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    Gridlines?

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    emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,119 Member
    in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    One more silly poll for you guys. :blush:

    So when you're in Build/Buy mode do you have the Indoor Gridlines present/turned ON?

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    Or removed/turned OFF?

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    For me, I can't stand those darn things :confounded: so I immediately click on that checkered box down on the lower left corner of the UI to turn them off if they aren't already. :p

    Now, every once in a while if I want to make sure furniture is lined up properly with each other or with pictures on the wall then I will turn them on for a moment to see, and then click 'em right back off. Me no likey! :lol:
    Is it a perfectionist thing??? They seriously drive me nuts being present!!! :confounded:

    Would love to hear how many of you remove them too...or don't. ;)
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    Gridlines? 68 votes

    Turned On
    52%
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    Turned Off
    30%
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    I didn't know you could turn them off! :-O
    16%
    HejixJoAnne65February11xxnearlyperfectxtretheraTinySpaceFoxSummerRoxy[Deleted User]SimTresaPatriceemilys 11 votes

    Comments

    • LunBeautyLunBeauty Posts: 2,734 Member
      Turned Off
      I turn them off. I mostly use moveobjects when placing furniture as well as alt. Plus the inside gridlines annoy me just a little bit. :)
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    • suzsessuzses Posts: 2,433 Member
      Turned Off
      Is it a perfectionist thing??? They seriously drive me nuts being present!!! :confounded:

      Mmmaybe . . . I feel exactly the same about them.
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    • SimTresaSimTresa Posts: 3,224 Member
      I didn't know you could turn them off! :-O
      I always had them on. Didn't know they could be turned off. I would still leave them on though.
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    • GoulsquashGoulsquash Posts: 715 Member
      Turned On
      My vote is kind of both? When building walls and wallpapering, I have them on. When putting in flooring and decorating with furniture, I have them off. Though I will sometimes turn then on briefly to see if a sim will have room to route properly past something.
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    • JoAnne65JoAnne65 Posts: 22,959 Member
      edited January 2019
      I didn't know you could turn them off! :-O
      I mean, I know you have an option to choose more gridlines and less, but to make them completely disappear only happens when I choose the terrain paint tool :o Am I missing an option? I’m not bothered by them btw and quite often I find them useful.
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    • ParyPary Posts: 6,871 Member
      Turned Off
      Always off, unless I need to count squares for a reproduction or something, like I did when rebuilding some Veronaville houses from TS2
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    • Lilypink79Lilypink79 Posts: 115 Member
      Turned Off
      They make my eyes go dizzy lol
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    • suzsessuzses Posts: 2,433 Member
      Turned Off
      JoAnne65 wrote: »
      I mean, I know you have an option to choose more gridlines and less, but to make them completely disappear only happens when I choose the terrain paint tool :o Am I missing an option? I’m not bothered by them btw and quite often I find them useful.

      You're not missing anything. You can only turn off the inside grid - or use the terrain paint tool for outside, like you already know.
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    • thuggishsplicerthuggishsplicer Posts: 1,747 Member
      Turned On
      I'm with JoAnne, Goul and Tresa. I find them useful and I turn off to see the big picture or screenshots in buildmode.
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    • TreyNutzTreyNutz Posts: 5,780 Member
      Turned Off
      90% of the time I have them turned off. It's only when I'm working in a rather large space and trying to center or space things in a particular way that I turn on gridlines so I can count the tiles and check spacing. In all other cases I find all the extra lines distracting.
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    • cocococo Posts: 2,726 Member
      Turned Off
      They get in the way and make the screen look too busy so I turn them off. It's kind of obvious where the grid lines are anyway. I would only have them on if I was building something precise, otherwise I wish there was a way to have them off outside as well.
    • jillbgjillbg Posts: 4,600 Member
      edited January 2019
      Turned Off
      No hesitation whatsoever - off. And when I take pics from build mode, I always switch to terrain paint, so they don't show outside. It is really ugly to have pics with the grid showing, however beautiful the build... :#

