Well then it is back to the 50/50 to find the problem per my other post.

Yes, I linked to the wiki tutorial for that also. But they should start a thread in the help forum as this thread is for discussion of my methods for opening premade worlds, and this problem has nothing to do with that so it's off topic.

It is a mod (says in the doc) cos I removed all mods from the folder and slowly added some back and it was working fine. I haven't narrowed down which mod though. Sorry for wasting ya'll's time haha

You're not wasting our time- we are willing to help, but it would be great if you'd make a thread in the help forum as I indicated here instead of posting here about it, as this thread is about editing premade worlds.

@kanapuro You need to post in help regarding your issue, as it appears to be a cc issue.

My brain is FRIED reading so many different posts and trying everything with no progress.

To start with I downloaded a custom world that does not have a .world file.

I used this method to unpackage it.
Delphy's Sims 3 Pack Multi-Extracter
DELPHY'S
When I looked into the extracted files I could not find a .world file but instead a .package file.

This began my long journey of trying to rename it or convert it but I am not having any luck. I read this forum
Save a world package as an .world file

and tried everything but I could not find how to do their given advice which was "Open Windows Explorer, press alt, go to Tools > Folder Options... > View. Untick the "Hide extensions for known file types" setting." I believe this may no longer apply in 2024 but I could be wrong.

so this lead me to the Program_S3pe

and I followed the directions on this forum:

Editing Premade worlds

and I also used this forum:

Inkantator

So I went through caw and I created a xx5.world first. Then I got my downloaded custom premade world, which again is saved as a .package file and I run it though s3pe. I follow each step (so I thought) I delete the WPID and I save (no save as). See:




Anyhow

I go back to CAW open my xx5.world file which I had just run through the S3pe_program but I got this error



So what am I doing wrong? Is there somewhere in the S3pe_program that indicates if a file is a .package file vs a .world file?
Can I convert a .package file to a .world file?

Hey, you are doing really well by the look of it, you have the resources extracted.

That error indicates that the UNKN 0x0477BD6A resource isn't present, so CAW is identifying it as an already packaged file. You just need to import that one. Were you using the method in this post:
https://modthesims.info/showpost.ph...593&postcount=3

OK so Im learning as fast as I can ....

I cant believe I use to make simple worlds once upon a time... 10 years ago... I have to learn all over now...

I am going to go back and read the latest forum you gave me and look around... I'll be back

"You just need to import that one." I have to add a UNKN 0x0477BD6A resource? Any? or from where?

OMG YOU ARE THE BOMB!

I Took me a two tries to do it this way... with the last link you gave me and using your premade recourse's....

the first time I had these issues....




AND THE FILES WOULDN'T SHOW UP ON THE FIRST TRY



FRUSTRATED I deleted the files and started over. I went back to your downloadable files and used your resource. I Followed your directions you gave me from Here

Once more my file would not show up in caw. so now I made one little change...

the only change I made was after I saved my world in_s3pe I renamed the file. I changed it from a .package to a .world!



I then went back to CAW and attempted to open it and IT WORKED.

Hooray! Well done!

I am not sure why I am getting the error.
I was curious about saving and I made one change to the world I right clicked and added a layer (14) I did nothing else and went straight to save. Now I dont know if I was suppose to do something after adding a layer before saving.
I tried save as but caw freezes and of course if I force close the world the file glitches

Save as gave me this



also I just realized I am not running caw 64 bits but caw 32. I am not sure if this matters. And if it does I have no idea where to download the latest EA (not Origin) caw 64 file.

and of course because I forced caw to shut down.... when I went back to the world the layers were deleted and only the streets and terrain remained

It looks like you are saving to One Drive, which could be an issue. CAW and Sims 3 saves are pretty big, so it might be a space issue.

ugh what the heck! I didnt even see that! I hate onedrive sometimes.


Thanks I am going to try again.

If you decide to do without onedrive, please learn from my experience & don't try to uninstall it like a normal program, even though windows will pretend to let you do that. All you will accomplish is hiding onedrive's controls from yourself. I don't know why widows made it like this, but I had no end of trouble with it.

Instead, disable it from inside onedrive's own special control panel only accessible from onedrive.

Yes, I have become the Obsessed Prophet of Disabling OneDrive Correctly.

I would like to edit Riverview, and I have several questions.

- Which version of the world should I work with? I would like to create my own sims instead of using EA's sims, and I was wondering if there happens to be an unpopulated version that's recommended. Also, I'm aware of a version of Riverview on MTS that has fixes done pertaining to routing, and I was wondering how to incorporate those fixes by either modifying that world or by doing it myself since I'll be in CAW. In any case, do I need to worry about making sure the custom objects like the distant terrain and the bridges present. I ask since I noticed that using the methods at the beginning of the thread yields me a world in CAW that has said objects, but editing other versions of Riverview does not have said objects and needs them placed manually.

- There seems to be a bunch of layers pertaining to what seem to be various neighborhoods; should I delete them If I intend on replacing the lots with my own? (I also intend on altering the street network as well)

- How does one change the name/description of the world?

- Are there any other considerations I should be aware of?

I would appreciate any help/advice. Let me know if I need to clarify anything.

I can't say much about which version to use as I never worked with Riverview. The one here on MTS with already some fixes applied seems a good starting point. Cawster sadly doesn't have the resources for Riverview. It always is good to continuously look for things to improve in CAW, especially when you change things. If you want to remove the population in any world the quickest way to do so is to empty the global layer. This will mess up houseboats that are already placed in the world though. So do it rather early in the process in case you also plan to add houseboats to your version of the world.

Here is the link to a beginner's guide. It covers everything you need to know about changing the name and description (and a lot more!) and more importantly, the world ID so that it won't conflict with any other version of Riverview: https://nornities.tumblr.com/post/1...a-guide-it-took

This guide also covers a lot of question in regards to world building or what to keep in mind.


Only delete them if you really want to start with a blank map. You can see what's grouped by each layer: References contain lots and Game Objects, well, game objects. Those are all the rocks, fences, street signs etc. that decorate the world. Depending on what you want to change I'd recommend to manually delete the lots you want to replace.

This could be caused by the creators using a decrapified version of Riverview to base their worlds on, or perhaps vice versa (do you have a decrapified install of Riverview?). Decrapifying changes the internal ID of the world and objects, so the world file cannot utilise the bridges and distant terrain that you have installed.
Decrapifying is unnecessary to get Riverview to open in CAW; S3rc (recompress) is all that is needed to break the encryption.

Hi all,

I am interested in editing Barnacle Bay and have been going through this entire thread. I have been following the instructions in this post and have gotten to Step 2. When I try to import Barnacle Bay.world I am encountering the error message "Could not open package Barnacle Bay.world. Expected magic tag 'DBPE'. Found 'DBPP'".

Now, I have gone through this thread and have seen several other posts about this same issue. The answer was to download the TS3 recompressor tool located here to compress the file. However, I am having a hard time figuring out the correct way to do this.

I have read through the moreawesomethanyou thread as well (my god, what a toxic thread that is. I don't miss 2010s forum culture lol) and the download includes two .exe programs, one called decrapify and the other called s3rc. my understanding is that you are supposed to drag the world file (in my case, barnacle bay.world) from your Installed Worlds folder onto the decrapify.exe tool. However, when I do this I still get the same error. Reading through that forum, it appears that you are NOT supposed to drag .world files onto the s3rc.exe tool, is that correct?

I would really appreciate some more guidance on this issue, as it seems everyone else was able to figure it out relatively easily but I'm still struggling with it.

Also, while I'm here I might as well ask my other, slightly unrelated question. Several times throughout this thread it is mentioned that some people have trouble with editing populated worlds, and to remove the sims in that world before editing. Would this be done by creating a new save game, removing all the residents, and then editing the world in that saved game instead of the .world file? I haven't gotten to this step of the process yet as I'm still struggling with the decrapify tool, but I'm sure it'll come up down the line so I figured I'd ask now.

Thanks for your help!

EDIT: I figured out my first question regarding compressing my world. So it turns out, you DO drag the .world file onto the s3rc.exe tool. A command line box will open and it will look like nothing is happening. But it is working, you just need to be patient because it's a big file. After a few minutes, it will be done and will now work in s3pe. I'll leave my post up in case anyone else has the same issue.

I always just open and do not drag. And I used Awesome Mod to remove Sims way back when once when that was needed.

Hello, I am having a problem. I am trying to edit someone else's custom world, so I followed method one. It worked and I was able to edit the world in CAW. But I don't understand, when I save my world file, I can't reopen it in CAW to modify it and I can't open it in the game either. In CAW I have a error message "file cannot be loaded" followed by the path to my file.