I only play custom worlds now. The two that I can't live without are St. Claire, by Awesims, and Beach City, by Rflong7. Both worlds are incredibly detailed with well delineated suburban, urban, and rural areas. These worlds are what the official worlds should have been. They made great use of all EPs and it was very easy to add store content to round out the experience.
I keep finding myself going back to Moonlight Falls, even if I have started playing the family in another city. I just really love the Victorian look that it has and the arboretum is one of my favourite places, I often send my sims on dates there, they just enjoy the garden, watch the stars and look for fairies all the time I often play families where at least one of the Sims is a supernatural(in my current family all of them are actually) and I think they fit more naturally in Moonlight Falls. My current family started off in Twinbrook which I actually enjoyed quite a lot, but my female sim got an unexpected inheritance in form of a huge abandoned Victorian mansion(still WIP) in Moonlight Falls, just in time for the arrival of her first child, so they are moving there now. Her vampire brother in law is very excited about the move, as he is a Fire Chief and citizens of Twinbrook sometimes look at him funny when he arrives to the emergency sparkling like a human disco ball...
I've never played any custom worlds apart from the ones from Store. I did like the general aesthetic of Midnight Hollow, but I honestly couldn't stand the lighting in there, it just felt far too depressing for me, even though I understand that it fits the town well. Sometimes I just want to have a nice Spring/Summer sunshine that doesn't make everything look grey, I think even serial killers and psychos deserve that
Absolutley Moonlight Falls! I'm working on creating my own world based off my fictional town Pine Harbor. It's set in Maine. There isn't really any Sims 3 town like that, official or EA, but Moonlight Falls looks the closest to a coastal, mountainous, new england town.
Sunlit Tides, Riverview and Sunset Valley are probably my favorite EA worlds. Especially Sunlit Tides. (If you ignore the routing and lag). It's a really beautiful world! The IP world is also a very nice one, nature-wise, but horrible imo when it comes to annoying roads, routing and the island hopping that causes so many issues. Sunset Valley is a bit boring, but still one of the least buggy ones, has a lot of great characters, nice nature, well thought of-layout etc.
The Harmony world that someone made, is very nice. I love the city-feel of it, and it's VERY well made. Great details everywhere. Very little routing issues and lag compared to how PACKED it is. Kudos to who made it. (I forget their names)
I've tried sooo many worlds, and most of the time they look amazing but they never quite are what I want. Either they use the rabbit holes underground, (I prefer the rugs), or they have too many similar lots, (ya know why u never see sims on your lots? because you have SIX parks and SEVEN beaches, and ALL lots can be visited...just stop)
I wish my CAW wasn't so buggy, then I would have made more myself, but I can only make small flat islands.
PS, where is the best place to get a hold of worlds these days? I find it hard to find, especially because I don't have Generations, haha.
A good thing with the Rabbit holes in the ground is you can move them out if you want to place the rugs but people who don't want to use the rugs get to still use those Rabbit Holes.
Thanks for the bit about too many lots. You, as the player, can delete the ones you don't want.
Magic_Dancer made that world, iirc.
What is it that you want in a world? You tried many, I would guess they looked like you would want... but what do you actually want? Medium world like Harmony~ Does size matter in your world? Does it have to have only 1 beach and 1 park?
CAW isn't so buggy- it's so much more stable then it was at first.
Use Google. Modthesims/The Exchange/CAW section with many builders....
I'm so happy to see people still posting in here. It's been giving me worlds to try (and reconsider~!)
I would like to remind everyone, though: If you are mentioning a NON-EA world, please provide a link (if possible) and let people know if the world has additional custom content necessary to download. Thanks!
I'm still finding my way around trying to install mods. But I would love to try CC and user-created worlds to explore. In fact, I'm trying to find CAW so that I can create my own to play in. I love the sandbox feel of Sims 3 and prefer it. Now if I only had the souped up machine to be able to run it without too much lag and game-stalls. Maybe I'll win the Lotto Max ($50M... I'm a Canuck)) I can get a decent computer...that's after I go into the camera store and buy out their range of Nikon super-telephotos up to and including the 800mm f/5.6.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
I'm still finding my way around trying to install mods. But I would love to try CC and user-created worlds to explore. In fact, I'm trying to find CAW so that I can create my own to play in. I love the sandbox feel of Sims 3 and prefer it. Now if I only had the souped up machine to be able to run it without too much lag and game-stalls. Maybe I'll win the Lotto Max ($50M... I'm a Canuck)) I can get a decent computer...that's after I go into the camera store and buy out their range of Nikon super-telephotos up to and including the 800mm f/5.6.
I really love Moonlight Falls, so dark & Goth, as well as Bridgeport b/c of the urban environment, wish we had more of those. And I find myself going back to a user-created world all the time: Homestead Hill. It's great. I actually downloaded a few, but it's the only one which actually worked. I am working on my own world, neglected it for a while, called Flat Earth. I'm hoping to combine urban & suburban smoothly. Hopefully it'll be the best of both worlds.
