Update* 2-7-14Uploaded link: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8005226I also have the sims in my studio.It uses almost all EPs and some of the SPs.Will try and update with more pictures as time and family allow. :mrgreen: Hello, I thought I'd share a project I have been working on, on and off for a while now. It is a remake of the Sims 2 Apartment Life world Belladonna Cove. I have brought it to the world of the sims 3, the best I could. I am by no means a great world builder but I find it fun and have always wanted to have this world for sims 3. I chose to make it an island since it was easier to do it that way. I have about 11-12 lots to finish up and then play test before uploading it. I tried to recreate the lots in the original world and add in the ones from the sims 3.Here is a slideshow I have made with a bunch more pictures:SlideShow LinkI know it is not 100% exact, but I had to make room for the Sims 3 rabbitholes. :mrgreen:

Hi Pallypoo :DI think you did an Excellent job on remaking the world- it looks wonderful. :thumbup:

^^ Agreed! Pallypoo, the pictures sure bring back some pleasant memories and I think you have captured the true essence of Belladonna Cove. It looks great. Good luck with the last dozen lots and testing! :D

Wow that looks awesome! :) It looks just like the one you are trying to copy, well done! :) Good luck with testing your world! :) :thumbup: :thumbup:

WOW this world looks so amazing. You really captured it! I remember playing apartment life and playing this world in the Sims2. It was one of my favs. :D :thumbup:

Thank so much everyone! I really like messing in CAW. I wish it wasn't so time consuming, this might have been done earlier. :P

Belladonna Cove/Island--Link in first post

FLSTRider
Seasoned Newcomer
10 years ago
@Pallypoo I love your re-creation it looks stunning!!! I would like to ask your permission to use a part of your world in a world I am creating. I am currently working on re-creating the Sims 1 area's into a world called Maxis Island and I believe there will be enough room to add a small portion of Belladonna Cove in there as well. Here is a CAW shot of my world in its beginning stages.....

Thread Link: Maxis Island AKA Sims 1 Revisited

Hope you will allow me to do this and thanks for such a wonderful world!
junceda
11 years ago
Hi! great work and so many good memories!
jksweethart
11 years ago
this looks amazing!! :D
kdluvshersims
11 years ago
Are you going to try and put this on the exchange? This is really nice and rather fun looking. Your attention to detail looks really good. :)
Pallystyle
11 years ago
Thank you! (Hugs)

I hope to have it ready to upload next month. I will probably leave some of the city block areas empty for store venues and to build other lots later on. I can't use any store content when editing in game which kind of limits the types of lots I wanted to add. I may just build shell type lots for those.

I plan on uploading the families from the world too. ;)
Pallystyle
11 years ago
So, just an update. I have been able to work some more on this. I think just 3 RES. lots left and then a few COM. lots. Then spawners and street lights.

I still need to do the graveyard but I am at a real loss as to what to do there. lol, hopefully it will come to me this week . :)

Thanks again.
eiliansim
11 years ago
Great job! I love this :) It was my favorite in TS2 and I've been looking for a new world to spark my interest in TS3 again. This is perfect. Thanks for the hard work and for sharing! Can't wait to move my sims to Belladonna Cove.
Pallystyle
11 years ago
Thank you eilian, and skyegiovanni for the comment. :)

I am almost done, I hope. I have begun my play testing today. I added a dive spot and a resort and a few ports. I want this to be my play world and wanted to be able to play all EPs. I left blank lots for placing the store's venues or adding in your own builds. Just need to play test the showtime venues and my festival lot. I will be happy to be finished.
Pallystyle
11 years ago
I keep finding little things and going back and fixing them and then finding another. lol So much work goes into these things! I am going to have to accept the fact that it will never be 100% perfect as I am not that myself. :P

So far I only have some of the apartments letting NPC sims move in. I think I know what the problem is but I still have to test it.
Pallystyle
11 years ago
Thank you for the recs. I hope your family is happy there. I tried to make the lots all look like the ones from the sims 2 so if they are a bit "wildly" decorated...lol. I always changed the decor of EA's homes. I did make a few the way I wanted them, for example the Green Household's apartment.

Happy Simming to you.