Grrr....If you had a look on the Wiki you would find this link in the eedgan tut page : http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=168266

Is it possible to add a side garage once a house is complete and occupied? For some reasons I couldnt make a side garage after I installed Pets, I could make side garages before. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

hi vincent,
Sure you can use the cheat when you want, but perhaps after doing it move the lot to an other place to replace the oposite sideway tile,(http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=168266 )

For some reason I can't make sideways garage anymore.
Could it be a hack or some sort of corrupted file?

Read this post and perhaps could you test the lot you use :
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=97102

Last question, can I add a sideway garage to an occupied lot?
Thanks.
It's still not working yet, I've tried every neighborhood n every junction lol. I guess I might have to reinstall the game.

Really I dont know why it dont works
for an occupied lot....no problem, it is the same principle. Perhaps is it safe to do it when all cars are in the lot ? no known issues..

Yeah kinda strange cos it worked before I installed Pets n Glamor packs....I'll try reinstalling on another pc n see if it works

It works only in empty lots now, cant seem to build the sideway in my completed lot.

Ok I am new at this, how do you remove the sidewalk strip?

Turn on "move_objects on" and go to the bottom right hand corner at the opposite side of the street on the sidewalk and cover it with a tile.

See here for a video tutorial by khakidoo.

To undo the trick : cover the oposite sidewalk, save and exit to the nbhood. move the lot. it is done.

didn't work for me

jbwise,

Which step didn't work?
and which game version have you?

i experimented with this, the tutorial at first worked for me, but i ended up not liking my lot and didn't save as i exited. but now i can't use the < > keys to rotate my view, i have read through this thread as much as possible, if i missed something or you know how i can fix this please help me

Have you tried to press "ctrl" alone before?
If so, click the "ctrl" key once more to return to the default mode for your OS.
But anyway, the keyboard may reset once restarted.

thank you

The video is great Khakidoo (dle-doo?) : http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...035654070&hl=en

The discovery that lot orientation is key to making this or backwards facing driveways work is imperative (credit looks like it goes to Sotalia for discovering this).

But I'd like to point out that the original post of this thread is invalidated by these discoveries. Moreso, it seems several sideways/backwards tutorials don't understand lot orientation. I wonder if the OP or a mod could edit the original post to give the correct information? I'm sure this tutorial (and all the others) will continue to drive people mad because they lack the essential information.

Its understandable that a user will try a tutorial "as is" first, and then come back and read the whole thread when it doesn't work, or works inconsistently. Why not save them some time and add a line like this:

"Sideways and backwards driveways depend on the lot orientation. If its not working for you, try again in a lot rotated 90 (or 270) degrees from your current lot"

While I'm being critical, the tutorial does a terrible job explaining what tiles to cover/erase. Both of these shortcomings are explained well in the thread and need to be corrected in the OP (at least it would be helpful if they were!).

smacksim,
orientation need not a bunch of explanations :


It is easier than that explained sotalia :
With the tips the driveway turn allways to 45° from the sun light in the lot (without the radiance)
=> cars always point to the same way.
Need not to test, just know where is the sun

I agree Patul. Once you get the concept, its easy to tell from sun/shadow or from previous lots. The point is that this really would be good to say in the Original Post (OP).

Hey you guys just popping in to let you know that google video , for some crazy reason, has changed the url of my videos.... I didn't change a thing... they just changed it with no warning or anything.... so here's the new url.... if this link is bad at some point in the future, please pm me and let me know
http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...640064588&hl=en

OH~! and I've been making the backwards facing garage that General Oohoh suggested a few replies back.... there's still a few bugs to work out....
here's a link to the object meshing help post I made - there's a picture if you want to have a look
http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=220890

What do you think about this tutorial : http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?...and_solutions_-

patul, I think its better than most of the other tutorials so far. Simple and to the point. Gives the key information first off about lot orientation. It also shows what tiles to cover/remove very well.

Two things:

1. I noticed before, your sun seems to be in the opposite corner from where it would be to generate the shadows that it does. I think people will still get the point though.

2. If I were to add one more thing to the tutorial to make it complete, it would be this: Lot orientation is 'locked' when the lot is laid down the first time. Moving the lot and rotating it later will still only allow the two driveway orientations available at first. So if you want a 'backwards driveway' and 'sideways driveway' on one lot, that's not possible. But a frontwards/backwards are possible, as are front/right-turn or front/left-turn driveways.

Hope thats helpful feedback.

For the sun it is IN LOT at opposite from nbhood sun. I explainit like this because it is easier for empty lots. Builded may have been moved.
The sun is saved with the lot, so it dont move ! if it is on left back it remain on left back. but I can add a line.
2 sentences to explain this added .
thank you

I have all four EPs and i edited the sidewalk file thingie (from a different tutorial) but none of them work for me. it just doesn't turn at all.