abel1980
12th Mar 2007, 07:47 AM
I think seasons changed how to build attics. This is especially important as it is now essential, that any room in the house is considered to be inside.
IŽll try to explain the differences I noticed. I hope IŽll do everything right as I have never posted a picture before.
This is how attics used to work:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5793/simsel0.png
As long as those two walls were added the attic was considered to be inside. The walls that were created by the roof tool were usable as regular walls. The only annoyance was that wallpaper would cover the whole wall created by the roof.
With seasons the walls created by the roof tool are no longer considered valid walls. In other words an attic like I build in the picture is no longer considered to be inside. It is outside, but covered. That means light snow will cover anything in the attic. No heavy snow, as it is covered by the roof. But sims will get hot and cold as if they were outside.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9111/sims3cv9.png
An indoor attic is still easy to build though. Maybe you all were allready doing this, because of the wallpaper, but I wasnŽt and thought IŽd share.
First build the attic like I did. Then you have to delete all walls created by the roof-tool, that are higher than the default wall height. Like this:
http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/8516/unbenanntjc8.png
Than add regular walls. Those will not line up with roof of course.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9228/bildww1.png
But this is easily fixable by adding a smaller roof on top. Just choose the same rooftype and cover only the part were the walls are missing. It doesnŽt matter, that there is already a roof, this will just add the missing wall parts. This way the attic is considered to be inside. Notice the gridlines on top of the walls, I deleted and added.
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9849/roofontophl6.png
I hope this werenŽt too many pictures. I hope this helps someone, who used to build attics the way I did. They are more expensive this way of course, because you have to use so many regular walls, but they are inside and your sims donŽt have to freeze. I used this in a little house for the Ottomas family in seasons. They had so many kids and so little money, that I needed an attic, in which the kids wouldnŽt freeze with the long winter they have in Riverblossom Hills. :)
IŽll try to explain the differences I noticed. I hope IŽll do everything right as I have never posted a picture before.
This is how attics used to work:
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/5793/simsel0.png
As long as those two walls were added the attic was considered to be inside. The walls that were created by the roof tool were usable as regular walls. The only annoyance was that wallpaper would cover the whole wall created by the roof.
With seasons the walls created by the roof tool are no longer considered valid walls. In other words an attic like I build in the picture is no longer considered to be inside. It is outside, but covered. That means light snow will cover anything in the attic. No heavy snow, as it is covered by the roof. But sims will get hot and cold as if they were outside.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9111/sims3cv9.png
An indoor attic is still easy to build though. Maybe you all were allready doing this, because of the wallpaper, but I wasnŽt and thought IŽd share.
First build the attic like I did. Then you have to delete all walls created by the roof-tool, that are higher than the default wall height. Like this:
http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/8516/unbenanntjc8.png
Than add regular walls. Those will not line up with roof of course.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9228/bildww1.png
But this is easily fixable by adding a smaller roof on top. Just choose the same rooftype and cover only the part were the walls are missing. It doesnŽt matter, that there is already a roof, this will just add the missing wall parts. This way the attic is considered to be inside. Notice the gridlines on top of the walls, I deleted and added.
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9849/roofontophl6.png
I hope this werenŽt too many pictures. I hope this helps someone, who used to build attics the way I did. They are more expensive this way of course, because you have to use so many regular walls, but they are inside and your sims donŽt have to freeze. I used this in a little house for the Ottomas family in seasons. They had so many kids and so little money, that I needed an attic, in which the kids wouldnŽt freeze with the long winter they have in Riverblossom Hills. :)