Here are the links I know about for CAW terrain textures. If you know of any others post here and I'll pop them in the top post.
Terrain Textures.
EP10 Sea Floor extracted from in-game textures.
mediafire downloadbox downloadhttp://i.imgur.com/eoMmVS2.jpg
14 Caw Textures by Rusty333P @ tumblr
http://i.imgur.com/62U9jaE.jpg15 Caw Textures by Rusty333P @ tumblr
http://i.imgur.com/gRzOeGv.jpgRoaring Heights Textures, Roads, INI Files and Colour Ramps by Zerbu @ mediafire
http://i.imgur.com/AoxyCqE.jpgOasis Landing ini, color ramps, and Future World Designator @ Cawster
Oasis Landing Textures, Roads, by Zerbu @ mediafire
Oasis Landing Textures, Roads, by Mr. C @ EA Caw Forum Added Nov. 2013
http://i.imgur.com/sIzG5TB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fe2u5oc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bhJUjfH.jpg
Midnight Hollow Textures, Roads, Height Map,Distant Terrain, INI & Color Ramps auntielynds @ MTS Added June 2013
http://i.imgur.com/Go9fNS0.jpg
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/mh_roa10.jpg
Boardwalk Wood Plank Texture Pack by aminovas
http://i.imgur.com/xxidQXO.jpg
Isla Paradiso Textures, Roads, INI & Color Ramps by Zerbu @ mediafire
http://i.imgur.com/xADyQsx.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/bJqTVtY.jpgCollingwood's Terrain Textures by MrCrumplebottom1 Added June 2013
http://i.imgur.com/YRV9tkv.png
Dragon Valley Textures, Roads, Height Map, INI & Color Ramps auntielynds @ MTS Added June 2013
http://i.imgur.com/XwosP4G.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/s9Zp3Bl.jpg
University Town Textures & Roads auntielynds @ MTS Added March 2013
Nothing exciting, but here they are. :wink:
http://i.imgur.com/VkARDvP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EIOd9qs.jpg
Aurora Skies Textures, Roads auntielynds @ MTS Added Feb. 2013
http://i50.tinypic.com/309ki6b.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/15wyrlh.jpg
Monte Vista Textures, Roads extracted by 123456123456123456 @ Mediafire Added Dec. 2012
Monte Vista Textures, Roads, Height Map, Distant Terrain, & ini & Colour Ramps extracted by auntielynds @ MTS
http://i.imgur.com/dib6Q.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/dUkMS.jpgMr.C's Supernatural Textures & RoadsEA Caw Forum, added Sept. 2012
Moonlight Falls: Textures, Road, Height-Maps extracted by Atakoy @ MTS
http://i.imgur.com/09LG1.pngSunlit Tides Textures & Roads - mediafire downloadhttp://i48.tinypic.com/6gv637.jpg
Mr.C's Lucky Palms Textures & Roads EA Caw Forum, added July 2012
Lucky Palms Textures & Roads - box download added June, 2012
Lucky Palms Textures & Roads - mediafire downloadhttp://i45.tinypic.com/28sqwyh.jpg
Twelve Tempting Terrains by Simmiller @ MTS added April, 2012
Starlight Shores Textures & Roads - mediafire downloadStarlight Shores Textures & Roads - box downloadhttp://i.imgur.com/N8XvB.jpgLunar Lakes Textures & Roads - mediafire downloadhttp://i.imgur.com/coPkw.pnghttp://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/8zbte10.jpghttp://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/hlvkj10.jpgAppaloosa Plains Textures - mediafire downloadAppaloosa Plains Roads - mediafire downloadAppaloosa Plains Textures - box downloadAppaloosa Plains - Roads box downloadhttp://i.imgur.com/UGt0a.jpgI have 47 new textures for you by HturnerP added Sept, 2011
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/hturne10.jpgMrCrumplebottom1 HiddenSprings Textures extracted by Mr. Crumplebottom added Aug 28th, 2011
MrCrumplebottom1 HiddenSprings Roads added Aug. 28th, 2011
New Grass, Water, and Sand by NILXIS @ Nilixis Sims3 added Feb 7, 2011
Textures Extracted from other EA games by Ouerbacker added Jan 29th, 2011
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/q_110.jpghttp://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/q_210.jpgApocalyptic/destroyed terrain paints by VampireSim @MTS added Jan. 18th 2011
In this post are distressed, in game textures as well.
