@TeddyCarterProds That's due to view distance, you need to move closer to where you are painting. You can alternatively turn up your LOD distance which is in the View > Camera Settings Menu. Just drag the slider all the way up. But do note this can increase lag and loading time.
Another great vid. Keep them coming. Sorry to say we can't Fave this one because of some strong language. This will definitely help others though, GJ. -SimGuruPoptart
I was so overwhelmed at the Create-a-world Tool, Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial explaining things simply without talking down to us! Cheers!
You can get it at The Sims 3 website, it's called Create a World. Also, no you can't edit Pleasant View, because that's a Sims 2 neighborhood and they are made, and run on a complete different engine.
Thank you so much for making this tutorial. I just downloaded the Create-a-World tool, opened it up say a bunch of buttons then quickly closed it and went to RUclips. Your tutorial, although the nice little island wasn't something I would ever want my sims to live on, was quite helpful and showed me the advantages creating your own world can offer. Now I will gladly try and create a nice looking and unique world for my sims! :)
Thank you soooo much! I tried creating a world ages ago when the Create-A-World tool first came out and I gave up... I re-downloaded it earlier on today and came on here to see if there were any good tutorials to help me and I came across yours :D Best tutorial I have found - helped out loads. Thank you :)
I'm surprised that these videos don't have more views than they do... so incredibly helpful! I'd be lost if I had to figure it out on my own. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for all your tutorials. I always look for them online and I never find any quite as useful as yours! Thank you! I appreciate it greatly. My simming experience is that much better because of your tutorials!
@diogodiogoluis98: before you save the world and export, you need to right-click on the first layer in your layer list and add a description. You also need to add a 256x256 .png icon which you can create by opening one of the Tiny height maps that come with the Create a World tool in Microsoft Office Picture Manager, then click on Picture - Colour - Improve Colours (this button is on the right-hand side of the window) (or something like this, my Picture Manager is not in English).
Thank you very much for making this tutorial, I downloaded the CAW tool a month ago but gave up because I couldn't figure it out and EA's help guide wouldn't work either. But after watching this I think I'll give it another try :)
Thank you so, so, so much! I've been struggling unbelievably with CAW and you answered my pleas for help...and so well too. My efforts will be much more fruitful and satisfying now, holy cow, I feel so much better! You ARE awesome and wonderful.
Thanks. At first I didn't have a clue on how to connect intersections. The only thing I knew how to do was move around with the arrow keys but then you really helped me out. I just started creating today.
6 people who pressed dislike don't know what an amazing game sims 3 is, nor do they understand it takes time and patience to grasp the more creative and complex tools. EA might not be perfect, but Sims 3 is as close to a perfect computer game as you will ever get, thumbs up for the Simmers!
These were SO helpful! Thanks a lot for taking the time to show us how to do this. I never would've figured it out on my own, and I'm really shocked how easy it is! Very fiddley, but very easy .. The world you had on at the end, looks great. I'd like to use that :)
great vid man, def helped me improved my REALISTIC world. never was good at making a world that either wasnt completley flat or mountins 10,000 feet high with some crazy elevation
The careless way you do this really makes me laugh. "There, that's a rock." ...Ontop of a mountain. xD Thank you so, so much for the tutorial, though. I've always really wanted to create something for the sims community, and this is SO EASY! I heard a lot of things about the CAW tool being hard to use, this has got to be the simplest way to create just about anything for the sims 3.
Use the "Routing" brush and choose "Camera Non-Routable" and draw where you wish the camera to stop.. producing the "land locked" effect like the official maps. remember the camera zooms far so place the brushes FAR from the edge where the water is.
Thank You! This shows me how to create a world. when I first downloaded this I didn't know how to create a world but this helps me. I have some problems but it's ok. I learnt the basic parts. Thanks A lot theSimsSupply!
Thank you for this tutorial, it was very helpful. I was wondering if you know whether or not you can build your own apartments in the new Late Night expansion pack? I can't seem to locate anything on it.
