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Offline Playalot

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Arboreal Retreat
« on: September 20, 2014, 11:28:12 PM »
Item name:   Arboreal retreat
By (origin ID):  Playalot2002
Hashtags:   carlsguide

Lot size 20x30
Furnished price $40,211

Bedrooms: 1
bathroom: 1

What can I say... a tree house!




The sitting room/dining room/kitchen



The bedroom with access out onto the back deck


The back


The bathroom


A night time shot.


And an over view


The hole in the middle is obviously where the tree is and in game (as in some of these photos) it disappears which is quite handy as otherwise it is a bit hard to see into the rooms!

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Offline Devin

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Re: Arboreal Retreat
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2014, 11:58:02 AM »
Love it! I was looking forward to somebody making a tree house. Excellent job!



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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2014, 07:41:22 PM »
I want one please. :D

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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2014, 09:15:09 PM »
Liking this. Good job.

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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2014, 01:43:10 AM »
I want one please. :D

<ships 1 flat pack tree hut to Indra>  :D
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2014, 12:33:10 AM »
I love this! Can I have it as my real house?

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« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2014, 04:08:42 AM »
Thanks everyone. I now want to build a forest full of tree houses!  :o lol, I'll let you know how it goes.
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Offline simsonata

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Re: Arboreal Retreat
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2014, 08:11:59 AM »
That's awesome. How did you do it without a supporting ground floor?

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« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2014, 06:45:23 PM »
That looks so cool! I need one in my game. I really like how it looks as if it's floating. I can't really do that kind of stuff when I try to build, no matter how simple it seems. .–.
I love how with the Sims 4 it's easy for people like me who can't build to have cool unique homes like this one in their games. :)

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« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2014, 03:44:48 AM »
That's awesome. How did you do it without a supporting ground floor?

It's easy to do, just build the bottom floor, a simple box shape. Then the second floor (the floating floor). Then delete the first floor.
The bottom floor is really there just to get you started on the actual height you want for the tree house, so, in theory, if you could find a tree tall enough, you could have a 'third story' treehouse.
In build mode, once you've got a start at whatever height you want, you actually don't need to have support. In fact you can build floating/levitating houses too. I built a spaceship but it looked a bit corny so that's when I thought about a treehouse instead!

@ ManiSims, I bet you could do this! Building in TS4 is really fun. I used to build a lot in TS3 but would often get frustrated because I had placed the house in the wrong spot on the plot, now we can just move the whole house and continue on without having to start all over again. Start by watching some build videos, The Sims Supply has a few, and just start playing. What I do is really basic but it's fun. There are so many talented people here on the forum who will answer any questions you've got too.  :)
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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2014, 09:54:00 AM »
Haha, I've just always been more of an interior decorator. I have gotten a lot better at exteriors in TS4, and looking at a lot of the Building threads around here has inspired me to experiment a bit more. :)

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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2014, 10:52:36 PM »
Oh, so cool, Playalot!  I love a treehouse!