How (Not) to Build a House in The Sims 3

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video I look through five of my old builds in The Sims 3 and point out mistakes I made. I use these houses as examples of how not to build a house in The Sims 3.
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Intro: Floods by Frank Jonsson
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@dusia5846 4 жыл бұрын

I guess EA watched all the videos like that and have done every single thing they shouldn’t 💀

@matheushenrique5963 3 жыл бұрын

I guess this was the guide they used when creating all of Sims 4 houses lol

@eggy_white2100 2 жыл бұрын

There's only two prebuilt house I like, and it's the aqua A frame house and the swamp house

@evilpompom 4 жыл бұрын

The first one is just how I used to build my houses 😆

@flpdoria 4 жыл бұрын

Same! hahahahahaha

@ethbry 4 жыл бұрын

Should have called this video "roasting my old Sims 3 builds"

@rabbitraisin 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao when I first started playing (Sims 1) my houses were like that. I had no sense of scale. I'll also never forget my first house, the front door was in the bathroom. So everyone had to keep walking through it and disturbing any Sims trying to use it. Whhhyyy?? 😂 I also then decided I needed another toilet and instead of building a room for it I just stuck it on the outside wall 😂

@ashleybaby808 4 жыл бұрын

honestly everyone’s building style is different. i love massive rooms. i have tried building small, but that’s impossible for me

@ImDirtyDani Жыл бұрын

I know I'm extremely late but i agree 100%. I feel they can move around a lot better

@swaggibaum0832 4 жыл бұрын

Random question would you cobsider renovating some of these houses or one it would be interesting to see how your style has evolved in a direct contrast

@KristylikeKrisT 4 жыл бұрын

yes!!

@garnetmoon3485 3 жыл бұрын

This! I would love to see a renovation of some older builds.

@LisaCupcake 4 жыл бұрын

I recently downloaded a house (can't remember where I got it). The house was gorgeous as far as decor, had enough rooms, etc. But the rooms were the biggest rooms I've ever seen. It definitely didn't look that big when I saw the previews. lol I couldn't use it. Too much unused space and even if I tried to divide them to make more rooms, the house would have been way too big. I also don't like houses where the rooms are too small or crowded, either. With several small houses I downloaded, my Sim had to go outside to have enough space to pet the dog or let the kid use their walker.

@kehl7254 3 жыл бұрын

ikr 😩 those small cc houses have wayyyy too much clutter to the point where my sim can't move

@user-wh3ds6gb6d 3 жыл бұрын

If you guys hates large rooms then download the sims 3 dubai you literally have tooo much space and rooms u'll leave 3 rooms empty

@lilmissrainbow10 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing us your old builds Josh! I'm amazed that none of these are actually really bad (not saying they're good). I've seen worse up for download! Some of my old builds definitely had these problems too 😄

@idk_who2320 3 жыл бұрын

In the sims 3 always always use decorations and create a Style many of the wallpapers in sims 3 are outdated always start out with the plain white and change colors, always use decorations it adds a bit more clutter and make it look less plain and never make big rooms as demonstrated in the video also use the electrical box and fan in lawn ornaments to make realistic homes

@Lovlyb35 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your tips. I think you should redo one or two of the houses and put it in the new world you are working on, give the homes a new makeover, it would be great to see.

@justastellarperson219 4 жыл бұрын

It may sound weird but I like them 😅

@thatguyinpurple 11 ай бұрын

This reminds me of teen years ago when I used to make huge builds like the first build, and nowadays my builds seem even a little too small at times, but at the same time much more realistic looking.

@Benary96 3 жыл бұрын

I disagree on the flowers being unrealistic, I know plenty of houses that plant in a pattern... maybe not completely all the way around but the front window area is totally realistic as well as the white border...now that being said I agree it doesn't always look nice but it's definitely in the realistic realm 😁😁😁

@Lavendelaura 2 жыл бұрын

In that first house especially I just can't get over that one lamp alllllllllll over the house, that's exactly like I used to build

@LadyTsukiOmme 3 жыл бұрын

Stumbling into your channel for the first (thank you recommendations!) ). I've been getting back into Sims 3 lately, and your advice has helped me a lot! Also, I am so glad that there are still people out there, especially KZfaqrs, who still play Sims 3, it is such an amazing game! Subscribed!

@JohnvanCapel 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the bad old days of Sims 1. Sims had an actual Room need, and you could only fill it up by making the rooms unnecessarily big and putting the most expensive decorations in - no matter how badly those decorations blend together (mixing medieval-castle decorations with stuff straight out of The Jetsons?) or how much space is going unused. Plus, the simpler pathing/spacing rules and dumber Sims meant having to leave more room for Sims to move - you haven't lived until you've seen a fire go out of control because the fireman couldn't get past a panicking Sim in the kitchen, or two Sims get stuck until death-by-hunger because they keep autonomously trying to enter the same door from opposite sides.

@SimTomSimmer 4 жыл бұрын

Hi! I just found your channel! So nice to see another youtuber still playing The Sims 3! Also, this concept of looking through old houses is very interesting and entertaining. I'd love to do this kind of video on my own haha. Subscribed. Have a nice day!

@Lua546 2 жыл бұрын

Actually i like big rooms because they feel like I'm really inside the house instead of playing doll with "cut" and invisible walls

@ggguillemette1375 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, it was instructional and fun! I see some people have mentioned it already, but I'd love to see you fix them in real time!

@hannahmoore2794 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! You have come a long way! Thanks for sharing with us! :)

@CeruleanSun 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a fairly new subscriber so I didn't see the the last build when you did it. However, because I'm somewhat new to your channel and marathon watched you build Plymouth Isle, the difference is tremendous. You've clearly come a long way and it shows that you can go back and tactfully critique your previous work when you were just starting out. I hope you can appreciate how far you have come and your own skill. Would be interesting to see you go back and "fix" them like you were sort of doing, and then doing a thorough before and after. Thanks for uploading and keep building! 😁

@cloeclipse 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me want to show you the house I just made, it was actually my first one and I want to know if it’s good I was going for modern and cozy

@KristylikeKrisT 4 жыл бұрын

This was hella fun to watch!

@caro8137 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Please make a part 2, it's really interesting and helpful fro improving my own builds. Or you could renovate and fix these houses, but not as a speed-build but in 'real time' :)

@haydenjgray 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome, would love to see you remake including all your tips!

@devanteedwardsss 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video! Your amazing at what you do!

@karenannhoumark2001 Жыл бұрын

I actually really liked the outside and landscaping of the second house after more space was made for the car to drive (6:38) and want the same blue color

@tchrsarahhalim3136 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry that it took this long for me to find your channel. Have a nice day!

@kinokononomura 2 жыл бұрын

9:22 i gonna use that area as a dance floor/ball room kinda thing when my sim have a party 😆

@pawnshopleo 4 жыл бұрын

Omg I used to build so many gigantic boxes in sims 3, and I got a little better about building in sims 4. I laughed with this video, it is so much fun, Josh :D It would be cool to see you try to improve some of these builds, hope you consider that if you can tho, haha. xoxo

@d4n3n4d 4 жыл бұрын

I remember the last one!

@the14thmoonofuranus 3 жыл бұрын

I do the flower thing 😄

@reasonablyserious Жыл бұрын

Things can get too big, that being said, size is only a problem when it makes the houses look corporate. Big ≠ Bad. Design choices need to be just that: considered choices, with purpose and attention to detail. Your over-landscaping is a very cute flaw, btw🐤 -- I always left everything blank back in the day

@istolethispfpsorry485 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I still had my saves from S2 on the old family computer. For this one family the rooms were so big I didn't know what to put in them.

@KingRSCII 3 жыл бұрын

The first one feels like an early sims 2 house

@Lua0x07 3 жыл бұрын

Can you upload that house im in love with the balcony

@dentheduck2095 2 жыл бұрын

Absurd? It's the closest representation of how rich people plan their homes! Lots of space.

@susanjones2723 4 жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion most homes don’t have a bathroom right off of the kitchen. It kind of gross if you think about it. Who wants to use a bathroom when someone is out in the next room eating. I know it’s the sims but realistically bathrooms usually aren’t right off of the kitchen. But thank you for the tips your builds are great and I watch all of your videos

@dominika3321 4 жыл бұрын

I guess it depends on the part of the world you live in, in my country bathrooms next to the kitchen are completely normal.

@skyechimes658 4 жыл бұрын

Uhhhh nope. Often bathrooms ARE near kitchens, specifically because of plumbing. Having the plumbing run across a house is expensive, and often leads to access issues down the road. Nowadays many people prefer that the DOOR to the bathroom not be in a dining room or kitchen, but the rooms themselves are often sharing a wall due to the plumbing, and not infrequently this leads to floor plan issues where the door ends up in a less then prefered location. Also, laundrys that are also halfbaths are common, and laundry off the kitchen? Totally normal. Is the kitchen a back entrance/mud entrance? Handy to have a utility sink/bathroom sink nearby rather than using the food prep sink in the kitchen to wash up from outdoors. There are a lot of reasons why bathrooms would be located off or near kitchens and it's way more common then you would think.

@susanjones2723 4 жыл бұрын

skyechimes658 I have two bathrooms in my house and neither one are right beside the kitchen not even close . Sometimes they may share a wall in some houses I guess because of plumbing but usually a bathroom door is not located beside the kitchen. I’m not saying they are never there but generally no they are not.

@addyshorhnr3544 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I have ever been in a house with a bathroom to far from the kitchen. One or two rooms across at max.

@Becksnnc 3 жыл бұрын

Where I used to live you had to walk through the kitchen to get to the bathroom. It was downstairs. You'd walk through the kitchen and then there'd be a little "room" or space where the washer went and the bathroom was right next to it.

@sockshandle 3 жыл бұрын

About the chimney in the second house it is realistic actually to have a fireplace with no chimney IF its non functional and decorative (Source my sisters house has one large first floor great room and the living room has a fireplace that doesn't have a chimney)

@mustverdi4484 4 жыл бұрын

Could you upload those houses for download? Perhaps, I may try to fix some of the mistakes there.

@toxictophat4194 3 жыл бұрын

Personally i go ex squares per main object i plan to put in most rooms living room need tv bed rooms bed ect

@frederickanderson6746 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I actually love those houses, is there anywhere I could download them?

@theotheraccount453 3 жыл бұрын

Can you upload the first house onto the exchange?

@nateclipps 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make this house downloadable? Ironically I think the house looks amazing!! I’m doing a sims 3 legacy & the storyline is a adoptive family of 17. This house would be perfect tbh

@LumiKang 4 жыл бұрын

Ok but I kinda want that third house lol

@miilvirharaatsimblas6609 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, I thought my 500+ tile houses were too big😂

@JasonRMJ 3 жыл бұрын

This is what you call a huge McMansion. lol

@TommyTarhun 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like that first house has a house on top of a house.

@dentheduck2095 2 жыл бұрын

It is what called a mansion.

@imperialtower 3 жыл бұрын

I actually think the first house is great??? Yea a bit excessive but it's good.

@maxb6757 3 жыл бұрын

You sound a little bit like leafy lol

@simmersinner6675 3 жыл бұрын

The big house is wayyyyy to much id never

@jimpanse2352 3 жыл бұрын

YOU KNOW

@vagabund6778 3 жыл бұрын

YOU KNOW you said YOU KNOW 116 times in this 32 minute video? Thats on average every 16 seconds YOU KNOW. This was painfull and let me ask you, why do you criticise yourself for what you did when you were a child?? YOU KNOW? Get help man, you know you really have you know problems i think, you know. I am wondering if you only say "you know" so many times when you are in teacher-mode or in general, I am not willing to find out you know. ONEHUNDERETSIXTEEN times man. INSANE YOU KNOW