My simple tutorial for connecting a garage to a house with a foundation and adding a garageto houses already made pre nightlife

[Jonesi]

The tutorial is a word document, you need winrar to unpack it!

10 simple steps complete with pictures :)

I will be adding another one later which is a tad more complex!

[niol]

Hi Jonesi,

Can you save it out as html as well from your office suite?

I've no office suite to open it. Thanks in advance...

[Jonesi]

of course :)

[Krysie]

Thanks so much for that. I've been trying to learn how to do that and now I can. :)

[niol]

Thanks, this is nicely made... :moose:


Linkage for garage or driveway tutorials or threads (alphabetically ordered in terms of username):

MTS2 Wiki
http://www.modthesims2.com/wiki.php?title=Tutorials:A_sideway_garage_-_tutorial_problems_and_solutions_-

cwin1024
TUTORIAL: building a house on a foundation with attached garage (nothing to download!)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=201764

cwirsing
Sloped Driveway tutorial
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=90496

dogman
How To Build A Backwards Garage
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=188960

eedgan
Sideways Garage Tutorial
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=164641
Sideways Garage Templates
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=200969

Envious
TUTORIAL: How to build a Driveway / Garage (Nightlife Only)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=90174

hexameter
4 Modules of basement garages + Tutorial
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=99315

Jonesi(with EP2 garage)
My simple tutorial for connecting a garage to a house with a foundation and adding a garage to houses already made pre nightlife
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=93917
My tutorial for placing a garage in the middle of a split level house on a foundation
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=93926
Sideways Garage template :)
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=97235

khakidoo
Basements & Garages - I made some video tutorials
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?p=1527988
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5220756246640064588&hl=en
http://www.modthesims2.com/showpost.php?p=1581013&postcount=122

mirelly
A Simple Way With Underground Garages
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=128450

Neveah223 @ sims2.EA
Slopped driveway tutorial
http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/story_detail.php?asset_id=116775

niol (without EP2 garage)
An easy way to build a garage along with a house on foundation...
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=91504

shrekheatherbelle
Easy Tutorial for Connecting a Garage To A House on a Foundation
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=178018
Tutorial For Circular Looking Driveway
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=168860

SimsSherry2 @ TS2 exchange,
Nightlife Garage on a Foundation Tutorial
http://thesims2.ea.com/exchange/story_detail.php?asset_id=53552&asset_type=story&user_id=370

Sotalia
Sideways driveways & shadows - problem solved
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=97102

SteveUK
Nightlife garage and tutorial: {hint: about basement/underground garage}
http://www.insimenator.net/showthread.php?t=1108&highlight=SteveUK
http://www.insimenator.net/showpost.php?p=19701&postcount=20
{Old or outdated:
tutorial for building a working garage on a downward slope
(downloads) http://www.insimenator.net/download.php?id=3227
or
(view threads) http://www.insimenator.net/viewtopic.php?t=1499}



Linkage for garage or driveway trouble-shooting-threads:

Method of returning the horizontal driveway back to normal
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=168266
Sideway Garage Problem + Boundary problem
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=167953

[Lezibeth]

Thank you for the tutorial, I have tried to do this several times and no luck! Can't wait to see how this works.... :)

[11Aracelis11]

Jonesi, what I need is the reverse: I have a pre-NL house, that means no garage. I would like to build the garage attached to the house. Final result would be similar to the house in tutorial. Is it possible to build the garage after the house?

[Jonesi]

I'm not sure...I'll have a go later and let ya know!


EDIT:-

Had a go and yeah, its possible! :) not too difficult to understand either...
I've made a tutorial with pictures and directions...in word and html format - you need winrar to unpack it...hope it helps :)

The house you're adding the garage to needs to have a straight edge on the side you want to place the garage and remove all windows on the lower floor side wall (where the garage will go) as the walls will distort...

[11Aracelis11]

Great news! Thank you for the help. I'll try and let you know afterwards. Thanks again.

[sleighill]

Thank you Jonesi...tired of pounding my head against that damn wall!

[twerplina]

Thank you sooo much! I have just started playing NL and was getting frustrated at not being able to build attached garages. Many of my houses have foundations and not huge lots, so it's looks better to have them attached. Thanks again.

[Jonesi]

You're welcome :)

[greeneyedsims]

You have no idea how badly I've been wanting to learn how to do this! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge....hopefully, it will be easy enough for me to do! LOL!

--green

[maxbaker]

THANK YOU! Wanted to do it for sooo long and tried many times but failed. Appreciate the tutorial.

[xaphania]

Nice tutorial :) I have a somewhat more complex request though..I've been trying in vain to make a house that has an attached garage, but which also has a room above the garage, the full two stories and everything. I've tried just having foundation in a small section of the house, as that would also fit my needs, but I then can't place floor tiles on the second floor above the foundation. Any suggestions?

[Jonesi]

Nice tutorial :) I have a somewhat more complex request though..I've been trying in vain to make a house that has an attached garage, but which also has a room above the garage, the full two stories and everything. I've tried just having foundation in a small section of the house, as that would also fit my needs, but I then can't place floor tiles on the second floor above the foundation. Any suggestions?

Not complex at all :) Follow the tutorial (top one) all the way through to step 6. When it comes to step 7...you will see on the screenshot in the tutorial I added walls for the second floor.....simply add second floor walls over the garage also, as well as the rest of the house...

As for not being able to place floortiles, it sounds like you are not levelling the walls properley....follow steps 5 & 6 carefully, and also make sure you have two levels of walls (step 4) BEFORE you add the foundation....

Hope this was rellevent to what you meant! :)

[xaphania]

but what about that two-tile gap around the garage? (I say around because in my floorplan the garage is connected to the house at two sides.) if I can't place doors or anything there (or in the gap on the second floor), my sims can't get the the room above it..

[Jonesi]

When you add the two storeys of walls before you add the foundation, you must add it over the garage and x2 gap as shown in the picture.

After you've added the foundation and levelled the walls with the level terrain tool, all walls (including the x2 gap and garage) should be level. You can then add floortiles and upper floor walls to the entire area.....no gap should apply on the upper floor, it's for lower floor only :)

[Jmaster3265]

Hey im new to Q-Xpress where will this download tutorial go if i use it on Q-Xpress help plz

[amberandcarlos33]

As a side note, some people don't have Microsoft Word, or they have Microsoft Works instead. Usually a good rule of thumb is to save the file in .rtf or Rich Text Format becasue most word programs can read this. Word saves in this as does Works & Wordpad.

Thought I'd make things simpler then you having to add html and such.

[Jmaster3265]

The tutorial is a word document, you need winrar to unpack it!

10 simple steps complete with pictures :)

I will be adding another one later which is a tad more complex!

How does winRar work i might download it so i can use this tutorial. What do i do i clicked download do i run it or save it? Help please. Also can someone give a link the the winRar i should download i went to the site and saw like 8....

[Jonesi]

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm - is the link and you download the very top one
WinRar 3.6 beta 8

Once you click the file to download, select save and save it to your desktop or a folder created on your desktop.

Once you've installed Winrar, right click the rar file you downloaded and click "extract here"

[valrisen]

Does this still work? I have all of the expansion packs except Holiday. It seems like it has not worked since I installed OFB.
I built several houses using this tutorial between installing NL and OFB and it worked fine. It has been a while since I tried it. I was trying it today and noticed that I cannot put the foundation in the whole house section after completing steps 1-5. I can only add the foundation to within 1 tile of any wall. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Great tutorial, by the way. =)

[Jonesi]

It still works fine for me - sounds like you're not turning the cheat on before you add the foundation

[Stargater59]

Ok, when i go to place the foundation it says "can't level terian" i entered the cheat code and everything, but it won't work

[the_pedestrian24]

Does this still work if its not a garage?

[Stargater59]

No, i ccan place it, i just can't connect the garage, i've seen a few other tutorials for this, but i can never get it to work!

[tomwelling's_gurl]

I wish it would let me open this file! I really want to know how to do it but it wont open! could you make a zip file of it? I really want to know how to do it and it seemes like its the only one that shows you!

it would be awesome if it would work =)

[lottatore]

i un RAR'd it but it doesnt read it.
it opens word but theres nothing there and no document comes up.
help

[lottatore]

never mind

[The Sorceress]

Thanks Jonesi, your tutorials are great :up: :)

[JM23]

I put in the boolprop constrainfloorelevation false and now I can't turn it off how do I do this? I type in boolprop constrainfloorelevation true that didn't work. then I typed in boolprop constrainfloorelevation off to see if that would do it and nothing happened.


Asp please anyone. I am new to these cheats and don't know any of them.

JM

[missaaliyah]

Thank the tutorial will come in handy.

[lewisb40]

I put in the boolprop constrainfloorelevation false and now I can't turn it off how do I do this? I type in boolprop constrainfloorelevation true that didn't work. then I typed in boolprop constrainfloorelevation off to see if that would do it and nothing happened.


Asp please anyone. I am new to these cheats and don't know any of them.

JM

Slow down and check what is typed in your cheat box. Make sure that what is typed is spelled correctly and that the spacing and caps off is correct.
The way to type it is (without the quotation marks) "boolprop constrainfloorelevation true". I guarantee this will work.

still deep breathing, :lol:

[heyyloozer1010]

ive been wanting to know how to do that!
thanks!!

[Grapholina]

Thanks a bunch. Good tutorial.

[bradyseitz]

I am not able to open the file. I downloaded it and used q-express to install it. Should I use something else?

BradySeitz

[bradyseitz]

Ok I got it. I used WINrar. Now i should be able to get other content q-xpress can't do. Thanks for putting up with the newbie.

BradySeitz

[alessiae65]

Thank You I Needed A Tutorial For This! :):)

[Wilochka]

The tutorial is a word document, you need winrar to unpack it!

10 simple steps complete with pictures :)

I will be adding another one later which is a tad more complex!

Thank you so much for this great tutorial!

[motheranne]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! Awesome explination, now I'm gonna go experiment.
You are Wonderfull!!!!

[PlantSim1]

That was a very good tutorial.!! Thnak you. Now I can finaly connect my house with a garage and everything works just fine. ;)))