I gave up taming CAW 5 years ago, but I've been wanting to create a world for so long that I'm now back to get my butt kicked a second time.Hopefully, I'm not the only one who will be using it, so I'm curious to know what other players find more or less important in worlds; do you prefer mostly finished houses or an abundance of empty lots? An interesting backstory? Lots of "complex" residents or none at all??I was thinking of making a more modernized, rural island, with lots of trees in-between lots and dirt roads instead of the plain ones (that will be a treat to figure out, sigh); a scattered landscape, with trails that lead into districts that lead to different lots, instead of having a clear grid pattern. No CC. Does this agree or disagree with your preferences?

Sounds good.I'm kind of lazy when it comes to starting a new world, I prefer most of the lots have something on them. With a few residents living around the world, with a bit of a back story.

I am in no way creative enough for CAW so I just download worlds from the exchange. It took me a good long while to find one that I liked that ticked almost all the boxes. But I am on the hunt again for a world that does tick ALL the boxes so here have my wish list in case you want to incorporate it.Medium worldI prefer to have mostly empty lots so I can customise the buildings I use. But in saying that I don't mind at all having the main community lots, like City Hall and the rabbit hole work places, already in place since they can be a pain to find ones that suit the style of a world. Also some homes are cool.I like more open spaces, easy to navigate around but not too linear or grid like so some little laneways and 'districts'DIVING SPOTS I have a world I love and is perfect (Ridgeview in Summer but Rflong7) other than that fact it has no diving spots and they can't be placed in it. Also nicer looking shores for ports for house boats, so ones closer to roads etc.I like the small town not rural but countryside look.I always populate a town with my own sims but I am not opposed to having some families already in a town for the backstory.

For me I like larger worlds that are interesting/have something different to the existing worlds, for example worlds that are inspired by different countries, fantasy worlds, etc. It's also pretty important for me to have things to do in the world like nightclubs/bars, and a central park is a must! so then my sims can get out the house and do things and meet other sims

I get you, diving lots do seem a bit out of place in non tropical worlds. After a whole lot of time yesterday I was able to get one to work in my world, but I have made a small one, not a 64 x 64 lot like most in Isle Paradiso. Maybe for your worlds you could do the same, make several smaller dive sites. I actually have a friend who is a fisherman and goes diving and he did say that even non tropical oceans have amazing and unique underwater landscapes and they can be quite localized, so its not unusual to have a really lush and packed area randomly among not so interesting terrain. Check out some of Rflong7's worlds if you want to do some more research too. They are hugely popular, as I said my favorite is Ridgeview in Summer, that will give you an idea of what I meant in my wishlist. You will see the shore lines are lovely open sloping beaches but not really suited to houseboat ports, other than that the layout is nice with open space but a few little districts and laneways, nice size too. I also love the aesthetic, lush and well kinda of generic so it suits most stories. Not saying you are building a world depending on what I want, just saying Rflong7 has an example of almost everything on my wishlist. Also the more I think about it the more I do like the idea of having some pre-made families and houses, and like you said if someone doesn't like them they can just remove them. You could also upload 2 versions of your town when it is made, one with the finished lots and households and another with just blank lots or only some finished lots, having a town with only the necessary community lots finished and everything else empty is also a popular way to upload worlds.

Well, one of the first things I look for in a world I want to play in is the playability of the world. Is all the routing good in the world that I want to stick my sims into. Are my sims going to get stuck. If there’s serious routing issues then it starts to make the world unplayable because sims get stuck and play gets bogged down. I tend to go for smaller worlds since that tends to work out better on a computer with a combined processing/graphics chip(APU) - now that I’m thinking of getting a gaming computer with a dedicated graphics card, I might look at playing the larger worlds like Great Bear. Just because townies come pre-installed in a certain particular world doesn’t mean they have to stay in that world. But I always tend to look for townies who are interesting: River McIrish and Bebe Hart in Sunset Valley, Samantha Grey in University, Constance Shelley in Riverview. Your mileage may vary. I also pick worlds based on what kind of game I’m playing. If it’s a legacy, I might start out in Sunset Valley where I know most of my favorite Sims. Secondly my OC sim can beat the ever lovin’ tar out of Jared Frio. None of my sims like him. If I’m playing a Supernatural Legacy, I might play Moonlight Falls. I haven’t bought Midnight Hollow yet (I don’t like vampires; I’m partial to werewolves). For my Castaway story (I don’t play challenges - I’ve never liked rules), I made myself a nice little island in CAW, no roads, but a mice beach and steep mountains. For Apocalypse stories, I chose “Les Sims 3: Sunset Died”. But for me now it has entirely too much vegetation for a town that has been blown off the map by a nuclear warhead.I tend to look for worlds that I can populate with my own “family members” in a legacy so that tends to mean multiple 64x64 lots, Enough community lots to place down all the amenities. My sims basically are homebodies so bars aren’t important to my sims. This is part of the reason why I’m starting to make my own worlds, is because that way I can make them specific to how I want them; put in what I need. If I want a specific post apocalyptic world complete with burnt glass terrain from a nuclear weapon being detonated, I can make it myself and not have to ask others. My next goal is to start making worlds specific to my stories that I can populate with my own sims with CAW. The royal pain right now is getting the roads to link up without causing an annoying routing issue. And frankly, that will take some time to sort out when I start making my own worlds with roads in CAW.

