguru B Chick.
  • BryonyRaeBryonyRae Posts: 5,181 Member
    Thanks for letting me know @ceejay402. :)
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  • ScobreScobre Posts: 20,665 Member

    BTW - helloooo everyone.
    /waves
    /smiles
    Hi SimGuruChick. I've missed you and seeing your cute kitty pictures. Nice to see you on forums again. We've tried our best to be nice to SimGuruDrake. Welcome back. I hope you had a nice vacation.
    “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” –Helen Keller
  • ENolanENolan Posts: 2,735 Member
    So, we think we've worked this out. You need to place ceiling blocks over the sauna. You may think you have blocks over the sauna because it's in a basement but you should check. In other words, make sure that your sauna is fully under a building. Let us know if it works.

    BTW - helloooo everyone.
    /waves
    /smiles

    I found that out before I disappeared earlier today. Thanks for the confirmation!

    Also, welcome back for the moment, @SimGuruBChick. Hope you don't disappear as long this time.
  • IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
    My mind boggles at the calculation the game must be programmed to do to work out if a basement is a room or not!! I am trying to think myself into that programmers head and how he or she made that decision to do that test. I could understand if it was left as plain grass terrain above, but once you laid down patio tiles it should be a floor and ceiling. BUG!!!!! lol
  • edaercangs96edaercangs96 Posts: 214 Member
    edited July 2015
    I still can't use my sauna in the basement. Could someone help me? (It works, don't need help)
    Post edited by edaercangs96 on
  • IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
    What did you do to fix it?
  • MsSueMsSue Posts: 1 New Member
    I had the same issue so I moved the sauna to an area in the basement that was under the house and it worked.
  • Brownbutterfly74Brownbutterfly74 Posts: 68 Member
    Quaay wrote: »
    Does anyone else get this issue? I made a sauna in the basement level of my home and Relax is greyed out because it says Must be indoors. Last time I checked the basement of my house was indoors?! And I have complete walls/doors/windows so it is fully enclosed. i55h91.jpg
    Apparently it must be placed directly under the house. I couldn't get it to work for me either. See the link below
    http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2015/07/sauna-cant-be-placed-in-the-basement/
  • SarduchiSarduchi Posts: 208 Member
    I seem to be having this issue all of a sudden. Sauna in question has been working fine, but today I can't use it due to it not being indoors.

    Sauna in question is in a basement, no foundation, no buildings over the basement where the sauna is.

    Not clear to me what the consensus is on this problem, can someone summarize if there's a solution?
  • rosemowrosemow Posts: 162,841 Member
    Sarduchi wrote: »
    I seem to be having this issue all of a sudden. Sauna in question has been working fine, but today I can't use it due to it not being indoors.

    Sauna in question is in a basement, no foundation, no buildings over the basement where the sauna is.

    Not clear to me what the consensus is on this problem, can someone summarize if there's a solution?

    Hello @Sarduchi.
    The sauna needs to be placed completely under the house. It needs to be a room with a ceiling, and have a building over the top of it.
    This link may help.
    http://sims4.crinrict.com/en/2015/07/sauna-cant-be-placed-in-the-basement/
  • SarduchiSarduchi Posts: 208 Member
    > @rosemow said:
    > Hello Sarduchi.
    > The sauna needs to be placed completely under the house. It needs to be a room with a ceiling, and have a building over the top of it.
    >

    Disappointing... hope this gets addressed soon as my current house is on pylons and thus has no ground floor under-which to build the basement sauna.

    I did a bit of experimentation and it looks like just putting a floor over the basement "fixes" this, but it is inappropriate to my current lot design.
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