Need Room for Rotational Play in Sunset Valley
I realize that not many people play the Sims 3 rotationally. At least, not many people document that type of gameplay online the way they do for the Sims 2, but I'm planning quite a big undertaking in my own personal game. I have added several families (including plans for new businesses / community lots) to Sunset Valley and plan to play them all in rotation Sims 2 style using NRAAS and other mods. However, I need room for the extra families and the expansion of descendants over time, and unfortunately there's no option to add more space via subhoods like there is in Sims 2. All that to say, does anyone have ideas / techniques (probably using create a world to modify the map I guess?) to expand Sunset Valley with more residential lots in a way that feels organic and keeps most of the premade houses intact? P.S. ~ I know it might sound like if I like Sims 2 style rotational play then I would be better off playing that game, but I love so many things about the Sims 3 like the traits, customization, and open world detail, so I feel like I could better tell my sims' stories the way I want in that game, even if it takes some tweaking to get it working the way I need it to.
Caw FAQ's........Links to Tutorials, and Resources. Textures, & Troubleshooting
Caw Tutorials & Information Hello Everyone http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/wave_s10.gif This is an information archive listing for all the pertinent information out there concerning Caw. You can help by alerting me of any new information out there you don't see listed, or you can write a tutorial of your own if you see information lacking. Just post with a link to the information, and I'll include it under the appropriate heading. Thank you for your help. http://i61.tinypic.com/2v9ybth.jpg Also let me know if there are any broken links, or typos http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/17/38/99/71/th_smi10.gif Announcements: 11/2014 - Simlogical forums have closed and moved all downloads to http://www.simlogical.com/ 9/2014-Mediafire-There has been a rash of creators who's mediafire accounts have been frozen, and their content deleted due to a fragulant claim of copyright infringement. I don't know the particulars, and feel free to post if you know any, but it's my recomendation you backup your mediafire uploads and provide a mirror download from another file sharing site such as box or google drive . Creators Impacted: If you or another creator you know of has been impact and have moved your files, let me know. Awesims - You can find her CC & Worlds at Sims Cave just Search "Awesims" Using Downloaded Worlds - FAQ, Tips, and Tricks Great info for the players of user created worlds. Direct Link to the Create a World Tool Download: http://thesims3.com/content/global/downloads/caw/worldtool.exe Super Caw by _A_ @ Simlogical png2caw by _A_ @ Simlogical for converting height map png's to 16 bit S3PE-Simlogical Caw Troubleshooting, Latest Patch Info, Error Messages. SOLVED: Cannot open Edit in Game, not a version mismatch issue Edit in Game Opens Sims 3 Launcher Need help trying to figure out what the heck is going on? Go here..... Create A World - CAW not running? CAW running slowly? Updated as needed by Simsample @ MTS Steam installation, and Caw by LittleMinxUndr @ ts3tutorials This thread is a compilation of some very useful info about creating a world, at MTS, and also around the web...... Useful Resources, Common Issues, and Much More Check here for links I may have missed. Armiel at MTS keeps this updated. Other Active Caw Forums MTS: Create a World Forum Mod The Sims: Caw WIP The Sims Creators' Consortium: Caw Section Create Your World Un mundo para ti This is a Spanish speaking forum, you can use Google Chrome to translate Pasimfic Wiki a Create-a-World database Carl and Pam's The Sims 3 Caw Forum SimsExpressie CAW Resources Beginners Caw Tutorials & Walk Through The first two tutorials are from EA, and came out with the Caw tool. The rest of the tutorials are good basic tutorials written by Simmers in the community. This is all I know about right now. As usual, If you know of a good tutorial here, or on another site, post here and I'll add it to the list. EA's The Sims™ 3 Create a World Tool – Beta Walk Through EA's Create a World Beta pdf CAW tutorial - First Contact by Anushka @ Carl and Pam's The Sims 3 Forum HOW TO CREATE A WORLD - THE SIMS 3 CAW TOOL GUIDE by Krrank......Learning to use CAW, the easy way. Tutorials and Downloads. Shalua's Create-a-World FAQs @ ts3tutorials Sims Wiki: Tutorials: Creating Sims 3 Worlds by HystericalParoxysm Video Tutorial: How to Create a World - Part One By The Sims Supply Video Tutorial: How to Create a World - Part Two By The Sims Supply Video Tutorial: How to Create a World - The Basics By The Sims Supply Creating A World That Doesn't Suck by TVR Designs @ Sims 3 Wiki Building a world Part 1-6 By Stw 402 @ tscc, The Sims Creators' Consortium Building a world Part 7-10 By Stw 402 @ tscc, The Sims Creators' Consortium Building a world Part 11-12 By Stw 402 @ tscc, The Sims Creators' Consortium Tips & Tricks from Other Cawsters How to: Find an Object In the World Layers Panel by Rflong7, EA Caw Forum Create A World Tips to get you started by Richdre @ tscc, The Sims Creators' Consortium Beta Testing a World..........Tips & Tricks @ tscc, The Sims Creators' Consortium Height Maps Procedural Generation of Terrain Discussion and Tipsstarted by aminovas @ EA Caw Forum PNG Height Map Tutorial with CS4 by Juleslessthanthr33 @ wordpress Creating Your Own Height Map Sims 3 Wiki @ TSR How to create a world using Real-World Height data by Napalm_VFR @ EA Caw Forum Textures, Terrain Painting & Sculpting How To - Making Sure Your Terrain is Flat by Rflong7 @ EA Caw Forum Making Transparent Textures by Simsample @ EA Caw Forum Source Texture Organization Getting all those textures organized, with pictures for easier identification by auntielynds @ TS3CC II How to extract textures from EA Worlds by auntielynds, EA Caw forum How to paint your rocks by HturnerP, EA Caw forum Create A World - Terrain Painting Tips by Simsample @ MTS Textures: *A full list of CAW Default textures- In photos * by lovingreds, EA Caw Forum Downloading and Installing Textures for Caw EA Caw forum The Easy Way to Create Terrain Textures. by Jericosan EA Caw forum Create a World: Terrain Tools Sims 3 Wiki @ TSR Making Craters in CAW by Rflong7, EA Caw Forum Terrain Show! (show off your terrain and tips!) at MTS Great thread with tips and tricks of Terrain Painting, including how to erase them. Help building a realistic pier @ MTS Different approaches on creating piers, and barges in Caw. 1. How to Build a Boat Pier by bunbunnyny EA Caw forum 2. How to Build Underwater Lots & Dock Ports by bunbunnyny EA Caw forum This goes with my How to Build a Boat Pier tutorial. It's the second part to it! Roads & Bridges Basics: Road Gradation Tool EA Caw Forum Possible to replace placed roads with different design, quick and dirty? by Simsample @ MTS....Post #7 Tutorial: Replacing Existing Roads in Caw @TS3CC II List of Street Names by Rflong, EA Caw Forum CAW Basic Road Tutorial by Richdre @ The Sims Creators' Consortium CAW Custom Roads Tutorial by Richdre @ The Sims Creators' Consortium Basic Bridge Tutorial by Richdre @ The Sims Creators' Consortium How to create a bridge In CAW by ryanmountford2 Video Tutorial: Create a World, Bridges By The Sims Supply Video Tutorial: How to make a layer and delete roads in Create a World for Sims 3 Video Tutorial: How to Connect Roads Tutorial: How to Create a Highway by Jasumi @ EA Caw Forum Meta Data Objects Tips & Info The Fog Emitter object gives special effects in game - a list by mikitta47 EA Caw Forum Fog Emitter Effects Animations Series by SimEve , Creative Works Blogspot The Easy-Peasy Distant Terrain Tutorial by HeyWhatReub, EA Caw Forum Aligning Distant Terrain by Kiwi tea @ Pasimfic Wiki Lists the names of each distant terrain alongside their positions and rotations CAW Spawner Tips for a Medium Sized World by Richdre @ Bear Mountain Creations Which Spawners Have What by Regina @ CS3 @ TS3 Tutorial Archive Using Fog Emitters in Caw@ TS3CC II CAW Plants Cheat Sheet by HystericalParoxysm @ MTS Recoloring Rabbitholes, Plants, and other Objects *Custom Bridges Tutorial (NO Custom content!)* by ThomsonJamie @ EA Caw Forum Piddlesam Easy Tutorial to Recolouring Rabbitholes by Piddlesam @ TS3CC II Adding & Extracting Metadata Objects: Recolors, Rabbit Holes, Trees, ect. by auntielynds @ Simlogical Routing, Routing Paint, & Camera Routing Find Routing Issues Quickly and Easily by Daniel @ Sims 3 New York Blog Perfecting Routing, an OC approach to routing paint... by Eyelem @ TS3CC II Basics on Sim-Routing in Create a World-Tool by armiel @ MTS Waterfalls, Rivers, Surf, & Caves How To Build A Cave by 8NiSci8 , EA Caw forum How to make your waterfall look realistic by Sim Outlaw, EA Caw forum Exporting, Thumbnails, Installing & Uploading Your World Routine to Export a World by Junceda EA Caw Forum How To Create-A-World 24Bit PNG with Paint by cllevett Youtube Video How To: Make Sure CC Doesn't Piggyback in on Your World Export by auntielynds, TS3CC Installing your World without Uploading to the Exchange by auntielynds, TS3CC Changing the WPID File to Give Your World a Different I.D. to re-upload to the Exchange by auntielynds @ Simlogical Video Tutorial: How to Export Your World - Includes instructions on how to make a 256x256 .png image, how to export, & install/upload your world. Thumbnails: 24 bit Png Image Creation with Paint.net by auntielynds EA Caw forum Pre-made 24bit pngs for Caw thumbnails Download Lots, Lots, & Lots Residential lot cost by