Due to this pandemic I can finally come around to learn how to use this thing 👍 I am recreating Sunset Valley with more mini Parks, Dog Parks, 4 beaches, night life and more sims to populate I'm so excited!
I cannot begin to tell you how helpful this was...I was at such a loss on how to start....but now I've made my own world(I decided to try this out because I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for in other custom worlds) SO THANK YOU :D
Thank you so much! I've been wanting to mess with CAW since 2009, but it was soooo overwhelming. You are making learning so much easier! Please keep up the videos!
Thankyou very much! I decided to do my own island but its harder than it looks in order to build it! Hehe but i have all the time in the world at the moment!
@rileyjcquinn Yeah I know that, didn't bother mentioning it in this video. I did have a 50+ minute video where I covered everything, including that. However, that's the video that will not see the light of day :O
How large is the maximum size for a world? Because, I have an 'ambitious' for a world size I want to make. Very ambitious. Let's just leave it at that.
As I understand it, you first have to right click the top layer in your world and choose ADD/EDIT DESCRIPTION. After that, you will have to type in a description as well as use an image that is 256*256 in size and that is saved as a .png
I'm pretty sure the only way you will be able to play that again is to redownload the expansion pack it needs. In order to find out what it needs on the exchange page it should say what expansions/stuff packs/store bought objects are in it :) I hope this helps.
Within the Sims 3 site, you hover over Games, then go down to Tools, then there'll be a menu option for Create a World. You accept the terms and conditions of the program, since it's Beta and that's the program he uses.
I kind of had that problem but without the first part. What you need to do is uninstall CAW and then update The Sims 3 game. Then you reinstall CAW and it should work. Hope this helps.
Damn my dead PC! I've got a bunch of height maps I want to use to make worlds with (I sent one to you actually), but no Sims on my Mac to build neighbourhoods with! Grrr!
for every update that you install you have to re-download the caw program because it has also been updated. before you uninstall though be sure to back up your world folder. then install the new downloaded version and replace your world in its proper folder.
On the Sims 3 website you download the software for creating your own world, I had the same issue. You can just search and the top answer should take you there. I hope I helped :)
Create a world is standalone tool to create world for Sims 3. you need to download it separately. log to the thesims3 website, and search the Create a world under the game. Make sure you create and account there and register your copy of sims 3.
well there is plumbob button at the top saying "Edit in Game" you can build your lots there and create sims. I'd recommend add and playing the sims LAST. You can play them if you want to make a story or something like that.
Hi, I'm quite new to sims 3 and I've been wanting to know how to create my own world. But all the videos I've watched don't tell me how to get onto create a world! It would be handy if you could reply as I'm eager to get started. Thanks, Bryony
try reinstalling it. I haven't gotten that problem. CAW always has to be reinstalled when a new expansion is released so that the community lot types and objects can appear in the directory.
I was wondering if you can change a city/town that you're currently playing in? Or is it only possible to change the original world and not the one you've saved with sims etc.?
***** Before you judge.. Maybe this person doesn't have a mouse. ;Maybe she has a gerbil or a hamster (XD JK i had to say that XDDD) But seriously, be mature. .-.
My question to you bud is camera angles how do you use them mine goes al over the place does that happen to you as well? and do you enjoy this building tool? by the way nice work..
So hey, I'm working on a height map of a real world place, but it's likely to take quite a while at this pace. When I'm done, do you think I could send it to you and let me know how it looks and what I should do to improve it for use in the Sims 3?
this is very helpful BUT mine doesnt show the trees and such :( I wonder whats wrong and why that stuff wont show? Could it be my internet connection, I have a kinda old laptop and when I load my game or create a world it kicks me off the internet so if I want to get on the internet ill have to restart my who laptop :/
I have trouble with the positioning of my world when I view it, I see in your video that you're rotating your view all around but I can only zoom in or out from one point. How do you rotate your view?
Man I wish CAW was also ported to Mac users like myself which is definitely too bad since Windows users have it only, I have no shit idea why it was not in the Sims 3 base game like how Sims 2 had introduced Create A World in its base game before it. Its either Maxis had a short time and strict deadline to release it, had problems implementing Create A World to it as some proof in Sims 3's game code, or some other reason. If any Sims 3 Mac Simmers do not want to download custom sim player worlds, buy packs with worlds for their game, or rather want to craft their own Sims 3 worlds without using CAW for any valid reasons, then Edit Town and World Editor Tools in the Sims 3 base game ALONE are the only other ways to craft their own worlds despite so much limitations it has in world creation than CAW. And setting up emulators like Apple's officially made pre-installed Windows emulator called Boot Camp BUT DAM it takes too much drive storage / memory to get / install the items needed to run Windows on Mac which is also very tedious, difficult, and time consuming to boot up and I unfortunately have no storage left despite all my efforts to remove junk and unimportant stuff to get it to use CAW.
