I've always wanted to have a desert world for my game and decided to make my own in CAW so I could have another option and still try out the ones made by others.I don't intend to populate the world though I might offer a populated version by uploading to Mediafire and having it bundled with a populated game save.It will be a build your own world because those have fewer issues with placing lots in edit town breaking routing. I'm starting with sculpting terrain and shaping it to get the riverbed marked and defined.http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/12267431244_f92b8e8b3c_z.jpg Here's more sculpting to fill in low-lying areas.http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/12267152673_6f77204d51_z.jpg Here's where I've got the riverbanks defined.http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5541/12267155183_715933ac01_z.jpg I've got another shot of another location along the riverbed.http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/12266995925_d0d1ae644b_z.jpg

Hi there @SandraKB-I've had to remove my CAW data for installing new Stuff Packs and just got that back in and I did a little on my world.I've got more to do there with the roads and the road objects before starting on terrain painting to get the right terrain pant back after placing some of the roads.I painted it to beach sand so the desert dirt roads would stand out while I work on them.

It's got ranch grass,redwood trees and cottonwood trees though no palm trees as it's in a climate that can get very cold in the winter.The town's located in the northern part of Utah and just east of the continental divide in the foot hills of the Rockies.They can get all kinds of winters with anthing from a mild winter to one with tempertatures getting to as low as -40*C.

I did the worlds because I hated having to empty out a world before I could play in the world.I found it easier to start a new game in an empty custom world.I've got three CAW projects done and in the game as working worlds or for bets testing.I did upload town of my CAW projects because they've been tested and the most recent one is in testing.

I've started to put in some slightly elevated terrain a bit away from the river banks.I've started with roughing in the terrain to shape it for the world I'm creating.http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3767/12284141193_0c5ceb298c_z.jpgI outlined the raised land along the waterfront areas.http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/12284142813_b384339f85_z.jpg I was almost finished with outlining when I made a big mistake while saving.I never use "save" for saving my worlds and have always used "save as"with "world_lite.world"only for a first save then I would use"world-a_lite.world" and change the file name each time I save a world in CAW,but this time I typed in the same file name I loaded under by mistake and found I could delete a folder for that overwrite save and reload the world.I did my work and saved under "Logan-d_lite.world" that worked.http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/12284144543_cfa63ea28b_z.jpg I had to redo the outlining and save again and I didn't repeat the mistake I'd made earlier.http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/12283998535_a9dcebba56_z.jpgI took a final picture of the last bit of work I'd done.I've got the terrain sculpting started and I'm getting it done.http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5518/12284542636_070e02d18f_z.jpg

I'm still working on early terrain sculpting in Logan with CAW.I've started to outline raised land and fill in the outline.http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/12317061964_0e103a5423_z.jpgI was still working on finishing off the fist phase of terrain sculpting.I also saved it under another file name.http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2823/12317064584_94f57d49c7_z.jpgI worked on outlining and filling in on the other side of the riverbed before I saved with another new file name.http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/12316640055_63f3eb78b6_z.jpg I took this after I was done with the terrain and was saving under a third file name.http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3802/12317069774_8345e77568_z.jpg The terrain is starting to take on the shape it should have when the world is finished.

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TadOlson
11 years ago
Here's an update from CAW.I've had to put my project on hold while I installed new Sims 3 SP's and an expansion which needed to be tested.
I started by extending the highway on the other side of the bridge.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8679/16544851249_05945eb5d6_c.jpg
I was just placing new sections of road and intersections and had to snap them together.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8594/16111012233_1d64e456e6_c.jpg
I had a new bit of highway in the other direction.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8637/16729751031_ceefe04776_c.jpg
TadOlson
11 years ago
I've been kept away from CAW for a long time because I was installing new Expansion Packs and Stuff Packs though I got some work done today.
Here's another update on my current CAW project in Logan.
I started by extending the highway out and making a turn towards the other bridge out to the island.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8773/17106601165_d72ebd6249_z.jpg
I got the roads all snapped together and snapped to the intersections.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7665/16918814388_cb1ecff602_z.jpg
I've managed to get city streets in where they were supposed to go.
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8799/17105084942_080ee88844_z.jpg
I got the street connecting to the bridge to snap to the intersection.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7634/17105086232_71255c322a_z.jpg
TadOlson
11 years ago
Here's another update on what's happened recently in Logan.
I started adding the first trails to the town.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/535/19961265956_d81d06dca0_z.jpg
I also extended the desert dirt roads.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/430/19979789372_a25e2e9f34_z.jpg
Here's a view of what I've been working on so far.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/264/19364880534_9fe18d71b1_z.jpg
I ran another dirt road out to the hills.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/287/19987505885_35cf12cee7_z.jpg
TadOlson
8 years ago
I might've got that on an external hard drive and I do play TS2 with UC.I've already exported Logan to the game and installed it a few monthes ago which was before Christmas.I lost this thread while making the world near the end of the project.I've been building the city hall for Logan and added some lots to the town get it ready for live play to test that part out.
ILoveMyOreo
Rising Vanguard
8 years ago
It looks good. I'm wondering what trees and plant will be in it, since there aren't any desert trees or plants in the game.
TadOlson
8 years ago
It's got ranch grass,redwood trees and cottonwood trees though no palm trees as it's in a climate that can get very cold in the winter.The town's located in the northern part of Utah and just east of the continental divide in the foot hills of the Rockies.They can get all kinds of winters with anthing from a mild winter to one with tempertatures getting to as low as -40*C.

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