Sloped Driveway tutorial

[cwirsing]

This tutorial allow you to make a slope going up to your driveway. It is completely workable. I have not experienced any bugs with this. If there are any bugs please tell me. This only works with Nightlife.

[dragonfly2004]

Cwirsing, any chance you can convert this to HTML or PDF format? Pretty please?
Not everyone uses Microsoft products, and none of my programs recognise the graphics in this DOC file. Or maybe I'm the only one not using Word!
And thanks for making this available, even if you decide not to convert it.

[Boring Dude]

thanks, what does it took like when it is on the ramp and can u do it the opposite (a ramp going down)?

[cwirsing]

When it is on the ramp it sinks into the hill or goes over it depending on how steep it is but that does not affect it from doing anything.

[cwirsing]

I added an HTML version

[dragonfly2004]

Thanks for the HTML version, Cwirsing!
Time to try this tutorial out (I uninstalled everything, and now starting fresh. It was a good time for some house-cleaning).

[Bobbo]

Awesome! Now I can finally make my house with the incredible steep driveaway we have! Lol. Good job! :)

[cwirsing]

As I was playing my game today with my sloped driveway I realized that when you use the house again that you made have a sloped driveway it turns back into the original color of the driveway. It will still be sloped though.

[cwirsing]

While I was experimenting with the constrainFloorElevation cheat I made this house. It sinks into the hill on its way out. This does not affect anything. This is much trickier to make. I will end up making a tutorial for this or I might just keep it a secret.

[Haylz]

Cool - the sloping down into the house is very realistic! Good job.

[niol]

Thanks to show that the garage thing is workable on a sloped area, even thou it means interesting glitches will come out.

:)


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

[Sim2Kid405]

yes if you type in the cheat boolprop constrainfloorelevation false
you can get your driveway up or down, here is sample of an uphill driveway, not to much of an uphill but you can see it.

I do have the NightLife Patch Installed.

[hexameter]

Anyone who made houses with a sloped driveway should upload it on this site because with the new patch we will not be able to make anymore. We should try to enjoy the houses with sloped driveways as much as we can.
Hallo cwirsing
I remarked we came to the same building intention nearly at the same time (with a house even on the same day!). I tested my "construction" I made some weeks ago only few minutes ago. And also I was curious to find out wether it works further on. I could not see any problems. (with the installed nl-patch) besides the described movement of the car.
Maybe you would like to compare our attempts. See the 4examples for basement garages.
Have fun with the sims
hexameter

[cwirsing]

I know I must have typed the boolprop cheat incorrectly that made it seemed like it does not work.

[fasterwin]

i think its wonderfull however somehow it dos not work
Please help me and tel me the cheat i have to use
maybe someone els can.
:sadpanda:
thanks

[cwirsing]

boolProp constrainFloorElevation false

Type it exactly how u see it.

[vampira26]

Hi guys, i have a prob with the driveway in slope... when i want to raising the ground, i can't!!!! I don't know why but i made like your tutorial... can someone help me????

[cwirsing]

Did you have the boolProp constrainFloorElevation cheat set to false not true.

[vampira26]

yes but it doesn't work!

[oliver ret0]

i cant install it can u make a web site of it

[Phoenix.Socom]

Thank you verymuch for this tutorial. I was just thinking about sloped driveways today when I went around the nieghborhood to take some pictures with my digital camera.

[moonlight_muse]

great tutorial
thanks

[Mookiesimsta]

hey...i cant use that type of file...and i really wanna sloped driveway...the prob is that mi hard drive broken also...no simming for me for a few days...oh well. can i plz have it in a .zip file? :insane:

Thanx!
:wave: Sam :wave:

[cwirsing]

please just google winrar that way u will not have to bother anyone again.

please just google winrar that way u will not have to bother anyone again.

[Terrio]

it sinks into the hill

Yes i can understand that. It looks really cool but not for animation like you know...

:)

[wonderstar]

stupid question asked i noe but where to buy the car in sims 2 only?

[julianarosalia]

stupid question asked i noe but where to buy the car in sims 2 only?

Cars weren't introduced until the Nightlife expansion.

[cheche321]

you type the cheat in exactly the way it says :!:
the anser to vampire question

[MrGoodbyte]

you type the cheat in exactly the way it says :!:
the anser to vampire question

Think I did so (inserted cheat by copy&paste), but this is what happened:

>boo Prop constrainFloorElevation false
ERROR TSCheatSystem: ERROR IN CHEAT: Unknown command
in command 'boo Prop constrainFloorElevation false'. OnErrorClearParserTempState called.
with command boo Prop constrainFloorElevation false
.\source\TSCheatSystem.cpp(68)

What's the right cheat please? ;)

Found it on another page: Correct is (would be nice to correct this in the tutorial):
boolprop constrainFloorElevation false


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[rogue_psyche]

I've experienced a pretty major problem with this cheat. I created a sloped driveway using the techniques above and the Invisible Driveway by roddyaleixo (http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=90875) and didn't experience any issues. The next day I decided I wanted to change the angle of the slope so I went back and changed it.

