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By aloleng on Nov 7, 2009 • how to make an attic
How to add an attic for Sims 3
This tutorial will teach you how to make attics or increase the space under your roof. This will be useful for small houses. Two bedrooms and a bathroom may fit on the attic, as shown on my finish product cottage. This can also help you learn how to use the "constrainfloorelevation" cheat. Hope you'll learn something from me.
Step 1:
Build a box 2 levels high
Step 1a:
Build a base (1x1) on the side with walls (1x1) on top of it. NOTE: Don’t forget to remove the auto roofs.
Step 2:
Enter the cheat constrainfloorelevation false (CTRL + SHFT + C + constrainfloorelevation false)
From top of your foundation, flatten the top level of your house-to-be with the terrain leveling tool (a floor tile can also be used for this).
NOTE: You need to pull the leveling tool (or floor tiles) FROM the foundation TO the opposite side of the house, not the other way around.
Step 3:
This is how it should look like. I have colored the walls in different colors so you may see what happened to the walls.
Step 4:
Now on the top floor, build a wall box inside the short walls (see the pictures), this will be on top of the green walls. This will pull the walls on the sides of the house up to the regular height, and that made the whole trick (the attic).
TECHNICAL: It will be much easier to use the “create room” wall than the “create wall” command.
Step 5:
Try adding roof. Using the ‘red’ walls as your base for your roof.
Step 6:
As you can see in the picture, the walls is higher than the roof, adjust it using the ‘adjust roof type’ slide, to your desired roof height.
This is how it should look like:
Using different colors of paint, so you’ll see what happened to the walls (see image). Your attic is already complete by this time, you may put windows at the front and back of the house. But if you want we may also add dormers. This will also enlarge your space. So let’s continue to the next step.
Step 7:
To make your attic/space more beautiful, let’s add dormers. Proceeding from Step 6, make a box for your dormer. See the image. Make sure that your cheat (constrainfloorelevation false) is still ON.
This is what it should look like with the main roof;
Step 8:
I painted the walls white (the uneven wall) and black (the main dormer wall). As you can see the ‘white walls’ isn’t nice to look at so we’ll delete it. Let’s remove the uneven wall on the side of the dormer. Using the sledgehammertool, smash the white walls.
Step 9:
Let’s add the roof of the dormer. You may add one or two dormers, depending on what you want. In this image, I made 2 dormers.
Step 10:
After adding roof to your dormer, this is what it should look like with the main roof.
Step 11:
Don’t forget to turn your cheat off “constrainfloorelevation true”. This is what your attic will look like: (the size varies to your own desire, you may change it if you want)
EXTRA:
If you want to change the height of the dormer roof, here’s how:
1. Use the sledgehammer tool to smash the MAIN roof;
2. Adjust the roof of the dormer on your desired height using the ‘adjust roof type’ slide.
3. Then click on ‘undo’ or press CTRL Z, to add the main roof back.
4. Change the color of the roof if you want and don’t forget to add stairs.
Step 12: Make your house beautiful by adding plants, paint and fences if you like. Now this is how your cottage or small house should look like after adding the finishing touches. Enjoy making your small houses bigger and make your roof usable. Happy Simmin’ !!
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On Nov 8, 2009 Pipkin08 wrote:
On Nov 8, 2009 Newtlco wrote:
Really nice
On Nov 8, 2009 Yngven93 wrote:
Great tutorial! Thank you so much
On Nov 8, 2009 wolfspryte wrote:
Awesome! Thanks... I always wondered about how to do this the "right" way!
Your tutorial is very easy to understand and follow...
On Nov 8, 2009 Ethelle wrote:
I experimented with this myself, but I could never quite get it right. Now I see which steps I've missed. Thank you very much for sharing this!
On Nov 9, 2009 martoele wrote:
Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.
On Nov 9, 2009 ily_bubbles7 wrote:
thank you so much !!
On Nov 10, 2009 Emil99 wrote:
On Nov 11, 2009 Pralinesims wrote:
its very useful thank you so much
On Nov 11, 2009 matomibotaki wrote:
On Nov 11, 2009 kateknightuk wrote:
wow - what an amazingly simple tutorial! Well done for breaking thos down so well
On Nov 11, 2009 Thabill wrote:
Can you upload this house please?
On Nov 12, 2009 aloleng wrote:
Hi, one cottage house is available at my minisite. You can visit it at http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/aloleng/downloads/details/category/sims3-lots-residential/title/Beau%20Vine/id/891750/
On Nov 13, 2009 Midnight222 wrote:
Great tutorial ... thanks!