Hi, there! Thanks to you I came up with a fantastic world for my sims to enjoy! Unluckily few of the spawners I placed are working... It's a pity that I realized a little too late, I should have tested more. My question is: do spawners have to be placed only on a levelled or plain surface? Thanks again!
thanks, this tutorial helped a lot! I spent a lot of time looking for a world with small beachy lots but couldn't find it. So I've decided to downlowad the program and make it myself. once again, thanks for this tutorial :)
This happened to me once. Basically you need to uninstall your Create-a-World tool, but back up your world files, then update your game, then download the newest version of the tool from The Sims 3 website and install it. And you can then open your world files from whichever folder you backed them up in. Hope this helps.
edit in game and go to build on a lot, in the right hand corner there sould be a little store loking thingy , there is a seletion of rabbitholes (Normal town buildings) :)
This was SO useful, but there is ONE THING I need to understand. How big do you need to make your world in order for it to be as big as like Sunset Valley?
@SynnSunn, yes, click on the road and press the delete button, unfortunately, it can take a while if you want to delete a lot of roads! Unless there's an easier way that I'm not aware of hehe
Great tutorial, thanks : ) it's a tricky tool!! I have made a very tiny island, don't know if I'll have the inspiration to create a whole world yet... And I knew right away you were Australian lol people are so funny... Someone actually said British people (I'm British/Scottish) sound like Americans! Mad! If that were the case they might have understood me better when I was at Uni there lol
@aandkmay I doubt I could help, but the best way to look for help is to include the model name and what program you run (Mac, Windows XP/Vista/7/ME/2000... etc.). :D
mate, i was doing an art assignment to recreate the art exhibition in Australia, i chose to use sims 3 as an architect simulator, however the museum i had to rebuild was more than sunset valleys largest lot (64x64) i was soo sad because then a couldnt use sims 3 to build, however, i found this!!!!!!!!
Does it load automatically into edit in game, or do you have to do something to get there? I always have trouble during the transition from create a world into edit in game mode.
What does the "Mask" tab on the edit terrain option do? I don't want to use anything on it in case I mess up my world, but if it is necessary to make my town I'd really like to know how to use it. Love your world btw, much more creative than mines, I still have no idea how to make a peninsula like yours :(
I never used this tool because I thought that it would look difficult but now that I see how it looks, it looks easier so I downloaded it in case I want to create worlds in the future I have sims 3 pattern creator which I used and is useful
Thank you for the video! I was wondering how did you create that jetty shown near the end of the video. Did you use two different lots or is it available as one of the metadata objects?
Thank you SO MUCH for creating this video. I had absolutely no idea how to use CAW before watching your video. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Love the accent also :P
I've tried following this, but I'm having a lot of trouble placing the roads, it's sooo slow the roads won't appear immediately after placing a point like in yours. I've plenty of RAM as well...
So many things I didn't knew!! like moving the square to make it attach to the street, well, I'll start over :O Where can I download your world?? I loved it. Also do you know a page where I can download textures for the terrain paint??, I hate the existing ones!!
@Coniski click on the panel that says World layers then there shound be somthing that says world layers right click that and choose add layer(s) then somthing will comre up called layer one your done
ok i really need some help.. when i'm trying to use any terrain painting tool...apart from the grass , rock, mud... layers...when i start using the brush..lets say the smooth gentle...when i click on my mouse a part of the island disappear and i cannot see my brush or the part im modifyng until i release the mouse...
hey im a beginner in this world tool and i wanted to put there some trees, but it always told me to make a new layer... but i cant find any way to make a new layers.. :( how can i do that pls?
Awesome Video, thanx for taking the time to share this vid, I have been waiting to create till someone shared a tutorial, Your world is cool I hope u share it. Thanx again.
if i was building an english town? like london where all houses are very crammed together so the land has to be pretty flat what would be the best way of doing this?
Nice vids man, I'm lovin' them! I just started makin my first world with the help of your vids, I Hope it comes out to be awesome in the end :) God bless ya!
@sourceplayer151 The largest you can make is 64x64, so any lot size from 1x1 up to 64x64 is possible.
@TeddyCarterProds That's due to view distance, you need to move closer to where you are painting. You can alternatively turn up your LOD distance which is in the View > Camera Settings Menu. Just drag the slider all the way up. But do note this can increase lag and loading time.
