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WIP Laurel Beach -A Resort Island- Back on track! (Update 12/24/2012 See OP)
thetideschanging
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Overview
So normally I just build lots, but lately I've felt like my building needs a purpose. I decided to build my first world and make lots to fill that world. There is a lot of work left to be done on this world so it will take many more months. I have been working on this the past few weeks. Laurel Beach will have a beach resort town feel to it. As always any tips and comments are appreciated!
I am going to wait until the world is finished to come up with a full backstory. I want to see what it becomes
Updates
Update 12/24/12
I know it's been a while since I've posted an update, but things got busy with college. Don't worry I didn't give up on Laurel Beach . The semester is over now so I happen to have a little more time on my hands. I have a winter class though so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to do with this world.
Anyway I finished up the supernatural section of the world and I completed the terrain sculpting and painting and placed the roads in the next part of the world.
The part of the world I am now working on will be an area with expensive and modern homes. Even the smaller homes will be pricey. As far as community lots go, this part of the world will contain the studio lot, the exclusive lounge, and another private venue.
And here are the pics!
Supernatural part:
Modern part:
Update 9/30/12
For the past couple of weeks I have been working on the supernatural area of my world and I have completed all the community lots as well as 4 homes. I only have 6 more homes to build and that's it for the lots! The homes will be a mix of Victorian and cabin style homes.
The reason there are so many trees is because I wanted this part of the world to have an overgrown and neglected feel to it.
Also, as far as community lots go this part of the world contains the fairy arboretum, elixir consignment store, a 🐸🐸🐸🐸 lot, a vampire lounge, a dive bar, the criminal lot, junkyard, graveyard, broom arena, a second live show venue, a supernatural hangout, and the vampire lounge :-)
I have also tweaked the terrain painting on the mountains a bit and have put some trees on them as I felt it was too barren. I'm still not done with this though.
Here are the pictures (I know its a lot):
Update 9/17/12
I started on what will be the supernatural area of my world. I got the sculpting and painting done. I may take some of the Banyan trees out though and replace them with something else.
I would have built more lots at this point, but this part of the world has been plagued by micro lot tears and not matter what I do they don't go away :evil:. They're very hard to see but they drive me nuts. At this point I'm just going to camouflage them because my attempts to fix just screw up more lots. Any here are the pictures:
Huge Update 9/11/12
I have made quite a bit of progress on this world over the last 3 weeks so this is a huge update. I am also organizing this thread a little better. Anyway here is what I have done:
- I repainted the mountains to make them look more realistic. I also smoothed them out in some places (I need to do it a little more though)
- I ended up getting rid of the brown texture under the trees. I felt like it was too much and plus my world was plagued with red chunk boundaries. My world is now red chunk boundary free!
- I finished just about ALL the lots in the first section of the world. That means that part is pretty much done. You can see pictures of the lots in the lot section below. I have 4 empty community lots that I may fill at a later point. This part will also have 11 empty residential lots (one is 64x64).
- I added some wave effects to the shoreline.
Update 8/21/12
So this isn't a huge update but I deleted my whole tree layer and redid the trees. To make it look more realistic I added a sparse grass terrain paint under the trees. I also have added 5 lots.
Screenshots
Lots
I've put a lot of work into the lots in this world so I will be showcasing them here. Most lots are uploaded, and if they are then the name of the lot is a link to the download page so you can view more pictures and download if interested. Some aren't uploaded out of laziness or because I can't see them fitting in other worlds. I'll try to get the showtime venues uploaded soon.
Residential
Coastal Dreams
Lagoon Living
Loft in Paradise
Beach Belle
Cute as a Button
Cream Cottage
Cozy Kiwi
I cannot remember the name of this one....
Sunshine Starter
Key West Cottage
The Robin's Egg
The Lily Pad
The Bachelor's Button
Windy Shore
Flowing Floridian
Key Lime Pie
The Lucky Clover
Testudo Manor
Community
Sunset Beach
Sunny Bungalow Park and Arcade
Thrifty Sim Consignment Store
The Blue Pearl (Poolside Club)
The Blue Moon (Private Venue)
Laurel Beach Fire Department
Laurel Beach Concert Pavillion
Lucky's (Local Watering Hole)
Flying V's Coffee House
Laurel Beach Institute of Art
The Book Nook
Sweetheart Shore
Go-Go-Rodeo
Crystal Clear Pool
So normally I just build lots, but lately I've felt like my building needs a purpose. I decided to build my first world and make lots to fill that world. There is a lot of work left to be done on this world so it will take many more months. I have been working on this the past few weeks. Laurel Beach will have a beach resort town feel to it. As always any tips and comments are appreciated!
I am going to wait until the world is finished to come up with a full backstory. I want to see what it becomes
Updates
Update 12/24/12
I know it's been a while since I've posted an update, but things got busy with college. Don't worry I didn't give up on Laurel Beach
. The semester is over now so I happen to have a little more time on my hands. I have a winter class though so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to do with this world.Anyway I finished up the supernatural section of the world and I completed the terrain sculpting and painting and placed the roads in the next part of the world.
