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18th Apr 2015, 11:56 AM
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Tee Hee She
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This technique does very much still work, I'm currently playing around with it a lot on my build at the moment. I'm not sure which part of the process you're struggling with Tsyokawe. Some pictures would greatly help us to help you here  Just as a case in point, an example of this technique I made just the other day: 
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22nd May 2015, 8:40 AM
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Lexipants
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Join Date: Jul 2013 |
I'm building one of these, and I'm wondering if it's possible to do more than one storey - the regular basement level with the grassy, routable slopes, and a second storey on top, with a grassy, routable roof. Has anyone played around with this? |
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22nd May 2015, 1:10 PM
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Tee Hee She
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Not one above the other, you can only have one ground level. You can manipulate and bend that one level but it can't appear twice in the same spot | |
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22nd May 2015, 6:49 PM
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Volvenom
dodgy builder
Join Date: Oct 2007 |
Just to give you some ideas on how to make it look nice. I don't know if TeeHeeShe would have been able to avoid the black void you see below, it would be nice to know.  170115 Cross by Volvenom, on FlickrLook out the window looking for the black void I'm talking about.  170115 Cross by Volvenom, on FlickrThis is the decorated lot, with me decorating the edges of the basement to make it look neat on the outside. Seen from the inside of the basement, the void is still there.  170115 Cross by Volvenom, on FlickrDon't be confused on this picture. The green ground is the ground floor, what's below is the basement. |
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My youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TullaRask?feature=mhum My blog: www.volvenomtullarask.com |
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23rd May 2015, 4:32 AM
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Lexipants
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Join Date: Jul 2013 |
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So it isn't possible to make the terrain 32 steps high and manipulate two levels of basement? Drat. |
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23rd May 2015, 9:35 AM
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Volvenom
dodgy builder
Join Date: Oct 2007 |
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The floorlevels will always stay the same, you have to cover up the gaps somehow. You can't have smooth transactions between levels. On the picture above I use staircases to cover it up, and it looks neat ... but it's still two different levels. | |
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My youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TullaRask?feature=mhum My blog: www.volvenomtullarask.com |
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23rd May 2015, 1:32 PM
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Tee Hee She
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Oh I misunderstood you there, you can do that but the game refuses to render almost everything below the first basement level if you're on ground or above level. So you get disappearing wall syndrome  Its a nice idea that you're thinking of but its not really practical with the way the game renders levels. It assumes you'd never be able to see things that low down if you were at ground height...which is wrong and a shame! | |
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24th May 2015, 9:40 AM
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Lexipants
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Join Date: Jul 2013 |
Curses! Ah well. Building is still fun, and my house turned out well regardless. :3 |
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8th Jul 2015, 2:56 AM
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 Doesn't work for me.
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mdmblkrose
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Join Date: Apr 2015 |
I tried this. My basement will not slope. It just raises the terrain back up when I do this step "Basement tool: click on the bottom corner of the blue area where it is flat and drag diagonally up to the bottom of the sloped row" I don't get it. |
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8th Jul 2015, 5:18 PM
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Tee Hee She
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Are you struggling to create basement that is lower than your original basement or are you struggling to connect the two? I'm sorry I'm not exactly sure which bit you're struggling with | |
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10th Jul 2015, 11:04 AM
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Volvenom
dodgy builder
Join Date: Oct 2007 |
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It's really quite simple, but then you have to adjust it and make something nice out of it, that's where the complications comes in. You just basically place basement from groundlevel on top of each other using the cheat constrainfloorelevation false/true. Remember to turn it off after using it. Lower the ground level with staircases and place a new basement on the new level, that way you get basements with different hights, and use those for terraces, garages or whatever. Linking them together with staircases from each floor, because the floors will still be there. | |
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My youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TullaRask?feature=mhum My blog: www.volvenomtullarask.com |
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16th Apr 2020, 11:46 PM
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Jami1995
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Join Date: Jan 2019 |
So I'm not sure if anyone is still on this thread (thank you by the way, it is super helpful!!!), but does anyone know how exactly I can place the stairs into the basement from the ground level? The one where it's supposed to cut out 4 tiles? I can only place a staircase in the right direction after placing two in the directions left and right to it, and then it only goes down 4 steps and not into the basement, it will just lower the ground like normal. Is there a cheat I need to activate beforehand? Also, is the stair around the building necessary or can I just make raise the basement for 4 more steps instead of lowering the ground 4 steps before starting to build?(I hope I'm making any sense) |
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Last edited by Jami1995 : 17th Apr 2020 at 12:03 AM.
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17th Apr 2020, 2:20 AM
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Volvenom
dodgy builder
Join Date: Oct 2007 |
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It's a while since I did this now. I remember the stairs could be a hassle finding the right place for them. I had to put it down in the right place. You might have to adapt the building to fit the ground in some way. The reason why you have the difference in height is because they are on different levels, and you can't get passed that. The basement is below the ground floor and it will have to be. There needs to be some sort of distance there. That is the one main rule you have to take into consideration. You cannot get passed the difference position of the levels, you might decorate them or put down staircases, but you can't delete them. | |
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My youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TullaRask?feature=mhum My blog: www.volvenomtullarask.com |
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17th Apr 2020, 12:44 PM
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Jami1995
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Join Date: Jan 2019 |
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Thank you so much for your answer!  After a few hours, I did get the stairs to work (I think my mistake was trying to place them from outside instead of from the basement). I can only place them one at a time and had to move the wall though. The ceiling is now no longer level with the wall: |
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17th Apr 2020, 3:28 PM
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Volvenom
dodgy builder
Join Date: Oct 2007 |
I just remember holding down alt while pressing the staircase tool might be a good idea. The staircase actually have to end in the right spot. You should have a sim on the lot to test what you're doing. The lower wall might not be a problem, but you have to test it. |
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My youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TullaRask?feature=mhum My blog: www.volvenomtullarask.com |
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26th Apr 2020, 9:36 PM
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Jami1995
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Join Date: Jan 2019 |
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Thank you so much! I couldn't play for a while but I just tried that and it worked! |
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