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The Sims 4: 10 Things Build / Buy Mode Needs!

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The Sims 4: 10 Things Build / Buy Mode Needs!

Sul, Sul Simmers, ourdazedsims here, but you can call me Jack!

I’m super excited to announce I’m one of 10 new members of the Sims Community family and I’ll be producing content and articles on the regular.

Firstly I’d like to start by introducing myself, so here goes… Hey, I’m Jack I’m a 24 year old Simmer and have been for the last 18 years, I’m currently studying for a Psychology and Counselling degree with hopes of being a therapist, along with that I also love to read, and I’m heavily obsessed with all things Harry Potter. I love all aspects of The Sims but these days you’ll probably find me in CAS or recreating builds from movies and TV shows such as The Burrow, Hagrid’s Hut and Lorelai Gilmore’s House, or obsessing over Pleasantview.

And that’s me, I’m incredibly grateful to be here, and I look forward to hearing from you in the comments!

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10 THINGS BUILD/BUY MODE NEEDS!

Like… Yesterday.

1. BEING ABLE TO PLACE WINDOWS AND DOORS ANYWHERE

Anywhere? Yes anywhere, as I’m sure you all know we can place windows on walls with the alt key, but only on the y axis. I would love to be able to place them anywhere on the wall, along with doors, it’s so frustrating when you’re building a house and you’re going to place a door, you’ve found the perfect one for your build but wait… it just… doesn’t fit, it’s too narrow or too wide. Let me choose where I put my windows or doors, you can alt place pretty much everything else, so why not this?

2. HALF WALLS

No, not that kind of half wall, I’m talking half width. Hear me out the current walls in game are kinda wide, imagine being able to half it, this would allow for so much more detail and realism to be added to builds, if like me you like to build using real life blueprints you know the struggle of trying to emulate it perfectly it’s near impossible, because in reality not all walls are one size. I’d like more realism.

3. PLACING FENCES AND WALLS ON THE EDGE OF THE LOT

So maybe this isn’t a huge deal, but you lose so much space on your lot by having to build fences and walls one square back, I know at times when I’ve finished building my house and I’m going to add a fenced in backyard and I have plans for this backyard, a pool, a swing set, hey maybe even a sandpit and you start doing your thing, and soon come to realise there’s not enough space, after that realisation you also realise if you’d have been able to build to the edge of the lot there would have been, UGH!

4. CONNECTING ROOMS AT DIFFERENT FOUNDATION HEIGHTS

This is something I’d love to be able to do, I’ll touch on why I want real garages in my next point but if ever I’m building a garage for my Sims I’d love to be able to just stick it on the side of the house without any issues, right now you either have to have the garage as a completely separate building or if you do have it connected to the foundation it’s raised up and looks very unrealistic, I feel like the Sims team have come leaps and bounds with their build mode updates recently, I mean configurable stairs? An absolute dream come true, should this be next on their list?

5. GARAGE DOORS

I know, I know, everyone wants cars, but me? I’m happy with the decor ones we got with the bb.showliveeditobjects cheat. However, what I would like is garage doors, why? Again for me it’s realism, it just seems so odd to me that they aren’t a part of the game, so many people have garages and sure we can make fake ones with the door we got from City Living or by using a sliding wallpaper and adding some small windows, I for one feel as though I should be able to make real ones, especially since they were included in previous instalments.

6. CHANGING COLOUR AND INTENSITY OF LIGHTS IN BUILD MODE

So as you might know, different lights in the game shine different colours or emit more light than others, and when I’m building I’ll generally use The Subtle Saucer Light, it’s great, it lights up the whole room with a bright and natural light that looks great. Placing lamps is a different story, while yes they look great and fill up surface space they often give off this horrible yellow light, it looks terrible. Now to change the colour and intensity of the light I’ll have to leave my build, go back to the neighbourhood, place a family on that lot, load it back up, go into live mode to be able to access this feature… Why is it so tedious? Please just let me do it from build/buy.

