@@judas1523 I mean I wouldn't say the modular stairs or updated door/window placement were the best build updates. I agree with others that this is the best "so far". My builds will look a lot different having platforms vs when we didn't have them and I think they give more creative freedom than previous updates like the better window placement.
Something I'm curious whether it can be done using the platforms is stairs into a pool, so like the platforms would be inside the large pool, so it's like the sim could walk into the pool vs jumping in or climbing down a pool ladder. so many real pools have steps into the pool I'm wondering if this would now be possible in Sims 4 Edit: Well damn, didn't know my random thought would be so popular, lol
@@realesttty His gallery ID is JamesTurnerYT but he cant put it on the gallery as this is an early access version and he cant use the gallery. He might put it on the gallery when the pack comes out though (Nov 13)
Wait! This means we can do halfway undeground basement! All over Denmark we have these basements that are only halfway underground. You can have windows, which means natural light and we have a very high water level, which makes normal basements a struggle. I'm looking forward to be able to make a proper danish townhouse.
My parents house is on a hill in Canada. The basement has access outside on one side and the upstairs is ground level on the other side. It would be nice to be able to do that in the game as real houses aren’t always on flat lots and have different t entry level heights.
We have those here in Canada too! Pretty much all the houses in my municipality have above ground type basements. Plus with this update I can finally accurately recreate my childhood house!
I really appreciate him going through how to use the tool. Going over the good and the bad. I usually can't be bothered to read tutorials in game. So a heads up is nice
That one story house he built with all the platforms and sunken kitchen was amazing!! Hope he puts it on the gallery when the update/pack comes out! ❤️
same! went to the comment section to start a petition! 😂😂 it looked really beautiful, tho unfinished in some spots! maybe he could also make a video where he fully furnishes it?
that 1 story house when you using the different heights of platforms is beautiful, it seems so dynamic with the different levels 👍🏼 will there be a speed build for that house?
Platforms are insane. So much potential. I'd love to have the option to have half walls etc start at the top of a platform and then be raised to whatever height needed. Just for the sake of more options but I'm aware that would be a coding nightmare and have some serious issues if you have ahead wall start at floor height intersecting with a half wall starting above it at platform height.😅
Yeah, I tend to use half walls more than the fences as there aren't very many I like to use for interiors (or not for the vibe of the house I'd be working on, or they don't match the wood tone of the stairs or have a matching version for the stairs railings). But then I'd also like a half wall without the massive ugly trims they insist on using. We have a half wall at the top of our stairs in real life and there's no trim on it and I'd hate it if there was as it would just be something sharp and pointy to walk into. LOL
platform stair for modern house front door is so sick, i seen some real architectural use wide stair platform entrance is so cool with outdoor lamp on every platform stair.
I'm so glad you did this video! As much as I was looking forward to platforms I could already see myself barely using them because I was afraid I had no idea how to, so the only way I ever would would be a sunken in living room space and that's it.
James can you imagine what movie theaters in the Sims4 are going to look like from now on?! The seating can now be properly place on stacked platforms... I'm excited for it. May I ask you to build a Movie Theater?? maybe.
I just love when James makes these types of videos. He's an amazing builder and even though I am getting better at it, I'm not anywhere near amazing at building, so these videos really help me to understand how I can utilize building tools that are added to the game. :)
I'm guessing that might be possible if you build on the second floor and lower the platform, then you'll have the room underneath like you would normally?
@@ADMNtek I don't think this would work because it looks like you won't be able to delete one of the 'walls' on the platform so you wouldn't be able to like see to the floor below
Here where I live we have a LOT of houses with flat roofs, I always felt sad that I couldn't accurately build such houses. So glad this update is finally here!
OMG! I'm watching this with headphones at work (lunch hour!). It's all quiet in here. And when you showed making different roof heights with platforms I actually went "OHHHHH!" super loud. I'm SO excited about this!!!
I was already sooooo freakin' excited to *finally* be getting platforms in-game, but you've reminded me of so many other ways that we can use them that I had completely forgotten about (from TS3), and now I'm just absurdly stoked for the next update! lol. SO GOOD!! Tyfs! Best of wishes.
This is super helpful, thanks! Am I the only one that wants to see you flesh out the house you were using as an example around the 10:50 mark? It looks dynamic and I'd love to see what it looks like when finished. Also, the house you showed right after is spectacular! I'd buy the expansion just to play in that house. Keep up the stunning work
This update makes my heart so happy!! This is giving such Sims 2 vibes as I used to use platforms all the time for builds... I'm so excited to play with these and build things I couldn't before...
