Exotic world version 2
After playing game this week, I've decided to remove version one of exotic world, I was disappointed with the dark lighting while playing the game.
Old New
The entire concept was to make a large playable world, during the early stages of this world I reduced the number of textures and reduce some of the quality of the world in favor of being able to play the world, to much eye candy is bad for the speed of the game.
I was a little disappointed with the end result, let down by me changing the lighting files very late in the world development. With this new version I've done my best to correct them errors and taken on-board suggestions made by fellow simmers to improve and tweak the world.
So for anybody reading this for the first time I will do a full showcase of the world and include the new picture that show off the world:-
The biggest improvement in the new version is the lighting, you can see in the top left how clear the Sims are in the new version, the second pic top right you can see the heat glow on the taxi, this is a new additions to the files, I increased the bloom effects on a hot day, to give the world that extra cool touch. In the bottom left you can see I still make days murky, but like the close up pic in the bottom right shows you it makes little difference to the sim details.
The only time during me testing the files I did see some darkness that produced poor lighting was during a sunrise on overcast day, with no lighting from the street lamps and it being a bad day, to reduce this I've increased the bloom on them days, it still not 100% perfect, but it very much playable and a lot better than it was.
The first pic shows the new sunset, I wanted to keep this in this version, it makes a dramatic ending to the days.
The other things tweaked in this version are some of the lots made more user friendly
Version one would be great version to play if your a Goth, version 2, you will be more at home if you like lots of colors, the top right pic show you the new background terrain I made, notice how the background terrain now, is reflecting the heat from being a sunny day. During overcast day the background looks dull.
The bottom left pic shows a overcast day, notice how the mountains fades away behind the castle. Bottom right shows you the emerging train.
The top two lots show you the level detail used on the lots and with the new lighting in full force you can see more clear on how things look, notice the smoke coming out of the chimney on snowwhites cottage on the right pic, you probable missed this in version 1, due to it being so dark. Do not think I've forgotten about indoor lighting this also got a little tweak, it will be great place show off any new lots you build with the tweaked indoor lighting.
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.
Current Year 2020
The 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
Download Linkhttp://gb.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3034982LOTS USED
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#
Many of the other lots in the world are made by me or I used edited EA lots.
The number of lots in the world might get reduced prior to release so this list might change.
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
I got sick of making guides in the end, but here is 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.htm
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pillway 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.htm
How 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.
Bigger pictures of the world
The World
The Trickster Dungeon
The Town
West of Town
The Swimming Pool
The Train
Northwest Area
THE SAVE GAME
Warning you need Exotic world version 2 installed for this to work
You need winrar to unzip the file
http://www.winrar.com.sg/download.htmSetup
A copy of the setup is included in the download:
It's very simple, just copy the contents of the exotic world save to
C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Saves
Your good to go at this point
Bonus
I've done some tweaking on the Holiday resorts, nothing major, just played about with base camps and tweaked a few lots.
To use them in your game, just place them in your saved game folder with your save.
worldbuilders files
This contains the files that I used in building this world, the Sea, sky, lights, posters, custom graphics. This folder is for builders who wish to tweak there own worlds and much of the donkey work is already done for you. Use them files anyway you choose.
DOWNLOAD LINK SAVED GAME FILEhttp://www.2shared.com/file/5X9NRQ6Q/ExoticWorldSaveGame.html
Click on the "Save file to your PC: click here" to download the world
So this might be the end for this world, but it's going out with bang, many thanks for all your support and looking forward to seeing your worlds.
Comments
Again thanks so much.
Enough from me im off to dl and play for several hours
DarkMirage- Many thanks, I hope enjoy this version more, it's much brighter.
cazg1974- "Best world created so far" Thou it might be soon beaten by EA's Barnacle Bay, no amount of sarcasm in that :twisted: . Many thanks for youe wonderful comments
Right I'm off to sharpen my sword, dust of the old parrot and do other pirate things while I wait for Barnacle Bay.
I'm really just getting started playing in Exotic World but I can tell you that it is running smoothly and even though I had version one, I'm finally able to really see the world, The lighting changes you have made are wonderful, so for the first time I can really appreciate the details of the world.
I also saw the additional lots you put in and am appreciative of that fact. I've already used one for a home I have that I wanted in this world. I also tested placing a lot. I didn't suggest it before you redid and probably should have but I found that I wanted a specific library lot. Yes, you have the library in the cool building behind the diner but I find it a little easier to click a library icon rather than send the sim to the diner first. I have a library from one of Rflong7's worlds that I had binned because I like it so much. It is on a 30X30 lot and I had no trouble placing that size between the criminal building and the home. It even lined up perfectly straight against the street, so I'm a happy camper.
I'm using sims you created for this world and enjoying them. For anyone who wants sims, I heartily recommend them.
