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14 years ago

GlenDonnach - The Scottish Highlands (UPLOADED)

After a lot of experimenting, I finally decided to question my long-held belief that the visual style of the sims 3 does not lend well to the portrayal of Scottish houses. Thus, I have created a brand new world based on the lush countryside of my home country.

http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/578/169/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg

It is a large map which covers an expanse of Scottish countryside, featuring a distillery, railway line, small villiage and plenty of farms and ancient structures. The world and all the lots have been be made by myself to give the world as much character as possible.

SPEC: I have aimed to make it to the best standards as possible, including spawners and many hidden areas. It does not contain any any custom content other than the rabbit holes (see below).

- It will need Riverview, World Adventures and Ambitions to work.

- Functionality for most rabbit holes relies on the use of Jynx's rabbit hole doors (most rabbit hole buildings are WAY too big for scotland in my opinion!!). They can be downloaded here: http://customsims3.com/forums/thread-53.html

As a side note, the world takes advantage of Simsample and GiLaNg's unlocked neighbourhood objects (which show up fine if you have ambitions) Thanks should also go to Regina at bogsims.com and MrCrumplebottom1 for some of the road textures.

Here are some more pics:

http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/800/175/011/00/screenshot_original.jpg

http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/000/721/010/00/screenshot_original.jpg

http://llnw.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/media/shard000//shard000/811/505/012/00/screenshot_original.jpg

DOWNLOAD: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=6024201

SAVE GAME FILE: Includes 18 households, each fully detailed with flavour texts, bios and relationships. Get it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?84d5ewqxz1n9l4j To install, just download, unzip it and place in your documents/electronic arts/sims3/saves folder.

PERFORMANCE NOTES: The World has been playtested for two sim weeks with little issue. There are a few minor routing irregularities which have either been fixed in the save file or are unavoidable due to the small nature of the houses etc. The bare world (but not savegame) is missing some lot descriptions. Needless to say, if any issues arise please don't hesitate to inform me.

Thank you very much and I hope you enjoy the world :D

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WaterLilies11
14 years ago
Absolutely beautiful!!
MariannaSims
14 years ago
its beautiful!
Remmo72
14 years ago
Looks amazing, you've clearly given your terrain a lot of love, and the train track over the road looks very nice. I must learn how to do that! Hopefully they will release a Seasons EP soon so you can get the rain as well ;)

Best of luck with your build and please do keep us updated!
naturelover101
14 years ago
your doing a good job I've been to scotland and you have got the picture of the scenery and since I have late night installed I can add scotch pine trees to add some native pine trees:D
medion694
14 years ago
Yes, I've got to admit that the absence of appropriate pine trees (and silver birches!!!) is causing me some annoyance. Nevertheless the spruce and junipers are doing a fine job standing in for now.

And yes Johnnywr! the strathspey area is my main source of inspiration.
Johnnywr
14 years ago
doublemedion694 wrote:
Yes, I've got to admit that the absence of appropriate pine trees (and silver birches!!!) is causing me some annoyance. Nevertheless the spruce and junipers are doing a fine job standing in for now.

And yes Johnnywr! the strathspey area is my main source of inspiration.

You are doing a fine job so far in recreating a Strathspey-like part of Scotland. The distillery idea is brilliant, I love it. Strathspey is whisky country 8)
lovetosim
14 years ago
It looks charming. I love the rolling hills.
8NiSci8
14 years ago
I love how this is turning out! :mrgreen:

I toured Scotland with my choir in high school and it was an amazing experience. Everything was so beautiful and the people I met were exceedingly friendly. I am definitely visiting again one day. I really like the way your distant hills look and your use of the train tracks.
Sneakfeline0
14 years ago
Ooooh...I like it like it! (sorry, the Rhianna song has been on the radio at work mega-times lately). It looks like you have done an awesome job blending in the distant terrain which is so difficult isn't it?
thomasmmc2
14 years ago
doublemedion694 wrote:
Yes, I've got to admit that the absence of appropriate pine trees (and silver birches!!!) is causing me some annoyance. Nevertheless the spruce and junipers are doing a fine job standing in for now.

And yes Johnnywr! the strathspey area is my main source of inspiration.

Double, you are a master at creating worlds ... and you back them up with an intriguing history and interesting lots. Good stuff. I think the sculpting and trees and town layout in this world look quite realistic. Can't wait to see more!