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Offline Ally3772

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Can't place house in the middle of the ocean? Please help!
« on: July 19, 2013, 09:03:05 PM »
Hello. I want to be able to place my house in the middle of the ocean, but every time I go into world editor and place a lot and then the house, the terrian (?) is too high! I have tried the SetImportedTerrainOffset #  but it doesn't seem to make a difference! Am I doing something wrong? Or is it not possible to place a house in the middle of the ocean? I just got the game today so I would like to be able to play and experience all the fun it has to offer! Please help!! :)
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Re: Can't place house in the middle of the ocean? Please help!
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2013, 09:04:42 PM »
If you place the empty lot, then using the cheats, type in

testingcheatsenabled true
enablelotlocking true

then change the lot to a dive lot. Go into the empty lot, and press the flatten lot tool, and it will sink it to the bottom of the ocean. Return to edit town and change it to residential and place your lot.

However,

You won't be able to move your sim straight in there, even with the freerealestate cheat.
When you move your sim to the house, they will teleport to the front door area, but then not be able to access anything in the house
You won't be able to move the camera under the water.

So in short, you can do it, but it won't work.



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Re: Can't place house in the middle of the ocean? Please help!
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2013, 03:11:06 AM »
Hello. I want to be able to place my house in the middle of the ocean, but every time I go into world editor and place a lot and then the house, the terrian (?) is too high! I have tried the SetImportedTerrainOffset #  but it doesn't seem to make a difference! Am I doing something wrong? Or is it not possible to place a house in the middle of the ocean? I just got the game today so I would like to be able to play and experience all the fun it has to offer! Please help!! :)

Ally, did you mean IN the ocean or ON the ocean? 
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Offline Ally3772

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Re: Can't place house in the middle of the ocean? Please help!
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2013, 04:21:40 PM »
Ally, did you mean IN the ocean or ON the ocean?

On the ocean, like in the middle of it, so they will have to take boats to get to places.
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Re: Can't place house in the middle of the ocean? Please help!
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2013, 06:27:12 PM »
ON the ocean. Aha! Well, that's a different story. You need to start by placing a houseboat at a port. After that you can leave the port and then set sail out to sea!

Check out the guide here

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Re: Can't place house in the middle of the ocean? Please help!
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2013, 07:37:30 PM »
ON the ocean. Aha! Well, that's a different story. You need to start by placing a houseboat at a port. After that you can leave the port and then set sail out to sea!

Check out the guide here

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