What is your favorite creative thing to do in Sims 3?

I’ve tried CAW and just can’t seem to figure it out, lol. But all of the other options are fun for me. I’ve enjoyed using CAP and dabbling in making CC (wall art), writing out my stories instead of only playing them in my head, and I like making my own Sims in CAS.

But for an absolute favorite, I have to go with building. Making over towns is a very close second and goes together with building for me. I’ve altered some EA worlds, but I like building in lite versions of smaller CC worlds the most. When I need a break from a building project... I just build something else in another world or build for simmer family members. I like building and setting up my Sims worlds almost as much as live mode play.

This is really difficult. I love building/decorating lots and creating Sims. Sometimes I'll spend hours upon hours doing just one or the other, never entering live mode. I'm leaning toward making over towns because that involves both building lots and creating Sims + the actual town makeover, which would be third on my list.

I only recently realized that there is a blueprints button and I’m kinda obsessed. I really like the country layouts but I definitely swap out some of the furniture. I spent 2 hours last night just building my house to meet my family’s needs!

Writing stories has got to be #1 for me. :star: I have a couple of good ones on my blog in my siggy below. :blush: ;)

Second I like to makeover Community Lots and Premade Sim homes, as well as making over the premade Sims themselves! :mrgreen:

i prefer mostly to create sims

when i make a new sim i always come up with a story for that sim, i don't write it down, i don't write a story, the story has to unravel within the gameplay itself
that's why personalities of sims, their traits, a good AI are so important for me, if those fail, if those are shallow or mixed up & exchangeable then my whole creativity ends up in CAS alone & that's not what i intend
if i wanted to created sims in CAS only then i would use other tools, programms & not a sims game, there are better ways to create great looking, detailed beings than any sims game delivered so far
meshes alone are not enough for me, the psychology & sociology of sims' life has to be included in a sims game, if that falls short then there is no point for me to create sims, no point to build houses, no point to design the city, no point to proceed with the generations
it doesn't need to be very detailed since i play rotationally but it has to be recognizable, that's why i like neurotic sims in TS3, their sorrows show clearly, their wishes, their daily schedule, their hole life circles around their sorrows with the things in their life

Building :) although recently I have combined that with using CAW. No competitions though because my work isn't good enough. I do enjoy seeing what other people have created though and who hasn't made over a townie or two ??

Building, decorating and creating sims

I'm a huge livemoder (is that a term? it is now I guess), and I have no sense of aesthetics beyond "this isn't glaringly offensive to my eyes" so most of my builds (and probably most of my sims) look pretty bad. So instead, I write stories.

This was a hard choice because I genuinely love telling stories. But I'd have to say decorating is my biggest passion. That's part of why I love TS3's CASt so much. I love creating characters and then imagining their perfect living space down to the tiniest detail. For me, the environment is a huge part of the story.

As someone who enjoys photography irl, I also like to bring that hobby into my game. Sometimes, when my Sims are sleeping or otherwise preoccupied, I'll wander off, find a nice spot for some in-game photography, and just snap away. TS3 has a lot to offer in the way of breathtaking scenery :)