After searching on and off pretty much since the release of the CAW tool for someone - anyone - that had made a map of my home of Kamloops to no avail, I decided it was time to give CAW a shot. Going in without a heightmap, and nothing more than the aid of google maps for placement...I now unveil the first screenshot of the miniaturized, 'Simified', City of Kamloops. More precisely, the beginnings of the North Shore area, and the untouched neighborhood of Brocklehurst (Or "Brock", as it's called here).Neighborhoods:-Westsyde (DONE) Lots: 22 (14R, 8C)-Brocklehurst (DONE) Lots: 10 (5R, 5C)-North Shore (DONE) Lots: 37 (22R, 15C)-Downtown Centre (DONE) Lots: 63 (31R, 32C)-Mission Flats (DONE) Lots: 4 (0R, 4C)-Valleyview-Aberdeen/Sahali-Mt. Paul-Rayleigh-Juniper Ridge is a maybe, if I'm able to squeeze it in it'll be there.-Likely omitting Bachelor Heights, as there just isn't enough room against the steep hillside for any lots next to Bachelor Road.So there it is. I'm largely avoiding using any CC, against my personal wishes. I know some folks out there get real LOLmad about CC being used, though I've never had a single problem. Despite my avoidance, I will be using some very basic stuff. That CC is:http://customsims3.com/forums/thread-53.html Jynx's Rabbithole Rugs7 Diner RecoloursIf nevessary, I'll update the list as I go, but I'm trying to stay away from too much, so that nobody runs into any issues.That's all!

lol, I'm sure all 200 people in Calahoo would love it! I did Drumheller when Pets came out, and Vancouver a while back, I haven't ventured any farther East in Canada yet though. I'm trying to make it off the continent as all my worlds have been North American themed. Good luck with Kamloops :D

Small update tonight - mostly terrain work. Pretty much finished the Lac Du Bois grasslands. Will probably fire out Bachelor Lake (The small lot waaaay in the back of the mountains... Kind of hard to see in this shot) when I do some more lot centric work tomorrow.Aside from that, threw down plenty of trees around the North Shore, mostly along the North Thompson, but I scattered em as needed. Finished work on a large 4 Br - 2.5 Ba house in Brocklehurst and laid out the lots for Westsyde.Till next time!

Good start, I've been to Kamloops several times, not in quite a few years though. I'm from Northern Alberta :D. It's kinda hard to tell how far apart your lots are from the photos, and I'm not sure what expansions you have, but you are likely to run into some routing issues if you have Pets installed unless there is at least 2 squares between each lot. As far as I've read, the horses are the main problem. That being said, good luck with Kamloops, and if you haven't looked at the tutorials and resources section here on the forum, I suggest reading through some of them, and the Troubleshooting section.

Northern Alberta hey? I got family out in Calahoo. Love going there in the summer... 4 feet of snow is a little much for me come winter though :P2 Squares? D'oh! I've only got one square between most lots :/Though I am planning to set the world type to "city", so horses won't be much of an issue. Hopefully sims won't either. I'm running all the primary expansions and probably half the stuffpacks, so it'll probably need a fair bit of test playing to work out some of the hiccups. Hopefully though, I won't run into too many.Also, no update tonight. After I got off my shift I had to take my car into the shop to get a new ECM put on (I know, fun right?), so I didn't get as much done as I'd like. Should have an update tomorrow though.EDIT: Just realised, there's my idea for my next project. Calahoo, AB

WIP: Kamloops, British Columbia | EA Forums

Sneakfeline0
12 years ago

lol, I'm sure all 200 people in Calahoo would love it! I did Drumheller when Pets came out, and Vancouver a while back, I haven't ventured any farther East in Canada yet though. I'm trying to make it off the continent as all my worlds have been North American themed.

Good luck with Kamloops :D
Dini60
12 years ago
This is coming along nicely.
Bungdup
12 years ago
Small update tonight - mostly terrain work. Pretty much finished the Lac Du Bois grasslands. Will probably fire out Bachelor Lake (The small lot waaaay in the back of the mountains... Kind of hard to see in this shot) when I do some more lot centric work tomorrow.

