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

Bungdup
12 years ago
Well, my original plan was to focus just on Downtown and the North Shore and paint Westsyde, Valleyview, Aberdeen, and Mission Flats all non-routable for Camera + Sims and just use the deco buildings that came with my download of the New York City world that I found on another website, but I didn't want people to have to download a huge world just for the deco buildings I would use, so I ended up building out that way making that plan invalid. I may simply put out a request for a skilled person to create distant terrain for the world, and send them the CAW files for map referance. We'll see what happens.

And thanks!
airlineguy62
12 years ago
Awesome! This world looks just like Colorado Springs. (a little bit too green though, and this wasn't a joke about the fire) I've got to download it eventually. :D
FitoBoy13
11 years ago
I was wondering did you finished this one yet?
jubilee222
11 years ago
This is quite cool but too bad I don't have any expansion packs/stuff packs. :cry:
NikkeiSimmer
New Vanguard
4 years ago
Wondering if there's any headway in this world. @Metallifan.

The first and only time I've been through Kamloops was when I took my son up in 2015 up to Clearwater for a minor hockey tournament. Beautiful town. My wife loved it (She's from the States and now we live in the Lower Mainland of BC - getting too expensive out there so maybe we might be moving out of the Lower Mainland.

Coming into Kamloops from the #5 (The Coq) was white knuckle all the way down - that hill is nuts! - first time ever mountain driving on my part.
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago
I've travelled to Kamloops, BC once about 20 years ago. I've also travelled with my parents to Victoria & Prince Albert BC when I was a child. So many wonderful memories. Now unfortunately, I can't afford to travel anymore. I'm just stuck in Northern Alberta.
NikkeiSimmer
New Vanguard
3 years ago
"SERVERFRA;c-18013198" wrote:
I've travelled to Kamloops, BC once about 20 years ago. I've also travelled with my parents to Victoria & Prince Albert BC when I was a child. So many wonderful memories. Now unfortunately, I can't afford to travel anymore. I'm just stuck in Northern Alberta.

@SERVERFRA - Sorry to hear that. Yeah, I'm a middle-Albertan (born in Edmonton) transplanted to British Columbia in 1976. With the pandemic, my wife @Featherbelle, and I don't travel much any more. Just commutes to and from work.

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