Sim_Me
14th Jan 2009, 08:18 PM
This may be posted somewhere but I thought I would go ahead and explain the way I do it =P
To create a lot with walls and foundations connecting (with no cheats or boolProp) you must have different levels of ground for the following technique.
First start with a flat, level lot that you want to build your house or business etc… on.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4778_09011414362501.jpg
If you are going to want an attached garage it is a good time to decide where you want it. Also any rooms you would want on a lower level. If you decide later in building you wish you had added extra rooms on the lower level, it may be possible to add them.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4779_09011414503402.jpg
Next raise the terrain 12 clicks high (one grid away from one of the lower level walls). This will make the terrain a bit lower than the top of your lower wall.
Go to the foundation tool and create one square grid of the foundation on top of the raised terrain. (This works with the latticed deck foundation also and I am guessing the column deck foundation will work as well)
You can change the foundation i.e. from brick foundation to deck foundation later if you decide you want to do that. Just simply drag the foundation you want over the one that is already there.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4781_09011414560903.jpg
What this will do is allow a floor and wall to go evenly over both the lower wall and upper foundation. You can now drag the foundation tool to go ahead and connect with the current wall/room you are working with. You don’t need to add a floor yet like I have in the picture below; it is just to show that the foundation is level with the top of the wall heheh
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4782_09011415002105.jpg
If you have different lower areas/rooms on the lot, go to the lowest level and drag the 12 click high terrain from point A to point B. Follow the same pattern, make the foundation and continue to build.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4784_09011415024406.jpg
Tip: Try raising the terrain *around* foundation that seems too tall. This also pretties up the landscape:
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4785_09011415051007.jpg
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4786_09011415075708.jpg
This is what I ended up with on this example :P
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4787_0901141510259.jpg
Below it shows how I decided to go ahead and add another room on the lower level further into creating the layout.
Here I have made one room a spa/sauna and the other in the back is a game room. If you leave enough room above and below you can add staircases or spiral stairs, but I didn’t leave enough room for my layout on the floor above, so instead I made separate entrances to the two rooms. The connecting stairs don't seem to work as well inside with this technique. Either way, if you experiment with this technique, I am betting you can come up with some pretty cool stuff :-)
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4788_090114151429100.jpg
To create a lot with walls and foundations connecting (with no cheats or boolProp) you must have different levels of ground for the following technique.
First start with a flat, level lot that you want to build your house or business etc… on.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4778_09011414362501.jpg
If you are going to want an attached garage it is a good time to decide where you want it. Also any rooms you would want on a lower level. If you decide later in building you wish you had added extra rooms on the lower level, it may be possible to add them.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4779_09011414503402.jpg
Next raise the terrain 12 clicks high (one grid away from one of the lower level walls). This will make the terrain a bit lower than the top of your lower wall.
Go to the foundation tool and create one square grid of the foundation on top of the raised terrain. (This works with the latticed deck foundation also and I am guessing the column deck foundation will work as well)
You can change the foundation i.e. from brick foundation to deck foundation later if you decide you want to do that. Just simply drag the foundation you want over the one that is already there.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4781_09011414560903.jpg
What this will do is allow a floor and wall to go evenly over both the lower wall and upper foundation. You can now drag the foundation tool to go ahead and connect with the current wall/room you are working with. You don’t need to add a floor yet like I have in the picture below; it is just to show that the foundation is level with the top of the wall heheh
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4782_09011415002105.jpg
If you have different lower areas/rooms on the lot, go to the lowest level and drag the 12 click high terrain from point A to point B. Follow the same pattern, make the foundation and continue to build.
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4784_09011415024406.jpg
Tip: Try raising the terrain *around* foundation that seems too tall. This also pretties up the landscape:
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4785_09011415051007.jpg
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4786_09011415075708.jpg
This is what I ended up with on this example :P
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4787_0901141510259.jpg
Below it shows how I decided to go ahead and add another room on the lower level further into creating the layout.
Here I have made one room a spa/sauna and the other in the back is a game room. If you leave enough room above and below you can add staircases or spiral stairs, but I didn’t leave enough room for my layout on the floor above, so instead I made separate entrances to the two rooms. The connecting stairs don't seem to work as well inside with this technique. Either way, if you experiment with this technique, I am betting you can come up with some pretty cool stuff :-)
http://www.modyourpanties.com/hosting/4788_090114151429100.jpg