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Cladbridge-on-Stowe: An English Village ON THE EXCHANGE
doublemedion694
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These pictures show my new world set somewhere in the idylic English countryside. It is called Cladbridge-on-Stowe.
The world is a large map which covers a large valley with a winding river (the river Stowe) and the surrounding hills and farmlands. There will be a large market village, a church, railway station, manor houses and plenty of space for rambling and horse riding.
SPEC: I have aimed to make it to the best standards as possible, including spawners and all rabbit holes.
- It will need Riverview, World Adventures, Ambitions and Late Night to work.
- Some empty lots are included to accommodate extra expansion pack functionality. Notably the 60x60 ranch lot and space for the rennaissance fair (may need rezoning).
- Because I think rabbit holes are too big to convey British architecture I am using the basement method. Map icons may appear a distance from the actual lot entrances.
- Although it is not essential, I've been using the "unlocked" riverview distant terrain. It can be found over at modthesims:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=427515
The world will work without it but the sea will be clearly visible from most angles.
Furthermore, the world takes advantage of some of Simsample and GiLaNg's unlocked neighbourhood objects (which show up fine if you have ambitions) Thanks should also go to Regina at bogsims.com and MrCrumplebottom1 for some of the road textures.
DOWNLOAD: The world is available now on the exchange:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7451577
SAVE GAME: Includes 18 households, each fully detailed with flavour texts, bios and relationships. It also contains small fixes (eg locked & unlocked doors) which make the world a bit better to play. It can be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zjjq6rl99j42zzp/Cladbridge-on-Stowe.sims3.rar Just place the file in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves
PERFORMANCE NOTES: The world has been playtested for two sim weeks with little issue. At one point the game showed lag but using the cheat resetsim * fixed the problem. Needless to say, if any issues arise please don't hesitate to inform me.
The world is a large map which covers a large valley with a winding river (the river Stowe) and the surrounding hills and farmlands. There will be a large market village, a church, railway station, manor houses and plenty of space for rambling and horse riding.
SPEC: I have aimed to make it to the best standards as possible, including spawners and all rabbit holes.
- It will need Riverview, World Adventures, Ambitions and Late Night to work.
- Some empty lots are included to accommodate extra expansion pack functionality. Notably the 60x60 ranch lot and space for the rennaissance fair (may need rezoning).
- Because I think rabbit holes are too big to convey British architecture I am using the basement method. Map icons may appear a distance from the actual lot entrances.
- Although it is not essential, I've been using the "unlocked" riverview distant terrain. It can be found over at modthesims:
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=427515
The world will work without it but the sea will be clearly visible from most angles.
Furthermore, the world takes advantage of some of Simsample and GiLaNg's unlocked neighbourhood objects (which show up fine if you have ambitions) Thanks should also go to Regina at bogsims.com and MrCrumplebottom1 for some of the road textures.
DOWNLOAD: The world is available now on the exchange:
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7451577
SAVE GAME: Includes 18 households, each fully detailed with flavour texts, bios and relationships. It also contains small fixes (eg locked & unlocked doors) which make the world a bit better to play. It can be found here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zjjq6rl99j42zzp/Cladbridge-on-Stowe.sims3.rar Just place the file in My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves
PERFORMANCE NOTES: The world has been playtested for two sim weeks with little issue. At one point the game showed lag but using the cheat resetsim * fixed the problem. Needless to say, if any issues arise please don't hesitate to inform me.
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What a terrific start - the fields looks fantastic, and overall the place seems very lovely.
You have great skills for recreating rural areas, and these pictures are the proof.
Keep it up :thumbup:
While progress has mostly been furnishing empty shells, I thought I'd post up some more pictures of the world:
The plan is to keep the town roughly its current size and make hills sprawl behind it.
alexspoom13 - There will be no store content other than Riverview used in this world.
Here's a small update focusing on the town. The surrounding fields are pretty much cultivating themselves, so I have plenty of time to put detail into the streets.
Railway line picture is my favourite so far ( not that they aren't all gorgeous )
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If you would like to use it and if it works for you, feel free to use the GlenDonnach Botanical Society Community Garden I built for you. I can provide you with a version that has no other content than what you are using or you can simply edit the lot. Don't feel obligated, however.
GlenDonnach Botanical Society Community Garden - built for 18 Dalgowrie Road in GlenDonnach.
There are more details and two more images on the upload if you want to check it out. It's 20 x 15, a standard EA size.
I've been working alot on the left hand side of the river and have now largely finished it. Some pics:
There's still plenty of details such as trees, shrubs and fence to be placed but that's at least the essential elements created. And yes I intend to make a 60x60 lot somewhere for the horse-lovers
SO I've moved outwards behind the town and on to the countryside. So far I've built a fancy manor estate. I'm also building a golf course and possibly a small air strip to double as the military base. I've gotta say that making empty fields is so much faster than forests. I'm going at a tremendous speed!!
Question: the lots have standard sizes or weird sizes? I ask this to know if I'll be able to place my own lots if needed. The Renaissance fair can look awesome in your world (and in GlenDonnach there's no space omg).
What size is the rennaissance fair? I'll see if I could fit it in somewhere...
I've placed quite a few empty lots at standerd sizes so as to accommodate those who own the 4 or so expansions which I don't have. In particular, I've made a 64x64 lot for the horse ranch and a 45x45 lot for those who want to place the rennaissance fair.
On that note, I thank AznSensei and Blythelyre for their extremely generous gift of the rennaissance fair. How nice of people to give such generous gifts when I'm doing what I enjoy!!
Anyways, some pics:
I'm with Michelle. I used to have Hekate's water wheel in my game but at some point I removed a lot of non-EA custom content. Question for you: I understand you don't want to use 3rd party content in your world, so the world will not be uploaded WITH the water wheel but which water wheel are you using, Hekate999's version with a fog emitter or The Merrye Makers' automated version or another one?
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