How do i make the stairs smaller

[Daveyfly]

Hi does any one know how to make the stairs smaller than the original size ( I don't want a full set of stairs to next floor only 3/4 the way up)
thanks
D ward

[coolsim9999999]

Welcome to the forum Daveyfly ! 

It is true that you may not shrink anything in TS4.

However, do you, instead, want a "shorter" set of stairs?  If you do, then, the easiest way to do that is:
1. Place stairs before anything or much of anything is in your lot's house or yard --- preferably in an empty yard.  Rotate the stairs with the move button (cluck on the stairs to get the move button).
2.  To rotate anything, including stairs, move your mouse and your wrist.  Along with the curved rotate arrows, you will see the move button with 4 strait arrows, so after you rotate the stairs, you can move them exactly where you want them.

Here are three screenshots, if that will help you. If you can't see the arrows in this screenshot, then, simply select the stairs, like I have done in this screenshot (tall stairs that you will get if you click on stairs to build them), and you will see the arrows.
tall stairs are shown at the very bottom of this post.

short stairs --- lower the foundation by clicking on the foundation in build mode.  You will see a "slider" to adjust the height of your foundation.  To get short stairs, just set the foundation height to about halfway up the slider.

side facing short stairs

front facing short stairs

I hope that this helps you out !

[coolsim9999999]

@Daveyfly --- now the ability to make objects smaller has been patched into TS4.  You may try to shrink stairs by pressing Shift and [ at the same time.  I've have been able to shrink so many items since that patch in November 2017.  Good luck !

[Shewolf13]

@coolsim9999999

I know this is a slightly older post, but are stairs still able to be shrunk?  Or did they take it out again?  I have tried and have had no success with stairs.

[coolsim9999999]

Hi @Daveyfly ,

You can shrink most things, but I just checked again, and you many not shrink stairs, railings, windows, doors, fences as well as a few things like that.

However, most objects may be downsized using shift and [ at the same time --- even gates.

I wish we could shrink doors, windows and doors.

Coolsim

[Shewolf13]

@coolsim9999999

Ah, ok, that's what I thought, though this isn't Daveyfly ^^

[coolsim9999999]

@coolsim9999999

Ah, ok, that's what I thought, though this isn't Daveyfly ^^

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That's O.K. @Shewolf13.  I hope @Daveyfly finds this thread.

I think the ability to shrink items was new when I thought that maybe stairs could be downsized.  However, it is extremely useful to make things smaller !

[Shewolf13]

@coolsim9999999

Oh yes, most definitely! I just came across this thread while hunting up tricks with stairs so got my hopes up lol. Thought I was doing something wrong.