Rem's SMALL CITY PROJECT - Available Again
Requirements EPs: Base Game, WA, Amb, LN, Gen, Pets, ST, SN, Seas, Univ Note, I used items from all the stuff packs, but stuff packs are not essential for you to play the world. A special ...
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Okay: I've been playing with this idea for sometime now and have a few clear goals for building this project. I want to share them first, as my concept is a little different to many other projects here.
1) I want to create a great city feel at eye level for my Sim
> It won't look great from map view, it'll be an effecient use of space over satalite style aesthetics, but I don't spend a whole lot of my gaming time in space looking down, so I'm not too worried about that!
> It will look great as you play your character and see what they see at street level. You won't need the fastest car to get to work as work won't ever be that far away! Cycle, walk! Give your game time to load up the lots properly as you pass by :)
> It'll have a city feel, but not the grimy Bridgeport sort. Come on, it's sims! I want colour and feel good factor in my city!!! I want oo blah deeblee doo and .... you get the idea!
2) It will run like a dream!
> Time and testing will tell... Routing becomes a major issues when things are built tightly together. But I'm on it!!!
> Meshes yes, elevators, no!!!! Even when elevators work, I just dislike them.
> No bridges. I know, this saddens me too, but ever since Pet's I've noticed stuck glitches coming from bridges, even when they show clear unbroken routing (the blue and reds) in CaW. Remember, I'm going for smooth running. Funky, sure! But nothing that may cause stamping feet on my sims.
3) Show Time!
> I'm loving this EP and so it'll mainly be geared to that. It will have as many of the combined rabits as I can fit, a few LN clubs as well.
4) Expandable for future EP's
I know! Pretty hard for a small build, but I'm including some larger lots that can be bulldosed as new EPs and content become available without harming the Showtime experience.
5) Longevity
I want to build a world for myself that I love and can run smoothly without the inevitable lag ups that the medium/larger worlds have always brough me after 20, 30+ hours of play time.
At this point, practically everything is against me! But if I can dream it, I can build it!!! :thumbup: So wish me luck and give me any of your ideas. Even if I don't use them it's always good to explore the possibilities.
I'm using all the EP's and SP's released up until Showtime.
No third party cc (nor do I want another debate on this, thanks :wink: )
Any store content will be the stuff that can be downloaded from EA for free.
1) I want to create a great city feel at eye level for my Sim
> It won't look great from map view, it'll be an effecient use of space over satalite style aesthetics, but I don't spend a whole lot of my gaming time in space looking down, so I'm not too worried about that!
> It will look great as you play your character and see what they see at street level. You won't need the fastest car to get to work as work won't ever be that far away! Cycle, walk! Give your game time to load up the lots properly as you pass by :)
> It'll have a city feel, but not the grimy Bridgeport sort. Come on, it's sims! I want colour and feel good factor in my city!!! I want oo blah deeblee doo and .... you get the idea!
2) It will run like a dream!
> Time and testing will tell... Routing becomes a major issues when things are built tightly together. But I'm on it!!!
> Meshes yes, elevators, no!!!! Even when elevators work, I just dislike them.
> No bridges. I know, this saddens me too, but ever since Pet's I've noticed stuck glitches coming from bridges, even when they show clear unbroken routing (the blue and reds) in CaW. Remember, I'm going for smooth running. Funky, sure! But nothing that may cause stamping feet on my sims.
3) Show Time!
> I'm loving this EP and so it'll mainly be geared to that. It will have as many of the combined rabits as I can fit, a few LN clubs as well.
4) Expandable for future EP's
I know! Pretty hard for a small build, but I'm including some larger lots that can be bulldosed as new EPs and content become available without harming the Showtime experience.
5) Longevity
I want to build a world for myself that I love and can run smoothly without the inevitable lag ups that the medium/larger worlds have always brough me after 20, 30+ hours of play time.
At this point, practically everything is against me! But if I can dream it, I can build it!!! :thumbup: So wish me luck and give me any of your ideas. Even if I don't use them it's always good to explore the possibilities.
I'm using all the EP's and SP's released up until Showtime.
No third party cc (nor do I want another debate on this, thanks :wink: )
Any store content will be the stuff that can be downloaded from EA for free.