Aside from that, threw down plenty of trees around the North Shore, mostly along the North Thompson, but I scattered em as needed. Finished work on a large 4 Br - 2.5 Ba house in Brocklehurst and laid out the lots for Westsyde.

Till next time!
Sneakfeline0
12 years ago

Good start, I've been to Kamloops several times, not in quite a few years though. I'm from Northern Alberta :D.

It's kinda hard to tell how far apart your lots are from the photos, and I'm not sure what expansions you have, but you are likely to run into some routing issues if you have Pets installed unless there is at least 2 squares between each lot. As far as I've read, the horses are the main problem.

That being said, good luck with Kamloops, and if you haven't looked at the tutorials and resources section here on the forum, I suggest reading through some of them, and the Troubleshooting section.
Bungdup
12 years ago
Northern Alberta hey? I got family out in Calahoo. Love going there in the summer... 4 feet of snow is a little much for me come winter though :P

2 Squares? D'oh! I've only got one square between most lots :/

Though I am planning to set the world type to "city", so horses won't be much of an issue. Hopefully sims won't either. I'm running all the primary expansions and probably half the stuffpacks, so it'll probably need a fair bit of test playing to work out some of the hiccups. Hopefully though, I won't run into too many.

Also, no update tonight. After I got off my shift I had to take my car into the shop to get a new ECM put on (I know, fun right?), so I didn't get as much done as I'd like. Should have an update tomorrow though.

EDIT: Just realised, there's my idea for my next project. Calahoo, AB
Sneakfeline0
12 years ago

lol, I'm sure all 200 people in Calahoo would love it! I did Drumheller when Pets came out, and Vancouver a while back, after Late Night came out. I haven't ventured any farther East in Canada yet though. I'm trying to make it off the continent as all my worlds have been North American themed.

If you're enabling it as a city, then you definitely won't have the routing issue I believe, unless anything has changed or been broken in the city resource.

Good luck with Kamloops :D
Bungdup
12 years ago
I have your Vancouver map! I loved the setup, you caught Van pretty well, though the terrain textures felt a little sparse.

Tonight's update, Finished some more North Shore/Brock lots. Made sure to put down a couple duplexes and an apartment for rent as most of the homes so far, despite their implied age, are all about 8-10K over the starting funds of single-sims. Also dug out Bachelor Lake and put a couple common 1 fish spawners in it, so your sims can catch some sneaky rainbah's

If I'm lucky, I'll be able to start Westsyde by next week!
Bungdup
12 years ago
Update!

North Shore and Brocklehurst neighborhoods finished, including YKA and the fuel depot near it just for some filler on the western side of the map. Also did a bit of terrain and road work on the south shore, getting the bottom of the hill laid out a bit as looking across the river at nothing was bugging me :P

Next on the agenda, the lone lot next to the Halston Bridge that represents Westmount, and Westsyde up on the northern part of the map.
Bungdup
12 years ago
Updates! North Shore/Brocklehurst area completely finished! Westsyde is about 35% complete, with most of the suburban area finished and then just the farmland on the north edge of the map. Also starting to sculpt out the southern regions, worked more on Summit Drive and added Hillside Drive N. Also built the British Columbia Lottery Corporation head office (Sans parkade), as it's the first big building you hit when you come off the Overlander Bridge and into Downtown.

But the pictures are what matters!

Current state of the Kamloops project:

And of Westsyde:

And the BCLC building, with the abandoned "Enhanced Automotive Repairs" next door (Just needed some filler)

Till' next time!
Bungdup
12 years ago
Hilarity ensues:

So after working some more on Westsyde this morning (I'll attach a picture later, when I get home) I realised that the position the game started the camera in may -not- have been North, and so I should probably check the sky's orientation... After doing all this work (Inorite?)

So, after figuring out how to play the day/night animations, I discovered that the North Thompson has now become the non-existant West Thompson! :P

Not really something that I care about, but it does kinda suck. Hey EA, if you're reading this, pull yer thumbs outta you know where and give us the ability to rotate the sky orientation East/West. It's a pretty simple option that's in every other decent 3D map editor, except for yours!

Anyway, just thought I'd share my comic misfortune with everyone!