I really love this update! For some reason I dislike playing in houses that have several floors (I find switching between them kinda annoying..) but with the platforms we can finally have interestingly layered houses with just one floor! This is so cool. Also thank you so much for this little showcase of what can be done with the platforms, it helps a lot!
Im so excited for this new pack. I live in Japan for many years now so it’s nice to see certain items that are part of my IRL experience. I’m curious about these new platforms with pools or pond tool ? Also, can sims climb up stairs to all platform heights ? For example, if you make loft with bed on top platform, up to what height can they go up platform and sleep on the bed? If you know anything else of platforms, i’d love to see it *^_^*
about the heights, I've seen that it depends on the sim. Adults and teens can only go so high without hitting the ceiling, but since kids and toddlers are much shorter they can reach places adults wouldn't be able to. So it's all about playing around with it. Also that could be wrong, I didn't see it from a guru just a comment on yt
I see so many things that the SIMS 4 team have not implemented from SIMS 3 and Ideas in SIMS2, that were so helpful for building and creating. The excuse has always been about the program "engine" would not allow. The reality is that programmers need to be told to do it, for it to be done. As in the case of platforms. Thanks, James, for the Vid and its so nice to see your work in this expansion.
EA's "it can't be done, the engine doesn't allow it" is just shorthand code for "to do that would require substantial reworking which would require substantial payments of money to a substantial team of workers, and we don't actually want to do any of that so far into a game that we're unlikely to make a profit from the new additions to the base game". Because all they care about is profit. They care a lot less about how they get that profit, provided it requires little spending on their part (hence why they adore their loot boxes in things like FIFA - minimum work needed so very low cost to implement, VERY large profit).
I am so excited for this update because it's going to give us so many possibilities. I used to love putting beds on a platform back when I was playing Sims 2 and I missed this possibility while playing Sims 4 so I'm glad it's back
I love this. Have The Sims team got some new, innovative people in to completely change the game? Seems like with this new pack and new building tool they have stepped up their game so much since the pack that shall not be named 😂
I’m glad you did this. The half wall thing might seem obvious now but I absolutely wouldn’t have realised. Then gotten annoyed I couldn’t paint the platforms how I wanted
I am so excited for this. I have been dying to do a split level that doesn't require a ton of finagling. I'm also so excited about more half wall heights because I sometimes like to use half walls going down my stairs instead of/in addition to railings and with the previous half wall heights, there was such a huge gap between two of the heights that it looked so weird when I would use it.
I was struggling building a house with the platforms room tool but I appreciate the tip to use the wall tool and then lower or raise it. I'll give that a go!
I've never been envious of people with early access before! I am so ridiculously excited for platforms. We finally have an actual progression, rather than EA just selling us Sims 3 functionality for Sims 4. Can you please show us how it works upstairs? I'd like to see how it works with a normal roof or a floor above it.
Ive taken a break from playing the sims recently but I cant wait until this new update comes out and I am going to build so many cool things that ive always wanted to do!
I’m so excited about this update and pack!! Sims team really outdid themselves. Finally I’m looking forward new expansion or update that’s meaningful (of course the December update will be amazing)
I was thinking that I couldn't build my old childhood home the way it really was, having a back part of the house lower than the front. Thanks for showing this!
With this new feature, first thing came to mind was rebuilding that Terrace House: Opening New Doors (Karuizawa). Especially for that sunken living room..... Omg!! Can't wait!
i was scared because my sims' house has a sunken living room, so i was like DO I HAVE TO BULLDOZE EVERYTHING AND MAKE THE ENTIRE HOUSE ON A PLATFORM, i almost died lol
I am so exited for this!! I can do so many things with this i am waiting for that before i build another mothern house bevouse i want this in the build😂 love it!!
I think if you start with it in your game it will be less intimdating. For me it is the same but i think if i have it and play around with it a bit it will be okay
I never thought twice about it, but you’re right that the half-wall menu is pretty hard to use. I always end up doing the same thing, guessing at the closest height then sizing up and down til I find the right one.
