Double story house on Split level ground !
Hegelian:
Quote from: Dbnguy on 2007 June 29, 12:01:59
Problem is we have split level ground. a flat piece on the top with the main house, and the 2nd piece has the downstairs home cinema / party room, opening up onto the pool.
However the problem I am having when trying to get this part right, is that when I lower terrain, the angle of the tile from top to bottom is causing problems with my walls. Is there any way to make this angle of the grass tile 90 degrees as opposed to the slight slant that it is? I have tried using the terrain constrain false cheat, but the "grass tile" slant, still comes up at a slight angle.
With constrain floor elevation set to false, you need to play with the leveling tool and the raise terrain tool until you get an acceptable result. It may take some time before you find a technique that works for you (I think I spent a week messing with this before I got it right), and you may need to turn constrain floor elevation on and off as you go along (I haven't done this in some time, so I don't remember the details). Once you've got the foundation they way you want it, you flatten each level above that until your floors are flat and the walls are straight. You may need to flatten areas of the house several times over the course of the project. Also, there will always be some compromises on the ground floor regarding windows and such.
You need to do this using a foundation—you can't do it with just walls on the ground. Because the interior of the basement level will be on the ground inside the foundation, once you're done you can take out some of the foundation tiles in the back part of the basement and replace them with wall tiles, so you can have doors and windows.
It is difficult to explain in words, so you will just need to experiment. In the end you can expect something like in these pics. You can't see it in the pictures, but the sloping ground is contained within the inner and outer walls of the foundation. This is the trick: To shift the sloped tiles from outside the foundation to within the foundation walls, resulting in exterior ground that is flush with your foundation instead of creating a trench around the house.
Note that this is one of my earliest building efforts; my decorating has improved significantly since then. Note also the trick I used for the attic room. With the roof on, the only windows are in the dormer, but in play mode with the roof not showing, all the windows in the attic work as if there were no roof. Of course, this wouldn't work in real life. :P
Dbnguy:
Hegelian thanks a mill. I was not using foundations, I think that might be just the solution actually.
Your house looks almost exactly like what I am trying to achieve, and it looks like it came out ok.
Kuronue, dont worry about not being able to help, Im going to therapy so in a few sim years I should be ok LOL !!!
Thanks all for your advice and help.
Lee
Hecubus:
A tip for getting the lower ground to be at the right height:
Level part of the ground to the top level (front door). Then place stairs (the expandable ones, not the fixed ones)...they should lower the ground four clicks at a time. You need a total of 12 clicks (3 sets of stairs) to get walls that will build correctly downstairs.
I can provide pics if you need them.
Dbnguy:
If you wouldnt mind, that would be great.
Ahh Ive also just seen you have a double wall, that is obviously is what you use to conceal the slnt. Ay, too clever huh :-)
Also could I ask if you could please provide a straight down shot of your 2nd pic? Want to see the layou.
Thanks a mill
akatonbo:
Quote from: Hook on 2007 June 29, 14:59:11
Quote from: akatonbo on 2007 June 29, 12:11:38
Everything about a birth except the number of babies (single or twins) is randomized AT BIRTH.
Someone needs to give akatonbo that talk about the birds and the bees. :)
I got it from Gwill's sig. ;)
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