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sinking lot
Salome_Erishen
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When I try to place Romper recreation Ground in Sunset Valley, the lot always sinks below the level of the road, even when I place it on a preexisting empty lot.
It's so difficult to place new community lots in general, and even more so when trying to place them on empty lots you've created. I think EA should really work on making this more player friendly... I don't wanna have to spend an hour just to place a default lot.
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The one you need to know about for this problem is SetImportedTerrainOffset.
That cheat needs to be followed by a number. You have to experiment to work out what that number needs to be. If the terrain you are importing is sinking below the other surrounding terrain then the number needs to be positive. If the terrain is poking up above the surrounding terrain then the number needs to be negative.
You also need to use ConstrainFloorElevation cheat.
This link will explain to you how it works.
SetImportedTerrainOffset followed by a number
http://oumamea-the-sims3.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/problems-with-lots-sinking-into-ground.html?showComment=1371945888839#c1633653476675176981
You may need to have a few goes to get the number right.
You also need to follow all the steps exactly as they are set out in this blog. That can be difficult at first as it is a bit complicated and some of the finer points may not be noticed at first. But if you reread the instructions if it doesn't work first go, then you will eventually usually fix the problem.
I have given up on dive lots when the surrounding terrain is off the chart different from the lot I've imported.
I've had success with dive lots that are close to similar depths and also have had success with other lots that are on terrain and where the lot is sinking 2 or 3 floors below the rest of the terrain. Numbers that have worked for me in the past have included 2.3 and -1.1 So you can fine tune it for whatever works for you.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Thank you for your help.
I still think we shouldn't have to use a cheat to play the game the way it was intended.
I found out about this when I spent ages building a castle on a hill and moved it to a flat lot and discovered it sank about 3 floors below the surface and sims couldn't go into it.
I also had the problem at first, of objects vanishing. I found them below the surface with constrainfloorelevation cheat turned on. I had to dig for them, or delete floor tiles and look through them to find the objects that had sunk below the surface. They don't turn up on the next level down, they just seem to have vanished and the spot where they were is not available to place anything on it as it says it is occupied.
You must make sure you turn the CFE cheat off as things and sims sink all over town if you leave it on by accident. Apparently you start getting messages about Sims starving to death. Lots of them.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Have you experimented with the number after the cheat SetImportedTerrainOffset.
For example I usually start with 3 or -3 depending if I want to raise or lower terrain.
You don't need to use CFE cheat with it.
Just do SetImportedTerrainOffset 3 or SetImportedTerrainOffset -3 and see what happens. If it isn't high enough or not low enough change the number until you are happy. It's a bit tedious but it does do the job. I have had to use it in player made worlds and have managed to get it to work after only two or 3 attempts. But I did end up using the terrain tool to smooth the edges of the lot a bit as I couldn't be bothered with continuing to try with a lot of different numbers that are much the same until it exactly lined up.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
thank you @Karritz for your great explanations
now i know what happens with sims sunken under the ground & why TS4 is all flat
with a number again, place the house and still nothing. HELP!!!!
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You do need to used TestingCheatsEnabled True before SetImportedTerrainOffset. I have a video in my YouTube chanel that demonstrates this. It includes the cheats.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg