4 Modules of basement garages + Tutorial

[hexameter]

Answering a request (PM) I want offer a tutorial with pictures how to make basement garages by yourself.
It is in Wordformat because I guess it should be the easiest way someone could edit it for the personal use.
As I don't like to do always the same steps starting to build a house and do the puzzle to find the right hight of the basement I made the attached samples for my own use. Maybe others would use them too as starting point for new buildings. Much fun and success.

hexameter

The filenames describe their content.

[nosygirl]

Thank You so much for this. This is truly a wonderful idea. So creative!!

Thanks for all of your hard work in this...

[FionaSkye]

OH MY GOODNESS!!! YOU'RE MY HERO!!! Thanks ever so much for both of these! You so rawk!

[Annette19]

Thank you, I may never build my own basement garage right (I seem to be rubbish at building anything complex) so I'll have lots of use for your samples!

Annette

[mal1958]

Great work, hexameter. I am assuming that this works even after the Nightlife patch is applied. I have heard that that patch kills the ability to make a basement garage. (if what you mean by basement garage is one where the driveway slopes downward to the basement door)

[sr383]

Thanks,

I love the idea of partially built modules to kick-start home construction.

[Kryten]

Thank you, this is just what I have been looking for.

[johnr2000]

Thank you, it was a very easy tutorial.

[pammats]

Thank you so much!

[daysies]

Since this is a tutorial, I've moved it to the appropriate section. Thanks!

[niol]

Can anyone convet it into html, please?
Thanks in advance.


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

[hexameter]

Hallo everybody,
Since this is a tutorial, I've moved it to the appropriate section. Thanks!
Thank you very much!

I'm sure all of you could find out these few easy tips. Thank you for the kind comments!
The driveway of this kind was tested in a fresh install of all 3 Sims 2 gameparts, the nl-patch and without any downloads. (last time some minutes ago)
Of course the movements of the cars are not accommodated to the angle of the driveway, but who cares. It works!
Those of you who want another pavement in the driveway or the garage should try to use the invisible driveway which can be found on this site. Put the floortiles in with moveObjects on, then use the driveway. Test it.
Have fun with your sims

hexameter

[jesscasolace]

This is awesome! I can't wait to try this, thank you for taking the time to post it :)

[karrsareus]

A nice person from SimFamilyTherapy sent me here for these and I am so glad! No matter how manytimes I read the directions I can never remember how to do these things. Nice to just download and build on. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Karr

[FredDoolie]

Maybe others would use them too as starting point for new buildings. Much fun and success.


Maybe? Try "Fer Sure". That's just what I needed. This page will be in my credit section. Thank you

[FredDoolie]

want another pavement in the driveway or the garage should try to use the invisible driveway which can be found on this site. Put the floortiles in with moveObjects on, then use the driveway.

Invisible driveway? [thinking about grass-colored or mud-looking tiles] That means my Trailer Trash Sims could park in the back yard. Thanks.

[turbotez]

a basement garage is perfect shame i cant do this to save my life (even with your tutorial) i would be well grateful if you could do a double garage on a large plot rather than a 3x3. thank you.

[LilMidgit83]

thanx so much for replying to my request I've downloaded your tuturial and I'm gonna try it out right away. Totally grateful!!!

[mirelly]

Hi folks,

I threw this together but I think it adresses most of the issues relating to garages and foundations. No cheats whatsoever are needed to make this work, though moveobjects is described to reposition the mailbox/trashcan.

Like I said. I've thrown it together but if the powers that be here feel that it is worthwhile I will redo the whole thing and optimise it for smallest file size (and make a .doc version as well.

The zip contains an html file plus a folder of images

Please let me have opinions good, bad or indifferent cos, I have yet to see this technique describe in any other tutorial ... :rolleyes:

[niol]

mirelly,

This is really a very neat tutorial. Smart uses on the default walls and the wall-foundation.
Is it good to start another new tutorial thread for this tutorial at build mode? Then, just wait for a moderator to move it into this sub-forum...


(After hexameter's following post...)

Lol, I just tried to link similar topics or techniques together to make them easily found. A forum is good for posting modularly, but the infos will get scattered/separate. All I'm trying to do is to link and categorise them back together in my own terms. Errors can occur due to my biases, so I can be misleading sometimes. Trust me, I've been in some cases, it takes a lot of wandering and fooling around just to grab certain pieces of interesting infos I need. Different people express differently with diferent words or phrases, linking them together will also make people aware of what terms they may see.. Making the linkage is for the convinience of other readers as well as myself.

As the amount of tutorials has increased into a long list, I may categorise them more to see if it works or fits.

[hexameter]

I didn't see this thread for a long time. I'm surprised, Niol, you seem to develop it to a place for special building questions. Good Idea, thank you to use this thread for your links to the other tutorials and hints.
hexameter

[morten8035]

Thanks :)
i have wanted to build a driveway like this :D
and now i have do it.
thanks for making this tutorial :)

[davo32]

GREAT TUTORIAL! I am going 2 build the garage right now!