      @coco Use "terrain paint" and hide the circle! :) No more grids... And there is a mod that does the trick, too.
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    • cocococo Posts: 2,726 Member
      Turned Off
      @jillbg Ooh thanks for the tip! :smiley:
    • jillbgjillbg Posts: 4,600 Member
      Turned Off
      @coco You're welcome! :) I can't find the mod, though. It was something concerning hiding the grids when you added several floors...
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    • cocococo Posts: 2,726 Member
      Turned Off
      @jillbg That's ok, I will have a look for it some other time. Thanks for the help :smile:
    • dreamerz13dreamerz13 Posts: 9,927 Member
      Turned On
      I use them a lot to help with alignment. Even using MOO and alt to place objects around not necessarily on the lines (which I do a lot) but it helps ensure things are spaced properly.

      IDK see the perfectionist in me needs them on because I need my stuff placed certain ways.

    • emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,119 Member
      Turned Off
      @suzses Thanks for answering that for @JoAnne65 :) Sorry I wasn't more clear on that...
      But yeah if we could get rid of them on the outside while building & decorating that would be great too! :blush:

      @jillbg I never even thought of using the terrain paints to get rid of the grids for pictures until @CravenLestat suggested it to me and then I was like: :open_mouth:
      WHY didn't I figure that out sooner!? :lol:
      dreamerz13 wrote: »

      IDK see the perfectionist in me needs them on because I need my stuff placed certain ways.

      @dreamerz13 Ohhhh that makes sense.
      I guess there's different kinds of perfectionists. :p
      Cause yeah as said above all the grids make it look too "busy" and that bothers me... And my eyes. ;)

      I love polls! :smiley: They are just too much fun! And I enjoy getting an inside look on how other simmers play. :)

      Carry on.
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    • cwaddellcwaddell Posts: 4,960 Member
      Turned On
      The grid lines are useful in build/buy. Although I don't usually take pictures in build/buy mode, when I do they are off.
    • emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,119 Member
      edited January 2019
      Turned Off
      8am Mountain Standard Time and currently Turned Off and Turned On are tied! :mrgreen:

      Which one will be the ultimate winner??

      :p

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    • RobotBeesRobotBees Posts: 145 Member
      Turned Off
      Absolutely hate grid lines I want to see and enjoy my expensive hardwood floors!
    • cwaddellcwaddell Posts: 4,960 Member
      Turned On
      For those who turn them off in build/buy mode I'm wondering how much time you spend in that mode. I'm usually in live mode.
    • emorrillemorrill Posts: 8,119 Member
      Turned Off
      cwaddell wrote: »
      For those who turn them off in build/buy mode I'm wondering how much time you spend in that mode. I'm usually in live mode.

      I'm usually in LIVE mode too.
      I like to play the game instead of create ;) but I go through phases.
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    • HejixHejix Posts: 1,056 Member
      edited January 2019
      I didn't know you could turn them off! :-O
      Haha! Better now than never. Thanks! I love those forums!

      Grids ruined so many building screenshots!
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    • AlexaKryAlexaKry Posts: 2,706 Member
      Turned Off
      Most of the time I turn them off, because they hinder me to see how the end result will turn out in the room.
      But sometimes I have them on, especially, when I use MOO, because then I have to have a measure to regard if the Sims can route around the thing I´ll place or if they will get stuck and shout at me. (I don´t want to be shouted at by my Sims, I can´t shout back! :D )
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    • Nikkei_SimmerNikkei_Simmer Posts: 9,426 Member
      edited January 2019
      Turned On
      I'm just "you-know-what-retentive". Every piece of furniture has to be in the RIGHT space. If not, I'll spend about an hour trying to line things up. Gridlines help me, at least, when I'm building because I can make certain walls a certain size.
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