Caw FAQ's........Links to Tutorials, and Resources. Textures, & Troubleshooting

TOMBS:How To Use The Processor's "AND!" by bunbunnyny
How to Build Subtopias & Cave Complexes: Lost Worlds to your Tombs! by bunbunnyny
How to Create Underwater Passages (Great With Tombs!) by bunbunnyny
How to Create a Countdown Timer for Your Tombs by bunbunnyny EA Caw forum
How to Make a Specific Statue Activate a Specific Switch by bunbunnyny EA Caw forum
How to Lock, Unlock, and Re-lock a Pushable Statue From Being Moved by bunbunnyny EA Caw forum
How to Create Musical Tomb Triggersby bunbunnyny EA Caw forum
How to Build 2-D and 3-D Platform Tombs by bunbunnyny EA Caw forum
Video Tutorial: TS3 Tomb Building youtube



Island Paradise Tuts

Sims BR's Tutorial: How to Place Diving Spots in Other Worlds by mcrudd EA IP Forum
Guide to Houseboats in game & in CAW by SimGuruSemedi EA IP Forum
IP Caw Version 1.18.46 Up! Discussion & Troubleshooting Thread by the Community EA Caw Forum
Quick Stilted Foundation Guide to Fitting Lots onto Water by Joolster EA Creative Corner Forum




Pre-Populating your World &/or Providing a Save Game

CAW Population: Populating Worlds in Create-a-World by Kiwi-Tea @ Pasimfic Wiki
CAW Population: Balancing Your Population by Kiwi-Tea @ Pasimfic Wiki
Save Game TravelDB.package Info by DOLLDRMS1 @ EA Caw Forum
discovery that if you are going to offer a save game file there is a risk of providing a bloated save game and a suggestion to reduce the size of that save game.



Troubleshooting

Only Testing-Adding Lots When EIG Will Only Crash (from Store Limit) by Rflong7 EA forum
EIG Crashing - Using lots of store content with CAW by Corinini @ EA Caw Forum
Create A World - CAW not running? CAW running slowly? by Simsample @ MTS
Edit in game loading and crashing Issue's @ TS3CC II
CAW crashing on high end computers? Solution using CFF Explorer by Geminiagre EA forum


Misc Information & Tutorials

Do you know: How to tell if CAW has been updated? by ellacharm3d @ ellacharmed Blog
How to: Make a World Logo by SimExpertJared @ EA Caw Forum
Making a world a City Simsample @ MTS easy instructions
Making high resolution world maps tutorial by Vagabond @ EA Caw Forum
Creating an Initial Flyover in Caw by Pyronium3 @ Pasimfic Wiki
CAW fog "invisible water" workaround by Wyndhane @ TS3CC
Converting Google Earth Buildings to Sims 3 CAW Deco Objects by Tjstreak EA Caw Forum

Editing Premade Worlds MTS
Video Tutorial: Import full neighborhoods into Create a World with objects, lots etc. by Magicmavis (SimTuts)
Getting a Downloaded World into CAW by SimAd @ tscc
How to: Decrapify a .world file so it will open in s3pe Post #6 by auntielynds @ MTS

Turning a world into a vacation hot spot by Stw402 @ MTS
Changed my world into a vacation world by Simsample @ MTS
Resource responsible for determining the characteristics by Simsample @ MTS

Modding the Create-a-World Tool to Unlock Hidden Features by Simsample @ MTS
SuperCAW Pre-made Patch by a @ Simlogical

Sea, Sky and Light parameters- let's learn! Simsample @ MTS
Advanced tutorial "Tweaking your worlds, custom sea/sky/rabbit holes/emitters by Stw402, EA Caw forum
HOW TO MAKE WEATHER FOR YOUR WORLD: by ltd2mp87 EA Caw Forum

CAW resource packaging routines Simsample @ MTS
Re-installing Caw, How I do it by auntielynds MTS
Why CC Should Not be Packaged with a World, & How to Ensure it Isn't by Simsample, EA Caw Forum
How To: Upload Caw Files to Share by auntielynds EA Caw forum
Pinstar1161 Legacy Challenge Rules People that play your world may also want a lot with the correct requirements for this challenge. You can change the lot value in the Property Window in Caw.
Water Levels from Twinbrook and Bridgeport Simsample @ MTS
How to add description to your household so it stays before exporting from edit town. by Buttonsginger @ TS3CC II



Dutch Tutorials

(Don't forget to change the language to dutch and than copy the link)
* Creëer een Wereld Bibliotheek: ervaringen, tutorials, inspiratie by SimLibby EA Dutch Forum
* Tutorial CAW: hoe te beginnen in/met Creëer een Wereld by SimLibby EA Dutch Forum
* Tutorial CAW: afbeelding, exporteren, installeren, uploaden by SimLibby EA Dutch Forum



Resources

Archived WorldTool Downloads @ Cawster


Custom Content

Create A World - Modding objects to show up in CAW Metadata by Simsample, MTS
Distance terrain disappearing when editing Hidden Springs More good info here on cloning objects to show up in Caw. by Rain90, MTS

Making Create-a-World Recognize Custom Content
Game Help:Installing Sims 3 Package Files/Setup and Files at Mod the Sims
Delphy's Sims3pack Cleaner Checks your sims3packs for unwanted CC. tut on how to use it; Subject: Tutorial about Custard Tool by Delphy


Moonlight Falls Distant Terrain
Deco Buildings, Planes.............Some cool stuff tjstreakssims.blogspot.com/
Caw Resources Section @ MTS @ Mod the Sims
Sims 3 Packages for use in Create A World world builder (CAW) by O-Decaff/LeRoy157
Simming in Magnificent Style Check this out for neat objects for Caw like working road overpasses, and new skyscrappers. Creations by Carlos
Cacti for CAW by sleepalldaypartyallnight @ MTs
3 Awesims Cornices that are actually fences at Awesims
LunaSimsLulamai. Souce for some of those Skyscrappers, & Cool Objects at LunaSimsLulamai
Rabbit Hole Replacements (The Rugs are back!) by Jynx @ MTS



File Sharing


Terrain Texture Links, & Custom Roads by auntielynds @ EA Caw Forum
EA World Caw Files
Animated Items for CAW! Lighthouse flare, pigeons, animated windmill, and sciencesmoke by Aynat EA Caw Forum
Share your Heightmaps Here HturnerP, EA Caw forum
Riverview, Twinbrooks, & Bridgeport missing objects for Caw Includes the Riverview Bridge! YAY! by Simsample @ MTS
Winter Trees, Shrubs, White and Pastel Roofs- Altered Image Files by auntielynds @ TS3CC



Programs

SageThumbs...free .dds viewer
This program allows you to view .dds and other image files right from their folders.
Uses for S3PE in World Creation.........Tutorials auntielynds @ in this thread, pg. 33
PDF from Simlogical
These are the tuts covered:
Designating a World a City
Recovering Caw Files for an Exported World
Changing out the WPID File
So you can upload more than once to the exchange, or install more than one version of your world to your game.
Adding & Extracting Metadata Objects: Recolors, Rabbit Holes, Trees, ect.
Deleting the _KEY file to fix the Brown Uck



Posting & Starting Threads, Info to get you started

**The Guide To Getting Your World Noticed**#Contributors get cookies!#
How To: Posting Pictures on Threads



Misc.

Subject: Petition for EA to release the "Create-A-World -- BETA" tool on the Mac platform
This is an organized thread for Mac users.