Another great vid. Keep them coming. Sorry to say we can't Fave this one because of some strong language. This will definitely help others though, GJ. -SimGuruPoptart
The Sims bring this in Sims 4
Can you please bring back create a world tool for sims 4?
I was so overwhelmed at the Create-a-world Tool, Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial explaining things simply without talking down to us! Cheers!
You can get it at The Sims 3 website, it's called Create a World.
Also, no you can't edit Pleasant View, because that's a Sims 2 neighborhood and they are made, and run on a complete different engine.
Thank you so much for making this tutorial. I just downloaded the Create-a-World tool, opened it up say a bunch of buttons then quickly closed it and went to RUclips. Your tutorial, although the nice little island wasn't something I would ever want my sims to live on, was quite helpful and showed me the advantages creating your own world can offer. Now I will gladly try and create a nice looking and unique world for my sims! :)
@hhhat09 Did you try with NumLock on? If not, off?
When I first downloaded Create a World I didn't have a clue what I was doing, but this has helped me a lot. Thank you!
Thank you soooo much! I tried creating a world ages ago when the Create-A-World tool first came out and I gave up... I re-downloaded it earlier on today and came on here to see if there were any good tutorials to help me and I came across yours :D Best tutorial I have found - helped out loads. Thank you :)
This tutorial was so helpful. I was completely lost until I found your video. Thank you!
I'm surprised that these videos don't have more views than they do... so incredibly helpful! I'd be lost if I had to figure it out on my own. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for all your tutorials. I always look for them online and I never find any quite as useful as yours! Thank you! I appreciate it greatly. My simming experience is that much better because of your tutorials!
@diogodiogoluis98: before you save the world and export, you need to right-click on the first layer in your layer list and add a description. You also need to add a 256x256 .png icon which you can create by opening one of the Tiny height maps that come with the Create a World tool in Microsoft Office Picture Manager, then click on Picture - Colour - Improve Colours (this button is on the right-hand side of the window) (or something like this, my Picture Manager is not in English).
No, that's cool, you can see them in CaW and Edit in Game, when you export your world to The Sims 3, you can't see the spawners :)
So the world you created at the end is actually better than any world I've ever seen from the creators. Wow. It's great.
HAHA TRUE! My worlds look bad!
Guys, look at my other tutorial on exactly this.
Thank you very much for making this tutorial, I downloaded the CAW tool a month ago but gave up because I couldn't figure it out and EA's help guide wouldn't work either. But after watching this I think I'll give it another try :)
Thank you so, so, so much! I've been struggling unbelievably with CAW and you answered my pleas for help...and so well too. My efforts will be much more fruitful and satisfying now, holy cow, I feel so much better! You ARE awesome and wonderful.
Thanks. At first I didn't have a clue on how to connect intersections. The only thing I knew how to do was move around with the arrow keys but then you really helped me out. I just started creating today.
You can have REALLY tiny ones or really big ones, it's up to you :)
Best tutorial ever !!!! So helpful and you make it look easy . I love the city you have started!
6 people who pressed dislike don't know what an amazing game sims 3 is, nor do they understand it takes time and patience to grasp the more creative and complex tools. EA might not be perfect, but Sims 3 is as close to a perfect computer game as you will ever get, thumbs up for the Simmers!
Thanks for posting this, I was having real trouble placing roads but this helps a lot. The world you showed at the end looks awesome, by the way. :)
@TreeTopFruit I already have a bridge tutorial. Just check out the channel :)
These were SO helpful! Thanks a lot for taking the time to show us how to do this. I never would've figured it out on my own, and I'm really shocked how easy it is! Very fiddley, but very easy .. The world you had on at the end, looks great. I'd like to use that :)
This made everything so much more simpler! Thank you for explaining everything!
that world you built in the end is beautiful....any chance for a download ? >.>
Oh my gosh this helped me out so much. This is definately one of the better tutorials I've seen. Thanks!
great vid man, def helped me improved my REALISTIC world. never was good at making a world that either wasnt completley flat or mountins 10,000 feet high with some crazy elevation
The careless way you do this really makes me laugh. "There, that's a rock." ...Ontop of a mountain. xD Thank you so, so much for the tutorial, though. I've always really wanted to create something for the sims community, and this is SO EASY! I heard a lot of things about the CAW tool being hard to use, this has got to be the simplest way to create just about anything for the sims 3.
Thank you for that.I now feel motivated to build my own town. I was hesitant at first because it seemed like a long process. Thanks!
This was really helpful. It was easy to follow. How do you add special objects like seeds and rocks?
No, the largest lot you can make is 64x64
Use the "Routing" brush and choose "Camera Non-Routable" and draw where you wish the camera to stop.. producing the "land locked" effect like the official maps. remember the camera zooms far so place the brushes FAR from the edge where the water is.
How do you get dirt roads?
Is there a way I can make the roads look different, like a dirt road for example? I'm making a mid-evil map and the normal roads look to modern.
You mean medieval?
OddBallCanadianGamer yup.
Um yea you need to change a lot of files and you may need to mod sorry I don't think anyone can help.
LightsCameraLivex go on create custom road on the road selection menu.. you can edit things in there
I LOVE the world you made! the one you showed in the end :) IT WAS AWESOME!
Thank You! This shows me how to create a world. when I first downloaded this I didn't know how to create a world but this helps me. I have some problems but it's ok. I learnt the basic parts. Thanks A lot theSimsSupply!
Thank you for this tutorial, it was very helpful. I was wondering if you know whether or not you can build your own apartments in the new Late Night expansion pack? I can't seem to locate anything on it.
How do you place a bridge to go over water for your road?
I hope your world will be up on the exchange or somethign, I really like it, especially how the beach is so secluded from the rest of the town.
This was so helpful, thank you. That other lot you're working on looks totally groovy. Good work.
Hi, there! Thanks to you I came up with a fantastic world for my sims to enjoy! Unluckily few of the spawners I placed are working... It's a pity that I realized a little too late, I should have tested more. My question is: do spawners have to be placed only on a levelled or plain surface?
Thanks again!
thanks, this tutorial helped a lot! I spent a lot of time looking for a world with small beachy lots but couldn't find it. So I've decided to downlowad the program and make it myself. once again, thanks for this tutorial :)
... This is for the Sims 3. You get it off the official website.
This happened to me once. Basically you need to uninstall your Create-a-World tool, but back up your world files, then update your game, then download the newest version of the tool from The Sims 3 website and install it. And you can then open your world files from whichever folder you backed them up in. Hope this helps.
1st video ended, crying, realizing there was a second one, jumped for joy
Really nice How-to. I'm just about to start fixing some nice maps for the game. We'll see how that goes. Thanks again!
edit in game and go to build on a lot, in the right hand corner there sould be a little store loking thingy , there is a seletion of rabbitholes (Normal town buildings) :)
WOW what a fab tutorial! thanks a million! i cant wait to have a go at it now!!!! The world u created at the end was so kool!!
The world you show us at the end looks amazing (:
The final result from this world is AWESOME!
so this is basically simcity and the sims combined.... oh how ive been waiting for this!
Thank you SO much. CAW was so confusing before this. Now I can build my own worlds....I knew it had to be simple enough for anyone to use...LOL
This was SO useful, but there is ONE THING I need to understand. How big do you need to make your world in order for it to be as big as like Sunset Valley?
@SynnSunn, yes, click on the road and press the delete button, unfortunately, it can take a while if you want to delete a lot of roads! Unless there's an easier way that I'm not aware of hehe
@DoublePong you cant really make volcanoes, only terrain paint! :)
Great tutorial, thanks : ) it's a tricky tool!! I have made a very tiny island, don't know if I'll have the inspiration to create a whole world yet...
And I knew right away you were Australian lol people are so funny... Someone actually said British people (I'm British/Scottish) sound like Americans! Mad! If that were the case they might have understood me better when I was at Uni there lol
@aandkmay I doubt I could help, but the best way to look for help is to include the model name and what program you run (Mac, Windows XP/Vista/7/ME/2000... etc.). :D
mate, i was doing an art assignment to recreate the art exhibition in Australia, i chose to use sims 3 as an architect simulator, however the museum i had to rebuild was more than sunset valleys largest lot (64x64) i was soo sad because then a couldnt use sims 3 to build, however, i found this!!!!!!!!
Hey your videos are very helpful thanks. But i have a question how do you put a house on the lot?
