Aurora Skies snow problem
Hello there. So for those that are not aware, there is an issue with the snow in the Aurora Skies world. I will post a link about this issue on official Sims forums here, because it describes what I ...
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@Rsandaa I definitely did not read all the way to page 7 of that thread. It's disappointing that there's no saltwater marker to remove, nor does adding a freshwater marker help; I guess a fixed version is the only real workaround.
You can always Porter the sims from the original version of AS to a fixed one. If they don't all pack well in one group, doing multiple rounds would mean repairing a few relationships, but maybe not too many if you chose wisely. As for the world objects, it's possible one of the fixed versions has them restored in full or in part. I haven't downloaded any of them to check, but if the creators were working with CAW, you'd hope they'd have put back what they could.
So, I have some updates. I have seen the CAW method mentioned before, but never tried it because the person said with that method rabbitholes go missing. So later on I tried it anyway because I was running out of ideas, and for some reason, rabbitholes and other objects did not get deleted for me. I am guessing everyone else used the tool that changes the way the game identifies the Store content while I went for the one that doesn't do that (recompressor). So if anyone comes here for answers in the future, make sure to use the correct tool from the two. I also didn't delete the way the town is identified as from the world file, which was suggested in the MTS article that was linked, idk if that also helped or not. I just renamed it in CAW instead.
After all that, I have edited the world a lot, changed the sea level, leveled the spawners, tides, etc all to the new water level, deepened the new ground that appeared after I lowered the sea level etc. It took me like 6-7 hours to do all this because this is the first time I am using CAW, and I got a lot of errors before I learned how to avoid them. Tested the snow with TCE, and it looks pretty good. Not ideal, but better than before for sure.
Everything is nice up to this point, but there are some problems that I have encountered:
- Families are there, but their descriptions, family relationships (between other families, inner ones remain), and already established careers got yeeted for whatever reason. I have used porter before, but it would be kinda pain to set it up and put everyone in their previous houses and such. So I am honestly willing to ignore this because I am tired.
- Aurora Skies lighting got yeeted as well, and idk why. I will try to fix it in CAW in a few days, but if not I will try to get a global lightning mod that is similar to the default AS one, the ones that affect every world. Which is a shame because I also play in other worlds, but whatever. Like I said I am tired 🙂
So this is probably it for me. If you or anyone else have any suggestions that you know of for lighting feel free to post! (Maybe you people are better at CAW, I still have no idea what I am doing). I kinda gave up on families, so I will let them start fresh and stuff.
Thank you for your contributions! <3
Hello, it is me again, like an hour later. I have figured out the lighting issue. Turns out, stuff related to lighting and whatever are stored in *.ini files. After I learned this, I compared my world file with the OG one, and it turns out my version was indeed missing them. Probably they were eaten by CAW while I was editing the world. Anyway, I put the *.ini files back in with s3pe, and boom, it worked! Just wanted to post this as well in case anyone comes across.
Also I will upload some pics for both summer and winter because why not?
Idk why but this made me super happy for whatever reason. Thanks everyone! <3
@Rsandaa The world does look great, and I'm glad you figured out the lighting part. The lighting is one of the best parts of Aurora Skies, so it would be a shame to lose it.
I've never even installed CAW, much less learned how to use it, so you're way ahead of me here. IT's helpful to know that most of the issues can be worked around though.
