How to Landscape Like a Pro & Build INSIDE Ponds! | Sims 4 Tutorial
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Thorough tutorial from start to finish on how to create beautiful landscapes with new Pond Tool AND submerge your builds in the water! Chapters below so you can skip ahead to the parts that interest you the most!
0:00 Highlight Clips & Intro
2:11 Terrain Tools
6:29 Make a Pond
9:12 Walkable Path
10:44 Water Tools
11:45 Incorporating Waterfalls
12:24 Paint Tools
15:40 Change Water Color
16:14 Plant Decor
17:48 Shaping Rocks Around Waterfalls
18:55 Adding Trees
19:52 Large River & Waterfall
20:43 Blending with Terrain Paint
22:04 Tricky Thin Rivers
27:24 Positioning & Painting Rocks into Landscape
29:05 The Difference Paint Makes
29:30 Tropical Lagoon!
34:08 Paint tool glitching like a fickle mistress!
36:25 Ponds in Live Mode
36:43 Add Fountains to Waterfalls
37:39 Underwater Eco System!
38:25 Distracted by Caves
40:45 Back to Underwater Eco System LOL
41:17 Looking Lush
41:27 Adding Magic Tree Stump (I Can’t Stop Tinkering!)
43:15 New Visual Effects
48:37 SUBMERGE Builds into Ponds!
52:34 Outro
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Not sure I'm 100% correct but if you use stairs since doors don't work with indoor water.
And the water level is low enough your Sim will be able to walk around and use objects. The water will splash around them but everything will be usable. So you can create a flooded room or a sewer you can actually walk in
O that's so awesome! Thanks for sharing! I'll pin it so people can see that this is possible!
I am embarrassed to admit I did NOT realize the flatten to height allows us to determine a height in the air. I am so glad I didn't get cocky and skip the beginning tutorial assuming I already knew it all haha.
HAHAHA you are so funny and honest I love it! And also don't worry, until recently I didn't really use half the terrain tools either lol
Wait I had another comment saying how amazing this video is and it's gone? Now my other comment seems ungrateful 😐. I swear I had another comment
So I'll say it again:
Amazing video and so many unique creative ideas !!!
I love getting a peek at your thinking process. So many new things I can't wait to try myself. Great work 👏👍👌
LOL awww thank you so so much wonderful! CZcams can be so glitchy sometimes, that has happened to me! I'm so happy it was helpful, it was very long so I wasn't sure ppl would want to hear my thinking process for that long hee hee but I'm glad you got some ideas out of it, that makes me so excited!!! HUGS
Oh my gosh!!! Putting the rock on the flooring and then lowering the flooring is just what I needed!!!! Thank you!
I think all of us are that way.. at least I know I am😂 my brain jumps from one thing to the next 😂 Love this video ❤❤❤
With the fishing sign that goes with ponds/live mode, you have to click the sign after you build to tell it which kinds of fish to stock. For that reason I wouldn't shrink it too much, because you want it to be clickable.
I'm a real novice at this, and was pretty intimidated by working with terrain tools. This video is really clear and helpful - thank you!
Really love the way you're explaining this, Its almost like im listening to the Bob Ross of Sims ;) Plus ive learned so much from this, thank you!!
AWE wow thank you so so much that is really generous of you! also LOL Bob Ross! Were you the one that called me Bob Ross before because if not, that's the second time I've been called that hee hee I love it.....no mistakes, only happy accidents tee hee. I"m so happy that it was helpful and I really appreciate your encouragement! HUGS
@@fantasims haha nope wasn't me, I just discovered you and started watching your amazing video's. I was actually going through some of the comments to see if someone else felt the same haha 😊
Beautiful water effects and so generous of you explaining the terrain tool to people not use to using it from previous versions. Your waterfalls are gorgeous! Lovely work as always! Enjoy your Sunday!
AWE thanks heaps gorgeous!! I always feel bad when newbie builders make comments that they can't figure out how to use all the tools lol I'm always so encouraged by you and I hope YOU also have a brilliant Sunday!!! HUGS
wow your a genious! also thanks for all the explanations it all makes sense, i need to use my draw skills on my builds more often
Thanks for the tutorial. This is really helpful, especially the narrow rivers and the landscape around the ponds.
That is so so kind of you thanks heaps love! I'm so excited that it was helpful! I wasn't sure whether to cut out the river part so I'm glad it proved useful! lol
I LOVE seeing you do your thing in real time! I know that’s not realistic for huge builds but I would love to see more videos like this. ( also don’t worry about getting distracted, as someone who has adhd I love to see it haha)
AWE thanks so much!!! Yeah be prepared for a 20 hour video if I do my large builds in real time hee hee but I totally understand! I'm trying to come up with a new style of build video that works better for me because I actually don't like making speed builds, they stress me out and it's hard to really see what i"m doing cuz it's so fast lol but then I also can't talk through the whole thing....hmmmm maybe if i mix a bunch of everything? like do mini speed build moments for the really tricky time-consuming stuff and then talk through the other parts of the build? Also, I'm glad you appreciate my constant ADD moments - ADHD UNITE! hahahaha Thanks heaps for your lovely encouragement!
Btw I watched this video last night and have played around all day today with different builds and overall wondering what limits I can push. While I was practicing the edging techniques I realized something that might help you figure out the green sand problems. Prior to watching this I always took a little time on details but the perfectionist in me makes it incredibly hard to say its good to go. So to save some time I would go in and use one of the darker browns to color the entire bottom of the pond so then it at least was all one (or very close to one) color. While adding a few different color browns to different spots, I noticed the water started looking less green and more like, water! I think possibly what is happening is you add so much and blend it so well that adding even the slightest bit of a lighter brown again, is just evolving the water coloration. Thanks for the amazing tips!!!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial, one of the best I watched and finally helped me to figure out this terrain system. You are the best, and remind me myself when I get stuck on build for days to make everything perfect haha
I wish to see more tutorials like this on builds and overall gameplay. Huge thanks!
I love the way you get caried away. I have the same thing. But I learned so much from this video, thanks. Btw...I love longer video's :)
I laughed so many times watching this, omg haha you talking to yourself is hilarious, thank you for this :'D
This is the most complete tutorial ever!!! Thank you fantasim youre fantastic!!!
There is a debug waterwheel that actually spins in the water, which I used to make a millhouse! Its really cool.
Also the "waterlillies in bloom", you can click on them to allow frogs to spawn.
OOOO I totally forgot about the waterlilies and I didn't realize the frogs can spawn on them, that's so cool! thanks heaps for sharing and YES I love those waterwheels so much I've been putting them in all my builds hahahaha
Bravo!!! Fantastic tutorial
Love it. Thank you! Have a great day 😁
PS. This is one of my favourite tutorials. Your neurodivergent mind helps my neurodivergent mind so much!
Great video :)
Fantastic ideas, love them
O wow thank you so much wonderful!!!
I am so glad to have found this video! I'm on console so I don't have access to the tool mode wich makes it really difficult to play with the terrain tool. I can't wait to try again with the platform hack!! Your video is awesome and very well explained, thank you!! ❤
Amazing video,thank You.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I just saw your comment on Twitter replying to someone, and so I rushed over to your CZcams. I’m so happy I did. Finally I can start building the way I want to
O my goodness WOW thank you SO MUCH that is seriously such a huge compliment and encourages me so much! I really appreciate it and I hope building becomes way more fun with it now! HUGS!
I love love LOVE this video. I really honestly loved how much time you spent showing us how you work on the terrain tools and the little ideas you let blossom and tried - even the things I kiiinda knew, I learned SO much just watching you work! As a fellow ADHDer, I totally sympathize with having a hundred ideas you have to follow because...you have to!
I'm so inspired now to build something totally ridiculous. I really appreciated, also, that you showed how to do all of this without using TOOL (except the sewers which...oooh. I may be building my vampires a sewer haven) for us TOOL newbs.
O WOW thank you SO MUCH wonderful that is truly so encouraging and kind of you! I was scared it would be too long but I know it would be confusing to rush everything so I'm so glad it was helpful. I'm glad you understand my ADD brain hahahaha
That is the BEST news that you are inspired to build something crazy - those are the best builds! I love the sound of vampire sewers!! And if you want to do it without TOOL you can just cover the tiny window you size down with the [ key with like a plant or object inside the sewer and it should hide it! If ever you need help with anything to do with TOOL just let me know, I love doing mini tutorials on TOOL stuff if it will help!
I absolutely LOVE the opening commentary
LOL O thank you so much I figured I might as well just dunk viewers in the deep end of my madness from the beginning hee hee
You better save this "experiment" and put in the gallery, it looks so amazing it will make me feel like I'm on vacation, lol.
LOL you are too funny! I put both the left green side and the right sandy side as separate lots in my gallery (ID: simsperation84) so you all can use it in your builds if you like!
Love it so much & very useful! Thank you for sharing it with us. Watching this while playing with my game. BTW, it’s me, x4m1r4! 😆
YAY IT'S YOU!!!! lol thanks heaps for watching and for always being so encouraging i appreciate you TONS and TONS!!! HUGs
Hi Fantasims! I just have to say that you are one of the best at tutorials! All the extra info you wasn't planning on doing, is perfect and so very helpful. I often wonder how the other bits are done that others don't tell you. It's also great to get new ideas and I absolutely love your enthusiasm and mind. I am just the same with distractions and getting carried away, I did wonder if you had ADD and then you said you did, lol XD (I'm currently on a waiting list to get my official diagnosis). I often get asked, 'How do you think of these things, how does your mind work like that', etc. Lol. It's great how ideas just flow throughout builds and create amazing things isn't it! You have gained a new subscriber, that's for sure! Thank you so much for wanting to share all your wonderful work :)
Thank you!!
This video was awesome!!! It's amazing to see all the different tools and things you've learned to create your beautiful builds! Thank you so much for sharing. Also I love when you go on tangents and things because you can always tell when a teacher is knowledgeable and passionate if they have so much they can share to the point where they can ramble past the basic knowledge. Plus that's where you can learn some of the most creative and inspiring techniques! Also I'm not sure if it works with the waterfalls but maybe if you do use a room instead of tool to lower or raise the height you could take one of the walls and move it in to get rid of the room but keep the content unlike if you were to delete the room. I saw SatiSims do it in her latest build tutorial for sheds and it seemed to react pretty well to things that were resized and changed from their normal state. Thank you again!
O goodness thank you so much wonderful that is incredibly kind of you! I'm glad my tangents aren't super annoying lol My brain tends to jump around a lot! That is an excellent trick you mention! You can try it with terrain and see but usually with the terrain it jumps back up, but it could possibly work in some situations so I'll have to test it out and see! Thanks for the suggestion! You are truly lovely!
This is so cool!!!! I can't believe you don't have more subscribers, this was awesome!!!
O wow that is so generous of you thank you so much wonderful!!! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I for one love your tutorials. Your brain just works exactly the same way as mine does xD
AWE thank you SO MUCH you are super encouraging and I'm glad we can have twinsie brains! lol
Thank you so much for this video, this is really helpful for me. 😍😘
YAY thank you so much beautiful and it is my absolute pleasure! I'm so happy that it is helpful!
Oooh this is so awesome!! I am making a lot for a contest and I really wanted to include some underwater elements but couldn't figure out how. :,D Thank you!
AWE YAY thanks heaps wonderful! I'm so glad it was helpful and that contest build you are working on sounds really cool! All the best as you build it!
So beautiful 😍
Awe thanks heaps wonderful! HUGS
Thank you so much
Wow this is amazing, thank you so much for this. I had no idea. Things just always got away from me and I'd get so frustrated and just end up flattening the lot and forget about a pond or river.
AWE YAY thank you so much and I'm truly honored that you found it helpful! I totally understand, terrain tools can be quite tricky to work with! lol
we need “finesse it” on a t shirt
Thank you Fanta 💙💜💙💜
thank YOU for watching lovely!!! HUGS
Fantàstic work and explanation, I have learned how to use the lakes tools and more! Thank you so much for your efforts to teaching us. You're the best Without the doubt. A great great kiss from belona3132! ;)
This is incredible, WOW!!! Thank you so so much this was very helpful. Have an amazing Sunday.
O thank you so so much my lovely friend, you always lift my spirits! I hope you too have a brilliant Sunday with your family!! HUGS
@@fantasims Thats so sweet of you and your replies do the same for me.
@@karmiller4540 AWE yay! You are the best!
@@fantasims Awww thank you but you are the absolute best.
@@karmiller4540 O you are too too generous!