What's the main thing you look for when choosing a world to play in?

texansky
Rising Adventurer
2 years ago

@Karritz
Before I switched to disk, I owned the expansions and worlds and most of the stuff packs through Origin. Once I get the rest from eBay, I will have everything on disks, including Katy Perry and the rest of the stuff packs which I didn't have before. I had the corrected IP world then and I will be putting it back in my game when I install IP. I can't imagine there is an issue with the repaired world with version 1.67.
karritz
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
"texansky;c-18267592" wrote:

@Karritz
Before I switched to disk, I owned the expansions and worlds and most of the stuff packs through Origin. Once I get the rest from eBay, I will have everything on disks, including Katy Perry and the rest of the stuff packs which I didn't have before. I had the corrected IP world then and I will be putting it back in my game when I install IP. I can't imagine there is an issue with the repaired world with version 1.67.

I'm glad you found the Katy Perry Stuff Pack. That's the only one I had to get on line years ago. I thought I'd bought it on disk originally, but it turned out I had got it from EA as a download version. I got all the other disks I didn't already own from local games shops that were selling them at a discount because the game was finished. I had a feeling I may not be happy with being stuck with just digital versions of everything and I was correct. I have stayed on 1.67 throughout.

I'm glad you got the fixed world too.
texansky
Rising Adventurer
2 years ago
I got the Showtime - Katy Perry Collector's Expansion Pack combo for $12 including shipping. Given that it is no longer available, I got a great deal on that.
texansky
Rising Adventurer
2 years ago
Just an FYI: I have Alryne Valley beta 1.1 available on Mediafire. Just go to The Legacy Report, and click on the pinned post , Download Alryne Valley, to find the Mediafire link to the most current version.
inessakulina
3 years ago
"bobv2;c-18177176" wrote:
I am in no way creative enough for CAW so I just download worlds from the exchange. It took me a good long while to find one that I liked that ticked almost all the boxes. But I am on the hunt again for a world that does tick ALL the boxes so here have my wish list in case you want to incorporate it.

Medium world
I prefer to have mostly empty lots so I can customise the buildings I use. But in saying that I don't mind at all having the main community lots, like City Hall and the rabbit hole work places, already in place since they can be a pain to find ones that suit the style of a world. Also some homes are cool.
I like more open spaces, easy to navigate around but not too linear or grid like so some little laneways and 'districts'
DIVING SPOTS I have a world I love and is perfect (Ridgeview in Summer but Rflong7) other than that fact it has no diving spots and they can't be placed in it. Also nicer looking shores for ports for house boats, so ones closer to roads etc.
I like the small town not rural but countryside look.
I always populate a town with my own sims but I am not opposed to having some families already in a town for the backstory.

Thank you! This is so helpful. I've discussed this topic with a few other people and a lot of them have mentioned diving spots specifically. I am a bit hesitant since those seem more fit for tropical worlds (and I have a more northern atmosphere in mind), but since it seems so desired, I will probably attempt to incorporate it in some way!

I'll probably work a lot on the buildings and households because I simply find it very enjoyable, but of course, emptying the town is always an option for those who prefer to customize the world to their own liking!

If you ever come up with anything to add to your wishlist, please feel free to update me! :)
inessakulina
3 years ago
"LaBlue0314;c-18177139" wrote:
Sounds good.

I'm kind of lazy when it comes to starting a new world, I prefer most of the lots have something on them. With a few residents living around the world, with a bit of a back story.

Thank you for your feedback! I'm also a general couch potato but CAW also has a history of turning me into a frustrated gremlin so I avoided it for many years. But I come out swinging this time!
mw1525
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
Tiny worlds which have empty lots, and no population are what I look for the most in a custom world.

I enjoy fleshing the worlds out by constructing each building, home and community lot. I populate by either creating or importing in my existing sims who fit my vision of the finished world. This may seem like a lot of work, but in the end, I have a world which feels like a small cozy community filled with simfolk I know. Thus, my game feels more like I am visiting the town and less like I am playing in it.
Rflong7
Rising Vanguard
3 years ago
Hi :mrgreen:

I like worlds with a bit of Everything. Snow and beaches are fun to travel and act like they're on vacations without having to work.
Now that everything is out, I like Everything in the world. I don't mind adding Store stuff to the worlds if they're not there. I seem to always tweak lots, even ones I enjoy playing.

I hope you have Lots of Fun making worlds in CAW. :cookie:
noveema
2 years ago
that sounds really nice! personally what i look for in a world is just a lot of public lots. open world, make the most of it y'know? gyms, spas, tattoo parlor, resturant, all of the above? i also personally love when there are already families in the world, but still a decent amount of houses you can buy! i think youll do great with whatever you make though
ThePinkLov
2 years ago
I like to do challenge that have to do with progressing through time like the Through History Challenge and the Decades Challenge so I tend to look for worlds that fit the time period my current generation is in.