7th November:
New Version Uploaded!
**I have pulled this from the Exchange due to the .world file developing some mysterious affliction when I changed the world ID to allow me to upload a later version of the same world, you can now find the original unbroken version on my tumblr**
http://frogprincessq4.tumblr.com/post/132904573041/great-southern-land
The world is pretty much at its final stage for now. No sims and not much more than the basic lots, but I am done for the time being, I think. I'm burnt out again, anyway. There is plenty of room to add your favourite lots and sims from your library, but everything you
need plus a few extras are in place.
Great Southern Land is a huge map with lots of open spaces. I have tried to create as much of a feeling of Australia as I can without using CC. Not that there is a lot of Australian CC out there (that I could find). This is my first full CAW project and it has been an enormous learning curve. I wouldn't say that this is a fully realised and polished world, but if you don't mind the work of customising a few lots to your taste and adding in a bunch of sims the world seems to be working really nicely. I placed a lot of empty lots around the map so that there are plenty of places to build without breaking the routing data that I have painstaking made as functional as I know how.
I have used assets from:
Lunar Lakes (decor for the science dome, only),
Monte Vista lighthouse changed to the base game lighthouse.
Dragon Valley Ombre Umbrella trees, I really wanted a greyish coloured tree and that's the only one available through official content.
The suspension bridge comes from Bridgeport
The arched bridge is from Twinbrook.
I've tried to use base game assets wherever possible, but these items above were really necessary. However, I recommend having all EPs, because I've built with bits of everything.
Store content: I have used a few things here and there, especially the pizza ovens, outdoor showers, the tea set and some kiddie stuff such as playpens. The grocery store has a bunch of stuff from the Al Fresco Market outside it, so if you don't have that you will probably need to redecorate that lot a little. The salon is adapted from Serenity Retreat. The gym has a climbing wall and the dancing barre and mat.
Please let me know if any problems crop up and I will try and fix them for the next version.
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Comments
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
Copy pasted from earlier comment made elsewhere:
Also copy pasted from elsewhere:
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
***Please bring back Sims 2 style storytelling features and make them publishable.***
https://twitter.com/sparkfairy1
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=371370
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=385025&highlight=terrain
Also, I love this shipping container paint. If anyone has my super-basic, unfinished, mini-test-world that's on the exchange, and you're wondering about the missing wall paint, well this is where to find it. I really must make an updated version as it's had way more downloads than expected and I only uploaded it so a friend could playtest it for me.
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=475094
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
I'm also working the tedious task of (re)sculpting the beachside terrains. I thought they looked ok, until I was in game and realised that they were really just way too steep. As you can see, it's a whole lot of beach I'm hoping it's nearly done, but I'll have to go into live mode to be totally sure, I think.
The blurriness is the heat shimmer from Egypt.
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
I just can't decide whether or not to use the effects here. I half love, half hate it
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8742204
Feedback is very welcome.
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
This literally looks like the coast where I used to live. Excited to play!
Infact, even down to the old abandoned mansion near the coast and canoe. You have no idea how much this replicates it. I live in a different state now, but If I go back (my parents still own the house as a second home) I will take a photo just to show
Insta: https://instagram.com/jkarajs?igshid=oef2ymrand3g
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
Edit: also, I am getting on top of the routing problems of the Alpha, phew!
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
Stadium:
Spa and Bookstore:
Grocery and Diner:
Cinema:
Hospital:
Diner:
And a few beachside areas:
City Hall:
My favourite places are still the nature places:
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Can't wait to see the finished product!
My Twitch Channel
YouTube
I included an area for budding Science and Technology Geeks to practice their skills.
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1
And a small park/hang out area:
I am cleaning up the area I call Paradise Beach. I bulldozed everything and am starting from scratch. I'm really enjoying the way it's coming along. I know my map is really flat, but I get so annoyed when my sims start complaining about everything being in the way and refusing to do things on slopes *sigh* My next world will I think have a bunch more hilly areas, but with lots of "no go here" paint.
- Froggie
WIP: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/851667/australian-world-version-1-0-uploaded/p1