The only worlds I have are provided by EA: Sunset Valley, Riverview, Bridgeport and the three World Adventures locations. I'm not brave enough to venture to installing user-created worlds but eventually I will. I still have to get CAW too to create my own world. But that will eventually happen after getting familiar with the worlds EA creates.
After playing for a while: I find that I'm partial to Sunset Valley and Riverview. I just can't seem to get into the hustle and bustle of Bridgeport - seems too overwhelming. I tried it once...never been back since.
But my absolute favorite is: Riverview. Guess I must be a country boy at heart.
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
The only worlds I have are provided by EA: Sunset Valley, Riverview, Bridgeport and the three World Adventures locations. I'm not brave enough to venture to installing user-created worlds but eventually I will. I still have to get CAW too to create my own world. But that will eventually happen after getting familiar with the worlds EA creates.
After playing for a while: I find that I'm partial to Sunset Valley and Riverview. I just can't seem to get into the hustle and bustle of Bridgeport - seems too overwhelming. I tried it once...never been back since.
But my absolute favorite is: Riverview. Guess I must be a country boy at heart.
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Actually CC worlds are way better they are interesting to have your sim live in them.
The only worlds I have are provided by EA: Sunset Valley, Riverview, Bridgeport and the three World Adventures locations. I'm not brave enough to venture to installing user-created worlds but eventually I will. I still have to get CAW too to create my own world. But that will eventually happen after getting familiar with the worlds EA creates.
After playing for a while: I find that I'm partial to Sunset Valley and Riverview. I just can't seem to get into the hustle and bustle of Bridgeport - seems too overwhelming. I tried it once...never been back since.
But my absolute favorite is: Riverview. Guess I must be a country boy at heart.
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Actually CC worlds are way better they are interesting to have your sim live in them.
I will argue that, for some people, EA worlds are better suited for their needs. Maybe their computer can't handle all of the content that comes with CC worlds? Maybe they aren't so versed in installing CC?
That said, though, I often play in worlds created by other people. I will run back to Appaloosia Plains or one of the other suburban worlds by EA every once in a while because I can't stand the lag that comes from having a full world, but I prefer all of the interesting worlds that people can create!
The only worlds I have are provided by EA: Sunset Valley, Riverview, Bridgeport and the three World Adventures locations. I'm not brave enough to venture to installing user-created worlds but eventually I will. I still have to get CAW too to create my own world. But that will eventually happen after getting familiar with the worlds EA creates.
After playing for a while: I find that I'm partial to Sunset Valley and Riverview. I just can't seem to get into the hustle and bustle of Bridgeport - seems too overwhelming. I tried it once...never been back since.
But my absolute favorite is: Riverview. Guess I must be a country boy at heart.
Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm
A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm
My days are all filled with an easy country charm
Thank God I'm a country boy
Actually CC worlds are way better they are interesting to have your sim live in them.
I will argue that, for some people, EA worlds are better suited for their needs. Maybe their computer can't handle all of the content that comes with CC worlds? Maybe they aren't so versed in installing CC?
That said, though, I often play in worlds created by other people. I will run back to Appaloosia Plains or one of the other suburban worlds by EA every once in a while because I can't stand the lag that comes from having a full world, but I prefer all of the interesting worlds that people can create!
Not all world are huge and I have no problems with bigger CC worlds like Setra my computer is capable of running them. Like I said not all CC world are huge like Setra. @Rflong7 has awesome CC worlds.
Just to clarify for those who might not know, player-created worlds are considered custom content just because they aren't official EA content made by EA employees; but Rflong7's worlds do not contain any extra custom content - unless you count EA content from the Sims 3 Store (and that just gets replaced or will be missing if you don't have it) as custom content.
A few of her worlds have a couple of free EA Store content items or on occasion Premium content items if you own those already. But no third party CC at all. I have just about all of her worlds and I can vouch for that, as long as you download them from the links she posts (not going to guarantee any other places that might have inappropriately uploaded her stuff).
Just wanted to clarify that because I know the whole 'custom content' definition thing can get confusing.
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Just to clarify for those who might not know, player-created worlds are considered custom content just because they aren't official EA content made by EA employees; but Rflong7's worlds do not contain any extra custom content - unless you count EA content from the Sims 3 Store (and that just gets replaced or will be missing if you don't have it) as custom content.
A few of her worlds have a couple of free EA Store content items or on occasion Premium content items if you own those already. But no third party CC at all. I have just about all of her worlds and I can vouch for that, as long as you download them from the links she posts (not going to guarantee any other places that might have inappropriately uploaded her stuff).
Just wanted to clarify that because I know the whole 'custom content' definition thing can get confusing.
