Show me your Willow Creek!

"DaniRose2143;c-18096180" wrote:
I have a question for all the builders on here, when you redo these maps and change up all the lots, if you start a new save in that world do you get your new layout? Or do you have to go back and put all the lots back in all over again? I tried this once before like 3 years ago or so, and the next time I started a save in Willow Creek I got the default map and my version was no where to be found.

I have a save I've renamed build (actually I have two, one with mods and one with out modded content). That way when I start a new save I start there, then "save as" and give that new save another name. That way I don't have to start over each time.

I've also tried understanding how the tray system work, so that I could save it on my computer, but I've given up on that and just have my build saves. If I want to make sure I don't lose a particular creation I upload it to my library as well so that I can always download it should I want to.

@danirose2143, worlds revert to their original state when you make a new save game start. That's why I've only started a new game a grand total of 2 times since the game first came out. I spend far too much time renovating all the worlds to just throw all that effort out. If I want to start a "new sim household" I do it in my existing game, so I at least can keep the worlds and lots that I have set up.

My current game, for example, started just as a standard "legacy" challenge type game. But I have added new households to it, starting a few scenarios in it, and now play it as a rotational game.

And now I got so inspired by the map @musteni used that I went and downloaded it and OMG Willow Creek is so much more beautiful now! I just have to show it again as a before and after. That is one of the best maps I've seen.

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@JAL I remember reading that somewhere before, now that you mention it. I knew someone, it was probably you, mentioned how they got their worlds back for new saves but I couldn't think of it to save my life. Thank you! Never bring a lot into my game that I don't save it. But I also forget to delete them after I try them and find something my OCD doesn't like. My library looks like a sims Zillow run amok!

@Stormkeep Boredom and not feeling satisfied with the way the available lots fit my new stories and sims is the main reason for saves that land in the trash. Half of my saves that get flushed, happen at the select a world screen. I'm sitting there looking at each one going, nope, uh uh, I'm tired of that one. Flush...

I still marvel at your commitment to a save.

@Jal, Just goes to show how uninspired I am by Willow Creek as a whole...it's the only world I don't currently use a map override for. :lol:

I'll share my Sage Estates (haven't done anything with the rest of the world... yet)

I built the gray Victorian for the Goths - they deserved a more private estate.

I'm really proud of the other Victorian I built up on the hill. It has a "secret garden" and a beautiful atrium. It also features a rock climbing wall in the lower level that looks into the pool. There's a 3-storey Victorian where I grew up that used to put a Christmas tree on each floor where the turret/tower was, and you could really see them shine through the windows, so I tried to recreate that with the tower in the back. But in the game, the tree lights don't really make an impact like they would IRL. Kinda sad but I still love how it turned out.

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

https://i.imgur.com/Req0AZ9.png

https://i.imgur.com/2IKX5xi.png

They're both on the gallery btw under my profile, babajayne.

@Danirose2143 I do get bored with neighborhoods or even worlds sometimes. I just renovate them in my current save game when that happens. I love renovating and redoing lots and worlds. I just feel that there's no need to force myself to have to do all lots in all worlds yet again just because one area needs a makeover.
It is simple enough just to do whatever changes I want to make in an existing game save.

The same is true for sims. If I decide I want all the original pre-mades back...I can do that by deleting all of the townies in my existing game and re-placing all the pre-mades. No need to start a new game to get a total reset of townies.

@Stormkeep I feel on some level that's why I love San My so much. I have an insatiable need to redecorate lots and those apartments are so quick and easy, well the spice district anyway. So you can constantly redo lots and not have to commit as much time as the other worlds take up.

@DAniRose2143 I'm the same way about San Myshuno, but in my case it's because I am so very bad at making building exteriors and roofs (as compared to the talented builders). Apartments are kind of the perfect playground where I can do whatever I want and not even have to think about building exteriors and roofs. :lol:

@Stormkeep I'm with you on exteriors and roofs. Landscaping is another one that gets me all flustered. I struggle to come up yards and gardens that flow with the rest of the lot.