Does it load automatically into edit in game, or do you have to do something to get there? I always have trouble during the transition from create a world into edit in game mode.
I watched this video twice just to hear your accent :) Its awsum!
How do you play on it
What does the "Mask" tab on the edit terrain option do? I don't want to use anything on it in case I mess up my world, but if it is necessary to make my town I'd really like to know how to use it. Love your world btw, much more creative than mines, I still have no idea how to make a peninsula like yours :(
I never used this tool because I thought that it would look difficult but now that I see how it looks, it looks easier so I downloaded it in case I want to create worlds in the future
I have sims 3 pattern creator which I used and is useful
Hi! great tutorial. I was wondering if you have your own word available to download. If so where could I download it. It¨s georgeous!
Thank you for the video! I was wondering how did you create that jetty shown near the end of the video. Did you use two different lots or is it available as one of the metadata objects?
It helped greatly. Was dead in the water, now at least can do basics. Not as user friendly as the SC4 city building/editing, but workable.
you have no idea how much this helped!!!! thank you so so so much!!!
Thank you SO MUCH for creating this video. I had absolutely no idea how to use CAW before watching your video. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Love the accent also :P
is you world from the end of the video on the exchange?
@p3ngu1n48 Woo, I love half-assed island! :D
I've tried following this, but I'm having a lot of trouble placing the roads, it's sooo slow the roads won't appear immediately after placing a point like in yours. I've plenty of RAM as well...
Thank you SO much for this! I was so pissed off at making the roads and you made it easy! =) Great job with these!
is the awesome world you showed us at the end available for download??? it looks great
So many things I didn't knew!! like moving the square to make it attach to the street, well, I'll start over :O
Where can I download your world?? I loved it.
Also do you know a page where I can download textures for the terrain paint??, I hate the existing ones!!
@Coniski click on the panel that says World layers then there shound be somthing that says world layers right click that and choose add layer(s) then somthing will comre up called layer one
your done
@thisistherealbecky and by 'sims 3 page' I mean the launcher appears and blue streams run down it for a while then it goes back to normal.
I really like the beach area on your town you showed us at the end :D do you know if we can download that town?
in your map in progress you should put the cemetary somewhere else and make the mountain a volcano if you can
Thank you so much for making this,
I read many guides but i work best with visual guides.
Go on
Thank you so much!!! This helped me heaps!!!! and that world that you made at the end was amazing and inspiring!!! i want it! :D
ok i really need some help..
when i'm trying to use any terrain painting tool...apart from the grass , rock, mud... layers...when i start using the brush..lets say the smooth gentle...when i click on my mouse a part of the island disappear and i cannot see my brush or the part im modifyng until i release the mouse...
@Dince19961996 Bender from Futurama ;)
I love the criminal career idea you have, The rocks and trees, it's beautiful, I also like the bridge to the lighthouse :-)
Whoa! Thanks a lot, I downloaded the world creator today and was lost, so I found this and now im not lost, haha Thanks bunch!:)
hey im a beginner in this world tool and i wanted to put there some trees, but it always told me to make a new layer... but i cant find any way to make a new layers.. :( how can i do that pls?
Awesome Video, thanx for taking the time to share this vid, I have been waiting to create till someone shared a tutorial, Your world is cool I hope u share it. Thanx again.
sending engine? oooh daaam. is there anyway? like any little bit of anything though?
you can also double click the intersection.. then it snap to the road too :)
if i was building an english town? like london where all houses are very crammed together so the land has to be pretty flat what would be the best way of doing this?
Do you have the world at the end available for download? It's awesome!
how do you get the normal town buildings for your city? the book store, city hall, academy, etc.?
i am having a hard time doing that also. I have tried 3 different photo shops and still can not get it to work
hey , i can't zoom in exactly to edit. it shows some blue thing like a mountain.
When I try to place tress or roads or lots it says please make a new layer before you place any objects on this map. What do I do? Please help.
Omg :O The second world looks so amazing. Please upload it :D
Great vid, Subbed! Would have never tried this program again had I not watched this vid!
Nice vids man, I'm lovin' them! I just started makin my first world with the help of your vids, I Hope it comes out to be awesome in the end :) God bless ya!