James: Let's go back to basics here, a huge square.. * draws a rectangle * Yes I think we should go back to basics here James. You see James, that is a rectangle! 😂
Rectangles are just irregular squares (quadrilaterals). Sort of. Since if a rectangle had all its sides of equal lengths, it would be a square (they both feature four 90 degree angles, so you can argue for a rectangle at least being a partially irregular square). Why a rectangle gets a different name compared to say regular and irregular pentagons I'm not sure. Probably the same reason why a regular triangle actually gets called an equilateral triangle. Sooo..... if we want to be pedantic... Its sort of a square. ROFL
Once the pack drops, a new build video using all the packs would be great, especially with this new tool. I'm sure we all get great ideas from your videos. Thanks for the tutorial.
I'm an original simmer that's been playing since the first Sims was released... Due to life, I had to stop playing for a while, and now that I've been able to play again, there's been quite a few changes that I'm having to learn, and things I'm having to relearn - like the platform tool. I've been trying to play around with the different builds using platforms but failing miserably. There's so many different tutorials and how-to 's , but none have really described it the way you have. Thank you for your massive help. I'm off to build a nicely built crappy apartment building and force my previous creepy and slumlord landlords to live in the hell they tried to keep me and my family in. Then I can increase their rent or evict them. Screw the lease, apparently. That's what my previous one tried to do.
This is a childhood dream come true! Since I was 8yo playing on The Sims 2, I wanted to build my own family home in the Sims. Only problem is that we have SO MANY split levels in my house that it was basically impossible; even the foundation hack didn't do it since we have split levels in the upper floors as well
I've always wanted to make my house in the sims but it was always too hard and I'd just give up. I live in a tri-level house and this will make it actually possible to make. I'm so excited!
This is so wild to watch in 2023 because I started playing TS4 when platforms were already a well-established feature. But yeah, obviously this was groundbreaking (pun intented hehe) when it came out, and continues being an amazing feature to this day.
More building tools and foundation swatches! (I'm making all sorts of weird excited noises and had to explain why to my mom lol) Can't wait to make more intricate mazes with these!
My split-level-loving heart is SCREAMING!!!! Can you put that house on the market?? I can’t wait to finally be able to recreate my own house in the Sims 4. FINALLY!! Aah!
I'm excited for the idea of the new options for stairs and those sections of stairs that can hold couches and such like what you see in Victorian homes.
I'd love to see a video with tips, tricks and ideas for adding platforms to buildings that already exist. I get most of my lots off the gallery and would love tips for updating them with platforms.
Wow I love the new platforms already ! Your indoor example with the new pack is amazing, I wish I could build something nice like that too x) Thanks for this video and your tips/examples, it will help a lot to use them :D
you have inspired me!!! i watch tons of anime and there was one house where they had a sunken living room instead of a raised one and the entrance was above while having a stair case to another level in the home!! I need a new PC ASAP!
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This might be the best building update to Sims 4... ever. It was "possible" before, but holy shit it was a pain in the ass.
Agree
indeed
Omg yeah and it glitched out sometimes
every expansion pack update cant be the best build update. literally everyone always says the new update before an expansion pack is the best
Yes,certainly! this.... and the update with the stairs. That was also great.
@@judas1523 I mean I wouldn't say the modular stairs or updated door/window placement were the best build updates. I agree with others that this is the best "so far". My builds will look a lot different having platforms vs when we didn't have them and I think they give more creative freedom than previous updates like the better window placement.
Something I'm curious whether it can be done using the platforms is stairs into a pool, so like the platforms would be inside the large pool, so it's like the sim could walk into the pool vs jumping in or climbing down a pool ladder. so many real pools have steps into the pool I'm wondering if this would now be possible in Sims 4 Edit: Well damn, didn't know my random thought would be so popular, lol
simgurus confirmed on twitter that you won’t be able to place platforms inside pools :(
@@lalowreckland Dang it, well that sucks, but I figured as much, still lots of uses for platforms though, so all good.
@@lalowreckland That really sad... I mean what processing restraint is there for them to not do it?
Maybe we can do it with moveobject cheat?
@@MsDesignDiva maybe in a future update since the community asked a lot about platforms in pools!
11:17 this house better be on the gallery when the game comes out because I need it in my life
do u know his name on the gallery i can find it! :)
@@realesttty His gallery ID is JamesTurnerYT but he cant put it on the gallery as this is an early access version and he cant use the gallery. He might put it on the gallery when the pack comes out though (Nov 13)
@@eibbanahgallac9369 oh thank you! I was asking for a starter home he made a while ago
@@realesttty it won’t be up yet the pack isn’t out but I think his gallery name is Jamesturneryt
Have you found it on the Gallery?
