Yes, it's 2017, but I finally felt compelled to try my hand at CAW. It's neat, but WHEW! So much work!
I've always wanted a world that had a LOT of lots very close together, kind of like a city - but I don't want all the city high rises and such. I want to have a lot of townhouses and doubles/twins. So, decided to give it a whirl! Here's some pictures:
I made a double townhouse on a 21 x 15 lot and then changed the color several times. The house has 3 floors.
Anyone have any thoughts?
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I experimented with public and hidden room markers to make the other half grayed out and wanted to set the front door as an NPC door, but I couldn't get it to work so I will have to come back to that.
I hope you continue to enjoy it and get to play in it. It looks good so far
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
A door has to be enclosed to make it an NPC door. If it's open to the lot it can't be an NPC door- put a fence around it, make it an NPC door, then remove the fence. ... iirc- it's been a long time since I made an apartment.
And how about some pictures of the World?
And have you thought about posting in the CAW section: although it is quiet in there recently.
Yeah I did that, but IDK did not work. I need to play with it again. I have done it before.
LOL there isn't anything else pretty to look at yet! I more or less wanted to see how I liked the idea of the lots being so close together ... And I do! The rest of the world is flat and there is a river that goes down the middle. I need to get some ideas for terrain, etc..
And yes the CAW forum seems dead!
I wouldn't say it's dead... just seem more would rather post here then there to share. Which I understand but am sad about.
https://therealsunsetvalley.blogspot.com/
I'm already planning a second, bigger world as you learn alot as you go, and there's things I'd do different like for example I used the base game road on a big part of my world, built all my roads and then found out that if I had created a custom road I could have changed the look of it later on without deleting any roads
If you haven't already look through all the CAW tips and tricks that are around on the internet, they're super helpful. I'll see if I can find and post links to the one's I found the most helpful
Also Street names, Lot names....every single plum streetlight
Edit: Also incase you don't know already, not every item from the EPs are in CAW, depending on what you have in mind, you might need to download some or add it yourself - it doesn't count as CC as its already in the game, just not accessible. I got a scarecrow that was in Riverview (i think) cause I needed it for my farming area And if you did already know that then...cool *thumbs up*
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You might have discovered this already but I found it very helpful when it came to spawners -
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Sims_3:Content_Lists:CAW_Content_Lists
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OOH I LOVE THAT PAGE! Just bookmarked it!
I did not know that all items are not in CAW. I guess they stopped updating it after awhile?
I'm not sure. I'm no expert but from what I've gathered there's a few simple objects, even from the base game, not included, like benches for example. I found none in CAW and wanted to create little gardens without them actually being on lots. I got some from MTS in the end, one from WA and two from the base game.
I believe it's the same with roads and paths - (if you're not creating your own) - those from EPs, like Bridgeport's roads, won't be in CAW either.
Glad you liked the link
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Figured out the NPC Door thing. Annoying but neat when it works!
S3 simblr: http://simplysimming.tumblr.com/
S4 simblr: http://simlogic.tumblr.com/
Hope you'll continue giving us updates here.
LOL it is! And this was mostly by accident!! I was playing around with the terrain tools, not really having a plan, and I swear I zoomed out and saw that pathway! Then got fancy with the terrain paints.
It's really fun. Except when you've been working for 20 minutes and then CAW crashes. So this is actually the second version of the mountain, but I like it better!
It could be a good camping area, I built a small lot with two picnic tables, a grill, and a bathhouse at the top! I should add a shower to it.
Thanks for the positive feedback!
Or at the very least, bring it out of "Beta"!