On Nov 13, 2009 krazy8s wrote:
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been wondering how people achieve this and with this simple tutorial I can now put attics in my sims homes. Yea!!!
On Nov 14, 2009 melzybabyy wrote:
This is a great tutorial. I made an attic, but I can't get the stairs to connect to it. I don't know why. Can anyone help?
On Nov 14, 2009 Polka_97 wrote:
Wow nice ;D
On Nov 14, 2009 Polka_97 wrote:
Wow nice ;D
On Nov 14, 2009 Polka_97 wrote:
Wow nice ;D
On Nov 14, 2009 Polka_97 wrote:
Sorry xD
On Nov 15, 2009 threeonesix wrote:
Nice!
On Nov 20, 2009 PinkLady007 wrote:
Really nice job explaining it. Thanks for sharing!
On Nov 22, 2009 DT456 wrote:
Very good tutorial!
On Nov 24, 2009 souleraser wrote:
great tut. thanks for the info on how to do it
On Nov 28, 2009 MysticVelvet wrote:
Great. thanks a lot, have been wondering how some people have Dormers on their houses
On Dec 6, 2009 aaliyahtimberlake wrote:
Thanks, another great tutorial, I just wonder if I can follow this.
On Dec 17, 2009 wizardlord wrote:
This is a great tut .... but how would i apply this to a 3 story building built on a foundation
On Dec 18, 2009 xiado wrote:
So useful
On Dec 29, 2009 jwhin713 wrote:
Outstanding. Can't wait to get off work so I can try it out.:P
On Jan 1, 2010 georgin wrote:
On step 6 you don't explain how you filled the gaps up in the corners of the roof. Where you have painted with yellow mine is empty, you can see the inside of the house, I can't fill it with walls because they stick out of the roof. How did you fill them?
On Jan 1, 2010 miss_morrygan wrote:
great now even i get it...
On Jan 22, 2010 just_daisy wrote:
i'm going to try it!
On Jan 28, 2010 Formigoni wrote:
Thank you! I like your tutorial! I'll make a new home, now!
On Jan 29, 2010 macthekat wrote:
Thank you for the great tutorial! I am wondering if we may showcase it in LivingSims?
On Jan 31, 2010 oldmember_saphron2000 wrote:
Well done! I always appreciate the screenshots to illustrate too. I'll have to give this a try sometime.
On Jan 31, 2010 batman2k0 wrote:
i have been trying to do something like this for a while thanks for the instructions
On Feb 21, 2010 KarinB wrote:
Thank you very much. I've been wanting to make houses with rooms in the attic ever since the game came out!
On Mar 10, 2010 fireflie07 wrote:
Can't get it to work on a two story house.... kind of sad. If you can make a two story tutorial that would be great.
On Mar 15, 2010 fireflie07 wrote:
Slight problem as well. I attempted this on a one story house, and like georgin, I had gaps at the end of my roofs. I have Vista, with WA and HELS. Any help is appreciated!!
On Mar 26, 2010 luna_darling wrote:
Is there a way to do this if the house already has a foundation under it?
On Mar 29, 2010 xxjesistarxx wrote:
What a brilliant tutorial! Really easy to follow and I think I may do this on all my houses!!! Thankyou!!!
On Apr 11, 2010 xolaurengtfo wrote:
On May 4, 2010 kateykate1347 wrote:
Wow. I would of never thought of making an attic... lmao
On May 18, 2010 debbi2qlts wrote:
Well done tutorial. This will be fun to do if I can remember all the steps
On May 23, 2010 sm2760 wrote:
Thank You so much for this tutorial. I love it. It gives my Sim homes that extra charm. Thank You!!
On Jun 10, 2010 apiona wrote:
Gee, doesn't work on me, says the roof can't be put on place.. sigh.
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On Jun 11, 2010 RogueGenesis wrote:
alright, i have run out of options, anyone know how to do with on a house with a foundation.
On Jul 8, 2010 bugg99 wrote:
neat
lol last coment someone plz write i dont like being the last 
On Jul 25, 2010 engelchen1202 wrote:
Thank you very much this way - i din´t know
On Aug 9, 2010 RenataSViveiros wrote:
Love it!! thank you
On Aug 22, 2010 quack1234567890 wrote:
Very nice, a little complicated but very nice.