Wait! This means we can do halfway undeground basement!
All over Denmark we have these basements that are only halfway underground. You can have windows, which means natural light and we have a very high water level, which makes normal basements a struggle. I'm looking forward to be able to make a proper danish townhouse.
My parents house is on a hill in Canada. The basement has access outside on one side and the upstairs is ground level on the other side. It would be nice to be able to do that in the game as real houses aren’t always on flat lots and have different t entry level heights.
We have those here in Canada too! Pretty much all the houses in my municipality have above ground type basements.
Plus with this update I can finally accurately recreate my childhood house!
thats not a basement. thats a cellar or something else
my first thought exactly! finally the basements can have some windows just above the ground!
We call that a “walk-out basement” in the Midwest of the States. I’m excited to finally be able to properly make one!
I really appreciate him going through how to use the tool. Going over the good and the bad.
I usually can't be bothered to read tutorials in game. So a heads up is nice
SAME
That one story house he built with all the platforms and sunken kitchen was amazing!! Hope he puts it on the gallery when the update/pack comes out! ❤️
same! went to the comment section to start a petition! 😂😂
it looked really beautiful, tho unfinished in some spots! maybe he could also make a video where he fully furnishes it?
@@Klaranella I'll sign that petition!!
Yes im obsessed with all those high and low platforms. I could never build it myself so it needs to be on the gallery
So so pretty but oh god what a nightmare for wheelchair users!
I came here to find out where I can download the house!!! Please share it!!!
Platforms are definitely what we needed. I can't wait to see all the different builds and make few myself.
that 1 story house when you using the different heights of platforms is beautiful, it seems so dynamic with the different levels 👍🏼 will there be a speed build for that house?
When James talks abt the glitches and bugs and issues even while talking abt things being great... valid! And also same
Tfw you relate to buggy code more than the actual Sims. 👁👄👁
I'm just excited to watch James use this tool in his new builds. More excited than I am to get it.
Me too, but that's mostly because I'm not a builder at all haha.
Haha same because I’m not a builder 😅
Platforms are insane. So much potential. I'd love to have the option to have half walls etc start at the top of a platform and then be raised to whatever height needed.
Just for the sake of more options but I'm aware that would be a coding nightmare and have some serious issues if you have ahead wall start at floor height intersecting with a half wall starting above it at platform height.😅
Yeah, I tend to use half walls more than the fences as there aren't very many I like to use for interiors (or not for the vibe of the house I'd be working on, or they don't match the wood tone of the stairs or have a matching version for the stairs railings). But then I'd also like a half wall without the massive ugly trims they insist on using. We have a half wall at the top of our stairs in real life and there's no trim on it and I'd hate it if there was as it would just be something sharp and pointy to walk into. LOL
platform stair for modern house front door is so sick, i seen some real architectural use wide stair platform entrance is so cool with outdoor lamp on every platform stair.
I'm so glad you did this video! As much as I was looking forward to platforms I could already see myself barely using them because I was afraid I had no idea how to, so the only way I ever would would be a sunken in living room space and that's it.
Don't doubt yourself. You can do it girl! 🤗
James can you imagine what movie theaters in the Sims4 are going to look like from now on?! The seating can now be properly place on stacked platforms... I'm excited for it. May I ask you to build a Movie Theater?? maybe.
James: So this is just a home I was playing around with-
Me: Omg I hope he puts that on the gallery! 😱
Right??
That’s what I thought as well
These platforms bring building in the Sims 4 to new heights! :D
Ha! I see what you did there!!
That was awful. Thank you.
here instead of doing chem work because who needs chemistry when you can make split levels on the sims (even saying it makes me excited)
and i have a philosophy atar exam tomorrow :')
shift to architecture
Blasphemy chem was my favorite :'(
That split level house with all of the levels looks pretty good. I'd probably change the wallpaper but I'd for sure download it!
I just love when James makes these types of videos. He's an amazing builder and even though I am getting better at it, I'm not anywhere near amazing at building, so these videos really help me to understand how I can utilize building tools that are added to the game. :)
My main question is can we build a room under the raised platform. Like two rooms one is up and one is down. Or a loft that has a room under it.
i don't thinks so unless maybe you added a platform to the floor above and bring it down.
I'm guessing that might be possible if you build on the second floor and lower the platform, then you'll have the room underneath like you would normally?