CAW Terrain - Simple but useful recolours of EA terrain paints by Armiel @ MTS added Dec. 30th 2010
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/armiel10.jpgLate Night ,Bridgeport Textures Extracted by Emmies
Bridgeport roads extracted by Emmies Added Nov. 6th 2010
http://emmies.dreamwidth.org/3821.htmlhttp://i55.tinypic.com/23jr51u.jpg
Twinbrook/Ambitions Textures extracted by Drowssap
Twinbrook/Ambitions Roads extracted by Drowssap
http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/ep02_t10.jpghttp://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/ep02_110.jpghttp://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/ep02_310.jpg:!:
Beach Rock Texture Pack with matching in game Terrain Paint by HystericalParoxysm @ MTS
These are some of my favorite, go-to textures 130 Custom Textures Pack by Stw405Horror Texture Pack by Chellemh29 This is her thread
This is the mediafire link to Chellemh29's textures New Terrain Textures for CAW - Extracted from Ts2! by MrCrumplebottom1 added Sept. 4th
Faerie Grass set by Ghost at CS3 @ mediafire
Matching Sidewalk Tiles: Terrain Paints and Texture Files by Simsimsillion
Snow & Ice Textures from auntielynds added Nov. 2010
Auntielynds Water Textures FolderMy Opacity Folderhttp://i.imgur.com/2Sdoa.jpg
BSI Regina's Caw Textures & Shire Road mediafire
https://app.box.com/s/983oxlxng0u2txe5wvbd box download
http://i.imgur.com/obz1gQg.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/NTm02x8.jpgCaw Terrain Packs & Create A Road: Urban Street PackIce age Terrain Pack by Ashillionhttp://i.imgur.com/6kPeauA.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/Afc5uEr.jpgEruption Terrain Pack by Ashillionhttp://i.imgur.com/uPCo6mR.jpgBadlands Terrain Pack by Ashillionhttp://i.imgur.com/AbZq8U1.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/g9WLYM1.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/kYOPzPm.jpgFossil World Terrain Pack by Ashillionhttp://i.imgur.com/cHYF9yp.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/rQFxVQ4.jpgCreate A Road: Urban Street Packhttp://i.imgur.com/9Mq00sK.jpgMartines CAW Textures Megapackhttp://i.imgur.com/qtMuu.jpgEnglish Road Textures! ;D by MrCrumplebottom1 added Jan. 30th, 2011
Drowsapp's Snow Tire Track Roadhttp://i51.tinypic.com/afhdef.jpg
Water_Cat1s French Road TextureWyndhane's Custom Roads Pack Pictures Download LinkCAW Textures by MerryWiddow http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/mw_tex10.jpgViewing your .dds textures so you don't have to guessMystic Thumbs .dds Viewer for WindowsSource Texture OrganizationInstructions for installing your new textures:When you download click on save and then download them where you can find them.
Okay now you have your files downloaded I will walk you through putting them into your game. I'll write this for beginners like I was just a few months ago.
Find your files and then open up Windows Explorer.
On the left hand side under Folders, go down to Documents,
then to Electronic Arts,
then to The Sims 3 Create A World,
then to UserToolData.
then click on SourceTextures.
Now just drag and drop the new .dds files into the SourceTextures file.
http://i35.tinypic.com/2lv1hkg.jpg
Adding the Textures to your World Palettehttp://i44.tinypic.com/30x9yit.jpg
Make Your Own TexturesIf you would like to try your hand at making your own textures here is a link:
The Easy Way to Create Terrain Textures or here is a quick tutorial:
Using Gimp1. Get gimp, and the .dds plugin. Links here, and how to do the plugin, very easy...
Free Image Editors for use with Caw2. Pick a pre-existing texture from your Source Textures File. If you want pink grass, get a grass texture you like. Choose something that's not too dark.
3. Drag and drop this into gimp. you get a pop up like this, un-check the Load mipmaps box.
http://i38.tinypic.com/kbbng0.jpg
4. Click on "Colors" on the menu bar, and the "Hue-Saturation"
http://i38.tinypic.com/6sdg78.jpg
5. Now you get this pop up and you just mess around with the sliders.
http://i36.tinypic.com/15g9gm8.jpg
6. Under "File" click on "Save as", and name it, and click "Save".
http://i35.tinypic.com/2155zk.jpg
7. Then just save with these options, and your done.
http://i37.tinypic.com/1zdmalw.jpg
At this point I always do another "Save as" and save it as a jpeg. now when you are looking for your textures, you can see them.
You can also get your own new textures. Google "Free Seamless Textures" and you'll get a bunch of different sites with interesting textures. Just make sure they are cropped to 1024x1024, or 512x512. You'll lose some detail in the texture if they are 512, but for some textures you only use to highlight it's better to have them at the 512, they are a much smaller file size, which will help lower you're overall world file size.
Easy Peasy :mrgreen:
Obtaining DDS Plug-ins and installation
