Hello everyone, I am almost done with my CAW project Newport.
The map is done and a lot of the lots have been build.


Newport has been a labor of love and has took me almost 3 years to build.
The world has been based on the map of Bridgeport but has been enlarged and altered to make it more of a real city and to have space to include all ep's and stuff,
There is Cc used by Awesims, Luna and TheJim, Cyclone sue and much more.

To me it now feels like a true city with a lot of apartment buildings, commercial lots, mansions and "hidden rabitholes" (buildings placed "on top"of them so the buildings are all build by me but still function )

However I do need some help.

There are a LOT of Lots, and I would like to have some help using store-content and all to create shops, Restaurants, and things like interiors above the rabbitholes (Cityhal, police station, hospital) the consignment store and so on.

Anyone up for helping me with decorating a lot (inside mostly, exteriors are 95% complete except for some of the mansions in the Hills)
or maybe even take on the park?

also I would LOVE some feedback about the city in general, After 3 years of building and being an utter annoying perfectionist I believe I could use some fresh pair(s) of eyes.

How I see this work:

If you feel up to helping me, you download the world file, install it, take a look around and choose the lot you like to do, post its name or lot address here so no one else takes it on and later post the lot here in this tread or p.m it to me

The palace complex is taken care off.. that will be for my Sim.
and I have included the latest save-file that I am currently playing so you can see what families there should be (I am aiming for all original Bridgeport inhabitants, the Landgraab Family and some sam shingla families cause I would love to have a "Chinatown"-neighborhood



Kind regards,

Erwin.

Here are some preview- pictures. (please be patient, I am still struggeling with google-drive to have the $#odd# pictures show up on other sites.







and of course the file:
Newport
and the save-file

Nice, I especially like the skyscrapers. I'll download it soon and take it for a spin...

thank you! all scyscrapers have an apartment in them, the two towers are intended to be a club like the prosper lounge (4 star celebs)

would it help if I took pictures and descriptions of Lots that need to be done?

I can do that if it would help.. it is also a way to show the city.

Sure, I think that would be a great idea. That way it might also be more visible to others which lots to NOT to try decorate. :D

Alright, then that is what we will do
here we go, be warned, it will become photo-heavy.

Ill add a list first.

Rabithole-buildings that need a interior (show or functional)
- Hospital,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
Kinda obvious what it needs, beds labs and ambulances maybe?

- Cityhall, (wedding venue?)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

- The old Museum (this city has two)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

The MOdern Art Museum:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
the new one is bigger and has room for maybe a coffeebar near the Terrace, the old one has a Garage and small new adition.

- Police station,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
it is the bright red one, I need to work on my Photo-skills. the smaller one is the firestation (there are 4 identical ones, one now a house for the Ghostbusters)
- Landgraab Office building, Picture will follow. the smaller white one next to the bridge
- Vayne tower Office building,Picture will follow. the big black one near the town square.
- The C-Dock Criminal hideout. pictures will follow.
- The Stadium.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
it is functional, but still misses something.

Community lots:
EPPESC (disco-club), (black building)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
the interior needs to be sixties and funky... and functional. the VIP lounge on the top floor needs to be added. (interior pics follow soon)

Vangtasia (Vampire bar)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
The lobby needs an interior and windows and the underground club that is Vangtasia needs everything from the VIP room to decoration.

Sky Lounge (Exclusive lounge)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
it is completly empty, I was thinking the top floors to be a 2 celebrity bar with across the bridge a 4-5 star celebrity hangout. the sidebuildings could be (fake) shops. and the plaza would be nice if it was decorated.

The University
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
This one is a bit of a nightmare. I would love it if these two lots could serve as a functional University but to have it decorated would help a lot to I think.
The dorms across the street will be build soon.

The Moviehouse/ Cinema
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

The Central park lots.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
These are 3 lots that should be a park with a butterfly esplanade (greenhouse) a big outdoor stage and recreational area's


Current Residential Lots in need of Interiors:
- House of Lala, (if you have my save-file, it also should have the char) she is single and a parody of Lady Gaga, the house is in the Hills.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qm...iew?usp=sharing (one on the left, better pics soon)

- Vayne Manor, Also in the Hills, a gigantic manor with a cave underneath. No char yet, But I wanted to make Bruce Vayne a billionaire-Vigilante and Alfred Pennysnatch (his Butler) for this lot. Characters would be welcome ;-) this one contains of four lots, two gatehouses, the mansion and a mine exit (for Whatman's Whatmobile)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
(better images also soon)

- The castle I build for the Old an new glam residence needs interiors and maybe even an new name Old an new Glam sounds weird to me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qm...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

- That White House. This will be the house of Oracle Windy and her fiance Stedman (parody of Oprah, she will get her newsbuilding to, the O.R.A.C.L.E. Network and restaurant complex.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

The almost afloat house:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
A bachelor pad.




Lots I am still struggling with :
The movie-complex. I want an old building with some new additions (Sound stages)
but I can not find the right style of buildings.. this frustrates me, if someone has some inspiration I would love sugestions.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

Chinatown, I have the idea where it should be, but then how to make it look like a neighborhood that is so vibrant and oozing the culture of the east still is a bit hard for me.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7...iew?usp=sharing

I am sorry, I hope I will find a way soon to actualy SHOW the pictures in the tread itself

While I think this is a really wonderful idea, I think you're going to limit the usability of the world by making it require so much custom and store content. If you were to make a list right now of all the content that would be needed for your world so nothing would be replaced what would it look like? What EPs/SPs are required, store content, etc? Then ask yourself if there is a way to evoke the feel of what you want without using all of that (things like the store oven can be added by players who have them, for example). Or rabbitholes - maybe leave space for adding a playable wing but don't fill it up with stuff for the release?

