Hello! I've been working on this world for almost a year now, and I think I've almost got it down. I really want to upload it to MTS, so I want to make 100% sure that I haven't got any bugs or stupid errors or anything, and that it works as lag-free as possible! It would be great if you could play the beta version of my world and help make sure there aren't any bugs. If you think there are any things you think would be great to add or change then I'd love to hear about that too. I will be making a save file for this world, and it would be great to get feedback on my families as well (will post them soon).

http://www.mediafire.com/?enjr9dsc37wurer

The world requires all expansions except university, none of the stuff packs and only a tiny bit of cc, these great cornices by Awesims.

I've also been using the Blue Dream lighting mod by Łoś for my pictures, although I'm going to make my own lighting and weather mod for Addenbrooke soon!

The world is a large one, with as many different areas as possible so everyone can play out their story. It has a city, suburbs, woodlands, a small quaint village, farming lands, homes that range from very cheap to VERY expensive, as well as lots of empty lots all over the world for builders and legacy-players. I hope you can feel some mystery and imagination in the world, I've got some cool alien and mystical touches. I'd like to expand upon these but am completely rubbish at tomb-building, so some tips on getting my ideas better across in that way would be great!

Lots: 137
Residential : 49
Community: 61
Empty: 27


And now, some pictures!

City:


Countryside:


Suburbs, Village and Woods:



Bonus happy cat!

Last edited by Splatedpumpkin : 12th Apr 2013 at 07:15 PM.

That's really pretty! I especially love the rolling countryside.It kind of reminds me of my town, actually. Except for the place where the alien plants are growing, of course. Downloading, though I don't think I'll be playing there for a little while. Got DOTY to contend with first, and a couple of other contests, too.

This looked great on the CAW Forums on the Sims 3 website, and it still does.

It looks really nice and I like the Idea of the alien trees growing at the crater
But I think you might tone down some color of the houses as they are really flashy.

I don't have that many expansion packs so I am not able to play test it, but I would like to say that this world looks lovely. I especially love the country side! I agree that there are some houeses that has some really flashy colors, but somehow I think it works. That little, weird, suburbian area is awesome.. As long as you just stick the bright colors to that one I think it's ok. It gives some characteristics to the place

Wow! That's impressive. I especially like the landscaping - the texture choice, the painting, the sculpting, the flora... It's the hardest part, imho, and you've done it excellently. And thanks for the link to the lighting mod, BTW . Ok, back to the topic - can you please post top view pics? Also, how many lots are there (looks like you built a gazillion of them, which is good, but I hope they're less than 200). Aaaand, those suburban houses (under Suburb, village and wood spoiler) do look too toylike and unrealistically colorful. Your other lots look very ralistic (which I like), so those houses don't fit quite well. Other than that tiny detail, everything is awesome. And alien plants, lol . This is the cute touch that doesn't spoil the real look of the town, it just adds some charm, and supports the legend about meteor/invasion. Liked it, too.

Ahh, loads of posts! Thank you so much for the crit and encouragement!

@Jaguwar Thank you! The countryside is my favourite bit to play I think, I love it when my horses go and run around in all the fields. I bet if you look you'd find some alien plantlife in your own home too! (; I hope you can play it soon, although you do sound like you ahve loads to do!

@baskerwil Thank you! I really wanted as many beta testers and con crits on it as possible so now I have two threads o3o

@Johnny Thank you! I must admit I have a soft spot for the colours, but I might tone down them a biit. The colours are all based on real houses, I got the inspiration from this tumblr: http://victorianhouses.tumblr.com/
I guess the pink and orange ones could be a bit more tasteful! Lots of people seem to agree with you so I'll try and make them look slightly less mad.

@malfoya
Thank you! The mad houses are only in one area, it was my little creepy suburbia where everything is bright, and everyone is evil. I think I'll try changing the colours of some of the houses though, the only one I love too much to change is the red house.

@SommarBlomma
Oh bugger, I forgot loads of info! I'll take some birdseye images asap!
The lot numbers are:
Residential : 49
Community: 61 (about 10 of these are hidden lots, either tombs I'm starting to build or mini subway lots)
Empty: 27
Total: 137

I'm definitely gonna try some more subtle colouring with most of the colourful houses now and see how it looks c: Thanks!