default by mikitta47 EA caw forum Lot Types in The Sims 3 (Up to University) by ThomsonJamie @ EA Caw Forum Rabbit Hole Wiki by FaithofKaela @ Rabbit Hole Wiki Blog * Community Lot Guide & Check List by Geminiagre @ EA Caw Forum Ways of fighting "Sprawl" or "lot creep" already available. by Damienf519 @ EA Caw Forum * The Sims Wiki: Lot Assignment Info This tells you exactly what each lot assignment does, By Kiwi Tea This list can be sorted alphabetically, by type of rabbithole, by size, or by expansion/store set required. Rabbithole lot sizes by Kiwi tea @ Pasimfic Wiki Sunken or Raised Lot Fix by Amaholus, EA Caw Forum Set Front of Lot CBedna01 EA Caw Forum Tips for perspective and terrain conformation by Roswin @ TS3 Tutorial Archive Lot Building Tuts List of Building Tutorials or How do I do That? EA Creative Corner Forum *How to build an Apartment - In 8 steps* (Deconstruction Method) by lovingreds EA CAW Forum Working with Late Night Apartments by LoCatus @ TS3CC House Apartment Building!! by MrCrumplebottom1 EA Caw Forum Tombs The Sims 3 Tomb Creation Guide @ Carl's The Sims 3 Guide The Sims 3 World Adventures – Tomb Building #2 @ Sims Programs The Sims 3 World Adventures Tomb Creation 101 @ planetthesims.gamespy.com The Sims 3: World Adventures Building Tombsl @ IGN Tomb Building: The Processor by TS3 Wiki at TSR Tomb Overview by TS3 Wiki at TSR Tomb Building Basic by TS3 Wiki at TSR Tomb Building Advanced by TS3 Wiki at TSR Tomb Building: Triggers and Activated Behaviours by TS3 Wiki at TSR Tomb Creation 101 by TS3 Wiki at TSR Making a Resetting Trap in 10 Easy Steps by glen416 EA Caw forum
**TS3* Build-n-Share Challenge #236 **Empty Nest** **Due 31st March 2021**
https://i.imgur.com/nrMxwDI.png https://i.imgur.com/qkXexiw.png WELCOME to BuildnShare! Originally started by @addict1220, this challenge has been running strong since June of 2009. For those new to the challenge, you may want to read the information in the second post to see more information about Build-n-Share. <3 , Your BnS Hosts https://i.imgur.com/bj1Z3cS.png You have just sat back down behind your desk opposite the elderly couple when the man speaks. “We heard how you helped our friends when their homes flooded, and hope you can help us too,” Robin Nestlehut begins. “I would love to help. Tell me what I can do for you,” you request, imagining that they must have lost their home in a similar natural disaster. “It’s nothing like you must be thinking, please forgive us,” Robin’s wife, Wren, speaks up. “We have a big old farmhouse and a large farm to go with it.” “Unfortunately, we can’t keep it up ourselves anymore and none of our children are interested in coming home to take it over, so we have to sell.” Robin looks away wistfully for a moment, then seems to brighten. “But we’ve decided to use the opportunity to downsize. We would like a small house with a small yard, which will be easier for us to care for.” “Two bedrooms would be nice, one could serve as both a guest room and a hobby room,” Wren adds. “We’ll need two bathrooms as well.” “Our favorite room in the farmhouse was the sunroom, so we would prefer a sunroom in the new house,” Robin requests. “I think we can work with that. I hope you love your new home just as much as your old one,” you say. The Brief: *Budget: 35,000 The house needs: *At least 2 beds and 2 baths *One room must double as a guest room and hobby room. *A sunroom *The usual kitchen, living and dining areas. Sims Challenge: Create Robin and Wren Nestlehut and show them enjoying their new home. Be sure to show all of their outfits in the slideshow. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, March 31, 2021, no later than 23:59:59 New York Time/EST https://i.imgur.com/TvmoeFJ.png https://i.imgur.com/3gHHX7s.png https://i.imgur.com/0NNKW7o.png OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM #236 Empty Nest NAME: your forum id LINK TO LOT: LINK TO MEDIA: your entry will be judged on your pictures OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: if you entered the optional challenge, include a link here LEVEL: beginner, intermediate, or advanced LOT SIZE, ADDRESS & FINAL COST: LOT DESCRIPTION & DETAILS: tell us about your build, include any details and rationale that might not be obvious from your pictures CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: "yes" if you'd like suggestions for improvement, "no" if you'd like only positive feedback CREDIT TO SIMMERS FOR CUSTOM CONTENT USED: TWITTER TAG: (entirely optional but makes it easier for us to tag you) FACEBOOK PROFILE: (entirely optional but makes it easier for us to tag you) TUMBLR LINK: (entirely optional but makes it easier for us to tag you) SPACE FOR PICTURES: (limit 2) A reminder to use the entry form as is. If you are adding any pictures, please limit them to two per entry post and place them at the bottom of the entry form.