So far, I haven't seen anything that needs to be reported as a problem but will let you know if I run across anything. Again, I thank you for making the changes. It's no longer a chore to play in Exotic world, it is a pleasure.
DarkMirage- It' my pleasure, I hope you enjoy the new version.
I hope you don't think I was crazy when I talked about my adding a library. I went to your building last night in Edit Town because one of the chairs at the upstairs chess table isn't usable. I realized you have a tag in Edit Town mode on that lot for a library but it doesn't show up in map view. All that is visible in map view is the diner lot tag, which I didn't see in Edit Town mode. Confused me but no big deal
The chair at that chess table has a WA flower container behind it and one of the trellis objects may also be interfering with its use. I removed both but haven't been back there yet to see if that took care of the problem. That chair is the only problem encountered so far. Wow, just wow, if that's the only little thing I encounter, considering the complexity of this world.
The only non-glowing critique I could offer at this point is that in my game the distant terrain you used looks blurry most of the time. Changing the lighting helped its appearance but compared to the clear, crisp rendering of textures used it looks almost out of place. I can put up a photo if you would like but you may have already noticed this yourself. Leastwise, I don't think it's my computer specs. My monitor is older than the rest of my system so I run the game at 1280X1024, native resolution. It's not bad, just not perfect, on my system anyway. By no means would I remove the world because of it.
Got to share a quick happening. I've had my first ever child derived from a time machine. LOL, it seems so appropriate for the event to have occurred in this world.
In the mean time I will be uploading a saved game version based on the world over the weekend. This version will have all the Sims In the Sim pack in the correct location, plus some extra Sims, the saved game contains all the correct relationships also, this will greatly spice up the world. I will try to include any fixes in this Sim pack that do not require a CAW edit, so the save game remain compatible with the world.
With the distant terrain, it might be something I will change after the next EP, it was based off a real terrain, it can look a little out of place, but it's something different and novel, so I decided to keep it in.
Thanks DD
I completely agree that unless there is a major bug, you should leave this version alone. If you're going to do a Late Night version, you can address anything needed then. Do you still want reports of anything found for a list? I'm not trying to nitpick the world, just report anything I find to be helpful not hurtful. LOL, I'll even admit that I'm not really looking super hard because I'm already caught up in play
BTW, even though I mentioned the distant terrain, I realize this is something new done for this world. As such, you did a great job and I'm sure will do nothing but improve with future images, be they for Exotic World or another world. I do hope you will provide future worlds, too.
I'm still amazed you took so much time writing tutorials, too. I don't use CAW but if I did, I'ld be all over them Very, very nice thing to have done.
If you do find any bugs, just make a list if you can and release the info to me near the release of Late Night, I'm planning to edit the world around this time, the edit will include some form of Vampire area and edit to the west town area mainly. I'm not planning to increase the size if the world by a great amount, more likely replacements and edits.
With the topic of future worlds, I'm sure I will build another world at some point, but for now I'm just going kick back and play with world I've built. Thou I'm planning a new lot soon, which I will be building for another world that's in development, Spooky Town by auntielynds.
http://builders.forumotion.net/wip-f7/spooky-town-construction-has-started-t1036.htm
Remember I've not really done anything but world building and guides for the last 8 weeks, so a little break to recharge the batterys is currently needed.
The tutorials are reference for future builders, if something in them guides helps just one person to make a better world, then energy spent making them was worth the end result. At the end of the day I do download worlds and when I get chance I do play about with them, it's better for me if the world is completed and everything is correct. It's sad sometimes how many worlds get lost due to something being missed.
I'm just wondering if it were possible to create effects such as this with a giant planets in the sky
http://friendster.bigoo.ws/content/layout/fantasy/fantasy_2.jpg
So you could change the star positions, you probable could even change the star colors(not tested) , making a full background of stars with extra planets, I currently think you can't do that, with the current setup. I did try this and it was beyond me.
And man oh man, I don't mean to be picking on you, but the animated water in your sig image is also causing my stomach to churn. :oops:
I apologize because I don't want to be offensive but if other people have the same problem they're also going to have a hard time getting interested in what is no doubt a beautifully crafted world.
Looking at the two images DarkMirage provided it does look very beautiful and unique, but I would like to see more please
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I love the special effects and cc all runs smoothly, now the light is so much better, i even got into the weather part so much i made my sim family stay home and play games on a dull dreary sunday
Thanks again for all your hard work and this wonderful world
The sky... wow, that is simply stunning ! Obviously you have put an enormous amount of effort into this, and it shows.
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This is a great world, Stw did a fantastic job of it. I spend more time out in the hood with my Sims now than I ever did with any of the other worlds just to see all of the amazing details.
Anyway, your pics far outshine anything I've taken, so mine have hit the recycle bin, lol. I hope the ladies download it and see things for themselves. There is lots of eye candy in Exotic World. This second version is simply outstanding.