@@ADMNtek I don't think this would work because it looks like you won't be able to delete one of the 'walls' on the platform so you wouldn't be able to like see to the floor below
@@foxyproxy123 right didn't think about that. now i wonder if we can put windows/doors into them. but i don't think so.
Damn probably not 😞
Every house building vid i watched, no one explained platforms and foundations. Thank youuuuu
Here where I live we have a LOT of houses with flat roofs, I always felt sad that I couldn't accurately build such houses. So glad this update is finally here!
OMG! I'm watching this with headphones at work (lunch hour!). It's all quiet in here. And when you showed making different roof heights with platforms I actually went "OHHHHH!" super loud. I'm SO excited about this!!!
I was already sooooo freakin' excited to *finally* be getting platforms in-game, but you've reminded me of so many other ways that we can use them that I had completely forgotten about (from TS3), and now I'm just absurdly stoked for the next update! lol. SO GOOD!!
Tyfs! Best of wishes.
This is super helpful, thanks! Am I the only one that wants to see you flesh out the house you were using as an example around the 10:50 mark? It looks dynamic and I'd love to see what it looks like when finished. Also, the house you showed right after is spectacular! I'd buy the expansion just to play in that house. Keep up the stunning work
This update makes my heart so happy!! This is giving such Sims 2 vibes as I used to use platforms all the time for builds... I'm so excited to play with these and build things I couldn't before...
I really love this update! For some reason I dislike playing in houses that have several floors (I find switching between them kinda annoying..) but with the platforms we can finally have interestingly layered houses with just one floor! This is so cool. Also thank you so much for this little showcase of what can be done with the platforms, it helps a lot!
Im so excited for this new pack. I live in Japan for many years now so it’s nice to see certain items that are part of my IRL experience. I’m curious about these new platforms with pools or pond tool ? Also, can sims climb up stairs to all platform heights ? For example, if you make loft with bed on top platform, up to what height can they go up platform and sleep on the bed? If you know anything else of platforms, i’d love to see it *^_^*
about the heights, I've seen that it depends on the sim. Adults and teens can only go so high without hitting the ceiling, but since kids and toddlers are much shorter they can reach places adults wouldn't be able to. So it's all about playing around with it. Also that could be wrong, I didn't see it from a guru just a comment on yt
But the question is, can they step over the shortest half wall?
Yeah, he said that in the video at 8:39
@@piotrwilk1984 I know but what if you put a half wall around the platform, will it still work?
@@22Demi I think no, and also in the video when James was building lounge he said that he put a half wall over a platform so sims wouldn't walk there
@@piotrwilk1984 true but he had a half wall in the platform, i don't think you can step (not walk over) on them but it would be nice, right?
No, if there's a half wall they won't be able to walk up on the platform.
I see so many things that the SIMS 4 team have not implemented from SIMS 3 and Ideas in SIMS2, that were so helpful for building and creating. The excuse has always been about the program "engine" would not allow. The reality is that programmers need to be told to do it, for it to be done. As in the case of platforms. Thanks, James, for the Vid and its so nice to see your work in this expansion.
EA's "it can't be done, the engine doesn't allow it" is just shorthand code for "to do that would require substantial reworking which would require substantial payments of money to a substantial team of workers, and we don't actually want to do any of that so far into a game that we're unlikely to make a profit from the new additions to the base game". Because all they care about is profit. They care a lot less about how they get that profit, provided it requires little spending on their part (hence why they adore their loot boxes in things like FIFA - minimum work needed so very low cost to implement, VERY large profit).
@@AlexaFaie True! EA corp articles show how much they are taking in profit. There was even a scandle with the CEO over how much he was skimming.
James. I NEED you to upload this build to the gallery please!!! It’s so good!!
I am so excited for this update because it's going to give us so many possibilities. I used to love putting beds on a platform back when I was playing Sims 2 and I missed this possibility while playing Sims 4 so I'm glad it's back
I love this. Have The Sims team got some new, innovative people in to completely change the game? Seems like with this new pack and new building tool they have stepped up their game so much since the pack that shall not be named 😂
I’m glad you did this. The half wall thing might seem obvious now but I absolutely wouldn’t have realised. Then gotten annoyed I couldn’t paint the platforms how I wanted
Im just getting back into sims after a few years so all the new content was overwhelming. This video helped a lot thanks!
