Make farm field visible from lots?

[arogers]

Is there anyway to do this? My Idea was to make a the field solid and flat and keep it a few cm above the ground so they are visible from lots.

[PirateFaafy]

I have been wondering about this one as well. It seems like it would be useful for neighbourhoods where you wanted multiple terrain types - the nightlife "terrain splotches" would have a purpose, then. I don't know why, but I always figured the game code used different models for neighbourhood objects in the neighbourhood view and in the lot view - though, considering how low quality they are even in the lot view, I don't see why that would be, come to think of it.

So, by moving it up a few units, you're suggesting that it might be some sort of rounding error, like when you take two tables and intersect them at different rotations, and the planes of the polygons start crapping up? Or does the game actually render the ground level and object locations differently from neighbourhood to lot?

[arogers]

It has to be above the ground a bit because of a thing called Z fighting where as you correctly said the textures crap up. I might make a mesh using sketch up or something which is a solid object which borrows the farm fields textures.

[SaraMK]

I've been wishing for the same thing for the flowers. They are wasted otherwise.

[arogers]

there must be some way to make these visible. I just need to know how to clone these effects and turn them into solid flat objects. It wouldn't bother me if they didnt follow the terrain shape.

[Gastfyr]

I agree.  What is the point of flowers, fields, etc if we can't even see them from in the lot where we actually play?  I think most people spend a lot more time actually in a lot than gazing loveingly at their nhood from nhood view.   

[SaraMK]

I know for petty sure that you can't alter the code for the objects to force them to be visible. I tried that several times. It's going to require cloning and/or the creation of a new mesh.

[arogers]

Done! 

http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,13559.0/topicseen.html

Edit by moderator: I added the link, then crossed it out because the OP deleted the thread.   

[tunaisafish]

So, is that a new mesh or did you find some magic value that needed to be edited in the existing objects?

[arogers]

new mesh which borrows the other fields texture.
Little to my suprise they get covered in snow too!

[hedgekat]

Link isn't working for me.

[Issy]

Aye, not working for me either.

[Zazazu]

The thread has been removed. No idea why.


Seriously, people should not be able to delete threads that have been replied to.

[spaceface]

OK, now I wonder where is that field? I was waiting until the weekend to DL it.

[Mootilda]

I suppose that an alternative would be to make "filler" lots which look like farms.  You could remove the road from the lot and move them away from the road using the LotAdjuster, if you'd like.

[Zazazu]

I've done that before. In some ways, it's much nicer because you aren't stuck with the huge size of the fields the game has. The only problem is that it's fairly blurry from 'hood view.

[SaraMK]

OK, now I wonder where is that field? I was waiting until the weekend to DL it.

Don't worry about it. It worked, but it was so blurry and pixilated that it wasn't much use. It was a great concept, so I had big hopes for future improvements, though.

[spaceface]

OK, I will quit my F-ly sulking now.

[arogers]

Im going to upload them all to mod the sims 2. The moderation queue takes ages though and Im going to update them a bit more and give them much neater textures.

[Zazazu]

K. In the future, though, just post an update in your existing thread. Don't delete the thread. That's a dick move.