With the new build tools, I'm excited to jump in and see what I can create. I've never been much of a builder and was wondering if all you experienced builders could share tips, useful links, and ideas for getting started. Where are good places to get ideas or just how to start planning the first build? Any help would be appreciated.
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Using houseplans to find a look you like and want to re-create can be a good place to start, but I would advise to be very careful about trying to actually copy a real life floor plan. It can lead to a LOT of frustration...especially for new builders....because real life proportions are very different from the proportions in The Sims and you can end up with things looking way too big or just wrong. And there are things builders can do in real life that we cant do with the game.
I would advise new builders to look at pictures and houseplans as a guide only....figure out what you like...what looks interesting to you. Find something that appeals to you and then use it as a jumping off point for your own creation. There can be a lot of frustration in trying to re-create something exactly and I worry that can lead to giving up or disliking the building process ( which can be so fun!). So dont put that pressure on yourself. Dont beat yourself up if you cant make something that looks exactly like a houseplan or a picture. Make something that has some of those elements, that draws on the framework of a plan...but is your own creation.
I think that would be more fun and less stressful.
I had a bunch of building tutorials for The Sims 3 but they got trashed when my pictures on the site got dumped...so I will be creating a few new ones for The Sims 4 in the coming months with some specifics.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
You also have to watch for when they place things next to one another that you can't in the sims (like in earlier sims where placing a toilet right next to a bath could block access to the bath even though it wouldn't in reality).
Edit to say that my avi is an example of that.
> I also agree with Ruthless. I often copy the outside of houses (well the front anyway!) but then I just make up the interior to suit my needs.
Same here. Sims have really different priorities to real people so it's not always worth copying the insides of houses, and sometimes it's not possible to without moveobjects.
Are there any useful sites/videos that show how simmers have made rooms and houses based around multiple skill/hobby objects look nice? As more of a player of the sims I tend to struggle with stuffing my house with all the skill objects, but then the house looks odd with so many strange items.
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I hope that helps
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
When I went to stretch the existing house, I deleted the "flooring" (for lack of better wording) on top. Confused? Ok -- I deleted the roofs, then deleted what was the flooring underneath. Now I can't place any rooms (pre-styled), or try to build a wall. And at the moment, I like what I did to the bottom of the house. I don't want to start over.
HELP please!!
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