I am so excited for this. I have been dying to do a split level that doesn't require a ton of finagling. I'm also so excited about more half wall heights because I sometimes like to use half walls going down my stairs instead of/in addition to railings and with the previous half wall heights, there was such a huge gap between two of the heights that it looked so weird when I would use it.
I was struggling building a house with the platforms room tool but I appreciate the tip to use the wall tool and then lower or raise it. I'll give that a go!
I wouldn't mind half walls so much if they didn't HAVE to have the wooden part on top.
@Ravi So truuue! 😂
YES! I hate the stupid wide trims on the walls. The colours never match with anything else and they look impractical rather than looking good.
Thank you for finally teaching me easily how to get a blinking foundation. Been trying to figure it out for yrs.
Thank you. For the life of me I was useless with these and I love split floors style homes. Thank you!
Thanks mr turner. I’m working on sims 4 myself now. Even renovated a couple houses in oasis sands myself. And now have added cars to my game
Thank you! This helped me understand the way the platforms function and work with walls and floors.
This is great I would love to see a true split level home, looking forward to seeing what everyone does with these.
I've never been envious of people with early access before! I am so ridiculously excited for platforms. We finally have an actual progression, rather than EA just selling us Sims 3 functionality for Sims 4. Can you please show us how it works upstairs? I'd like to see how it works with a normal roof or a floor above it.
Also, if you lower the platform down to basement level, can you then attach an actual basement room?
Ive taken a break from playing the sims recently but I cant wait until this new update comes out and I am going to build so many cool things that ive always wanted to do!
I’m so excited about this update and pack!! Sims team really outdid themselves. Finally I’m looking forward new expansion or update that’s meaningful (of course the December update will be amazing)
What's the December update?
@@djhammers6528 Oh yeah
Thanks
Thank you for explaining the platform tool, I was just so confused by it and this video will help me with building houses.
I was thinking that I couldn't build my old childhood home the way it really was, having a back part of the house lower than the front.
Thanks for showing this!
This is a spectacular "how-to" and introduction video. Thank you for being essentially a sims ambassador, James
With this new feature, first thing came to mind was rebuilding that Terrace House: Opening New Doors (Karuizawa). Especially for that sunken living room..... Omg!! Can't wait!
This is really thorough, thanks James! The fact that platforms can go down under ground level is totally news to me, and I may have whooped in delight
Thank you for this video and answering my many questions about platforms and just how useful they'll actually be
i was scared because my sims' house has a sunken living room, so i was like DO I HAVE TO BULLDOZE EVERYTHING AND MAKE THE ENTIRE HOUSE ON A PLATFORM, i almost died lol
I am so exited for this!! I can do so many things with this i am waiting for that before i build another mothern house bevouse i want this in the build😂 love it!!
Awesome! I so can't wait for the platforms but they look kind of intimidating to build with. 🙈
I think if you start with it in your game it will be less intimdating. For me it is the same but i think if i have it and play around with it a bit it will be okay
@@lunavdds4926 Yes, I hope so. 😊
The is one of the most useful tools they’ve added to the game!! I can’t wait to see what builders will create with it
EEEE IM SO EXCITED!!!! I have been wanting to do a split leveled home for a LONG time!!!
Thanks for posting. We live in a split level and I’ve been trying to build it with no luck. This is amazing. 🤜🏽🤛🏻
I've been waiting for platforms for ages. Thank you for the video
0:49 James unintentionally makes dad pun about game changing! 😂😂😂
i'm so excited for this, maybe more so than the twisty stairs!! i'd love to see some tiny builds with this and also castles
This going be great to make tiny houses. I can't wait to use the platforms in my builds and playing the new expansion pack coming out this month.
I never thought twice about it, but you’re right that the half-wall menu is pretty hard to use. I always end up doing the same thing, guessing at the closest height then sizing up and down til I find the right one.
James: Let's go back to basics here, a huge square..
* draws a rectangle *
Yes I think we should go back to basics here James. You see James, that is a rectangle! 😂
Rectangles are just irregular squares (quadrilaterals). Sort of. Since if a rectangle had all its sides of equal lengths, it would be a square (they both feature four 90 degree angles, so you can argue for a rectangle at least being a partially irregular square). Why a rectangle gets a different name compared to say regular and irregular pentagons I'm not sure. Probably the same reason why a regular triangle actually gets called an equilateral triangle. Sooo..... if we want to be pedantic... Its sort of a square. ROFL
@@AlexaFaie All squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares
Can’t wait to start using platforms. You could do a multilevel garden with retaining walls something I’ve been wanting since Sims 3!