When I left the lot to go put a family in to test my results I found that my lot turned blue (http://mega-mega.net/rogue_psyche/screenshot.bmp) and couldn't be selected.

I know the problems is caused by the cheat because I only edited the terrain and added only Maxis objects during that session. In the time between the two edits I've only downloaded bodyshop files and haven't changed my hacks (which are all from moreawesomethanyou.com).

EDIT:

I'd recommend that anyone who decides to make a sloped driveway make the driveway before the house, and keep whatever you have created as it is once you've gone through the effort of creating the house. I also recommend that cwirsing add backing up the neighborhood (http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=46152) as a first step to this tutorial.

THE FIX

However, if you do experience this problem on your lot, first back up your neighborhood (http://www.modthesims2.com/article.php?t=46152). Sure, it's messed up now, but you can accidentally mess it up a lot more with SimPE.

Now that you're all backed up, open your lot up in SimPE. You can find it in Sims 2 --> Neighborhoods --> N00# --> Lots. (In these instructions, #=the number for your neighborhood). If you installed all the EPs before playing, your lot should one of the files toward the end. You can make sure you have the right one by clicking "jpg/tga/png Image (IMG)" on the resource tree, clicking on the listed files, and viewing them in Plugin View.

Once you have the damaged file opened, click "Texture Image (TXTR)" and find "N00#_Lot###!terrainLmap_txtr" (again, the #s represent your specific neighborhood and lot numbers). Under Plugin View you should see an aerial view image of your lot in grey scale, with the buildings as dark shapes and the terrain represented in detail. This is the file that is creating the problem. Delete it.

Save your changes, close SimPE, and load The Sims 2. Open up your neighborhood. Your previously blue lot should now look empty, but still have the same value or inhabitants.

Enter the lot and make the necessary changes to your terrain. I can't tell you how much is enough as I just leveled my previously sloped driveway. All I can say is that if you want to keep repeating the steps list above until the slope no longer turns your lot blue, go ahead, but if you want to be 100% sure your lot will be playable in the future, undo any features that required you to use the "boolProp constrainFloorElevation true" cheat.

Save your lot in game, not by clicking Exit to Neighborhood or Exit Game and clicking Save on the dialog box that pops up. I've read around here that it may prevent the corruption of save games.

I hope this helps anyone who experiences this problem in the future.

[Sims&Slayer666]

Thanks man! this will be sweet

[Brandonb]

does anyone know how to get those blips off a sim when they get naked

[amberella]

RE: Above post about lot turning into an unclickable blue square:

I've experienced a pretty major problem with this cheat. I created a sloped driveway using the techniques above and the Invisible Driveway by roddyaleixo (http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=90875) and didn't experience any issues. The next day I decided I wanted to change the angle of the slope so I went back and changed it.

When I left the lot to go put a family in to test my results I found that my lot turned blue (http://mega-mega.net/rogue_psyche/screenshot.bmp) and couldn't be selected.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Following the steps you provided above restored my lot!!

I, too, had been playing with creating an attached garage to a house set on a foundation using this tutorial (http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=178018). I did not leave the lot until the entire house was created & furnished, but I did save a few times from within the lot. Upon exiting, I experienced the unclickable blue lot situation and almost had a heart attack. :blink: I do have custom content installed and have used it heavily on other lots with no problem, but I do not believe I used any in this lot (not 100% sure, though). After backing up the neighborhood, deleting the specified file, and re-entering Sims2, I was able to enter the lot and remove the garage. I deleted it in entirely and then used the flatten lot tool to remove any residual grading anywhere on the lot. It now is back to normal.

I hope this helps anyone in the same situation and that an actual fix for this issue (or raised garages as a standard) is eventually created.

Thank you again for a useful post.

[Cardinal16]

I can't get it to work, I have downloaded the file, and put the code in, and it still goes straight to the bottom of the slope. What am I doing it wrong?

[xxmisslae2uxx]

can someone please help me? i believe i followed the instructions properly but it looks like an invisible driveway now. is there anyway that i can make it still look like a driveway .. ? like with the color and everything ? i hope u guys can clearly understand what i'm asking because i dont really want to end up putting tiles on there. anyone know what to do ?

[niol]

xxmisslae2uxx,

the tutorital maker said it works only in EP2 NL, so have you tried to use a bare EP2 game version probably with Numenor's AGS or BGS?
http://sumomo.modthesims2.com/download.php?f=139&u=4407

[xxmisslae2uxx]

Well.. I do have Nightlife.. but I have all the other expansion packs too including Freetime and excluding University. So it can't work for a computer that has all of them including Nightlife or it has to be on a cpu that seriously ONLY HAS Nightlife and ofcourse The Sims 2 Original ?

[xxmisslae2uxx]

oh and I have NO CLUE what you were talking about when you said something about "Numenor's AGS or BGS". I dont have a clue to what those things are or what they do :(. I am really new to this stuff.

[timbit2006]

on the tutorial you mistyped the 'boolprop constrain floor elevation' wrong u typed it as 'boo prop constrain floor elevation' that might cause some problems...

[punhima]

How do you make the house/garage sink into the hill? plz could u tell me thanks alot! :up: