I'm always scared to use Constrainfloorelevation, my builds always end up with a lot of visual glitches. But your video kinda makes me want to try it again... and in all my years of The Sims 3 your video is literally the most straightfoward and easy to understand (other youtubers make it looks scary). Keep up with the great content!

@elvingearmasterirma7241

Жыл бұрын

The trick is to practice on blocks and then slowly amp them up

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Good luck if you have discord I am usually there to help

The amount of tears I've shed trying to lower the terrain to make the stairs shorter and I could have just used ALT???

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

i guess so :( hahah

@hopelessromantic3786

Жыл бұрын

@Rekowcski off to building!

Also the friezes are 5 stairs tall, so I shorten them the same exact way as the foundation. constrainfloorelevation+stairs+alt. It helps a lot. Thank you!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

For smaller (starter) modern homes I love shortening the friezes, it makes it much less chunky

@ViceCityExtra

Жыл бұрын

Ye friezes being 5 stairs look so ugly when you do the staircase cause it doesn’t create a nicely lined up L staircase

This what so great! Thank you for helping us! I'm and old lady (31) and recently returning to TS3, and as a kid I didn't even think about building a house. Your "Top 10 Mods" video was how I found out about you, so thank you for that as well! Personally, I will take tutorials you feel like making.

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, i'm an old man (33) :| hahah

@arieltales8952

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski You look way younger.

@haileykate8216

3 ай бұрын

SIS you are not old 😭😭

@Rekowcski

3 ай бұрын

I'm almost 35 now 😭

@jhy8212

3 ай бұрын

@@Rekowcski LOL I'm 32 now!

I've logged hundreds of hours in the sims 3, a good third of that is building. You have taught me not to be afraid.

Omg I love this video! I've been playing TS3 for 13 years and I never knew most of the things you did in this video! I'll definitely watch this video every time I build a house

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped you!

Wow The Sims 3 IS a monster! Thank you for the video. I've been too timid to build in the game but with your help it actually gets better! Would really appreciate a tutorial on roofs ❤

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

A whole video on roofing might be a good idea, there's so many little tricks to it

building in the sims 3 is really what holds me back 😭😭 i’ve gotten the hang of create a sim and the gameplay is soooooo fun compared to sims 4 but the building is so complicated

@Rekowcski

3 ай бұрын

I promise you it's not as hard as it looks once you get the hang of it 😭

Thankyou so much for explaining this so simply! This is the first vid Iv watched where it actually made sense in my brain. Other sim KZreadrs explain too quickly & I can’t follow 😅

This is great stuff. i knew most of it but the alt stairs trick was a new one for me. Maybe do a video on good roofing. I hate roofs.

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Roofing will need it's own video haha.. I could do a "how to make these sims 4 roofs in the sims 3" haha

I thought I knew every trick for building in sims 3. This is cool! You are really going to inspire alot of people to come back to the best sims game. Who knows? What if it got so big again that EA pulled some cool, unreleased sims 3 stuff out of their archives!?!?

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Someone commented yesterday that they rage quit the sims 4 and bought the sims 3 base game and were blown away with how much there is to do lol

@crystalmeier6579

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski you are quickly building quite a following here! I knew it! ☺

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

@@crystalmeier6579 I knew it was only a matter of time before people realized that everything theyre asking for in the sims 4, is right here waiting for them in the sims 3 haha

Cool video! Make more tutorials about houses, please!!!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

im going to do 5 specific build tutorials I think, and they will deal more with style now that we have some basic tools 1. suburban 2. modern 3. victorian 4. apartment 5. houseboat

@strawberrybuttercup2773

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski yes i'm looking forward to the victorian build tips, because i'm trying to do a witch legacy in moonlight falls and have no idea where to start with a victorian build

This was great! TS3 is mostly what I play these days and I'm just starting to try to be more advanced at building and using constrainfloorelevation more. Didn't know you could do that with foundation, too. Thanks for the tips!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

i hope it went well

Thanks for this! I am always a bit afraid of using constrainfloorelevation, but I probably should try again. I would definitely be interested in knowing how to make apartment buildings :)

I can't believe I still find new things about the game, like the alt and placefrieze... It will be so much easier to make houses like this, thank you!

Ah yes. Placefriezes on. A staple for Victorian houses too! Stairs can be a bit finicky though so plan well

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

I knew I couldn't do "placefriezes" without also showing exactly how to make the stairs lol

Oh dear, one minute into the video and I am already stunned at the single step foundation lol..awesome video! Thank you so much 🙏

So excited to see how to do the living room omg! For the sunken living room if you're scared of constraintflooreval (this is how i did it before knowing about it lol): It won't be exactly the same but you can just remove the foundation from the center of the room. I used the one stair foundation (alt key) to let them step down and used the wrap around just to hold decor, and you can color the inside of the foundation with the wall options. I haven't had any issues with sims not recognizing the objects in it (one of my sims actually cleaned up the book clutter i did for decor lmao) Definitely excited to have this option! I remember removing the foundation all the way against the wall and realizing the walls were floating haha

I learned about the alt foundation trick from one of your other videos last year. I've been playing TS3 almost since it came out, and I couldn't believe I'd never heard that tip before! I'd seen SO MANY build videos. But even with the tips I'd used before, it's nice to have a reminder occasionally. I do think it's funny that sims still need stairs to use the single step foundations, though.😛

I knew how to get friezes and deal with stairs through them, but the “constrainfloorelevation” cheat + level terrain was completely new to me - it would never have occurred to me to try using “level terrain” on anything but the ground! 😅 Great video!

