How Do I get this roof to work?

[simpleprincess]

From what I gather Tiko has left the sims resource forum, ive downloaded their straw roofs thatched but cannot see it anywhere in roof patterns? or anywhere else in roofs? I have no idea how to put the thatched roof on my houses now plus I downloaded this other thatched roof that I downloaded as part of a lot and it looks lovely on the house but im confused how they got it on there,. im completely baffled..

http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/search_straw%20roof/

link to the straw roof. I downloaded. I also downloaded the thatched roof end.
im also a susbcriber there.

Note: Please do kindly not reply if you cannot help thank you so muchly.

[Tenshii~Akari]

... The link doesn't seem to be working.  :dontknow:

To be honest, the majority of the time, people (and at times even I) would tell you it's best to seek support on the site that you downloaded that specific object from, since there are probably more people who would know how to work around the download in question there... but if I can see what that looks like, I may have an idea as to how or why it may not be working for you.  :angel:

[simpleprincess]

I corrected the link. its tikios thatched roof.

[ancienthighway]

Tiko states the roof is "part of a CFE roof construction".  I can only guess that means you start with a flat roof, then use the cheat constrainFloorElevation to give it the angle.

If that's true, you'll find the roof pattern in with the floors and walls.

[simpleprincess]

could you explain in detail how i do that? sorry im hopeless.

[ancienthighway]

Dinki has a tutorial that does a good job of explaining it.  You may need to register at that site, but it's free.

It may still be on this site someplace, but I don't have a clue where.

[simpleprincess]

For some reason I cant get the link to work for me,could be my computer.

[ancienthighway]

Try http://www.sim-vention.com first and register.

[simpleprincess]

I managed to register,That tutorial seems to be about angles though?
I just want to add that thatched roof. sorry im just still confused.

What I want to do is this...

go into my game, into my fav lot, type in the cheat, ] removing the roof thats there first]. Then what do i do?

[Wednesday17]

What does the readme of the roof files say?

[Tenshii~Akari]

How about looking at Tiko's actual tutorials he mentioned?  They were a little difficult to find, but Google brought this up for me.  Check the first "Interesting Roofs" tutorial for your answer.  Basically the same thing as Dinki's.  

And from the looks of it, seems like the textures you are actually looking for should really show up under "floors" instead of under the "roof" texture category.  Tiko's thatched "roof" isn't a true roof, and is supposed to be a texture involving intermediate-advanced building methods for roofs.

[ancienthighway]

It's not a simple roof to make.  If you are just wanting a thatched roof, you may be better off going to MTS2 for some roof recolors.  I picked up 4 or 5 different roof recolors there that give me the same number of different thatched options.  I put my roof on and chose the one I wanted.

[simpleprincess]

Oh my lol. I did actually download it thinking it was just a recolour!. silly me.*blush* Ill take a look at the tutorial though. and ill poke around at the modthe sims2 for the roofs as well. Thank you SO MUCH for all your help!!.