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Amaterasu-Chan's avatar
12 years ago

Urbz: Sims In The City (Ps2) recreation project

Hello everyone!

Some of you must remember this awesome game known as Urbz. I've always loved it and now that I got an emulator on my PC, I can play it.

But! Not only can I play it, I can reproduce the exact same lot sizes! I've been redrawing blueprints for the lots lately, and so far I have 98th Ave, The Foundry, Diamond Heights, Darius' Penthouse and Skyline Beach. It wasn't easy, but I managed to redraw, tile by tile, all of these lots. I plan on making all 11 playable lots and some that are around said lots, because, honestly, what's a world with 11 lots?

Now that's where I need your help!

I won't lie, I am terrible at CAW, lol. I am even terrible at landscaping in-game. I'd need someone to build me a relatively easy world. A flat, modern world with a more squarey shape, canals and so on. Even the roads are already laid out on the image.
http://myimg.us/images/08.18.13/37233.png

Me? I build. That's what I do. I'm not the best, but I'm good if I do say so myself.

So far, the only building I managed to complete, is 98th Ave, 3rd Floor, AKA the starting apartment. It's unfurnished, just like in Urbz.

http://i.imgur.com/zSMGEja.jpg"width=600"

I'm hoping to find people who love the Urbz as much as I do and that are interested in helping me in my project.

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  • Thank you for the interest! My old computer is working, so I might download the world from there haha... God it's been going for a while!
  • Hey! Sorry for the wait!

    I doubt this will ever get finished; I MIGHT come back to it once I have my new gaming rig, that way I can finally play and create in TS3 fluidly. Id love to finish this project! It has been 3 years and I really wish I had the time. Dont lose hope, but dont get them too high up either! :(
  • odaphii's avatar
    odaphii
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    9 years ago
    > @Shisanba said:
    > This is so freakin cool! <3 I have to ask, when do you think a beta download will be available?

    Likely never, unless I get motivated or get some form of help :( I would love to make the deco lots as neighborhood objects but I'm too bad at 3D lol
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    odaphii
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    7 years ago
    https://i.imgur.com/kIHbYiY.jpg
    Idk if I'll be continuing this but I have my files back :D
  • > @synthwitch said:
    > Idk if I'll be continuing this but I have my files back :D

    Hi, would be nice to see all the progress so far, maybe by sharing everything on a cloud based document. I would want to help with the project since I was looking to build everything on my own before I saw this thread.
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    odaphii
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    7 years ago
    "Abereau;c-17081583" wrote:
    > @synthwitch said:
    > Idk if I'll be continuing this but I have my files back :D

    Hi, would be nice to see all the progress so far, maybe by sharing everything on a cloud based document. I would want to help with the project since I was looking to build everything on my own before I saw this thread.


    Hi!

    The issue is that my CAW refuses to launch edit-in-game :( but after having played TS4 (and most specifically City Living), I got a better idea of how big cities are structured. It may help in the future!
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    odaphii
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    6 years ago
    "carvernosam;c-17149648" wrote:
    Hey so I talked to ameraterasu/synthwitch (sorta) and I thought I'd drop a discord invite for this project: discord.gg/nYNHVy9


    When have you?
  • Hey AmaterasuChan and Synthwitch, I love The Urbz and I would love to have a recreation in sims 3! So much that I tried and failed doing it myself couple of years ago but I would love to help you out wherever you are in the process if you are open to it! Ive tried building a (small) worldmap in CAW which didnt turn out great.. But I feel like it would be less of an overwhelming project if more people work together! :D If you are not open to outsider help I can also understand, but I just thought I could help out!

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