The only sims KZreadr I enjoy watching

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Thanks that means a lot, there are too many haha

Thank You so much, I needed this tutorial video 🥰

I have been playing sims 3 for years. I was expecting to hear things I already knew. I’m really glad I clicked on this. Great tips!

@Rekowcski

10 ай бұрын

Glad you found it useful. Sims 3 has so many small things that no single player knows everything, we all need to work together haha

I also redid House Plan B. Getting rid of that weird roof extension next to the front door. But I didn't delete the space where the bathroom use to be, now it's a office space. And put bay windows on the front of the house. And repainted the bedrooms too. I moved it to where you did, but bumped it out to make room for the bathroom. And enclosed the carport, now it's a garage.

Thankyou for this video i was wondering how to do what you did with the foundations, the bit with different heights of foundations so thankyou for sharing.

You made these seem so SIMPLE and gave me great ideas. Thank you!! Can you do one about building a house that is on stilts over the water or cliff?

I didn't know how to use any of those tricks, thank you. It looks complicated and glitches get on my nerves. I will follow your advice and take it easy.

Yes. This was needed. Thank you!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mariah good to see you again, thanks for watching

Okay my mind is blown! 💥 Thank goodness I found your channel 😍

Thank you so much for making this! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for this video, it was very helpful. I always found constrainfloorelevation a bit daunting and tended to avoid using it. Think I'll give it another shot now. Oh, and that trick with the alt key was a new one on me, and I've been playing this game for over ten years.

Thank you, going to try some of these

Tysm for this vid! I just made my first modern house using ur build and it ended up looking awsome :]

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

i'm glad you figured it out! Everything is hard the first time but it only gets easier :)

My mind is blown 😂thanks for this! I subbed ❤ i am so terrible at houses even though i have played sims since i was 11 😮

i just recently decided to go back to sims 3 (and 2) and this video is so so valuable, thank you so much! I mostly played 3 as a teen to young adult, even before i had internet on my home computer… so i never got into building at all but now that im an older adult i really do care about the homes, big thanks for youtube reccs putting this video on my radar 🥹💗

@Rekowcski

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful, let me know how it goes

JUST WHAT I NEEDED ON THIS LOVELY EVENING ILY REK

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

That's so cool! Didn't know about the first tip! ✨️

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

i'm glad you learned something!

I agree that this video makes the constrainfloorelevation tool look less scary… thanks 😊

Yoy Just got yourself another sub with this tutorial thanks

Ahh yes the very techniques that was used in the hydrangea house in the apalachia? Neiborhood it brought me a lot of headache trying to extend some rooms since constrain floorevelation cheat was used in that lot :/

This is so cool. Thank you so much🎉

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

Thank you so much for this video, it is very helpful (some of this is also applicable to Sims 2, btw)❣

@Rekowcski

9 ай бұрын

sims 2 is secretly my favourite :p

I never knew this stuff as a kid. So nice to know!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

me neither, I would try CFE and end up with uneven walls :( haha

very helpful thank you :D

HEY !! NEW SUB !!!! love your tutorial

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for subbing, hope you like the sims 3! Haha

seeing Kylie at the back, I know its gonna be good

@Rekowcski

3 ай бұрын

She's my queen 💕

Amazing tips. Sims 3 really is the gold standard of the franchise,

I cannot Believe I forgot the foundation stair trick. 14 year old me is MAD at me

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

It's weird the things we forget haha

Thx you so much

I didn't know the alt trick!! I'd make houses on different foundation levels but I'd use the terrain tools like a fool 😭😭😭

The stair hack was a new one for me

Oh tysm I needed this now that my next heir is almost an young adult I was going to build a house from start for the first time in the sims 3

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

good luck I hope it goes w

You shoild do a video on attic rooms. There's a few ways of doing it, and once I figured out how to use half-gable roofs to make the short walls on the sides, I started putting them in every build

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Yes that's a good idea! I usually include attics in mansions but you can squeeze them into many different types of builds

I have a request ... I found a photo on TSR of an interior L-shaped staircase with just four steps going up to a landing, then a regular (12-step, I guess) staircase at a right angle continuing on to the second floor. I would really love to know how to do that. I'll try figuring it out on my own for now, but if you can create that and post the video, I for one would be hugely appreciative -- many thanks!