I've been working on A house that I have needed this so much!!! I can't freaking wait for it!
Once the pack drops, a new build video using all the packs would be great, especially with this new tool. I'm sure we all get great ideas from your videos. Thanks for the tutorial.
Yes, I would like to see a tutor on using them as stairs outside and inside, also if you do a basement level or down level for platforms, Thanks.
Omg thank you so much, I was already anxious about building with platforms coz I'm just so stupid and this video helped a lot
We've been begging for this feature for decades, I am so happy right now I absolutely can't wait for the update!!
Thank you so much for explaining what that does! I've been wondering how to make split level areas!
This was the best video explaining platforms so far! So excited for future builds👏👏
placing a platform on top of a flat roofed building makes it look so much better, this saved my build thanks james!
oh shoot i just got to 9:08…
I'm an original simmer that's been playing since the first Sims was released... Due to life, I had to stop playing for a while, and now that I've been able to play again, there's been quite a few changes that I'm having to learn, and things I'm having to relearn - like the platform tool. I've been trying to play around with the different builds using platforms but failing miserably. There's so many different tutorials and how-to 's , but none have really described it the way you have. Thank you for your massive help. I'm off to build a nicely built crappy apartment building and force my previous creepy and slumlord landlords to live in the hell they tried to keep me and my family in. Then I can increase their rent or evict them. Screw the lease, apparently. That's what my previous one tried to do.
I cannot - and I cannot stress this enough - wait to see your builds after the update.
Thank you! I’ve been beating my head off the wall it felt trying to get this right! Might go back and change a few of my builds now haha thank you!
I love semaj's building tutorials
The Sims 4 build mode is my favorite of all versions. But, I was still patiently waiting for this build option to make a return. Patience awarded :)
Enjoyed this video, ty fir taking the time to show us how to work certain things in build mode. Really appreciate it!!👏🏼❤
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG
I remember one of James’ first videos I watched was “how to split level in the sims 4” :’)
This is a childhood dream come true! Since I was 8yo playing on The Sims 2, I wanted to build my own family home in the Sims. Only problem is that we have SO MANY split levels in my house that it was basically impossible; even the foundation hack didn't do it since we have split levels in the upper floors as well
I've always wanted to make my house in the sims but it was always too hard and I'd just give up. I live in a tri-level house and this will make it actually possible to make. I'm so excited!
This is so wild to watch in 2023 because I started playing TS4 when platforms were already a well-established feature. But yeah, obviously this was groundbreaking (pun intented hehe) when it came out, and continues being an amazing feature to this day.
More building tools and foundation swatches!
(I'm making all sorts of weird excited noises and had to explain why to my mom lol)
Can't wait to make more intricate mazes with these!
10:58 Damn James, this looks amazing!!
This is simply the best feature they've added since the stairs overhaul!
My split-level-loving heart is SCREAMING!!!! Can you put that house on the market?? I can’t wait to finally be able to recreate my own house in the Sims 4. FINALLY!! Aah!
I'm excited for the idea of the new options for stairs and those sections of stairs that can hold couches and such like what you see in Victorian homes.
I'd love to see a video with tips, tricks and ideas for adding platforms to buildings that already exist. I get most of my lots off the gallery and would love tips for updating them with platforms.
Buying our first home this year, and it's a split level. So glad I'll be able to make it in the sims!
I'm in love (and drooling). I've never been really in love, but now I am. I wished so long for platforms.
This is (still) so helpful!
This is super helpful! Thank you! I had lots of probpems with doors and different level rooms!
Wow I love the new platforms already ! Your indoor example with the new pack is amazing, I wish I could build something nice like that too x) Thanks for this video and your tips/examples, it will help a lot to use them :D
This could definitely help in kids rooms, and making DIY bunk beds!! James you MUST make a tutorial or something!!
In the sims 3 I always used the constrainfloorelevation false cheat alll the time. I’m so excited to be able to do this again!
I'm so happy they've brought in this feature ! Interior designing will be so much fun now.
Was looking forward to you doing this video. Cleared up a lot of my questions.
you have inspired me!!! i watch tons of anime and there was one house where they had a sunken living room instead of a raised one and the entrance was above while having a stair case to another level in the home!! I need a new PC ASAP!
Would like to see a little more on how to retrofit platforms into existing builds. Maybe add a genkan entrance to an old build, for example.