I got this from the sims 3 website that's what doesn't put viruses on my computer asnd it worked just how do you ( In the start menu ) Create your world is there a button im not noticing?
The height maps he showed come with the program. You can download height maps or create your own, as long as they are the right dimensions for the world size.
Heart Music You could still try searching for it on google. It might work that way. Just search sims 3 create a world.. You should be able to find the link.. It's on the sims 3 website. Could just try that site as well and look for it.
Me googling CAW things in 2020: Wait, I know this voice.
His voice now is notably deeper - it's fun to hear younger James!
Baby Simaj :)
Due to this pandemic I can finally come around to learn how to use this thing 👍
I am recreating Sunset Valley with more mini Parks, Dog Parks, 4 beaches, night life and more sims to populate
I'm so excited!
Ditto!
I did THE SAME THING
If EA makes a sims 5, they better let the users change the world terrain, decorations, etc. But make it more user-friendly like the sims 2
ea 2023: I don`t think so
2019 and still no better video on this
In 2022 too
I appreciate your video. It is timeless, especially since CAW is still in beta after all these years. Thank you for your tutorials.
so caw is basically a more peaceful simcity? I like it!
When I first installed it, I thought the height maps were ultrasounds. LOL!
I cannot begin to tell you how helpful this was...I was at such a loss on how to start....but now I've made my own world(I decided to try this out because I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for in other custom worlds) SO THANK YOU :D
baby voice of mr james turner is so cute!!
Thank you so much! I've been wanting to mess with CAW since 2009, but it was soooo overwhelming. You are making learning so much easier! Please keep up the videos!
@MsSimslover123 Just do exactly what it says. There was a CAW update recently for the new game patch. Just go download it again, and install it.
Thank you so much! I've been searching for months for a simple tutorial. You've helped me tons. I'm so happy!
I've been needing help with this. I had given up and uninstalled it. Thanks for doing these videos! I may try again.
After watching this one video i feel like i can make a world of my own :D. Very well done, it was understandable, nicely summed up. Thank you!
Thankyou very much! I decided to do my own island but its harder than it looks in order to build it! Hehe but i have all the time in the world at the moment!
@rileyjcquinn Yeah I know that, didn't bother mentioning it in this video. I did have a 50+ minute video where I covered everything, including that. However, that's the video that will not see the light of day :O
How large is the maximum size for a world? Because, I have an 'ambitious' for a world size I want to make. Very ambitious. Let's just leave it at that.
Even a medium world is massive lol so there's plenty of space.
Pretty fucking big. It might seem to small. Until you start building. And you have the equivalent of 10 states.
2048x2048
Wow, that's a good tutorial. I like your tutorial than the others.Pleasant, clear and understandable. Thank You.
I'm Australian :)
I love CAW, apart from when It's buggy! The only thing I haven't been able to figure out, is how to add sims to your premade town before you play it.
lol I know this is from 8 years ago but do you remember how to do it? :)
@@Zoefar2007 omg 😲
Yay Flab! I've been watching your minecraft videos on your own channel and its nice to see you also making videos for the sims here.
Your video's are awesome and this just put the cherry on top. I could not help it. I Subscribed!
I haven't forgotten about it.
Thanks for this. I needed to a walk through on this because the manual wasn't all that helpful.
As I understand it, you first have to right click the top layer in your world and choose ADD/EDIT DESCRIPTION. After that, you will have to type in a description as well as use an image that is 256*256 in size and that is saved as a .png
onethousends years later i finaly found you an this tutorial lol 😂😂. THX it was so helpfull !!!
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom. I was lost and feeling dumb. You helped out alot!! Best wishes!!
I'm pretty sure the only way you will be able to play that again is to redownload the expansion pack it needs. In order to find out what it needs on the exchange page it should say what expansions/stuff packs/store bought objects are in it :) I hope this helps.
Cheers for this mate, been trying to create a world but have been struggling. :)
Hey mate, thanks a lot for this tutorial, i really like your channel and i'm subscribing right now! Please keep uploading video tutorials
Thank you for your video. Love from Los Angeles!!!