On Aug 31, 2010 Rhendera wrote:
I really do not know how you guys place the roof. It just doesn't wanna get on the house *grrr*
If anyone has the solution, Please mail to Dem0nicvampire@hotmail.com .... I really want to make this.
On Aug 31, 2010 kostis wrote:
i love this lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Oct 9, 2010 vasuchiyertra wrote:
God bless. Was wondering how to do a house in a pic from a mag and this totally fixed my problems!
On Oct 14, 2010 foppipp wrote:
OMG THATS SO AMAZING, THANK YOU!
On Oct 20, 2010 iLoveSims3.Com wrote:
On Nov 3, 2010 xxxprettybabygurlxxx wrote:
for some reason i cant get this to work =( might be because of late night but idk it just says "base is uneven"
On Nov 16, 2010 A.R. wrote:
i was looking for it from ages, thanks a lot!!
On Dec 3, 2010 docs_farm wrote:
I still can't get the roof to place..keeps going "sideways" and giving me the "base has to be even" message..if anyone could help me, that would be great!
On Dec 16, 2010 Matt314 wrote:
I don't exactly understand what this tutorial is supposed to accomplish. I have no problem achieving better, more natural results like this without cheats in version 1.18. In fact several houses including in Ambitions have attics almost exactly like this. Is this even relevant anymore? I don't think so, it might have to do with the improved roof tools since then.
On Dec 19, 2010 aloleng wrote:
Hey Matt, well if you can see this tutorial was made on Nov of 2009. If it doesn't help you in any other way, well others see this useful. It's good to know that you have no problems with roofs and attics. On the other note, not all Simmers have expansion packs.
On Jan 4, 2011 TabeaSuperman wrote:
Well! Thank you for your Work, it's really nice.(Y) Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
On Jan 8, 2011 Joshie1234 wrote:
SO COOL!
On Feb 19, 2011 EclecticMuse wrote:
Very good tutorial, except to get my roof to cover up the walls I have to turn the height all the way up and it looks awful.
Trying to find some way to fix this.
On Feb 20, 2011 EclecticMuse wrote:
Okay, now I'm getting the uneven base error when I try to apply my roof, no matter what I do
... going to have to find a different way of doing an attic I suppose.
On Feb 20, 2011 EclecticMuse wrote:
Okay, I think I've figured out the uneven base problem. When you added the roof, what it looks like from your screenshots, you hadn't added the attic walls yet. So what you need to do is add your roof after Step 3, then go down two floors and THEN add the attic room. That's how I've gotten it to work for me, anyway.
Hope this helps out some folks who've been having problems!
On Mar 29, 2011 Black Pearl wrote:
Thank you! a very useful lesson! The result was a very nice house!
On Apr 2, 2011 EleoneChan wrote:
So useful! Thank you a lot for this tutorial!
On Jun 4, 2011 diet_dreams wrote:
Thanks for the guide it was a big help to me.
On Jun 24, 2011 QueenOfWolves wrote:
Very useful, Thanks
On Jul 28, 2011 Jindann wrote:
oooh this is i look for! Thank you!
On Aug 4, 2011 Debbie2011 wrote:
What a fantastic tutorial. Withbeautiful results, Thank you :P
On Aug 13, 2011 JuLiia3 wrote:
Nice tutorial. *_*
On Aug 19, 2011 the polo wrote:
its great and very helpful and all, but kinda hard to use when you've already built and furnished a house and its on a foundation. i had to do allot of improvising, but this did give me the basic idea of it. Thank you.
On Sep 28, 2011 JellyFaceJade93No.1 wrote:
thank you this helped me.
On Oct 26, 2011 blackqtnikki wrote:
Amazingly well done! I love the final look!
On Nov 21, 2011 Silerna wrote:
Very useful,thank you!
On Dec 4, 2011 funney250 wrote:
i cant get a roof on it tried loads of times doesnt work
On Dec 10, 2011 starsky524 wrote:
Great!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks soooo much!!!
On Dec 25, 2011 renmike123 wrote:
WTF was that? It didn't work
On Jan 1, 2012 savannah1994 wrote:
Thanks for this. It should really help me for making a better house with an attic! :P
On Feb 5, 2012 s_sunna90 wrote:
i saw this tutorial a while back but i forgot where i saw it and i have been looking for it since, now i can finally put it to good use!
thank you!
On Mar 1, 2012 EmGrace00 wrote:
On Apr 1, 2012 Magdoulini wrote:
thanks!! I really wanted some help with the attics!!