Even though victorians can be colorfull, they're always toned down a bit. And flashy colors in RL look even more flashy in TS.

I've been following this world on your other thread, and I just wanted to say that I absolutely love this world! It's so perfect and quirky. I even like the colorful houses, but I'm sure that they'd also look great more toned down :)

I downloaded the beta and looked around a bit. It's beautiful and overwhelmingly large. I would recommend you check your fencing though, as I noticed quite a few places where it was off, and it's a pretty easy fix!

Can't wait to get to a better computer so I can really enjoy this world ;)

@Vibse
Thank you for playing!
It probably is a bit large, I went slightly mental with it! Is it the fencing around the farming areas that you mean? I've never noticed it before but I'll try and fix it asap!

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I've been working on some of the houses. I do still like the idea of interesting colours, and I'm going to keep the colouring on these 4 houses. They're a bit out there, but I want it to stay, and once the crazier ones are really toned down I think it'll look fine. I did darken/desaturate the colours on the red/turquoise house.



I do think that some of the houses should be changed. So far I've recoloured the little pink house, as well as one of the orange houses. I'm going to change the other orange one next.



These two houses I could change if people think I should? Maybe the black and white one is too literal and needs something else (maybe a kind of stone?).

This is really pretty! You're great in terraforming and I like everything except the city part. There your shells look like big cubes with way too many windows. There is no variation in the buildings. Like on the first pic, the orange building on the right, it's just to squarish and the windows are plopped so symmetrically it just doesn't resemble a real city building. So I would suggest redoing the city buildings in making them more versatile. Not just square buildings - and I think they are too large.
But other than that its an excellent world and the suburban buildings are really beautiful!

I never really thought about it but I guess the majority of them are. xD I got a bit fed up with making all those buildings after a while! I'll definitely spruce some of them up and making them more interesting! I guess the problem is a lot of them are based on where I live (London) where you only seeing very tall buildings from the front so that's what I build and the aren't sure about the back. I'll try to be creative though, thanks for the tip (:

The countryside shows some of the best painting/item-placing I've ever seen! You're really talented at CAW.
Downtown looks good to me, and the changes in the victorian were great. I like the black and white, I think you should keep it!

Thank you! II'm not going to change a huge amount of downtown, but I think it does need some more details and interesting elements to make it more like the countryside.

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my new uni term just started so I can only update it a bit.
I've started changing a few things about downtown, this is just the first of lots of little changes to some of the more boring bland buildings to make them have more personality.









I also tried laying down the university buildings in a part of the world that has lots of empty lots. I've only put the RH in, there isn't any detail or anything yet. Do people want these buildings in their world, would you use them? Also do you think it looks okay? I only stuck them on the lots currently there, so if people do like it I'll reshape the area and put in better-sized lots, and add all the details to make it look great.

Oh my God, this is one of, no- THE best world I have ever scene, So modern yet not, and so simple and at the same time complex.
I do hope you plan to finish because, I know at least one person, who would pay to have this world

Thank you so much! That it a massive compliment!
I definitely will finish it, although it will probably be in 2 months when I finish uni and can concentrate properly on it, I've got lots of little time-consuming things to change.

Update!

I got rid of the ugly orange house and built this house. First time I've used a frieze/low wall in a house and it's a really awesome feature, wish I'd learnt about it before!









I've also gone around and changed some of the town buildings. I've got rid of a lot of windows, and added more detail to the back of some buildings to tell a story. I also changed the firestation lot a lot, cause it looked terrible before.


















If there aren't any more problems with the buildings then I can move on to just fixing various bits in caw (fixing the fences, need to add a few spirit animations to the mystical places). I also need to make some custom weather, and maybe make some other buildings that are optional to download. I want to make the uni buildings and spa from Sunlit Tides as extra buildings to download if you want those features in your game.

Honestly, some of these houses are so beautiful, you could also upload them individually. The world looks fantastic! And I like the University!

I don't download a lot of other neighborhoods/worlds but I am looking forward to downloading this one!!