[mirelly]

Thanks for the feedback. I have improved the thing recently but have yet to get around to producing the photos, suitably optimised for a niftier downloading experience ... we all have to pay for bandwidth, don't we? And just cos many of us have mulit-gigabit DSL doesn't mean that a clear 1MB d'l isn't better than 2.4MB one. I have never given much credence to the bigger is better philosophy. ;)

[soloe_nlt]

Hi everybody.

First of all thank you 4 that nice tutorial!

I followed every step of this but after finishing my garage, the driveway still "Flyes" over the downway.

After getting a little bit frustratet cause i didnt find a solution for that, i allmost give in. But i finaly found out, that by selling the driveways and then click on UNDO, the driveway will be shown corect. So if annyone else got that problem, maby that will be a solution.

greetings from berlin (Germany)

[niol]

...
I followed every step of this but after finishing my garage, the driveway still "Flyes" over the downway.

After getting a little bit frustratet cause i didnt find a solution for that, i allmost give in. But i finaly found out, that by selling the driveways and then click on UNDO, the driveway will be shown corect. So if annyone else got that problem, maby that will be a solution.
...

The may be explained by a temporary graphical glitch, in which that the graphica is not graphically corrected while the change is already made.
This can also happen to diagonal walls with boolprop constrainfloorelevation false, just the same fix. May also try to "save" the lot or reload it.

[ProgramDark]

Thanks, downloading now, I hope I can figure it out =P

[simsjeanie]

It was soo helpful! Thank you so much!
It works fine!
@ soloe_nlt: You have the same result just by changing the colour. I always use the "normal" driveway and after I finished the building, I switch to the transparent one, I downloaded here at mts2.

[netseeker2]

Thank you Hexameter!

I saw a basement garage house for the first time today on TSR and there was a credit to you for the tutorial so I came looking for it and am glad I found it!

[Dalairen]

This tute ends up my work with big luxury house for big family in my story and with a little house for Chester Geeke.ThanX a lot)

[Skyline223]

Thanks alot for the help, I dont think I could have ever figured that out!

[Cleoh]

Thanks a thousand times,

Very, very usefull tutorial !!

[selfmadequeen]

Thanks. I had attempted to build one once before with no success, but this really cleared up some of the blurry details.

[Lucha Lutwieta]

Hey thanks this is so great! and i will theak this to in my game!!

[Lucha Lutwieta]

thanks i didn't know enny more how to work whit ".. flooreluvation .." And I'm not blond!!!

[Jmaster3265]

Answering a request (PM) I want offer a tutorial with pictures how to make basement garages by yourself.
It is in Wordformat because I guess it should be the easiest way someone could edit it for the personal use.
As I don't like to do always the same steps starting to build a house and do the puzzle to find the right hight of the basement I made the attached samples for my own use. Maybe others would use them too as starting point for new buildings. Much fun and success.

hexameter

The filenames describe their content.

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

[saffi]

Oh my god! this tutorial just saved my life!

Thank you soooo much!!!

[daliad99]

My saviour I could kiss you

[hexameter]

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

As this is a tutorial in Word-format you should download it without Q-Xpress. Extract the Zip-file to a separate folder on your hard disc. Then you can open it with word or a word file viewer to read. If you use Q-Xpress I think it will go to downloads, but I don't know exactly. So have a look there and move it elsewhere because it's no game object and not needed for the game, of course.
I hope this will help you.
hexameter

[patul]

With QExpress they go in a folder named download IN THE QXPRESS PROGRAM FOLDER

[hexameter]

With QExpress they go in a folder named download IN THE QXPRESS PROGRAM FOLDER
Thank you for the information, patul! I never used QExpress, so this is very helpful for me, too.
hexameter

[DocFX]

Cheers Hexameter!, this is very useful - I'm currently spending a bit more at home with the Sims & experimenting with different building techniques!... Thanks for taking the time to create/upload/share with us - brilliant!. ;)

[visje2085]

Hello
I'd tryed to make this and i did everything what the staps sayd but it didn't work so what did i do wrong?

Greetings From the Netherlands

[patul]

read this post : http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=164641
Where is exactly you problem ?
Are you using the radiance or a special light program ?

[visje2085]

well patul

i don't know for sure what you mean about the radiance or special light program(don't understand everything). and my problem is that in the picture you see that the driveway walking down but i don't get that i don't really know how to explain or how to put a picture in this message. maybe if some can explain that i will show a picture so you can see the problem

[visje2085]

if i make it
in the end the driveway fly's
is not walking down with the floor

[daliad99]

Danke. This has helped me a lot with my under ground car park that goes with a house.

