How to trick The Sims 4 Tiny Living tile restrictions for Tier 1 micro homes – Extra Time Media | Sports News and Features

Ever since the launch of The Sims 4 TinyLiving Stuff Pack, cunning and crafty Simmers have been looking for ways to trickthe system.

With space at a premium, but the benefits of a Tier 1 micro home plentiful, there are many reasons why you might want to squeeze everything into this itty bitty lot.

Tier 1 Tiny Living lots restrict you to 32 tiles only, but it comes with loads of perks. Theyre as follows:

Sounds good, right? It is, but 32 tiles govery quickly.

Simmers have been getting very creative withtheir workarounds, though. From using windows as walls to objects from thedebug catalogue where theres a will, theres a way.

But theres a super simple way to make thiswork. Roofs! Yep. Because the game only counts closed rooms as tiles, you canget around the restrictions by using roofs as walls to enclose tiles laid downon terrain.

If building in The Sims 4 scares you, dontworry. This workaround doesnt require epic building skills, you just need tolearn your way around the roof tool and have a bit of patience. Once you havelearned the basics, the options are endless.

YouTuber Simproved shared a tutorial on howto use roofs to get around the 32-tile restriction.

You can find the full video tutorial below,but we have put together a step-by-step tutorial below to get you start at themost basic level.

First, draw out a rough floor plan for your house. The grid has been kept on for the screenshots so that you can see the tile restrictions arent being affected.

Now, decide where you want the front door to be and draw a wall to place the front door on.

Now we can begin filling in the gaps with various roof options. For this tutorial, we have used the half gabled roof, but you can play around with other options too.

Simply use the roof tools to extend the roof so that it fits in the gaps. The glass roof tiles add lots of light to your build, but you can also use a solid tile and intersperse the clear.

To create the completely see through look, you will first have to add some tiles so you can build up. You can then delete the floor and the wall to drop your tile count back down.

Now, extend the roof upwards with the up arrow.

Then, use the eaves to draw the window without extending its wall. The eaves are the triangular arrows you see on the sides of the window.

To plug the gap, simply make a copy of theroof and reduces the eaves again like so.

Continue like this in whichever combination you like. You can build up or stick to one floor.

You will need to place at least four tiles somewhere for the game to register the build, though. If you build a second floor, youll have to spend a bit more time fiddling with the roof tool to make sure the house is protected from the elements. Itll all be worth it when your happy Sims gets those Tiny Living perks, though.

Our example house for this tutorial has been given a very rough finish with the roof, but you get the idea.

As you can tell, this house only counts for 24 tiles.

This neat little trick which hopefully the developers wont change makes building micro-homes a bit more interesting. While there is much fun to be had in the challenge of sticking to the tile restrictions like building a single-tile bathroom for example you can get really creative using roofs.

For a more detailed visual tutorial of how to cheat the tile restrictions, watch the tutorial by Simproved below.

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