Placing picnic benches on grass. ( Cant do it) Why?

[Chris 544]

I am a brand new player and I thought I would start off the game with a nice picnic area.

I painted some grass and then went to place a picnic bench on the grass.

The game would not allow me to do this. I could only place it on a path. This makes no sense to me at all. Why would I put a picnic bench on a path? People like to eat on the grass when at a park or picnic area.

I noticed I could place a building on the same grassy area that I could not put a picnic bench so it's not like it wont allow anything to be placed there. This is a frustrating way to start this game. Did I miss something or will I be forced to make a different type of ground to put a picnic bench? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[wowman]

picnic benches have to be tied to a path so that guests can access them. Some tips to achieve what you want. make a small plaza type path area using the path grid system. place your benches...then use the billboards to cover the plaza area where the benches are...using a grassy photo on the billboard to give the illusion the benches are on grass.

 

[Minnion]

picnic benches have to be tied to a path so that guests can access them. Some tips to achieve what you want. make a small plaza type path area using the path grid system. place your benches...then use the billboards to cover the plaza area where the benches are...using a grassy photo on the billboard to give the illusion the benches are on grass.

Couldn't you also just make a plaza with the natural paths and lay down a grass texture under it?

 

[LN]

1. make a plaza, place the benches, remove the path. The bench stays (but won't be used)

2. make a plaza with the nature-like path where you can edit the terrain with the terrain editor.

edit: Like just said by minnion

 

[HeatherG]

like they said use natural path (the ground color conforms to the color already on the ground) then turn the curbs off