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    Platforms are difficult!

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    IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
    in The Sims 4 Packs Discussion
    The gamechangers made it look so easy. I can put a platform in a room but as soon as I let go of the platform tool I can't select the platform again, the whole building goes up and down on a foundation.
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      IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
      Oh I was using the wrong button. Don't mind me :)
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      AquaGamer1212AquaGamer1212 Posts: 5,417 Member
      edited November 2020
      It is kind of difficult. I’m trying to do the lowered entrance and it’s not working how I thought it would lol


      Edit: I figured it out and now I feel dumb haha
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,669 Member
      Oh... it was released already??? I thought it was next week - been out of town and mostly offline for a couple weeks, lol.
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      IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
      Simmerville wrote: »
      Oh... it was released already??? I thought it was next week - been out of town and mostly offline for a couple weeks, lol.

      Just the patch, not the EP, today.
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      alan650111alan650111 Posts: 3,295 Member
      Platforms confused me until I realized I was using the platform arrow instead of the new up and down arrows to raise the platform!!! Just some friendly advice! lol
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      IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
      I'm getting some problems. The roof isn't drawing fully on a house with a platform, and the ladders are refusing to place saying the top must be on a block or terrain. I dare say I'll work it all out eventually
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member
      I was trying to convert this rather awkward looking area into platforms coming from either side, stepping down to meet in the middle, but I don't think it's possible:
      11-10-20_8-15-19%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

      You cannot place them next to each other if they are on different floor levels - you get the usual block cluster error. And if you lower the platforms on the higher level, they keep their edges at the original height.
      11-10-20_8-20-26%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

      Shame :'(
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      AquaGamer1212AquaGamer1212 Posts: 5,417 Member
      IngeJones wrote: »
      I'm getting some problems. The roof isn't drawing fully on a house with a platform, and the ladders are refusing to place saying the top must be on a block or terrain. I dare say I'll work it all out eventually

      You just click the top and select add ceiling
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      AquaGamer1212AquaGamer1212 Posts: 5,417 Member
      elanorbreton wrote: »
      I was trying to convert this rather awkward looking area into platforms coming from either side, stepping down to meet in the middle, but I don't think it's possible:
      11-10-20_8-15-19%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

      You cannot place them next to each other if they are on different floor levels - you get the usual block cluster error. And if you lower the platforms on the higher level, they keep their edges at the original height.
      11-10-20_8-20-26%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

      Shame :'(

      One long platform connecting and then two smaller platforms on top on both sides.
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member
      AquaGamer1212 wrote: »
      One long platform connecting and then two smaller platforms on top on both sides.
      If you do one platform reaching from one side to the other it instantly sets at the current floor height (rather than the grass height), then there is no way to lower it towards the grass height because the sides stay up.

      What I was trying to do was use platforms instead of stairs to get down to the ground.
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      AquaGamer1212AquaGamer1212 Posts: 5,417 Member
      elanorbreton wrote: »
      AquaGamer1212 wrote: »
      One long platform connecting and then two smaller platforms on top on both sides.
      If you do one platform reaching from one side to the other it instantly sets at the current floor height (rather than the grass height), then there is no way to lower it towards the grass height because the sides stay up.

      What I was trying to do was use platforms instead of stairs to get down to the ground.

      What do you mean by sides stay up?
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      nasch_katzenasch_katze Posts: 193 Member
      The first posts in this thread are so funny haha

      Thanks for the input tho, I probably would have done the same mistake!
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      crocobauracrocobaura Posts: 7,382 Member
      elanorbreton wrote: »
      AquaGamer1212 wrote: »
      One long platform connecting and then two smaller platforms on top on both sides.
      If you do one platform reaching from one side to the other it instantly sets at the current floor height (rather than the grass height), then there is no way to lower it towards the grass height because the sides stay up.

      What I was trying to do was use platforms instead of stairs to get down to the ground.

      Maybe it will work if you replace the foundations with platforms?
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      AuroraskiesAuroraskies Posts: 1,834 Member
      edited November 2020
      If a house is made and a plattform placed which is later removed, there is an empty space in the flat ceiling matching it. I don’t think it matters though, and it is only visible when walls are completely down, and looking at the roof level.

      Edit: Though there is a line on the floor where it used to be.
      Edit 2: No! I fixed it by removing the empty room space; both the line and the hole.
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      DevSims91DevSims91 Posts: 470 Member
      Game changers make everything look easy, they’ve had more practice... We’ll be able to use the tool eventually.

