We're all waiting Stw for this World to be done so we can play with it, I must say you have a horrible habit of making us squirm in anticipation heh..heh. Anyway I hope your doing well and can't wait to get this World I currently have all the World's you've released and play them all a lot as they are still my favourite World's.
I've updated a lot of them simply enough to use the LN buildings so that makes it all the better. My version of Exotic World is nearly full of families and has about Six, custom Clubs heh..heh.
Love the look so far, eagerly anticipating a release. Also loved Exotic World. Extremely creative and detailed. You're one hell of a talented creator in your own right! Thanks for all this dedication and effort. You make the game by far more appealing.
Such a long time with no updates, have I given up on this project?
To answer this, I've had a break from building, but the last week, I've reopened the project and hope to have the world completed before the end of the month, I've made a number of tweaks to the world, since last time I was working on the project, I can show you a few of them in this little mini preview:-
From Ui tweaks, to graphics changes this world will be unique and not to forget the world is linked together by dungeons. The world will also come with several Sim families to fix the story of the world together.
Just a word of note, a light version of the world, for slower machines will be available for download upon release. This version will not contain any custom graphics and no Sims.
I'm so happy to see you back and working on this Stw, I'm glad you had a good break I think we all need one now and then. Your new images look lovely and I'm very excited about this World.
I really hope those UI tweaks are not global! Please no changes to the game core or I must refuse to install this world!
It would be sad because i like what I see.
I really hope those UI tweaks are not global!
Please no changes to the game core or I must refuse to install this world!
It would be sad because i like what I see.
Nothing inside the world is global, everything that is installed with the world will be just for that world. Self contained for that world only, at the end of the day I'm a little lazy when it comes to updating stuff and the last thing I want is the need to update stuff after each patch.
I did do some pretty cool stuff like using the Medieval Sims game, mood-lets and change the Sims tool bars, but this will stay on the cutting room floor, stuff like that would be better suited for a self contained mod.
You can sleep easy in the knowledge that the world will contain NO Core Mods or anything that will damage your game.
UPDATE
I've completed all the building that will be in the world, many of them need some tweaking.
I've made a unique fly over for the start up of the world.
More updates will follow with a few pictures of the final area. I can see light at the end of the tunnel I hope to be beta testing the world in the next few weeks.
More updates will follow with a few pictures of the final area. I can see light at the end of the tunnel I hope to be beta testing the world in the next few weeks.
That is indeed great news! Looking forward to it with much excitement!
Thanks RavynLeeBourdon, I'm making good steady progress on the last section of the world, I even got time to do some sound tweaking. I used the medieval Sims sounds and placed them directly in the world file, so I was happily popping along to the medieval Sims sounds while play testing.
I think when the world is completed I will start to tweak the lots, one area I've found frustrating in the past, is to balance the lot sizes, it perhaps better to have 10 small lots than 1 big mansion, I want to try max out the playability of the world the best I can, but keep the look of the world.
Another thing I was thinking, generations EP comes with No new world, so I wish to leave space for any new building that come with this EP.
Lets hope it all works out in the end and the world will be yours to play about with soon.
I love the originality to your worlds - I'd never have thought of adding Medieval Sim sounds to it (were I a world creator). Incredible!
With regards to the balancing act of lots, I agree that ten small lots would be better than 1 mansion - having said that those that choose the opposite can still rework the world by editing where they see fit - so long as you're happy with it the rest of us will tweak it again to our individual tastes. You haven't let us down yet though in terms of artistic license and balancing anything I say (maybe I'm just biased but Exotic World was epic).
What you could do is release a beta prior to Generations release as I've seen other creators do and add in other rabbit holes (like the playground they're adding to Generations and the like) once the EP's released and you've familiarized yourself with it. Am I eager to get my hands on this world? You bet! XD
Still greatness can't be rushed so I'll continue to lurk and wait and wish you the best of luck as you put in all the effort behind the scenes. Thanks for soldiering on with this and I trust your ability enough to know regardless how long it takes this world will definitely be one worth waiting for!
Just add a weekend off from building with it being Easter, cheers for the feedback.
The Medieval Sim sounds where something I've been playing about with, I'm still a little unsure if the finished world will contain extra sounds. I do like the idea to include extra sounds and what I can see the Medieval Sim sounds, seem to be a little more stream lined. I suppose it will depend on the size of the world, on how much extra stuff I will add. Another problem I've got is so far I'm unable to convert MP3 into a format the game can read. I did find some instructions but it's way above my head, so currently I'm stuck with EA sounds.
With the Beta Release, it will be a upload to the exchange, probable prior to Generations, give you chance to have a play with the world, I will probable do a updated version with any fixes that people report and add the generation stuff into the world later.
Again many thanks for your support, right that be the end of my Easter break back to the world designing .
Looks amazing Stw402!! What I love about your worlds is that there is always something new to look at/do. Some creators make a world. You make a world come to life. Thank you for this and can't wait for the release.
I'm please you like the world, many thanks for your feedback, it's taken many hours to get this far and I can see the end.
I've started to tweak the world and check everything over, so far so good, I decided to reduce the number spawners in the world, thou this will mean little to anybody reading this. I can't find any info about how many spawners should be in a world, so I've used my own common sense, to many and you get lag, to few and it upsets the game balance.
