Diagonal walls + rooves = NO GOOD!

[a31cefiro]

Hey everyone, I hope I've posted this in the right section.


Yesterday I tried making a house in TS3. "Oh cool!" I thought, when I saw diagonal rooms/walls. I made a two story house where the bottom story was a large rectangle with a diagonal square coming off one side. I then made the second story a small rectangle.

It all goes well, then I remember I have to stick a roof on, and that's when it failed :cry: . The roof looked crazy! It had so many apexs, jagged bits, bits going all over the show. I was really disapointed. I couldn't even put on a roof manually, it would jut into the second story rooms (even though they had a floor).

I don't have any screenshots but I could take some if needed to show what I mean.

Is the only way to have a roof on an oddly shaped building, is to have a flat one?

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[Purity4]

Hey everyone, I hope I've posted this in the right section.


Yesterday I tried making a house in TS3. "Oh cool!" I thought, when I saw diagonal rooms/walls. I made a two story house where the bottom story was a large rectangle with a diagonal square coming off one side. I then made the second story a small rectangle.

It all goes well, then I remember I have to stick a roof on, and that's when it failed :cry: . The roof looked crazy! It had so many apexs, jagged bits, bits going all over the show. I was really disapointed. I couldn't even put on a roof manually, it would jut into the second story rooms (even though they had a floor).

I don't have any screenshots but I could take some if needed to show what I mean.

Is the only way to have a roof on an oddly shaped building, is to have a flat one?

Can you put floor tiles on the roof of the upper floor and add gables to change the way the roofing works?

[a31cefiro]

Hmm I'm not sure, I'll have a go. I never really tried making houses in TS1 and TS2, so it's all a bit new.

Thanks for the help :)

[Claeric]

You used auto roofs. None of those are diagonal.

You have to place the diagonal ones yourself.

[a31cefiro]

I tried doing that and still got strange results - I must just be doing it wrong.

Thanks, I'll try again.

[HugeLunatic]

There is a diagonal roof and it doesn't look like you used it. Have you had a look at some roofing tutorials?

http://www.modthesims.info/article.php?t=366070