U are a life saver

Hey Rekowcski, my friend. I just want to tell you that I have begun a new save file for Sunset Valley. Now it's going to be a beach resort world now. Using community lots from Sunlit Tides. But I also recreated my own versions of the Landgraabs and the Altos. But instead of Malcolm Landgraab, I now have Mandy Landgraab. And the Altos are new money here, but I made Nick an old mafia boss from Sicily, just moved to Sunset Valley. I hope I can share them soon. I saved them to my library.

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

I still need to renovate the Alto mansion, I'm still not sure which direction to take it.

@stephenspears3206

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski Might I make a suggestion. I created a tennis court in LE and it works great with the family's wealth. I didn't do it for Villa Alto. You can go to TSR and find tennis gear like rackets, balls and the net, and the white lines to create your own tennis court. But I did have fun recreating both families. I didn't use the same looks and all that. But did make Nick and Vita evil. And Holly good. And I did delete the original Alto and Langraab families. Instead of a male son in the Landgraab family, I decided to have a daughter instead. And introduced my versions to the world. Don't know why but they'd moved out of their homes and left them vacant. After I gutted the homes and renovated them. So now I moved my own Alto and Landgraab families into the homes.

@stephenspears3206

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski Just a suggestion. Gut the interior of the house, leaving the floor. And start over, like I did.

THE ALT KEY IS ALL YOU NEED FOR A SMALLER FOUNDATION!?!? ALL THESE YEARS.... WHAT!?!?!?!?!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you learned something haha

Wow! Thank you so much! I am not a great builder but I want to be better. I've watched other tutorials but then I get confused because it feels complicated. Please do more build tutorials! You're easy to understand and you show things off at the perfect speed.

@Rekowcski

11 ай бұрын

Thanks that means a lot. I am hoping to do more soon!

Def explore the Buydebug cheat I think its a severely unknown cheat for most players. Especially new ones!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

I will introduce it in the apartment building video I think... because you need the room markers and everything from there Also apparently if you have a pirated game, opening debug will destroy the game so I will have to warn people

@elvingearmasterirma7241

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski Huh. I have never heard of that and it has never affected my game- odd. I need to look into that more

Hi Reko! I LOVE your shirt, 🖒

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Thanks federica, it's brand new I just bought it

The friezes one :D

@Rekowcski

5 ай бұрын

You can also make the friezes shorter (just like foundations) by following the same steps on the second floor

I'm trying to do sunken living room like in 3:58 but after adding floor above it, this lower part becomes weirldy dark, any ideas what can i do?

@Rekowcski

5 ай бұрын

Try adding debug lights on the ceiling, but make sure you are on the lower level of the living room when you do it

@ananas3081

5 ай бұрын

It works. Thanks!

Are you still doing the NSB for sims 3? It's awesome and I've sent you some gifts for NSB

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Actually my next video is a Not So Berry episode, It's already filmed

I'm still too scared XD But thanks Rek!

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

nooo u can do it!

The foundation trick doesn’t work anymore! When I try placing the stairs like on 1:54, it lowers the elevation and doesn’t stay flat like the video. Looks like an update must of patched this method smh

I have an issue with the sunken floor. The lighting is really bad in the sunken part (obviously because the game thinks its a closed of room without lights. How do i fix it? You do not seem to have the issue.

@Rekowcski

Ай бұрын

Use debug invisible lights on the ceiling of the sunken floor

@LunarPenguin42

Ай бұрын

@@Rekowcski thank you so much:) great video btw. I have played this game for like 15 years and never knew what i missed out in building interesting buildings

Building scares me, I like to just edit some of their builds... one thing I cannot figure out is when you have a nice victorian house on a foundation, HOW could you add basement 😅 maybe for the next video 😇 cos I cannot make it work to save my life... I even tried elevators! 🤣

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

If you already have the house/foundation down, you can make a basement but you should make the stairs to it OUTSIDE the house... like on the side have a little cellar staircase, that was common back then anway

@bellarina

Жыл бұрын

@@Rekowcski 😮 that's a good ideaaaa! There are some nice houses in Moonlight Falls that need basements 😂

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

@@bellarina i always want a basement in my house... AFTER ive built it haha

How come I have been playing sims 3 since like 2011 and I didn't know any of this 😭😭

“Sims 3 build mode sucks” This video is proof that it was simply ahead of its time

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Yeah sims 4 girlies don't have a clue lol

CFE is the worst, both in Sims 2 and Sims 3 are notorious for being labor intensive haha. For the flat roof detailing in Sims 2 you can just use the platform tool instead of the foundation.

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Sims 2 is where I first tried it as a teenager and I destroyed my lot haha... but a lot of the tricks work in both sims 2 and sims 3. I like the sims 2 platform better because you can just put it on the roof without cheats

Is this working on a Mac?

@LunarPenguin42

Ай бұрын

Yes

Why does Recowcski never look at the camera?

@bowkatiewow

Жыл бұрын

Because he’s looking at the screen

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

in acting school they trained us to never look at the camera ever for any reason lol

Very hard.

오홐홐ㅎ 야이거 기술인데!

I’ve never understood CFE tbh.

@Rekowcski

Жыл бұрын

Hope this helped at least a bit

Very hard.