Making a mall. Dos and Donts
Hi folks. I wanted to make a big mall for my sims. But I can't think of what I can place inside to make it both look and feel like a mall without just being total chaos. I will make some stores just "fake" stores, either look like forever closed, or just like, you to to browse but nothing more. I think I will have one or two of those food court things from Seasons inside. And maybe one of those consignment cashiers. My main Q's are 1. If I put down a rabbithole-rug for the movie theatre, will this jumble up some of the other things on the lot (being a rabbit hole), or will it work like normal / have no effect on like, a cashier etc. 2. If I put down a performance stage, where they can have performers etc, will this affect anything else? Like, make the lot a venue so some things will not work?
(Seasons) Guide to Seasonal Lot Markers
So, you’re interested in lots that change throughout the year with the seasons? Well, you’ve come to the right place! This thread has everything you need to understand how these lots work, and even includes a step by step tutorial that will teach you how to build a lot of your own that changes over time. Before we begin though, please be aware that this is a guide intended for advanced builders. You will be using debug objects that were created for use by the development team to build these special lots. The method of using them isn’t particularly user friendly. If you aren’t already comfortable with using many different features of Build/Buy Mode you may want to consider just enjoying other people’s creations from the exchange. …still here? Great! If I didn’t scare you off with that warning, you’re ready to get started. Here's the best tip you'll get in this guide: save early and save often when creating your seasonal lots. If you accidentally change anything you didn't intend to, you can simply go back to an earlier version. I would also encourage you to read everything in this guide before doing any serious building of your own; there is a lot of important information that you should know. This guide is split into four handy sections: • FAQ – All questions regarding the Seasonal Lot Marker answered. • Build/Buy List – Which objects and tools can and can’t change with the seasons. • Tutorial - A step by step guide to building a lot that changes with the seasons. • Official EA Festivals - A list of festival lots officially released by EA that are available to download for free from The Exchange. Disclaimer: This guide will give you info on just about everything you need to know regarding the Seasonal Lot Marker, but it doesn’t 100% cover every possible situation you can encounter in-game. I’ll continue to update the thread if any other important questions need to be answered, or if any information is discovered to be inaccurate.Guide to Houseboats in game & in CAW
Houseboats! They're awesome, versatile, and totally fun... but they can also be tricky, especially when adding one to a world other than Isla Paradiso. Thankfully you've come to the right place. This guide will answer every question you ever had regarding houseboats (and many that you didn't!), inform you as to what you can actually do with them (nearly everything!), and take you through a step by step tutorial explaining how to build one in Edit Town or in Create a World. Your feedback is welcome and encouraged! If you have questions please ask, and if you see any inaccurate information please let me know so I can fix it. This guide is split into easy to follow sections: • FAQ – All questions regarding Houseboats answered. • Edit Town Tutorial – How to add a houseboat to a world using the in-game editing tools. • CAW Tutorial - How to build a custom world with the Create a World tool that has houseboats. This guide is currently a work in progress. Remaining work to be done includes (but is not limted to): • Organize the FAQ section so that the questions aren't all in a random order. Fan sites: Feel free to share this guide with readers of your website. I'll ask that you please link back to this thread as I'll continue to update it with more information and accurate answers. Disclaimer: This guide will give you info on just about everything you need to know regarding houseboats, but it doesn’t 100% cover every possible situation you can encounter in-game. I’ll continue to update the thread if any other important questions need to be answered, or if any information is discovered to be inaccurate.