I always choose the world's that don't have extra content that I wouldn't want I choose the ones with game or store content.
Has anyone had any luck in changing a world name? I'm using Sunset Valley, but I've built it up and changed it so much (added apartment buildings from Late Night, show venues from Showtime, etc), that I feel like I'd rather have a different name--in my case, Mammoth Springs. I've renamed the police department and the hospital, but I can't rename the world itself. I've even tried editing the WDNM item in the .world file (using a hex editor), but my messages always say something like "The town council of has conferred on you the title of.." and that sort of thing. A blank space where the town name would be. If someone here knows how to do it, that would be great. Thanks, everyone!
There aren't world's I can't live without, each family is made for the specific world. Their lives kind of revolve around what world they're living in. If they live in appaloosa plains they're most likely farmers, and very family involved. If they live in Bridgeport, they won't have a lot of children, and the sims tend to be more work enthused. Each story is slightly different but the worlds affect it a lot
I almost always play in appaloosa Plains. I like that it has a lot of empty lot to customize the world. Next is Sunset Valley, Starlight Shores, Lucky Palms and Aurora.
I like Starlight Shores. It's a good balance of city-life and nature (with a giant beach on one end, and towering mountains on the other, and plenty of parks too). I also love how modern yet green it is. Bridgeport is just too grey for me, and other worlds are too laid-back and quiet.
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I've never played any custom worlds apart from the ones from Store. I did like the general aesthetic of Midnight Hollow, but I honestly couldn't stand the lighting in there, it just felt far too depressing for me, even though I understand that it fits the town well. Sometimes I just want to have a nice Spring/Summer sunshine that doesn't make everything look grey, I think even serial killers and psychos deserve that
The Harmony world that someone made, is very nice. I love the city-feel of it, and it's VERY well made. Great details everywhere. Very little routing issues and lag compared to how PACKED it is. Kudos to who made it. (I forget their names)
I've tried sooo many worlds, and most of the time they look amazing but they never quite are what I want. Either they use the rabbit holes underground, (I prefer the rugs), or they have too many similar lots, (ya know why u never see sims on your lots? because you have SIX parks and SEVEN beaches, and ALL lots can be visited...just stop)
I wish my CAW wasn't so buggy, then I would have made more myself, but I can only make small flat islands.
PS, where is the best place to get a hold of worlds these days? I find it hard to find, especially because I don't have Generations, haha.
Just in case you haven't already, try here
thesimscatalog.com/product-category/the-sims-3/the-sims-3-worlds/
Thanks for the bit about too many lots.
Magic_Dancer made that world, iirc.
What is it that you want in a world? You tried many, I would guess they looked like you would want... but what do you actually want? Medium world like Harmony~ Does size matter in your world? Does it have to have only 1 beach and 1 park?
CAW isn't so buggy- it's so much more stable then it was at first.
Use Google. Modthesims/The Exchange/CAW section with many builders....
I would like to remind everyone, though: If you are mentioning a NON-EA world, please provide a link (if possible) and let people know if the world has additional custom content necessary to download. Thanks!
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
Hi
Here- http://www.thesims3.com/game/tools/world
The Sims 3 site is still there. Sign in but download the correct Patch Level for your game.
Coasterboi's Los Aniegos
Jasumi's Oahu
http://mysims3blog.blogspot.com/2011/06/oahu-hawaiian-island-by-jasumi.html
Rflong's Winter Wonderland
London World (need strong PC to run this)
Simkeys Paris
wisteriabrayan Hogwarts (perfect for Supernatural EP)
Here's the video of it: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jkzgchtExLc
After playing for a while: I find that I'm partial to Sunset Valley and Riverview. I just can't seem to get into the hustle and bustle of Bridgeport - seems too overwhelming. I tried it once...never been back since.
But my absolute favorite is: Riverview. Guess I must be a country boy at heart.
Always "River McIrish" ...and maybe some Bebe Hart. ~innocent expression~
I will argue that, for some people, EA worlds are better suited for their needs. Maybe their computer can't handle all of the content that comes with CC worlds? Maybe they aren't so versed in installing CC?
That said, though, I often play in worlds created by other people. I will run back to Appaloosia Plains or one of the other suburban worlds by EA every once in a while because I can't stand the lag that comes from having a full world, but I prefer all of the interesting worlds that people can create!
A few of her worlds have a couple of free EA Store content items or on occasion Premium content items if you own those already. But no third party CC at all. I have just about all of her worlds and I can vouch for that, as long as you download them from the links she posts (not going to guarantee any other places that might have inappropriately uploaded her stuff).
Just wanted to clarify that because I know the whole 'custom content' definition thing can get confusing.
Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
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> thesimscatalog.com/product-category/the-sims-3/the-sims-3-worlds/
Great resource, thanks @Cynna
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