This thread contains a list of useful video tutorials for anyone building in the Sims 3.
My latest video is about building a dive lot. I used Sunlit Tides as the world in which to build my dive lot. I have also used this method to build working dive lots in Barnacle Bay and Cake Island (a CC world made by
@Rflong7 and in which I placed a family of mermaids who developed a need for a dive lot and this led to me deciding to make a video of how I do it).
https://youtu.be/xQYREabahSE
How to build a dive lot in the Sims 3.
How to decorate the dive lot will be the subject of the next video I make.
I'm a bit nervous about this one - so please let me know if you can follow it and make a successful dive lot.
Happy Simming and Happy Dive Lot Building
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https://youtu.be/fpkg0TMLipY
I hope you have fun with it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Showcase
I thought I'd put a link to this one about setting the imported terrain offset here too because that cheat is used in the build a dive lot video.
https://youtu.be/19Z2A5EA8Xs
I'll do another dive lot video later - that one will be about fixing existing dive lots that have boats and sims flying through the air when they cross the lot boundary. I have a few of them to fix in my games and will do the video when I get around to fixing them.
I'm currently working on the next episode of one of my story videos - the one about Oscar and Louise. It should be up in a day or so as I'm also doing other things.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/QjR0bROi7EY
There are a few other tips too. Just things that I do to make the process easier and less likely to lead to frustration or failure. Step by Step.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/ayIBjYUBD9U
The two worlds I used for this video are Roaring Heights and Sunlit Tides. You can see my testing sims driving the houseboat and returning it to the gangplank in both worlds - although in Roaring Heights it was night time and I forgot to add lights so you can't see much other than the houseboat moving. In Sunlit Tides it was bright sunshine and clearly visible.
Enjoy I hope you find it useful if you do decide to watch.
Happy Simming
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/FbtfU3G6-lw
Happy Simming
Edit: Removed the non-working version of this video and replaced it with the version that works.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/63vBxqAFxrI
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
It is on a steeper hill. I left 2 tiles between inner and outer walls all around the hilly parts on the lower levels.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/3z7xnOL7xJY
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/Fqev_qxvkTY
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/0fOyiUBcRv4
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/DmPUDJjxUQk
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/g3fcFRYUQJA
I've shown gable dormers, flat dormers, shed dormers, hip dormers and the dormer that comes with the Now and Then Century Manor set from the store. It's just decorative.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
I put this solution up on Answers HQ a few months ago - maybe longer - and people seem to like it. It's the way I do it and it has worked for me so far. If you have the problem and would like to see how I do it, here's the video.
https://youtu.be/l1KwkjJDtrg
I hope it helps someone.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/t_KU70FCUGg
I think the title says it all - but you get to see how to get the terrain snugly around the walls, how to place steps from various levels to the terrain outside, and you'll see my tester sim testing the stairs and a few other things.
Happy Simming
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
https://youtu.be/kVYkmJWRmZA
It was made by Timecatcher who says they have now retired from mod making but will make the code available for someone else to take on the further development and support of the mod. I do hope someone takes up the mod as it does need some work but, once I got used to it I found it a lot of fun and I'll probably continue to use it in some of my future games. I've made a separate Sims 3 folder for games using this mod.
The mod is available on Mod the Sims
https://modthesims.info/d/656829/sim-state-the-sims-3-open-for-business-mini-expansion-v1-4.html
The two bakeries I used in the video are available on the Exchange.
Old Mill Tea Room and Residence:
https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8400389
Fantacy Land Bakery
https://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8188930
There are other bakeries in my studio but I didn't test the mod in any of them yet.
Happy Simming
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
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What happened to this video btw?
Also bumping to transfer
That is the first attempt at making this video. It was way too complicated to follow the instructions so I replaced it and that original version is marked as private.
This link is to an easier to follow replacement version of the video
https://youtu.be/FbtfU3G6-lw
And there is this one too
https://youtu.be/3z7xnOL7xJY
Thanks for finding this thread. I'd forgotten about it and was thinking of making something like it with all of my tutorials in it. I found a few links to tutorials inside threads about my story videos.
After my showcase thread got deleted, apparently accidentally, I stopped visiting the forum on builders. I'm now thinking I might start building again. I can set up a special Sims 3 folder without any CC in it. I mainly stopped building because I now have CC in my game, and I'd put so much work into my showcase thread and have it suddenly vanish permanently was a bit too much for me at the time.
I edited the first post so hopefully this will be transferred. If not I'll try to remember to replace it once the new forum is here. If I forget, please remind me.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
I'll try to remember that when we get to the new forum. That interpretation didn't occur to me and they are called 'Dive Lots' in the game.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg