Sometimes it’s the little things that occupy my mind more than anything else when it comes to this game. I’ll never get tired of being annoyed at that 1-square gap between lots on grass terrain! 😄
Short of building the lots on the same large lot, this is what we get. But that’s not a good solution, especially if the lots are quite large or you have multiple small lots on one large lot and you lower the walls of one lot - you’ll see the interiors of ALL the lots! I know I could take the world into CAW and change the area to concrete terrain so it will at least match the pavement and it will look neat and cohesive, but who has time for that? For small areas like this, I just want a quick, simple way to fill the gap. I’ve started using Grandelama’s retaining fences to achieve this, and I have to say, they look pretty good! The set comes in 3 parts, fence with paving, corner fence with paving and paving with an invisible fence.
The trick is to make sure the paving is on the outer part of the lot and not the inner part so it will cover the gap. Depending on which direction you drag the fence tool (left to to right or vice versa) the fence will appear on the inside or outside edge. The fence isn't recolourable when being placed on the outer edge of the lot, so place it on the inside edge first, recolour it, save the preset, then delete the fence and then place it where you want it choosing the saved preset. Do the same for all three parts so they have the same colours to match.
Close up, the paving looks slightly raised, but other than that, it looks much neater than the grass gap, doesn’t it? Especially as they’re recolourable, you could match the colour to the pavement or whatever flooring the lot next to it is as close as possible and it will look miles better than the grass! Sims can’t walk on or through them of course, as they are technically fences, so don’t put them where you want sims to walk. If you have 2 or more high-detailed lots enabled in the game options, you’ll see them clearly between the lots, but if you play with one high-detailed lot at a time, you’ll see the grass again as the ‘fences’ will fade, but that’s to be expected because they are technically not part of the lot when placed outside of it.
It’s not a perfect solution of course, but it makes the gaps between my lots look better and neater for now. Do you have any other tips or tricks to make our little towns look better? 🙂