7. FLOORS AND TERRAIN PAINT TO MATCH THE WORLDS

Why is this not a thing? I’m going to use Windenburg as an example, the old quarter, y’know where the Behr sisters live? It’s entirely covered in cobble stone, every last inch of it, and the lots are built right up to it, but there’s no matching floor or terrain paint in build mode… Because of this it doesn’t blend seamlessly and looks odd, it’s annoying. This is not the only world this is an issue in, please give us things that match the surrounding worlds.

8. SEPARATED BEDS

If there’s one point I hope the Sims Gods see in this post this is it. Please can we have the option to change the bed frame and the comforter separately? I like my furniture to match and so often I’ll be furnishing my bedrooms and be looking for a bed and hey there’s one I like, but wait the wood colour doesn’t match the rest of the room, what do I do? Stick with the mismatched swatch or change the entire room to a wood swatch I’m unhappy with just so it matches? No thank you. This seems to have been such an oversight during development, especially since The Sims 2 did it in 2004, why am I still waiting for it to be included in The Sims 4 over 5 years after release?

9. FULL COUCH SETS

Need I even explain? The Hipster Hugger is still to this day my favourite couch in game, it’s base game, and it only comes in three swatches, and has no counterparts, where is the two seater version? Where is the matching chair? EA please give us full sets in the future, I’m talking couch, love seat, chair. PLEASE.

10. MORE CLUTTER

Give me all the clutter, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room clutter, cups and books, everything. Would I buy a stuff pack filled entirely with clutter? You bet your little pixelated booty I would.

Before I head out I’d just like to say a huge thank you to Jovan for this opportunity, I’m incredibly grateful and so happy to be a part of the team!

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ourdazedsims

Hey I'm Jack, 24 long time simmer, you can probably find me somewhere in Pleasantview.

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Jake_vic_ohara
Jake_vic_ohara
4 years ago

Changing light colors in built/buy is so important and I can’t believe they haven’t done it yet!!!!!

Ally S
Ally S
4 years ago

I’m in total agreement with every point you made. Congratulations on becoming a new member.

Court-Lynne
Court-Lynne
4 years ago

I want bunk beds!!!! Futon!! Pull out coach!! Loft beds with a desk!!! Day bed!!!

Also, I want to actually be able to put a corner bench in an actual corner without a gap!!

AliciaHanneke
AliciaHanneke
4 years ago

What we really need it to be able to designate space as inside and outside, so when removing floors you don’t end up with wall trip on the inside

chelsey
chelsey
4 years ago

THIS IS IT 100!!!

Kylie
Kylie
4 years ago

Touché Jack. They’ve given us SO much in game and more recently in updates, but there are still some minor issues or missing objects we need. Fingers crossed.
Also, great first article!

Caroline
Caroline
4 years ago

Yes! Pleaaaaseee!

james
james
4 years ago

Paintable ceilings and more than 4 above ground levels!!!!!!!

Sylvie
Sylvie
4 years ago

We need bunk beds.

Touki
Touki
4 years ago

Ohh yes Canadian ❤️

Jess
Jess
4 years ago

YES. To ALL of this.

Jasmine
Jasmine
4 years ago

I think to put a cherry on top of all of this, we also could use a color wheel

Ally S
Ally S
4 years ago
Reply to  Jasmine

YES!

waceva
waceva
4 years ago

I really miss the different levels in the house like making a podium for debate. Not just on the ground level with the deleted floor.

Maxi
Maxi
4 years ago
Reply to  waceva

I agree! A stage tool like in TS2 would be much appreciated.

Alex
Alex
4 years ago

Curved walls

Aly
Aly
4 years ago

I also think spiral stairs would be great too! They’re getting closer though I can say that much! ‍♀️

Simca
Simca
4 years ago

2 more things we need. 1st MORE lots to build on. 2nd be able to change color of build mode Items and Create a Sim items (like we could in sims past)

Lucy
Lucy
4 years ago

I didn’t know I needed this.

Vivian
Vivian
4 years ago

yess! preach! Another thing I would like to add to the game is the greying versions of the hair since only brown and black have the greying swatch!

Cyri
Cyri
4 years ago

I agree with you about furniture not matching. In the Sims 3 you could customize everything even clothes! When sims 4 came out I was very disappointed when I realized you only had limited choices for swatches. And another thing…CARS!! Where did they go? Bring them back plz! No more load screens for traveling!

Sonja
Sonja
4 years ago

Yes to all of this!

Kylee
Kylee
4 years ago

I would LOVE bunk beds and sectional couches. I hate having to use the moveobjects cheat to connect my couches. Plus bunk beds would save so much room in kids rooms and homes!

Andrew_ C
Andrew_ C
4 years ago

My most important one of those you mention is full sets of furniture

Also full sets of windows and doors.

And properly matching swatches, can these please decide what exactly their default white shade is!

And finally the ability to apply colours and textures to ceilings and the inside of roofs

SimmerK
SimmerK
4 years ago

Hallelujah to 3, 5 8 & 9!!! Yes!!! come on Sim Gods!!

SovereignSimmer
SovereignSimmer
4 years ago

3-4-7-8 whisper to my soul. Thanks for pointing out some of our major issues with BB!

Maxi
Maxi
4 years ago

Also PAINTABLE CEILINGS!

Jaylee
Jaylee
4 years ago
Reply to  Maxi

BIG YES!

ourdazedsims
ourdazedsims
4 years ago
Reply to  Maxi

YES! I can’t believe I forgot those

Bob
Bob
4 years ago
Reply to  ourdazedsims

I agree across the board.

Ladders (1 or 2 space) & spiral stairs (in 4 or even 9 square blocks) would also be transformative for build mode.

Manon
Manon
4 years ago

I agree so much with all these points !!!

Arianna
Arianna
4 years ago
Reply to  Manon

I agree with all of them, we need this improvements. There’s a way to connect rooms with different foundations tho, there’s a video on YouTube explaining it and it’s actually quite easy. Also what I want the most is better babies, that just annoys me so much.

Miguel
Miguel
4 years ago
Reply to  Manon

Y que pasa con los bebés? Todos olvidan que son simplemente un objeto más, que genera algo de que hacer.
Por favor generen ideas y actividades de acuerdo a la Filosofía del juego. Juega a la vida.

Arianna
Arianna
4 years ago
Reply to  Miguel

Totalmente de acuerdoo, es lo que más pido.

Jess
Jess
4 years ago

The separate bed frame/mattress would be great, but also: I’d love the ability to “upgrade” beds, like you click it and there’s an option “add a mattress pad $200” and then you get +2 to energy if it’s a cheap bed, +1 if it’s mid grade, +0 if it’s good. I just never use the low energy beds because I want my sims to get rested quickly and some of them are cute beds that I would love to use

Jess
Jess
4 years ago
Reply to  Jess

Same with couches. So many cute couches are 0 or 1 comfort and I’d rather my sims be super comfy. Something like “reupholster $500” and then it’s more comfy would be so nice

Elaina
Elaina
4 years ago
Reply to  Jess

There’s a mod that lets you upgrade beds, theres also a lot of cc beds that are separate frames/mattresses

Seana
Seana
4 years ago
Reply to  Jess

this is such a cool idea <3

Seana
Seana
4 years ago

I agree so much with all of these, it’s like you read my mind 🙂 I hope that someday we’ll get them

Frimlin
Frimlin
4 years ago

I agreed with everything! Great article, ourdazedsims!

Jessie
Jessie
4 years ago

I wish there was more clutter too, especially for things to put on shelves. Re: garage doors, city living came with fake garage doors (under build mode as ‘DIY garage mural’) that function as murals, they’re good for more rustic style builds. One thing I want for build mode is ladders, for getting into attics and on tiny-home builds.