EXOTIC WORLD
This is my first world that I've fully completed for the sims 3 and my first world I've uploaded to the exchange.
Exotic world is fully play tested.
The Story
Hope Island is a picturesque development on the northern end of the Gold Coast.
In 2012 hope Island broke away from the gold coast, and became to the locals the Exotic world.
YEAR 2020The Coast area
Here summers are warm, or even hot, with a three-month period when rain rarely falls. When it does rain in this season it is heavy and often associated with thunder. Sunshine is abundant, as much as eleven to twelve hours a day in summer and five in midwinter.
Winters are generally mild and sunny but this pleasant weather is often interrupted by very changeable cold and blustery weather brought by a northerly wind called the mistral. This blows with particular strength in the Exotic valley and around the coast area.
The Mountainous Regions
These areas are the wettest and coldest regions of Exotic World and much of the winter precipitation is snow. Winter sports are best developed in this area and Pyrenees but can be pursued for a shorter period in the other mountain regions. The weather and climate of the is very similar to that found in the Swiss Alps. Plans for a special Xmas Exotic world are already in the planning stages of the local Sims.
Central Eastern Island
Summers also tend to be a little warmer. Rainfall is generally low and tends to fall in summer when it is often associated with thunderstorms.
Winters become colder towards the east and they are not any warmer farther south. In winter occasional very cold spells can occur. There is a definite increase in summer warmth in the south and an increase in sunshine from an average of seven to nine hours a day. This is also home of the main city area for exotic island, most people come here for jobs.
On the north end of the island, a oriental housing zone was established, this was attempt by the city council to introduce a higher cultural level to the island.
Western Island
This is mainly a lowland region, winters are generally mild and cold spells do not last for long.
The summers are significantly warmer and sunnier than in eastern Island. They can be rather wet, particularly towards the border, but the rain tends to be heavy and of short duration. Summers have more sunshine and longer spells of settled weather than farther north.
This area also contains a small french rural area and a medieval castle. Also home for the main science and industry area and boast some great nighttime shopping area's
North Island
Low-lying and rather flat area, there are some high mountain regions around the small island. Since 2015, the military have used this area, still some people live in this area and rumors that several archeologist have set up camp to explore some new ruins bring this place some interest.
KEY FEATURES
* Edit INI files
* All Rabbit holes
* Animated Train
* 122 Lots
* Compressed to reduce loading times.
* DX5 Textures used
* Vista used on the lots
* Texture sounds used
* Street names
* Lighting used on roads
* Emitters used inside lot, will only activate after one save, you will hear a bang the second time you load in the world, to tell you the emitters are working correctly
* Hiking area's used
* The Tricksters Dungeon, 5 levels of death and chaos
* Effects used on world map
* Spawners used in a balanced way
* Working Rainbow
* Edited Moon
* Edited Rabbit Holes
* Edited Posters inside the theater
* Working Ambitions lots with a new fire station
Exotic WorldDownload Link
Currently down, for maintenance, will be re uploaded soon
LOTS USED
With permission, the rest of the lots are made by me or are edited EA Lots.
Hillside Wedding Chapel
By rinirae
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2522944#
Briarwood Farm
byEuphorialQueen
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2281364#
Lone Artist Loft by EQ $39,475
by EuphorialQueen
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2267998
Greenwood Waterfall
by glitzyangel
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2459379#
Romantic Oasis
by glitzyangel
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2661731#
Treehouse Camp
by glitzyangel
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2459382
Weeb's Cottage
by glitzyangel
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2732076
21st Century Central Park
by magician1
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=762706#
Doo P's 5 Towers Centre
by magician1
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=960906#
The Villa Dubai
by magician1
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=1171544#
Starter Cottage under 16K
by magician1
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=1490301#
Ocean's 11
by magician1
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=1783522#
Mystical Lodge
by Euka
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2182096#
Pinehearst Science Lab
by Euka
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2378690#
Archeologist Camp Site
by Euka
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2403382#
White Wash Delight
by Euka
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2569777#
Irish Rose Cottage
by cerridyn
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2584779#
All the designers of the world have been given credit inside the game for the lots they designed in form a plaque that your sim can read and it will state the designer of the lot.
Tutorials
Here is a full list of all the guides and CAW stuff I used while building this world:
I started a building a world guide, it's split into 12 parts, the guide will cover all the trick I used to build this world.
1-6
http://builders.forumotion.net/caw-101-f122/building-a-world-part-1-6-t1007.htm
7-10
http://builders.forumotion.net/caw-101-f122/advanced-tutorial-tweaking-your-worlds-custom-sea-sky-rabbit-holes-emitters-t1013.htm
11-12
http://builders.forumotion.net/caw-101-f122/building-a-world-part-11-t1187.htmLarge Address Aware http://builders.forumotion.net/resource-listings-f123/large-address-aware-t1040.htmSpillway Ambitions missing object from CAW http://builders.forumotion.net/resource-listings-f123/spillway-ambitions-missing-object-from-caw-t1193.htmReplacement Dungeons
Pack contain a replacement exotic world dungeon
http://builders.forumotion.net/resource-listings-f123/replacement-dungeons-t1207.htmWorld Specific Params files http://builders.forumotion.net/caw-library-f35/world-specific-params-files-in-testing-t934.htmHow to re-upload worlds to the exchangehttp://builders.forumotion.net/caw-library-f35/how-to-re-upload-worlds-to-the-exchange-in-testing-t1159.htmExotic World Household Sims
This pack contains 44 sim households to used with exotic world, all the sims are based around lifetime wants
http://builders.forumotion.net/show-your-sims-f19/exotic-world-household-sims-t1205.htmCUSTOM GRAPHICS
The world contains a large number of custom graphics, all the change are limited to this world only, you will not be able distribute the graphic changes inside any lots you design in this world. The world is mod free and nothing will be installed other than the world file.
