Signs and Billboards

[Misanthrope 2]

Hello there,

I recently modeled some signs and billboards which I want to use for esthetic purposes only (I plan to use hex editor to make them plop-able anywhere).

The problem is  I don't know which asset type/building template is best for them.

I hope this makes sense.

thanks in advance.

[Sims firehouse 198]

I think signs and billboards should go to the props category, to be used by other building-type assets.

 

If you are talking about standalone signs and billboards, I suggest you load any of the Parks template. The small park should be fine; I don't know of any difference between the vanilla park templates. The parks are intended as decorations and therefore don't produce much effect, apart from gaining visitors from time to time. As you have imported your model, you can focus on the stats: you may (or may not) want the entertainment values as low as possible. Tourist (or visitor) amount, electricity consumption, etc, you decide. The lot size is interesting: you don't need to contain the whole model in the lot area; you can make the lot size smaller than the model.

 

After you have saved the asset, you can use a Hex editor to change a field called m_placementMode. Search for this text and on the hex-view side, where the selection should end before a byte "00", change this particular byte to "03", which stands for "OnGround", or "04", for "OnSurface". The former gives you freedom to place your sign or billboard anywhere, except on the water; the latter allows you to place it on both the ground and water. In addition, if you want the lot to be circular instead of square or rectangular, you can search for m_circular and change the following byte from "00" to "01", which stands for "true". The radius of the lot depends on the two-dimensional size you define. Be sure you are not seeing any warning of file size change when you edit the Hex. The default mode in that Hex editor is Overwrite, so this shouldn't be the case.

[Dyas 37]

I would love a link to your signs if you are sharing them.