What's your favorite type of custom world?

@GraceyManor probably knows how I feel about CC - and mods. I do NOT use CC and generally the only mods I use are NRAAS mods that make the game run better because Maxis made it necessary for some brilliant folks to fix all their bugs (although I use NRAAS animator for my science fiction love story occasionally lol.) I've just never trusted them, and honestly I always thought "the less crap in my game the better." While generally that's true, and I use zero cc in terms of custom items, clothes, etc., I can 100% double her support of and vouch for anysizelot. I'd pop an eyeball trying to fix pre-made Maxis worlds without the ability to actually change those hinky sized lots myself and anysizelot is really a very small mod to the code that simply allows the player to work within those hinky sized lots. But I feel you, @Evalen - pop an eyeball frustration levels at odd sized lots that we can't replicate in game for sure, so other than when I feel it's absolutely necessary I will always use to Maxis available lot sizes for sure, that's a fantastic point, thank you for your input :) <3

I like world with a theme, and ones with careful detail put in. I am a fantasy player personally, and while it can be fun to have witches and vampires running amok in a modern city, I don't personally like it.

I prefer more fantasy themed worlds, so that my fantasy play style doesn't seem to conflict. The crazier the better. I build worlds of my own and they can be a little weird. But playing witches especially often, I've started making my personal populations leaning more towards Victorian era all the way to medieval periods. I've slowly been amassing CC to reflect these time periods, and most sims I make now are dressed this way.

I also tend to love worlds that are JAM PACKED with lots and fun things to do. I want a lot for EVERYTHING. From the sky diving center to the bot arena, to the local grocery. As far as expansions go, I bought all the sims 3 content available on steam a couple years ago, so I tend to prefer worlds that lean in the direction of accommodating that.

However, being a builder doing a large world and having to build all these things, I can say it's a huge headache, and I don't think I'll ever make one quite as large scale as my current project. I'm actually resorting to using the room hider debug item so I have less that needs to be built.

I also prefer populated worlds, especially if they have a healthy population (Another reason I just need tons of lots, lots of people make the world more immersive!). If a world comes with its own population I am usually a really happy camper.

As for landscaping, forests and mountains. Rivers are REALLY fun in CAW in my opinion, so almost all worlds I've made have one. Get creative with them!

Other important details are "good" and "bad" areas. Like you might have the up scale large lots, or the large apartment complexes, and then tiny lots crammed together (lots should have 2 grid tiles width between them for routing). Also establishing an architectural style for the area, it can be anything that pulls the buildings together, like a certain type of roofing or wall style.

Best advice I can give, build a small world first to familiarize yourself, it can even be just a test size version of a world you want to build. Second (or maybe truly best) advice I can give is have a strong concept going in. I find that my free hand projects are almost never finished, but the projects I'm really passionate about and have a strong sense of concept on have the most success in terms of completion.

I prefer medium to small worlds as my puter does not play large worlds well. I also prefer that the premade lots not be jammed packed with stuff because that will just bog the world down to the point my puter won't play it. I can add stuff I need if you leave room as the creator. :smiley: I also like empty lots of varying size so I can add things I've made over the years. I would also say use mostly base game stuff or just a few ep's in creating the world since the more you pull from the store EIG will get very cranky. Keep a record of what you use that might be store or special SP or EP items so you can list on a thread for those interested in you world. Somethings the game can replace with proxies, but not bridges, stuff like that. Plus, not everyone has all the ep's even now. I don't mind a few high rises, but prefer small town atmosphere's as a rule.

large with a 'town' area and a 'village' area and a lil holiday/beach area

@AbellaKellaher

Right now my favorite EA world is the Tropical style of Island Paradise however this world needs a lot of tweaking before playing for most players.

I mean please somebody give me this life-)

https://i.imgur.com/U5yoz4Q.jpg


Next up is @Rflong7's supernatural world which has separate dedicated areas such as a fairy/genie area, a vampire city walled area, farming/horse area, witches and werewolves, so it's perfect for all my fantasy playing. The world also has beach areas but I mainly play fantasy themes in this particular world.

This is dawn over the farming area..

https://i.imgur.com/glqC9QF.jpg

https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/922535/supernatural-island-wip/p1

Aside from Rflong7's own unique builds for this world we also had some exceptional builds made specifically for this world by @Hidehi that fit the themes of the world perfectly..plus @romagi1 from our wonderful DNA build team made me the most stunning pirate themed build I set as a basecamp for this world so there is plenty of scope for player to have a go at.

Next is rflong7's very new world called Pangaea this world has several different terrains that flow into one another and look stunning. I have just starting playing in this world and getting used to the various areas as I will play different themes in different areas of the map. Some beautiful inspirational pics on the next couple threads..

Just look at that lovely terrain leading off towards the dessert style area :)

https://i.imgur.com/DiKy34C.jpg


https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/962976/thanks-for-the-world-name/p1

https://forums.thesims.com/en_us/discussion/945497/pangaea-a-new-world/p1

Last but not least I love pure city worlds for the nightlife, the bars, the bands, celebs and again on of my favorites is rflong7's my Bridgeport world because it is based on EA's Bridgeport but made large enough to add extra lots..

This a pic of one of the extra areas added to the world that I use for mys supernatural sims as there is not a lot of room in EA's bridgeport for any of that-)

https://i.imgur.com/0FgxtHs.jpg

http://myworlds-rflong7.blogspot.com/2014/07/my-bridgeport.html

I also like worlds that have plenty of lot sizes so i can fit in resorts, roller coaster gondolas and the like because my sims just love their entertainment :) I also WA style worlds but have not come across anything as yet I feel would make a perfect home world. like large worlds but maybe a lot of players don't and I just love beautiful terrains and scenery (us players don't ask for much do we-)

Any world with these sorts of themes above I would be happy to try out as long as it's CC free as I add enough of that myself lol and while I have only mentioned rflong7's worlds here does not mean I have not appreciated other players world builds and I still have plenty downloaded to try when I get the time but as I have to try designate time for the things I want to do with my game at the moment these are my 4 current world projects I am playing and reorganizing :)

"SPARKY1922;c-17200725" wrote:
@AbellaKellaher

Right now my favorite EA world is the Tropical style of Island Paradise however this world needs a lot of tweaking before playing for most players.

I mean please somebody give me this life-)

This is the one you want to fix Island Paradise:

http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=514909

Hi @KevinL5275

I have tried to use this fix on my digital (1.69) game and my disc game on a seperate hard drive (1.67) yet despite following the instructions meticulously it did not work on either system for me at all and when I read the comment section it appears to be an issue for other players as well.

"SPARKY1922;c-17200830" wrote:
Hi @KevinL5275

I have tried to use this fix on my digital (1.69) game and my disc game on a seperate hard drive (1.67) yet despite following the instructions meticulously it did not work on either system for me at all and when I read the comment section it appears to be an issue for other players as well.

Do you use NRAAS mods? I have played a lot in IP but it'd be unplayable for me without my NRAAS mods.

Hi @AbellaKellaher

Yes i use NRASS mods have for years but I still had to follow some of @cianes instructions to get it to work better for me. I wanted to try the world fix just to see if it made it any better but sadly it did not work on either version of the game for me so i gave up lol

Gah that stinks, @SPARKY1922, sorry to hear :/ Thank you though for providing links and fantastic descriptions of the types of worlds you like and why. It helps a lot to get a clear view of what other players look for and why.