The Rabbitholes require Lunar lakes but if you don't have that world they will simply disapear and leave the space for other rabitholes.

The Custom stuff list is not really that big, I use wall-papers and the corniches by Awesims,
Some windows by Cyclonesue and Mutske from that other site
and bits and pieces by Luna.
All together the CC item-list now (excluding cars and furniture) is 24 pieces.

I use all expansions and Storeitems, but what you said would be a good sugestion!
make the shops without the Storeitems but leave place to put them in if people have it.

Did anyone have any time to test the world yet?

Huh, this place kind of reminds me of my own designs of Bridgeport. I haven't had time to actually create anything other than a few landmaps and rough sketches, but what you're doing with the Port Area and the area directly across the bridge (which I'm calling Wellinger Place for now) isn't all that dissimiliar to my ideas.

I had no problem run it but most lots had no front doors lead me to uninstall.

@ Bethiedoll:
no frontdoors? that is weird, Ill look into that! most are apartment buildings so that would make it a bit odd to fix in game I think.
but did it all look ok? remember that this is still a beta, So there should be a lot to fix.


And Grijze Pilion (Dutch?)
I would like to see your ideas to, This map has been a long time comming, I have tweaked it over the last years into what it is now and to me this layout actually fixed Bridgeport, it has much more of a city-feel.

I just installed the (exterior) of the casino and most of China-town.. Now I need the interiors and Sims to populate it.

however it has been trough yet another makeover... SIGH!

But all for the better, I have reduced the lot-count from 227 to 152, that makes it run a lot faster AND I have reduced the amount of CC by over half.

With the new lots, I reduced my palace to dust yet again and took it into a different direction, After watching Brides head revisited again I took it into the Direction of Castle Howard, but them more on how it was intended by Hawksmoor. (so the full Baroque version, without the dreadfully ugly Palladian addition )

As with the city itself, I reduced the lot count there a LOT! The lots are still empty mostly but the world is looking much better and the world is better off for it.

of course there are pictures AND a beta-file..

Let me know what you think!












The new Castle.





Random houses





















LINK TO THE FILE

I have not counted all the lots, but there are 3 dive locations, 5 ports and the castle exists of 9 lots now instead of 15 like the previous one.

It looks stunning! I love the architecture, especially the castle

You should fix something though, the texture of the dirt roads' sidewalks is messed up (you can see it in the second last picture). And I think adding some custom lighting files will make the world look even better.

Other than that, nice job!

they indeed are messed up, however I am not that good in how to fix them, any help would be appreciated!

I am more of a builder and had really clear lines (after five years of working on this town) of how I wanted it and what I wanted for the town to look like.
I especially wanted NO visible rabitholes.
and I have never added custom lighting files, I would LOVE that to, (I am hoping to create the sunlit tides sky and water instead of what I have now and get rid of the "fog"
But I have not been able to figure out how that works..

If you are willing to help, that would be awesome!

I guess the problem with the roads is because you haven't chosen the right texture for the opacity map or the normal map. Here's a tutorial where you can see how to create custom roads: http://ts3cc.canadian-forum.com/t14...-by-richdre-bmc
Make sure you leave the opacity map blank (Unless you want the sides of the road to fade, then you have to select an opacity texture). For the normal map chose one of these blue textures that end with ".tga", in that case the "dirt_sidewalk_base.tga" one, since it's a dirt road. Then it should be fixed.

About the custom lightning files, you can get Sunlit Tides' files here: https://cawster.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/sunlit-tides/
To import the INI files and the color ramps into your world, you have to use S3PE. Open the .world file of your world in S3PE and then select Resource>Import>From file and select the Sunlit Tides files you downloaded. Save and when you open CAW you will see the difference. Keep in mind that everytime you save your world in CAW the custom lighning files get deleted. You can import them again as many times as you wish, just make sure to import them before you export the world, then they will appear always in the game. Any more information on weather files can be found here: http://modthesims.info/t/459198

I hope it helps

This I can do, thank you so much!



Ah ok, that will make it a bit tricky, I have never worked with S3pe.
I might have to leave it as is, unless you have experience and be willing to help?
except for the road- textures (witch I will change tomorrow) the world map itself is done, all I need to do is finish the exterior buildings and add interiors (or find people to help me with it)
but I can do that in the game itself and add a save file later.

if you have some experience with custom lighting, would you be willing to help me?

S3PE is not complicated to use, at least not for importing files into a world. Give it a try, you'll see it
I can help you if you want to create new files, but In 2 days I'm leaving and I will be the whole summer out, so it should be something quick.

Well I have never used it before so for me it is a bit scary. so if you would be willing to help with the S3PE weather-lighting thing it would be apreciated.

I have never done that before and the world is now ready.
I have uploaded the CAW files below.

THIS IS THE CAW FILE

I have absolutely no problem helping you, really, but c'mon, give it a try. There's always a first time, I promise it's not difficult nor scary. I could just do it myself, but if you learn how to do it yourself that would be something useful for you
As the proverb says: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"

@Erwinsims
This thread might help you:
modthesims.info/showthread.php?p=3679971#post3679971

It is driving me CRAZY! I am trying trough.. it has cost me most of my free weekend and all it does is screw things up..
I believe I might leave it as it is for now. S3PE and me might never become friends ;-)

So, I will not change the weather, ill stick to making the shops, rabbitholes and bars etc. Nice and usable.

More on this later!

Hi! Is this map still being worked on?