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Nushnushganay
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Posting this as a new thread because the other one discussing solutions to this problem was closed due to its age. Yet there is current interest in finding solutions, so...new thread.
I think I have an easy working example of how this is done (and the verbal instructions make more sense to me now) so in case it helps others, look at the Goth family mansion, in the building adjacent to the pool where there are a lot of windows and steps leading down into a sunken area with a palm tree and some ferns. You can place a basement from the level with the ferns, then go down a level into the basement and add a spiral staircase next to the steps leading down to the fern level.
Then you can make the basement a lot larger without disrupting anything, from inside the basement.
But it does demonstrated the "walls within a foundation" effect that allows for two sets of stairs: steps from main house level into room-within-the-foundation, then stairs or ladder from there, down into a basement, to make this work.
I think I have an easy working example of how this is done (and the verbal instructions make more sense to me now) so in case it helps others, look at the Goth family mansion, in the building adjacent to the pool where there are a lot of windows and steps leading down into a sunken area with a palm tree and some ferns. You can place a basement from the level with the ferns, then go down a level into the basement and add a spiral staircase next to the steps leading down to the fern level.
Then you can make the basement a lot larger without disrupting anything, from inside the basement.
But it does demonstrated the "walls within a foundation" effect that allows for two sets of stairs: steps from main house level into room-within-the-foundation, then stairs or ladder from there, down into a basement, to make this work.
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Quick intro to CFE cheat which will be needed if putting stairs inside an existing basement
Adding stairs inside an existing foundation (down to basement)
Place a spiral staircase inside a basement
Place a staircase down to a basement
A couple of other related but not specifically on topic tutorials
This is one of my most popular tutorials - doesn't cover basements specifically
Building a house inside the side of a hill
This might be useful too but not specifically on this topic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Cool!
Thanks for sharing you're youtube channel. It looks like you made a lot of interesting tutorials. I knew about stairs and the constrain floor elevation cheat, but I don't know if I would have been able to explain it as well as you did.
Thank you. I'm glad you found them useful. I've got a Tutorials playlist on my channel with a few other build tutorials in it. The Dormer windows tutorial seems to be popular too.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
Oh I will try this today. Thanks. I prefer to place a ladder than spiral staircase though.