Verry great video!
I would appreciate it very much if you could make a video on how to install the Create a World Tool ;-)
download it off the Sims 3 exchange.
click the item or road and click delete or go to the game objects to delete the decor. This also applies to lots as well.
CAW is so hard! hopefully watching these videos will make it easier to use.
Within the Sims 3 site, you hover over Games, then go down to Tools, then there'll be a menu option for Create a World.
You accept the terms and conditions of the program, since it's Beta and that's the program he uses.
I was here... 10000 years ago.... You know the sims 4 isn't as good as 3 when you fin out people still look for this things XD
I kind of had that problem but without the first part. What you need to do is uninstall CAW and then update The Sims 3 game. Then you reinstall CAW and it should work. Hope this helps.
Damn my dead PC! I've got a bunch of height maps I want to use to make worlds with (I sent one to you actually), but no Sims on my Mac to build neighbourhoods with! Grrr!
me too I never knew how to make a world until this video thanks :)
Good stuff. This'll help a lot of people starting out. :)
for every update that you install you have to re-download the caw program because it has also been updated. before you uninstall though be sure to back up your world folder. then install the new downloaded version and replace your world in its proper folder.
I just discovered one of your traits! Computer Whiz Thanks for the help! :D
On the Sims 3 website you download the software for creating your own world, I had the same issue. You can just search and the top answer should take you there. I hope I helped :)
If I wanted to create a seaside lot, how can I do that by using the Create a World. Great tut by the way.
Create a world is standalone tool to create world for Sims 3. you need to download it separately. log to the thesims3 website, and search the Create a world under the game.
Make sure you create and account there and register your copy of sims 3.
This is so useful! Thank you ☺️
i just realized how similar you sound to the youtuber Draw With Jazza.. woah
well there is plumbob button at the top saying "Edit in Game" you can build your lots there and create sims. I'd recommend add and playing the sims LAST. You can play them if you want to make a story or something like that.
I absolutely love The Sims 3 ahhhhhhhhh
Thanks for keeping it simple.
Thanks! Now I'm having fun creating worlds! (:
Great video as usual Glabaliki.
your voice is pleasant to hear :) I mean there is no annoying breathing sounds or crappy mics ;)
What do you do if you have a laptop, and you dont have a mouse to go with it. I keep trying but i cant move around the map at all
yea i figured that out but thx anyways XD
I think is is < or > but i wouldn't really know cuz I use a mouse with my laptop
Ctrl + or Ctrl-, and < or>
Hi, I'm quite new to sims 3 and I've been wanting to know how to create my own world. But all the videos I've watched don't tell me how to get onto create a world! It would be handy if you could reply as I'm eager to get started.
Thanks, Bryony
Oh my goodness, you sound so YOUNG!!!!
try reinstalling it. I haven't gotten that problem. CAW always has to be reinstalled when a new expansion is released so that the community lot types and objects can appear in the directory.
where are the next episodes ?
Dude, I love your videos, they're great and I learned a lot about sims from them but, the only part I don't understand is when you say your name. :)))
The only part I don't understand about CAW, when you actually place the sims in homes and stuff, do you get to choose their jobs? Or is that d
can you use your worlds for your sims3 game?
That's sort of the point.
Why would you make a world if you can't use it? Lol
Duh
moviemagic233 Yes, and they can be put online for others to download as well.
it's supposed to be in the manual that's in the case when you buy it, mine was at the back of the manual, i think
I was wondering if you can change a city/town that you're currently playing in? Or is it only possible to change the original world and not the one you've saved with sims etc.?
Is it possible to edit a world that already exists?
Did you ever discovered an answer for this question?
@@ernestocruz2923 nah still waiting for an answer
HOW do you rotate the camera? I've been trying to figure out how to do that for so long!
the < and >
...that's all I had to do..?
kupkake koala UGHHH THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! damn that was so hard to find an answer!
You can use the scroller in the middle of the mouse
Hannah Dehdashty
Oh really? I'm gonna have to go try that now! :)
How do i zoom out to see the full world
***** Before you judge.. Maybe this person doesn't have a mouse. ;Maybe she has a gerbil or a hamster (XD JK i had to say that XDDD) But seriously, be mature. .-.