      (I’m not updating my game until Thursday, I’m resting!)
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      elanorbretonelanorbreton Posts: 14,549 Member
      AquaGamer1212 wrote: »
      What do you mean by sides stay up?
      This:

      11-10-20_11-18-35%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0
      crocobaura wrote: »
      Maybe it will work if you replace the foundations with platforms?
      Genius! Thank you <3 I didn't want to change the original lot until I was sure it would work, so I tried it on an empty lot:

      11-10-20_11-17-23%C2%A0PM.png?dl=0

      So, we now have a way to make diagonal stairs!
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      feetinstockingsfeetinstockings Posts: 4,264 Member
      edited November 2020
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      I have tried this three times and it still wont acknowledge the living room is a room, I have a roof over it and I still have it snowing in my living room. is anyone else having problems. ?? I have a slight sunken kitchen, a raised bed room and a raised bathroom.
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      AquaGamer1212AquaGamer1212 Posts: 5,417 Member
      feetinstockings wrote: »
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      I have tried this three times and it still wont acknowledge the living room is a room, I have a roof over it and I still have it snowing in my living room. is anyone else having problems. ?? I have a slight sunken kitchen, a raised bed room and a raised bathroom.

      Do you have a ceiling? Those aren’t the same as having a roof.
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      IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
      AquaGamer1212 wrote: »
      Do you have a ceiling? Those aren’t the same as having a roof.

      I thought in TS4 roofs were weatherproof? I know in earlier games the space under a roof wasn't regarded as indoors, but Kate Emerald does a lot with ceilingless attics and she says her builds are weatherproof.
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      feetinstockingsfeetinstockings Posts: 4,264 Member
      no ceiling. I made the kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, then joined with a wall the bedroom wall to the bathroom wall in an oblong shape, hold on I'll take pics. it let me place a ceiling light above the living room space. but the snow comes in. i have a roof, but no ceiling. and someone suggested you can add a roof by clicking, but clicking where??? I also tried making a flat roof with the platforms, like Ytube says you can. it still snowed inside, so I added a short gate but that takes away the look of a flat room made with the platforms. hold on I'll add more pics. maybe someone can tell me what I have done wrong.
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      DragonAge_300905DragonAge_300905 Posts: 1,944 Member
      feetinstockings wrote: »
      no ceiling. I made the kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, then joined with a wall the bedroom wall to the bathroom wall in an oblong shape, hold on I'll take pics. it let me place a ceiling light above the living room space. but the snow comes in. i have a roof, but no ceiling. and someone suggested you can add a roof by clicking, but clicking where??? I also tried making a flat roof with the platforms, like Ytube says you can. it still snowed inside, so I added a short gate but that takes away the look of a flat room made with the platforms. hold on I'll add more pics. maybe someone can tell me what I have done wrong.

      Put your walls up and go up to the next level, click on the rooms and you should see a yellow highlighted area, click add ceiling on the yellow highlighted part.
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      DragonAge_300905DragonAge_300905 Posts: 1,944 Member
      Has anyone tried to knit something after adding a platform inside? I have a platform for the bedroom and in the living room area I told my sim to knit something and she can't. She has both the basket and bag in her inventory.
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      IngeJonesIngeJones Posts: 3,247 Member
      edited November 2020
      DragonAge_300905 wrote: »
      Has anyone tried to knit something after adding a platform inside? I have a platform for the bedroom and in the living room area I told my sim to knit something and she can't. She has both the basket and bag in her inventory.

      She's probably just far too excited about her new platform to focus on knitting. She doesn't want to drop stitches :)
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      SimmervilleSimmerville Posts: 11,669 Member
      I did not grab the patch yet, but I know in previous building sessions, what I though was a room turned out to not be a room. It might cause the ceiling issue above. I normally fixed that bu clicking on the floor to see the room borders, then either adjust/move the "invisible" walls, or delete that room and add a new room. I often struggled with this when we got the module stairs. Might be more tricky when the room/house is already equipped, but replacing the room should fix most ceiling problem if there is no easier way.
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      feetinstockingsfeetinstockings Posts: 4,264 Member
      edited November 2020
      I go up a level and there isn't the yellow line. just empty space. I'm wondering if it's because I joined the walls to make the living room. so the game doesn't see it as another room. it isnt snowing in my other rooms. here are the pics.
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      another problem is leaking when putting up wall paper or any other wall covering. I have to do them individually or they leak from outside to inside. has anyone else noticed see the first pic, that you cant place anything next to a platform from another room. I had to use my ALT key to put the fridge there.
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