Small Cabin with a View
Blech:
@ caterpillar: Sorry for the misinformation, the other backless shower I have is a clone of the cheap one.
@ brownlustgirl: Thanks, I'm glad someone else liked it.
As for the lot, I went in to make some of the suggested changes and ended up with something completely different. I'm trying a new building technique, recommended on MTS, that involves doing the entire outside of the house first, landscaping and color choices, then making the inside fit that. So far, it's turning out much better, but I'm still having trouble with roofing. I am trying to make the outside look like this:
but I'm having trouble with the dormers. On the sides you can see the overlap from the dormers and it looks weird beneath the siding from the main roof part. I was wondering if it's possible to fix that, or am I stuck with it? I can't find anything in any of the roofing tutorials.
I'll go in game to get some screenshots, so you can see what I mean.
ETA pix.
Also, caterpillar, I used your tip with the columns on the porch but there is this weird overhang. Should I just attempt to hide it with plants or am I just doing it wrong? And thanks for all your help/tips.
caterpillar:
You are stuck with the extra bit of roof sticking out. You actually will see that in real houses, so it's realistic. If you really hate it, you can move your dormer in one space from that side, so it doesn't poke through. That will change the design of your house, of course.
And, yeah, the colums will overhang when you place them over fence posts. Some columns will have less of an overhang, depending on how straight the lower part is. But even the best ones, like the Column de Mish or the Mod Column, will still overhang. I hide it with plants. ;) I think that still looks better than no column or columns placed inside the fencing instead of as part of the fencing.
I love the house you are building.
Blech:
Thanks!
This is all good news because at least by knowing I can't do anything about it I can get back to building and stop obsessing over it. lol
I'll start a new thread to upload this one when I finish it, since it's so drastically different from the first one.
witch:
Quote from: smellyarmando on 2009 September 18, 17:15:19
I'm trying a new building technique, recommended on MTS, that involves doing the entire outside of the house first, landscaping and color choices, then making the inside fit that.
I have always built the house first, then made the contents fit. I find I get more realistic houses that way. I tend not to do the landscaping until the end in the sims, recently I've been focussing on starters so there's not always enough money left for more than a random bush or two. I feel like I'm getting the hang of TS3 building now though, and am thinking I'd like to do something more than the basic box. I like the picture you've chosen, it has interesting details for the eye. There are heaps of floor plans and real houses on the net to copy. I also enjoy looking at real houses and getting ideas that way.
brownlustgirl:
About the roof, what roof tool are you using for the dormers? If you don't want the dormers to reach to the back, use the short (vertical? don't know the name now) gable and finish the sides with the mansard hipped roof. I will make some screens and show you what I am talking about. Give me a few minutes.
Also push Alt down while placing the columns, so you can overcome the overhang.
EDIT:
After making the main roof line, then click the long gable roof for the dormers.
It will leave an unfinished side, so to correct that I use the hipped roof. Drag from the unfinished edge to the end of the structure and move the tool one tile to the right (or inside the main roof frame).
That way the edges are finished and you don't have to have them stick out the back. If that is what you wanted.
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