

If you want a basement in TS4, you are forced to use the basement tool and create a completely underground basement. However, the disadvantage of this is that the foundation itself cannot be used as a room anymore. This is by design, because TS4 allows you to adjust the height of the foundation easily. With that said, the main problem that I find in TS4 Build Mode is that the room is directly attached to the foundation. As a result, TS3 is the only game with 2 very different style of basements. To experience the full functionality of basements, you may still want to purchase World Adventures, because that expansion pack has the tools you need to build your own custom adventure tombs! You can theoretically build a complex underground maze in TS3, hide hidden treasures there and let other players solve the puzzle. In The Sims 3, you can build basements like how you did in TS2, but there is also the basement tool, introduced in World Adventures and base game patch. With foundations in TS2, you can build basements, and some pre-made houses really do have basements. That means the predecessor, The Sims 1, has no foundations. The Sims 2 tutorials mention that you can build foundations in TS2. You can also use cheats in TS4 to add more clutter onto objects. In TS4, you can place tons of paintings on the wall to form a collage, and there are tons of slots on objects. Usually, TS2 and TS3 houses would feel very bare and minimalistic, because there is a limited number of slots on certain objects or maybe because the routing and playability must be considered. However, where TS4 excels at is the interior design and clutter. I just want cheap furniture, but the good ones are kind of pricey.


You have to do it completely differently in order to achieve the same effect - sometimes, not even easier at all.įinding the right objects to decorate a TS4 room is a bit trickier than in TS3, because TS3 has Create-A-Style, which really helps in customizing the room colors, and TS2 at the very least has normal-looking color options. Whatever worked for TS2/TS3 does not work for TS4 anymore. However, with TS4, it is a new blank slate. Actually, I think the similar functions between TS2 and TS3 are what makes TS3 easier for me to build than TS4 there is a lot of carry-over. Some functions in TS3 (such as the buydebug cheat code) are completely non-existent in TS2, but they may be carried over to TS4. I have never had any trouble with TS2 building or TS3 building, and in fact, it really helps that TS3 building has a lot of similar functions from TS2 building + more. Personally, I find this comment subjective. Some people may say that The Sims 4 Build Mode is 'easy' and 'intuitive' and 'fast'.
