This may be bypassed somewhat in the sims and the sims 2 by not placing floor tiles underneath the wall enclosed object.
Sims 2 parking covered by floor tile.
The sims 3 fixed this by adding a height check.
Set to false to allow the tiles of the sidewalk and the road to be modified as well as allowing for the placement of floor tiles on the very edges of the lot.
Boolprop constrainfloorelevation true false set to false to allow tiles occupied by walls floors and foundations to have their elevations changed.
For the sims 2 on the pc a gamefaqs q a question titled how do i cover the entire lot with floor tiles.
A provisional floor tile are automatically created when entrance objects such as a door or stairs have no edge support.
Or if you have one or more floor tiles too much it goes off the surrounding area and there is no stable base to place the wall.
This will make pitting up a wall impossible.
Flooring comes in many different types including tiles linoleum stone masonry and wood.
For the sims 3 on the pc a gamefaqs message board topic titled i can t build walls because it says covered by floor tile.
Sims will prefer walking on floor tiles over bare terrain and can only walk on floor tiles on the upper stories of a building.
What does covered by floor tile mean on sims 3.
I tried the cheat constrainfloorelevation.
Also done by the moveobjects cheat.
In the sims 2 all structures are limited to five levels including basements and foundations.
For the sims 2 on the pc a gamefaqs message board topic titled can floor tiles be rotated.
Then i built the hole first floor then started on the second one and when i tried to build walls it said covered by floor tile.