The part of the world I am now working on will be an area with expensive and modern homes. Even the smaller homes will be pricey. As far as community lots go, this part of the world will contain the studio lot, the exclusive lounge, and another private venue.
And here are the pics!
Supernatural part:
Modern part:
Update 9/30/12
For the past couple of weeks I have been working on the supernatural area of my world and I have completed all the community lots as well as 4 homes. I only have 6 more homes to build and that's it for the lots! The homes will be a mix of Victorian and cabin style homes.
The reason there are so many trees is because I wanted this part of the world to have an overgrown and neglected feel to it.
Also, as far as community lots go this part of the world contains the fairy arboretum, elixir consignment store, a 🐸🐸🐸🐸 lot, a vampire lounge, a dive bar, the criminal lot, junkyard, graveyard, broom arena, a second live show venue, a supernatural hangout, and the vampire lounge :-)
I have also tweaked the terrain painting on the mountains a bit and have put some trees on them as I felt it was too barren. I'm still not done with this though.
Here are the pictures (I know its a lot):
Update 9/17/12
I started on what will be the supernatural area of my world. I got the sculpting and painting done. I may take some of the Banyan trees out though and replace them with something else.
I would have built more lots at this point, but this part of the world has been plagued by micro lot tears and not matter what I do they don't go away :evil:. They're very hard to see but they drive me nuts. At this point I'm just going to camouflage them because my attempts to fix just screw up more lots. Any here are the pictures:
Huge Update 9/11/12
I have made quite a bit of progress on this world over the last 3 weeks so this is a huge update. I am also organizing this thread a little better. Anyway here is what I have done:
- I repainted the mountains to make them look more realistic. I also smoothed them out in some places (I need to do it a little more though)
- I ended up getting rid of the brown texture under the trees. I felt like it was too much and plus my world was plagued with red chunk boundaries. My world is now red chunk boundary free!
- I finished just about ALL the lots in the first section of the world. That means that part is pretty much done. You can see pictures of the lots in the lot section below. I have 4 empty community lots that I may fill at a later point. This part will also have 11 empty residential lots (one is 64x64).
- I added some wave effects to the shoreline.
Update 8/21/12
So this isn't a huge update but I deleted my whole tree layer and redid the trees. To make it look more realistic I added a sparse grass terrain paint under the trees. I also have added 5 lots.
Screenshots
Lots
I've put a lot of work into the lots in this world so I will be showcasing them here. Most lots are uploaded, and if they are then the name of the lot is a link to the download page so you can view more pictures and download if interested. Some aren't uploaded out of laziness or because I can't see them fitting in other worlds. I'll try to get the showtime venues uploaded soon.
Residential
Coastal Dreams
Lagoon Living
Loft in Paradise
Beach Belle
Cute as a Button
Cream Cottage
Cozy Kiwi
I cannot remember the name of this one....
Sunshine Starter
Key West Cottage
The Robin's Egg
The Lily Pad
The Bachelor's Button
Windy Shore
Flowing Floridian
Key Lime Pie
The Lucky Clover
Testudo Manor
Community
Sunset Beach
Sunny Bungalow Park and Arcade
Thrifty Sim Consignment Store
The Blue Pearl (Poolside Club)
The Blue Moon (Private Venue)
Laurel Beach Fire Department
Laurel Beach Concert Pavillion
Lucky's (Local Watering Hole)
Flying V's Coffee House
Laurel Beach Institute of Art
The Book Nook
Sweetheart Shore
Go-Go-Rodeo
Crystal Clear Pool
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Comments
i LOVE this world.
The terrain Paints are great and Like the green house.
I think you should raise the water level.
THATS IT!
I will be downloading for sure
Thankyou,
Boggleman,
Will the world be pre populated? Excellent buildings by the way!
@TBAYLN2: I was thinking the same thing. This world most likely won't be finished till well after seasons is out so I plan on leaving empty community lots that I can put seasons and supernatural lots in later. Hopefully TS3 seasons will allow you to choose the seasons for your world because winter and possibly fall would look pretty odd here.
I also plan to somehow make the world populated. I will be uploading an unpopulated version to the exchange. I may find somewhere I can upload a save game file to, either that or upload the households to the exchange. The former may be better because I can establish relationships, pick careers, and so on. I'm just not sure where I can upload it to.
Good job! :thumbup:
Awesome! I'll be checking back for updates!
Personally I would soften the spikes in the mountains so they appear more natural.
Good work so far.
This world will include most or all of the expansion pack lots. As it most likely won't be finished till after seasons it will probably have lots from that and supernatural as well. Part of why I'm making this world is because I wanted one that fit all the expansion pack features in and also one that had mainly builds by me. As far as size goes it will most likely be about twice the size it is now as I haven't even touched half of the island. The part will have more of a modern vacation island feeling with large condos built along side the shore. I've got lots of ideas
Thanks for the tip. I was thinking that myself. This is my first world so I constantly find myself tweaking things I did earlier as I learn more