Tutorial - How to Create Split Levels With and Without Warped Walls - Video Now Available, July 4th
 

This thread has a tutorial for both warped walls split levels and split levels that have no warped walls


For instructions see the pictures, they are named in the order
they should be read. If there are any questions please don't
hesitate to ask, I have tried to make things as clear as possible.
Each one of the methods has it's own benefits and drawbacks, but
both accomplish the same thing.


FOR NON-WARPED WALLS
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8a
Step 9a
Step 10a
Step 11a
Step 12a

Benefits - No slant, easy to work with
Drawbacks - Needs a front porch to work, can't place windows properly

FOR WARPED WALLS
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
Step 7
Step 8b
Step 9b
Step 10b
Step 11b

Benefits - Can place windows, no porch needed to enter
Drawbacks - Slant, harder to work around/with.

Youtube Video Now Up!
Is right here

Great tutorial Qbuilderz! Between this one and Beefysim1's one that you mention it's giving me some interesting ideas I need to go play with

Thank you so much Qbuilderz!

Very intriguing, I shall have to do some experiments!

Great tutorial. Thanks!

Super Duper Q! Well done, this is so useful, i myself need to learn this and the pictures are perfect!

Its a great addition to the game.Thank you so much for sharing this with us.Big hugs.

Thanks very much. I have been applying TS2 techniques to building and making myself so frustrated. Your info is good to know!

Thanks guys for the positive feedback, I am surprised no questions have spung up yet! I hope to see some killer split level houses soon

I tried to make split levels with non-warped walls myself...didn't work. So Thanks very very very much!

thanks for the guide.

is it somehow possible to get the smaller wall on top of the larger one?

No, if there was then the house couldn't be a split level on the bottom, it would be a split level on the second/third floor instead. If there is a demand for it I can make another tutorial on how to make split levels on floors other than the base level, but it requires a bit more than basic knowledge of CFE and math :D

Can you build more stories onto this house? i followed your tutorial but built a three story house and my tester sim can not access the higher floors via steps and they walk to the elevated floor like if they were walking on even ground. please help because i really love this house and would like to save it if possible.

Hmm, this is really weird indeed. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

They shouldn't be walking through it in the first place, as the game would still notice the deck. As for being able to access higher floors, make sure your stairs aren't blocked or anything.

Thank you~!

thank u! i love split-level houses, can't wait to try it

wow thanks for the great work! and i love your other guides

i haven't had that problem
 

i haven't had that problem... my sims went up just fine :p

^ okay, good to know that it is working *phew* :D

I love your tutorials my wee Truffle

Thank you very much!

Thank you so much...makes this sooooo much easier... also i have late night now and i havent testing the stage floor for housing yet lol. but i still may need this tutorial to remake my house i put split level within a split level.....does that make sense? but thank thankie

Is the YouTube video no longer available?

Something I feel should be mentioned is that you need to turn the constrainfloorelevation cheat back to true before placing floor tiles in the sunken room (at least with the non-warped walls version). I nearly freaked because my walls were going bonkers when I tried to place the floors with it on false. By process of elimination I figured out that it was because of the cheat. Thank you for your tutorial.

Thank you!
 

Thank you very much! I've tried on several occasions to make a split-level home, but have always failed. For one thing, I didn't know about the cheat required and for another, I usually tried to build the foundation first. The message "You cannot attach walls to ...." would always come up.

Question: Did you use The Sims 2 or The Sims 3 for this demo? If TS2, have you tried it with TS3?