StarSimmerLovesYou thank you
Mouse: use scoll, mousepad: use keyboard, X= Zoom out Z; Zoom in
to open create a world look for your electronic arts file in your start bar i hope this helps
My question to you bud is camera angles how do you use them mine goes al over the place does that happen to you as well? and do you enjoy this building tool? by the way nice work..
Yeahhhh... that's just a pain in the ass you just have to rotate slow and try to get used to it enjoy lol i end up shouting at my laptop over that :P
So hey, I'm working on a height map of a real world place, but it's likely to take quite a while at this pace. When I'm done, do you think I could send it to you and let me know how it looks and what I should do to improve it for use in the Sims 3?
Where is the rest of the series
Where do I get the CAW program? Sorry, Sims noob here but I'm damn enthu to create a world myself!
you help me so much !!! ty !!!!
Wow, this really helped! :)
this is very helpful BUT mine doesnt show the trees and such :( I wonder whats wrong and why that stuff wont show? Could it be my internet connection, I have a kinda old laptop and when I load my game or create a world it kicks me off the internet so if I want to get on the internet ill have to restart my who laptop :/
I've been thinking of doing a custom world like this based on a real-world location. Is there any way to create a height map for a real world place?
I have trouble with the positioning of my world when I view it, I see in your video that you're rotating your view all around but I can only zoom in or out from one point. How do you rotate your view?
Middle mouse button
It doesn t work for me
nice video it really helped me thx
Man I wish CAW was also ported to Mac users like myself which is definitely too bad since Windows users have it only, I have no shit idea why it was not in the Sims 3 base game like how Sims 2 had introduced Create A World in its base game before it. Its either Maxis had a short time and strict deadline to release it, had problems implementing Create A World to it as some proof in Sims 3's game code, or some other reason. If any Sims 3 Mac Simmers do not want to download custom sim player worlds, buy packs with worlds for their game, or rather want to craft their own Sims 3 worlds without using CAW for any valid reasons, then Edit Town and World Editor Tools in the Sims 3 base game ALONE are the only other ways to craft their own worlds despite so much limitations it has in world creation than CAW. And setting up emulators like Apple's officially made pre-installed Windows emulator called Boot Camp BUT DAM it takes too much drive storage / memory to get / install the items needed to run Windows on Mac which is also very tedious, difficult, and time consuming to boot up and I unfortunately have no storage left despite all my efforts to remove junk and unimportant stuff to get it to use CAW.
I miss this feature most since playing sims 4. I had half a world build but have no idea what happened to the files for it :(
Please see this I just finished making my world but I don't know where to go from there. How do you play?
Can you create your own heightmaps?
Thanks for the video :D
I love Pirate Bay :P
I got Supernatural expansion and Pets expansion from it :D
does the different tyes of flat or montains types come with it of you you get it seperite
I got this from the sims 3 website that's what doesn't put viruses on my computer asnd it worked just how do you ( In the start menu ) Create your world is there a button im not noticing?
How do you edite the sea level and color of water?? Please message me with answer! Thank you!
When's the next video for this series come out?
Thanks needed this
I watched this! :D
Do you need to download hight maps or do they already exist ? And can you edit terrain or is it only hight maps that have to do whit terrain ?
The height maps he showed come with the program. You can download height maps or create your own, as long as they are the right dimensions for the world size.
How do you GET to the create a world thing!??
I have the Sims 3 and a account on the website though it says page not found.
Heart Music The link works for me just fine.. That's strange.
Tyler Tripp Aw X) I feel special ;) thats too bad I was really looking forward to creaing a town :(
Heart Music You could still try searching for it on google. It might work that way. Just search sims 3 create a world.. You should be able to find the link.. It's on the sims 3 website. Could just try that site as well and look for it.
Type in the link on google maybe
if it has lots of hight does that mean you cant put lots on it?
can you add roads to an exising wolrd and save game
hmm interesting, I'll try that if I ever want to create a world :P
You just go onto the Sims 3 website, at the top you click: games > tools > Create A World, then follow the download instructions :)
I just wish so much anyone would bring the bullworth map from bully into Sims 3, just as somebody did it with vice city back in the day.
tried the one from the sim store website. Is there a another link I can use to create a world, unable to download my computer keeps rejecting it.
I TRIED THAT DUH!!
What is the largest lot size that you can have with this?
Is it something like Minecraft World painter?
-Who else is watching in 2016 or 2017 mby?
March 2018 for me.
2018 ;) Here after YOUUUUU!
October 2018!
Cute Kitten im in 2018 hello from the future
November 2018
Can you edit existing world with this?