[luvalphvle]

I'm hoping somebody can help me! I've tried this so many times already, but I get hung up on step 5: Put the parking place in the empty garage. The extension piece will not lie flat - it automatically brings the basement floor up to be even with the driveway. I can't get it to stay as a basement. What am I doing wrong? Help!!

[deriyaqumo]

lol, good I didn't start building before I read this! Thank you, I hope it works ("I hope I can do it right") (:

[Charme699]

I'm hoping somebody can help me! I've tried this so many times already, but I get hung up on step 5: Put the parking place in the empty garage. The extension piece will not lie flat - it automatically brings the basement floor up to be even with the driveway. I can't get it to stay as a basement. What am I doing wrong? Help!!

Try and have a look at post #25 and #26! ...Hope this will help you!

[Deluxe Designs]

This was great, thanks:D

[gazania]

I am obviously doing something wrong, and I have no idea what.

This tutorial, by the way, is nice and easy, and everything works great ... until I want to insert the wall for the garage door. For some reason, I keep getting a message about not being able to cover floor tiles, just like the message you get when you try leveling outside a foundation and you find out that you put floor tiles in the foundation area by mistake. I can put a wall OUTSIDE that row of squares I'm suppose to leave, but not by the foundation as in the tutorial pictures. Putting the wall outside leaves a gap, and I can't fill that in no matter what I do. In fact, I can't even put a wall next to the foundation as pictured in the earlier steps, but I can work around that easily. I just cannot connect the wall to the foundation.

I don't have any floor tiles in the foundation.

I tried putting the wall with the FloorElevation cheat on AND off.

I tried "move_objects on" (Hey, when you're been trying for an hour, you try almost anything!)

I made sure the ground inside the foundation was flat, thinking that the ground curving inside it might be causing the problem. I even tried widening the garage.

I make sure I always have the row of tiles left entirely in the front of the garage, and that I don't elevate them by mistake when I elevate the driveway.

I've tried Googling.

I make sure that the basement foundation above is level.

I'm stumped. This seems to be a relatively easy tutorial .... what stupid thing am I possibly doing wrong?


P.S. At any rate, thank you for providing premade garages. I downloaded the largest one, and am enjoying your effort even as I'm writing this. I gather that a few of us wound up clueless despite your patient efforts. Thank you again!

[hexameter]

I am obviously doing something wrong, ... ... This seems to be a relatively easy tutorial .... what stupid thing am I possibly doing wrong?
Well, it has been a while now that I built a lot with an underground garage. I hope I remember well. It's indeed simple to do, so I think it's a problem of the correct height that causes the message concerning the floor tiles. You can check this with temporary stairs. I had that height problem sometimes, too.

hexameter

[Kitty Felone]

It's so simple that I feel like a complete dolt for not knowing it before. Thanks! :)

[neon_dragon13]

Thanks so much - step by step is always more effective and drumming things into my moron-like brain :)

[Tazzianna]

I made a build this past week using one of your templates that I uploaded to the Sims2 Exchange, I gave you tks and credit for it with a link to this thread.

I was so glad to see the templates since I couldn't get the tute to download for some reason and even then if the tute is in .doc I can't open it to read it since I don't have Word (long story). So seriously... the templates were a God send.

I wanted to build an exterior replica, mainly the face of a residential design constructed by Jerry Veverka, called Modern Living Cube. That sim build was only possible thanks to you and since uploading it this morning it has nearly 150 downloads so far. I do hope people on the bbs and those downloading see my thread re: your templates or read my blog about them. These are really awesome!!! I owe you one.

[hexameter]

... That sim build was only possible thanks to you ... These are really awesome!!! I owe you one.
You are welcome, it's great to read that these templates are used and somehow useful! Enjoy them.
hexameter

[motheranne]

THANK YOU!
More people should make tutorials like you. THIS was awesome. I'm gonna go build now!!!!

[MrsCraft]

Okay, maybe I'm an idiot and I'm just missing something...and I see this thread hasn't had a reply in ages...but where IS the tutorial?

[ellacharmed]

Post#1 on page 1. They are attachments that you have to download and unzip.

[Mootilda]

I can't see any attachments in post #1 on page 1.

Looks like they may have been removed.

[ellacharmed]

If cannot see the screenshot below in here (http://www.modthesims.info/showpost.php?p=815717&postcount=1), post a pic of what you do see...

Do other threads with attachments appear fine?

[Mootilda]

I've never had any problems with attachments on this site. But, I can't see any attachments in post 1 on page 1.

[ellacharmed]

Delphy has fixed whatever was wrong with it.
Are you all able to see the attachments now?

If you come across any other thread with similar issues, just use the report link to bring it to our attention.
Appreciate the heads up, thanks!

[Mootilda]

Yes, I can now see the attachments in the first post. However, now I can't see any of the posts on page 2 or 3. How very odd. If I use Thread Tools / Show Printable Version, I can see these pages, and your question.