Here's a few pic that I made tonight:-
Sneaky Peak Video
It's only 27 seconds long, it's test video I made when testing the world fly over, sorry no sound and it's a little jerky, my video cards a little crappy to handle a video recording with all settings on top and during a flyover.
The full fly over for the world is over 2 minutes long :oops: , it shows many of the key area's before you start to play, of course if you get bored, you can always click past the fly over.
Very awesome! Kudos on the flyover, I've rad a bit about making your own, but my tech skills are not worthy :oops:
Can't wait to see the finished product!
Right from the start of this world I've been playing about with the INI files, trying to get a look that makes the town stand out and look nice, here is the end result of the colors that I will be using for the worlds sky and the final sea color:-
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I've updated a lot of them simply enough to use the LN buildings so that makes it all the better. My version of Exotic World is nearly full of families and has about Six, custom Clubs heh..heh.
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In REALITY, I simply exist.....
To answer this, I've had a break from building, but the last week, I've reopened the project and hope to have the world completed before the end of the month, I've made a number of tweaks to the world, since last time I was working on the project, I can show you a few of them in this little mini preview:-
From Ui tweaks, to graphics changes this world will be unique and not to forget the world is linked together by dungeons. The world will also come with several Sim families to fix the story of the world together.
Just a word of note, a light version of the world, for slower machines will be available for download upon release. This version will not contain any custom graphics and no Sims.
I was really happy to see another update from you, Stw. I'm really looking forward to trying Sandpoint out.
Please no changes to the game core or I must refuse to install this world!
It would be sad because i like what I see.
Nothing inside the world is global, everything that is installed with the world will be just for that world. Self contained for that world only, at the end of the day I'm a little lazy when it comes to updating stuff and the last thing I want is the need to update stuff after each patch.
I did do some pretty cool stuff like using the Medieval Sims game, mood-lets and change the Sims tool bars, but this will stay on the cutting room floor, stuff like that would be better suited for a self contained mod.
You can sleep easy in the knowledge that the world will contain NO Core Mods or anything that will damage your game.
UPDATE
I've completed all the building that will be in the world, many of them need some tweaking.
I've made a unique fly over for the start up of the world.
More updates will follow with a few pictures of the final area. I can see light at the end of the tunnel I hope to be beta testing the world in the next few weeks.
Thank you for your reply.
That is indeed great news! Looking forward to it with much excitement!
I think when the world is completed I will start to tweak the lots, one area I've found frustrating in the past, is to balance the lot sizes, it perhaps better to have 10 small lots than 1 big mansion, I want to try max out the playability of the world the best I can, but keep the look of the world.
Another thing I was thinking, generations EP comes with No new world, so I wish to leave space for any new building that come with this EP.
Lets hope it all works out in the end and the world will be yours to play about with soon.
With regards to the balancing act of lots, I agree that ten small lots would be better than 1 mansion - having said that those that choose the opposite can still rework the world by editing where they see fit - so long as you're happy with it the rest of us will tweak it again to our individual tastes. You haven't let us down yet though in terms of artistic license and balancing anything I say (maybe I'm just biased but Exotic World was epic).
What you could do is release a beta prior to Generations release as I've seen other creators do and add in other rabbit holes (like the playground they're adding to Generations and the like) once the EP's released and you've familiarized yourself with it. Am I eager to get my hands on this world? You bet! XD
Still greatness can't be rushed so I'll continue to lurk and wait and wish you the best of luck as you put in all the effort behind the scenes. Thanks for soldiering on with this and I trust your ability enough to know regardless how long it takes this world will definitely be one worth waiting for!
The Medieval Sim sounds where something I've been playing about with, I'm still a little unsure if the finished world will contain extra sounds. I do like the idea to include extra sounds and what I can see the Medieval Sim sounds, seem to be a little more stream lined. I suppose it will depend on the size of the world, on how much extra stuff I will add. Another problem I've got is so far I'm unable to convert MP3 into a format the game can read. I did find some instructions but it's way above my head, so currently I'm stuck with EA sounds.
With the Beta Release, it will be a upload to the exchange, probable prior to Generations, give you chance to have a play with the world, I will probable do a updated version with any fixes that people report and add the generation stuff into the world later.
Again many thanks for your support, right that be the end of my Easter break back to the world designing
I can say the world is complete in terms of shape and design, I've still goto tidy up the world and play test.
I've started to tweak the world and check everything over, so far so good, I decided to reduce the number spawners in the world, thou this will mean little to anybody reading this. I can't find any info about how many spawners should be in a world, so I've used my own common sense, to many and you get lag, to few and it upsets the game balance.
Here's a few pic that I made tonight:-
Sneaky Peak Video
It's only 27 seconds long, it's test video I made when testing the world fly over, sorry no sound and it's a little jerky, my video cards a little crappy to handle a video recording with all settings on top and during a flyover.
http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a103/Tamlo31/?action=view¤t=TS3SP032011-05-0804-57-15-70.mp4
The full fly over for the world is over 2 minutes long :oops: , it shows many of the key area's before you start to play, of course if you get bored, you can always click past the fly over.
Can't wait to see the finished product!
UPDATE
Right from the start of this world I've been playing about with the INI files, trying to get a look that makes the town stand out and look nice, here is the end result of the colors that I will be using for the worlds sky and the final sea color:-
so these pictures are not post-processed in any way? Well then I'm impressed! :thumbup: