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JDacapo
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#1 Old 1st Jan 2023 at 10:07 AM Last edited by JDacapo : 2nd Jan 2023 at 12:10 AM. Reason: Dunno how I forgot the frikkin' download but I'm a dunce...
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Dunno if there is one already, but I have made my first Distant Terrain CC. Whoo. In fact, this is my first Sims custom content.

And here's the download. http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3625564/

You can pretty much use it any way you want to. Don't really like how the colors turned out but hey, you're never really great on your first time, right? But anyways, we are sadly very short on Distant Terrain CC. Especially the good kind. And I still barely know what I'm doing with Blender, but at least I know how to do things in it. I feel like I'm back in Kindergarten, sounding out words.

So if you have some good (or terrible) distant terrains, share away!
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#2 Old 4th Jan 2023 at 9:36 AM Last edited by JDacapo : 6th Jan 2023 at 3:11 AM. Reason: Made an update which cut out the fake water (which was causing lotsa flicker)
Here's another of my creations: An alien world for those who love Lunar Lakes. I might do a new version to fix the sea area, which is kinda flickery since I didn't cut it. I just loved how it looked and didn't want to do too much cutting in Blender. Also, I was able to make such precise cuts by simply lowering the cube to a point where some of the higher elevations covered it so they weren't 'eaten' when I used the boolean tool.

I used a variation of the macros from HydrangeaChainsaw's tutorial. I altered the file so it would use the Advanced Perlin generator, and I made a couple copies of the macros to use for some weird-colored alien worlds so I wouldn't be totally lost if I wanted to do something more terrestrial-ish. Also fiddled around with some settings in the Advanced Perlin and Curves unit.

Here's the .Sims3pack file: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3632383/
And here's the .package file: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3632382/

Please excuse the second post, but I felt it was relevant to add a second one for this creation. Would love to get some feedback for this Distant Terrain, and if you've used it in your own custom world, show me some pics!

Edit: I cut out the water in this new version, which cut out a lot of flicker, but I unfortunately could not cut out these artifact shadows. Weird.

Here are the updates:
S3Pack: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3636330/
Package: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/3636331/
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daisylee
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#3 Old 12th Dec 2023 at 9:18 PM
Welcome to MTS. You can edit posts to avoid being tar and feathered for double posts. Depending on what you are doing you do not need a distant terrain. Use a large enough map where you can sculpt the edges and set the camera to create the same effect. That is basically what I did for my first world on I put on the exchange, Storm Island.
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#4 Old 25th Dec 2023 at 11:06 AM
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Ooooh, good job man! I'm slowly trying to learn to do the same thing.. I just want a semi flat red dirt land on the coast. None of this mountain terrain type things but I cant even seem to place distant terrain down properly. I felt disheartened because I thhought i was anothersimlatetotheparty with regards to all this modding stuff.

Do you mind telling me how hard you found it to create a custom distant terrain? How many hrs learning and creation?

Don't feel like helping me out do you? hahaha just kiddin'..


Go to hydrangeachainsaw's Tumblr. She has a great set of instructions for making distant terrains. However, use some common sense when following instructions, and if they don't work out like you want them to, experiment.
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