Thank you for all the useful information in this video. So many things I didn't even know about. I get carried away as well with my builds. Guess thats why it seems so hard to do a speed build and make it look good and stay within a time limit for the video. LOL 😂 I watched the entire video. 🙂
AWE yay thank you so much wonderful, that is so kind of you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets carried away hahahaha and YES speed builds stress me out because I can never fit the footage in either! also WOW that is some serious patience to watch the whole thing! I'm truly honored, thanks heaps!! HUGS
@@fantasims your most welcome. It was interesting to watch and learn from tou. 🙂
@@sim_play_loraine Awe I appreciate that so much beautiful, thanks heaps!
This is so cool!! With this new tool, entire cities can be made underground! Kind of! Or a post apocalyptic world but the flooding took them out.
Im going to attempt this in del sol valley for celebrity builds where fans just walk into their backyards
O thank you wonderful and I LOVE THAT IDEA SO MUCH!!! Yes bring on the flooded worlds!
@@fantasims i think brindleton bay is the best wold to flood cause its coastal. Maybe a mini buuld where theres a house with furniture and it looks like people just geabbed stuff and left and its like flooded and the power is out and its nasty. Then add an aligator for fun
@@sim771 HAHAHAHA you are too hilarious, i love the way your brain works! I started building a post apocalyptic junk yard ages ago, but I think I should flood it because your idea sounds awesome!
@@fantasims do it do it do it
your video give so mutch idea :O
AWE YAY thank you so much wonderful that makes me so excited!!!
Hi. You're so good. I wish I could do that too. Do you possibly have something like this in the gallery? I would like to have such a nice time in one of my Sims worlds ... ❤❤❤❤
I love to see fantasy alchemical brain magic at work
Still watching
That is DEDICATION because this is such a long video hahaha. Appreciate you tons! HUGS
The disappearing terrain paint is a glitch that recently started occuring for other creaters too. So you're not crazy. It's the game
LOL O PHEW hahaha glad I'm not going mad! Thanks for letting me know that is really kind of you!
I absolutely love this! Your mind is just like mine! & from past experiences, I think I may have ADHD.
Live mode, is it like...
"we all live in a yellow submarine'', or like "live from New York, this is Saturday Night"...?
I say it “Live from New York, this is Saturday night” but a lot of people say “we all live in a yellow submarine”
I say it the yellow submarine way, because it's "Build. Buy. Live."
But there isn't necessarily a right or wrong way! Say it however you like, it's just a game (:
Hello, where can I find the waterfalls? ;)
Where's the world edit mod you mentioned at 1:50 that adds the water? Or does Twisted Mexi have mods that do that?
Really interested to see the sewer bit
How can you set a height for the 5th tool in the beginning
The ones you didn't downsized seemed to work, maybe you just need to keep the alligators normal size to work??
How do I get debug rocks!?
The water doesnt work for me. every time, it creates this "square" water when I fill it and I cannot alter terrain without water dissapearing
Hi! Where is the best place to message you for a quick chat?
Hey love! Twitter is easiest, I wish CZcams had a way to message!
Just stumbled across this... I've encountered the green awfulness before...Its nice to know I'm not going insane...
You need to get carried away more often. It makes for a very entertaining video. ;)
HEE HEE thank you so much wonderful! I wish i could do all my builds in real time, but those would end up very long videos hahaha
Please tell me you don't always build using the track oad
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "track oad" so I'm not sure how to answer that lol
@@fantasims track *pad on the laptop instead of a mouse
@@SimifyMe O LOL no it's not a laptop I use an iMac so its the Magic Trackpad 2 - it makes the camera so much better to use because I can swivel it with such ease! I love it way more than using a mouse
Im so use to building with the restrictions the game brings and using cheats to do custom builds always scared me.
AWE i hope you find it a bit less scary now! I find it helps to try one new trick at a time and after a while it seems second-nature to use all the cheats lol I can't build without using the Move Objects cheat now lol
OMG your commentary kills me
I can't see my ducks. All I see is feet😭
O no, is your pond tool glitching? that's super creepy only being able to see their feet!
Hope you pay you I haven’t bought a pack until isle living until this because I want to debug university
I really like this tutorial, thanks. It was great. I've learned a few tricks I may use in my builds. I'm glad you offered solutions that don't involve the T.O.O.L. MOD too. I look forward to seeing other tutorials that you may post.
O wow thank you so much wonderful! I really appreciate your kindness and I'm honored it was helpful! Have a fantastic week! HUGS
@@fantasims You're welcome. And you have a fantastic week too.