Alot of you might be wondering how can EA make a Create a World tool, seeing how neighborhoods are just environments you can't really explore, with patches of lots (space you can walk on/ build/ explore), and the rest being just decoration.Worlds right now don't even have hills or different levels. So how can it be possible (noting that changing how the worlds and how the lots work on them is IMPOSSIBLE without changing the whole game at its core, a huge chunk which could take a year) to make custom worlds?This is how! EA should create a menu where you can pick from 5 to 10 premade template worlds (desert, green suburbs, space, island maybe, etc.) and those templates will have several empty lots but will be different in composition and topography etc. More of these templates could be added with future Expansions (Island, Mountain, Exotic etc.).You can choose a template: let's say the desert one, and pick what terrain color you would like (Green, Sand, Brown Earth, Moon rock, Red, Purple). These are textures that are applied to the entire world, with the ability to add custom terrain colors.So really the Create a World tool can be as simple as this! Create many example models and offer the option to choose what terrain you would like it to have, and voila! Infinity lots and infinity worlds! I don't think I would mind having several worlds that look the same but just having the option to multiply the number of lots for my houses and community buildings would be great.What do you guys think? Let's start a conversation on how this could be feasible for EA and realistic for them to create soon.

I really have a world in mind, that I want to create, and I rather create, and trying to draw it on paper, or using an drawing app isn't helping.I think, there should be two different programs, with in the same ToolThe Sims 4 Map Designer - where you are given all the tools to design the map of a world.Then you export your map to:The Sims 4 Neighborhood Builder - where you can further interact with your map and start building the neighborhoods within each district.choosing back drops, sky, sprites, terraforming, other details.then export it again to your game.I expect it to work like build mode but for the actual game, Like it's on a grid, and you can extend the grid.of course there might be a limit.I feel like if you upload a world to the game, I feel like you should be able to delete the world from your game, or remove it, upload it back to the programs incase you want to edit without starting over. or at least save the original in the and edit it.and depending on Packs you own, you could use those items, to design your world.I've pitched a world idea here and there on this forum, but in the event they don't do it, I want to be able to do it myself.

I don't really think it would feel like a valid replacement for a world editor... but it would definitely be useful and a nice feature to have. I'd like a way to add additional bulldozed versions of existing neighbourhoods, so I could make an extended Willow Creek, for example. I find I use a lot of lots in certain areas and run out of room for everything I want to build with that theme. So, the idea does appeal to me.Something like TS2 where you choose to add more pre-built or empty versions of maps would be useful.

I wonder if they're already working on anything like this.

Exactly! I don't think they'll be releasing a developer tool for creating worlds. I can tell it would be quite difficult and not user friendly. Much of the Sims 4 worlds are "sculpted" to look a certain way with the majority of the world being just a set, with unplayable elements like running water, forests and rivers, etc.

How to make a World Editor work for The Sims 4

MasonGamerBoi
9 years ago
I really have a world in mind, that I want to create, and I rather create, and trying to draw it on paper, or using an drawing app isn't helping.

I think, there should be two different programs, with in the same Tool

The Sims 4 Map Designer - where you are given all the tools to design the map of a world.

Then you export your map to:

The Sims 4 Neighborhood Builder - where you can further interact with your map and start building the neighborhoods within each district.
choosing back drops, sky, sprites, terraforming, other details.
then export it again to your game.

I expect it to work like build mode but for the actual game, Like it's on a grid, and you can extend the grid.
of course there might be a limit.

I feel like if you upload a world to the game, I feel like you should be able to delete the world from your game, or remove it, upload it back to the programs incase you want to edit without starting over. or at least save the original in the and edit it.

and depending on Packs you own, you could use those items, to design your world.

I've pitched a world idea here and there on this forum, but in the event they don't do it, I want to be able to do it myself.
Cinderellimouse
9 years ago
I don't really think it would feel like a valid replacement for a world editor... but it would definitely be useful and a nice feature to have. I'd like a way to add additional bulldozed versions of existing neighbourhoods, so I could make an extended Willow Creek, for example. I find I use a lot of lots in certain areas and run out of room for everything I want to build with that theme. So, the idea does appeal to me.

Something like TS2 where you choose to add more pre-built or empty versions of maps would be useful.
EliHarb
9 years ago
I wonder if they're already working on anything like this.
EliHarb
9 years ago
bump.
EliHarb
9 years ago
Exactly! I don't think they'll be releasing a developer tool for creating worlds. I can tell it would be quite difficult and not user friendly. Much of the Sims 4 worlds are "sculpted" to look a certain way with the majority of the world being just a set, with unplayable elements like running water, forests and rivers, etc.
TheSimLord1989
9 years ago
And this is why the majority of users are not playing the Sims 4, because EA is ignoring our demands.
lukebartram
9 years ago
I would like to know this as well
PardiSimmer
7 years ago
I hope they will, id love to create my own worlds
thegreenplumbob
7 years ago
"Pardigamy;c-16324611" wrote:
I hope they will, id love to create my own worlds

I'll try and find the tweet, but SimGuruDrake made it clear that there currently aren't any plans to create such a tool.

Edit: Found it!
https://twitter.com/SimGuruDrake/status/962428122279718912
joemiller1972
6 years ago
We should be restricted to having only one customized world per save game, so that we get the world we want, but it also gives us incentive to buy more expansions to add more of the other worlds as well. There is still the matter of the customized music station that is absent in this game, but present in others.