UPDATES
Currently I've tested the world so it's very playable, I will continue to monitor for errors. A update will be made to the world after the next ep, anything you find wrong with the world, if you list the errors I will to try to correct them.
LINK TO DOWNLOADhttp://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3034982
Comments
The thread with your sim pack download doesn't say one way or the other whether or not cc was used, i.e. non-default skins. Could you please clarify?
The Sims Creators' Consortium
auntielynds - Getting lost can be a problem, It did take a few hours to get the lay of the land. The basics are, Rabbit holes in the east Island, cummonity lots in the west town with the factory, science in the north west and military in the northeast.
MATZ Cheers mate
Curses that RL won't give me much time this weekend.
I can't leave a long comment on the world itself because I am testing another world for someone and slipped this in last night to get a look at it. "Exotic" is an understatement
I played so briefly, commenting is a little premature. I did come back to the Exchange and recommend it. It's definitely worth installing to see! I also installed 7 of the sims you created and played briefly with 4 of them and loved them. I think all, 44 isn't it, of them are going to end up installed in my game.
I did try playing inside the house that shimmers and it's impossible to stay in for long. The shimmer effect is so dense that you can't see the interior to have the sim do anything. I didn't look at it in buy/build more but feel sure that is a fog emitter effect. I haven't played around with the emitters. Can that effect be turned off, tuned down, something?
I have played a little bit and loving it so far!
A big two thumbs up in my view!!!!
"Games Are Not The Place To Tell Stories, Games Are Meant To Let People Tell Their Own Stories"...Will Wright.
In dreams - I LIVE!
In REALITY, I simply exist.....
Thanks a bunch
Thanks so much for brining a totally brilliant and unique world to us.
Can you spot my Sim? I had taken this when the phone was ringing just so you could see where he was. Maybe I am just blind but that is a bit too much darkness for me to enjoy the game. You did a great job of it and I loved the way you customized everything.
Edit: Removed pic.
Jadeleine - Man thanks
Rflong7 - Cheers
Clayworld - Sorry you need to work the weekend, that's a right pain
Judiland - Many thanks
Johnnywr- I would like think the world can be enjoyed.
white_lily_1988 - Very nice compliment about the world many thanks
DOLLDRMS1 - "I noticed there are no empty lots. Because of all the effects you have used I wasn't sure whether people can try to put lots down or if that should be avoided." You can remove any lots you wish to change, with no problems, I can tell I plan to release the CAW files next weekend, so you can edit the world anyway you choose.
The sims are very good, I've been using them myself, I tried to match the sims to the lifetime wish. I've enjoyed using them anyway.
"I did try playing inside the house that shimmers and it's impossible to stay in for long."
The shimmer house was really a concept house, it never really got the update it did deserve for the world, I will be a update to this lot next week end, a more user friendly version.
MrCrumplebottom1- Many thanks I'm pleased your ebjoying the world
Writin_Reg - Many thanks, for such a nice compliment, I do have a moto, Share what you learn, if it help just one person then it's worth the trouble.
DarkMirage - Lost count how many, to many sleepless nights, 2 months I think, thou I was doing other things, like working, sleeping and family stuff.
aralys - "Load the world it stops loading at around 25% I'd say and just shuts the game down... I really want to play this world Please if you have any insight as to why this is happening I would love to know so I can fix the problem and PLAY!! "
The World was installed into a empty My document folder, it did have a 10 days of play testing, so at this point I'm ruling out it's the world. So what you can try and do, is remove any mods first and test then. Make backups...
If that fails, try removing your My document Sim folder and let the game spawn a new folder then reinstall the world and see if that works.
Also the world is not tested with Awesome Mod, I can't see while it would conflict with this, if you do use this mod, recheck without the mod installed.
Also you do WA & ambitions to make it work. Good luck
cazg1974 - I'm currently not to happy with the darkness during the daytime, I will be looking into a new daytime lighting system which you should be able to install into your current world, check back next weekend for this
DarkMirage - As above, really, I'm planning a update for anybody who downloaded the world, and a version 2 with a improved daytime lighting, I've started to tweak this already.
So what I've decided to do, is but together a small update pack for anybody who downloaded version 1 so it does not mess up any saves, and just re-upload a version 2 with the improved lighting files. I will be working on this the moment I get chance.
The end of the day, most of you reading this will understand some of the problems you can get with worlds, it very easy to overlook something. We don't have the luxury of a team of play tested like EA have. Saying that have you seen all them floating trees near the sphinx in Egypt holiday location, somebody in EA missed that.
I had this same problem. Clean out any worlds you don't use in the world.cache folder ( By deleting the sims and objects packages. ONLY FOR THE WORLDS YOU'VE UNINSTALLED) and your dc backup folders in sims 3, then uninstall this world. Then re-install it with a different browser.
Btw this world looks amazing!
It can get a bit dark but I can still see everything just fine.
It's currently the home to my billionth (maybe that's a stretch) legacy family. But I'm determined to keep this one going. :x
>my avatar is the first sim born into the world, She's the daughter of my founder and Jeffrey Ashby
You can see the sunset and all the details
This is about as dark the world will get, no lights for being night and the sky in is dark with long shadows, you can still make out details etc.
I will be uploading this soon, probable tonight or Wednesday.
EDIT - Oh, I forgot to say thanks for considering updating the shimmering lot so it is useable and letting us know that lots could be added. However, if I add lots it will have to be with the world editor because I don't use CAW. That's not really the optimum way, imho, so if you feel inclined to add an empty lot or two to the second version for growth purposes, I certainly would not complain