#doodads

After looking at a looooot of photos of the backs & roofs of commercial buildings, I've thrown together a handful of go-to shapes that can be built in TS2 with no CC, in order to vaguely represent an industrial HVAC system, or plumbing, or whatever this stuff is used for because I don't actually know lol

I did make a mini tutorial on CC-free air conditioning units a while ago, but this is just like a reference catalog of ideas.

Wall Doodads:

• 1x1 foundation with Railway Tie fencing & AL wall vents

• Staircases to nowhere (so sims don't actually try to use them)

• 1x1 regular walls with Railway Tie fencing & AL wall vents

Roof Doodads:

• 1x1 regular walls with Railway Tie fencing

• 1x1 half wall with Uni cafeteria counter island & AL wall vents

• Foundation octagon/square with Railway Tie fencing

As for wallpaper/flooring, I always use the exact same ones:

If you wanna be super fancy, use the AL moulding thing on upper stories to hide the edge of that 1x1 ceiling tile:

You can also use the AL ventilation things to connect the 1x1 walls/foundations to the main building and/or each other, or as exhaust things:

Aaaand last but not least, drawing lines with fencing all over the roof:

I think what I've seen in real life photos where there's "lines" on the roof it's probably drainage pipes for the air conditioners or something - But this isn't real life so I just make neat looking shapes with the lines lol

Those are all the doodads I've come up with! They are a level of basic where you can mix & match or combine them to make more complicated versions.

Also for industrial-type building in general, might I recommend my own CC-free industrial/grunge/rundown Buy/Build collection!