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    Build Mode: Basements After Terrain Tools ?

    mebagl15mebagl15 Posts: 563 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    How do you add a basement on to a previous built house with a raised foundation, without getting terrain outcropping?

    When I try to add on a basement, following the footprint of the building above, the terrain bulges out. This leaves an unsightly look to the foundation as well as disrupts the landscaping. It works Ok when the level of the building and the terrain are the same.

    Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a solution?


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      JC1979JC1979 Posts: 491 Member
      Did you add the basement after raising the terrain? If so maybe flatten the terrain to its original position and then re-add the basement. So far I’ve only built above ground basements, which afterwards I would raise the terrain to make my builds look like they are atop a hill.
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      simm621simm621 Posts: 1,037 Member
      Try lowering the foundation then put in the basement. You should then be able to raise the foundation back up and there should be no bulges.
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      SweetieWright_84SweetieWright_84 Posts: 4,129 Member
      You could drag the basement down a bit. You do that the same way you raise/lower the foundation.
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      mebagl15mebagl15 Posts: 563 Member
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      This is what I'm refering to in the original post.
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      ShadyLady_DQShadyLady_DQ Posts: 476 Member
      Try staring with the basement tool on an open area of terrain that is the level at which you want the basement. Then drag the basement under the house. It should add the “filler” level when you place the stairs like when building basements under house foundations before terrain tools. Hopes this helps!
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      mebagl15mebagl15 Posts: 563 Member
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      This is what I'm trying to get rid of or avoid causing. The sloped terrain along the foundation. I've tried using the terrain tool but it didn't work to flatten the ground next to the raised foundation.
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      LibertyTheFreeLibertyTheFree Posts: 234 Member
      edited April 2019
      Have you tried plopping the room somewhere else, like mid-air, and move it to the underground levels? That can make the basement effectively a seperate building from the those on the ground level if my memory serves.
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      DannydanboDannydanbo Posts: 18,057 Member
      I have had this problem. When it happens, click down to the basement, click the room to highlight it, click back to the ground level, locate and grab the basement foundation arrow/box and lower the basement back down until the ground is flat again.

      I wouldn't bother removing the foundation, it's not the problem. Basements are added directly to the underside of the ground floor. Just add the basement to a existing build and (if the ground is sloped) just lower the basement.
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      MylitaMylita Posts: 4,447 Member
      Yup, just lowering the basement works everytime. Sometimes it takes a couple of clicks to eliminate the elevated ground.

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      mebagl15mebagl15 Posts: 563 Member
      Thanks everyone. I lowered the basement and everything is fine. :)
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      DannydanboDannydanbo Posts: 18,057 Member
      mebagl15 wrote: »
      Thanks everyone. I lowered the basement and everything is fine. :)

      Happy to hear it. :)
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      HeidiGrrrlHeidiGrrrl Posts: 122 Member
      Well, that is a great big heaping helping of awesome sauce! I've been wondering how to fix that, myself! Thanks, guys! :)
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      HansenHansen Posts: 22 Member
      Dannydanbo wrote: »
      I have had this problem. When it happens, click down to the basement, click the room to highlight it, click back to the ground level, locate and grab the basement foundation arrow/box and lower the basement back down until the ground is flat again.

      I wouldn't bother removing the foundation, it's not the problem. Basements are added directly to the underside of the ground floor. Just add the basement to a existing build and (if the ground is sloped) just lower the basement.

      Thank you :smiley:
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