So, you’ve been working on a project and it needs some wood flooring. You could use wood planks but those don’t always look as nice. Well in this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to quickly make a custom wood floor!
Floor Example
If you’d like to see it in a game, you can check out this cabin I’m building.
Below is a picture of the floor from the cabin.
Step 1: Creating the Sub-Floor
First things first, lay down a sub-floor. You may be wondering why I have it set to bright green, and I’ll get to that later.
Set your stud increment to .05.
and make sure that your Sub-Floor is .05 studs thick.
Step 2: Laying Down the First Board
Put in a piece of wood (the color is up to you). Start it in the corner of your room (doesn’t matter which, but I chose the corner nearest my door) and make sure the wood grain is running the proper direction.
The size of the wood is mostly up to you, but for the purpose of this tutorial, go ahead and set it to 3.95 studs long, .05 studs thick and 1.55 studs wide.
If you’re wondering why I didn’t just set it to 4 studs long and 1.6 studs wide, then here’s why; By doing what I did, you’ll create a .05 stud gap making the boards look similar to how they would in real life.
Step 3: Laying Down the Rest of the Row
Set your stud increment to .1.
Now, duplicate your first board, move it next in line of your first board (notice the nice gap between the boards), and scale it to your desired size.
Repeat that process to finish the row.
Step 4: Starting a New Row
By now you’ve finished your first row and are ready to start a new row!
To start the new row, duplicate your first board, and move it so it is above your first row (notice the nice .05 stud gap between the boards). Scale it so it is about twice as long.
Step 5: Finishing the Floor
To finish the floor is as easy as repeating Steps 3 and 4 until you’ve finished your floor!
Once you’ve finished laying all the boards, check for gaps to make sure you have even spacing between each board. If you don’t have even spacing, just scale the board until you do.
(By making the sub-floor green, it’s easier to check for gaps.)
Now that you have made sure that you have even spacing, you can change your sub-floor color to a slightly darker brown (unless you like green, then you do you!)
Congradulations! You’ve finished making your first custom wood floor!
I hope you found this tutorial useful and if you have any questions, let me know!