lytefoot
14th Jul 2011, 02:58 PM
So I've been building some mansions, and there are a couple of build tools that I'm having real trouble getting to look good.
The most aggravating one is the big grand staircase (I think it's from MGS). It's gorgeous, but even in a stonking great mansion, it takes up a ton of space. It seems like it needs a whole room dedicated to it on both the upper and lower floors, and it usually ends up looking tacked in. Does anyone have any screen shots of something they built where it looks right? I think maybe I just don't know how it's supposed to be used.
The second thing is two-story columns with a balcony on the second story. What I *want* is an effect where the balcony seems to go part-way into the columns, but doesn't cut all the way through. Is there a way to do that and still have the columns rest on the foundation? Or is it just one of those things that's impossible with the sims? Any way to make two-story columns with balconies look good, or should I skip them?
The last is garages. I don't like the look that attaching the garage gives, so I'm trying to figure out a way to arrange the grounds so an unattached, forward-facing garage looks good. It always ends up looking... kinda sad and dinky, next to a stonking great mansion.
I've read a lot of build mode tutorials, and I've done quite a bit of building (mostly in Sims 3 before I went back to Sims 2 because the CC is better)--I'm not looking for technical tips, but aesthetic ones. Any advice anyone can give would be marvelous. Thanks!
The most aggravating one is the big grand staircase (I think it's from MGS). It's gorgeous, but even in a stonking great mansion, it takes up a ton of space. It seems like it needs a whole room dedicated to it on both the upper and lower floors, and it usually ends up looking tacked in. Does anyone have any screen shots of something they built where it looks right? I think maybe I just don't know how it's supposed to be used.
The second thing is two-story columns with a balcony on the second story. What I *want* is an effect where the balcony seems to go part-way into the columns, but doesn't cut all the way through. Is there a way to do that and still have the columns rest on the foundation? Or is it just one of those things that's impossible with the sims? Any way to make two-story columns with balconies look good, or should I skip them?
The last is garages. I don't like the look that attaching the garage gives, so I'm trying to figure out a way to arrange the grounds so an unattached, forward-facing garage looks good. It always ends up looking... kinda sad and dinky, next to a stonking great mansion.
I've read a lot of build mode tutorials, and I've done quite a bit of building (mostly in Sims 3 before I went back to Sims 2 because the CC is better)--I'm not looking for technical tips, but aesthetic ones. Any advice anyone can give would be marvelous. Thanks!