
I hope I gave you a few ideas to play with to improve the general look of your simulated lawns and gardens. Sim kids just love their swings so it makes sense that they would destroy the lawn under them just like real kids do.Įxample 6, might let you see the edging on the pond a bit better and illustrates how even the stark white trunks of birch trees can be blended into the lawn better with just the smallest circle of terrian paint be it dirt or mulch and a small plant like the dandelion or pansies. If you can spot the swing behind the cherry tree, I used just a smear of dirt terrian brushed directly under each swing to make them looked well loved and used. The edge of the pond was ringed with a small round brush spray of a darker green grass than the rest of the lawn because it is always wet there at the edge of the pond.

At the edge of the pond, I also placed clumps of cattails with a few dandelions close together for a natural look. At the base of the cherry tree I used just a small circle of dirt terrain paint underneath and used the moveobjects on cheat to place a small dandelion there to soften the effect of just a tree trunk stuck on grass. In example 5, I want to show you a few things. To turn it off again, used the command moveobjects off.Įxample 4, shows how using a variety of plants placed on a terrain paint really highlights this porch and makes it look like a wonderful place to play chess or for mysterious gnomes to stalk Sims on that porch. It is just that easy! With that cheat on, you can make a mass of pink bushes blend together like in example 3. Now press enter and you can now place plants as close together as you want to or even on top of each other. Now type moveobjects on in that box, just like I put in bold type with move objects as one word then a space then on.

A blue line should have appeared at the very top of your screen in Sims 3.

Let me tell you how! With Sims 3 running, Hold down the shift and ctrl keys on your keyboard at the same time, now tap the C key.

You can’t get plants to grow that close together as the picture shows, you say? I can but I use a gnomish secret to do it. In example 3, a more natural look is sought so edging is left off and instead terrain paints alone are used and blended for a softer look. In example 2, you can see how the same technique can be used to make “simulated raised planting beds” for your garden plants and fruit trees? Or maybe a plant nursery business for a later business expansion?
